The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-24
MR.. DOOLEY AS SHERLOCK HOLMES.


but wan f'r tn polls. That's tn throu-
BILE, Hinnissy, with tn defective iv tn
story. Nawthin' happens in rale life
that's complicated enough FIR him. If
tn President iv tn Epworth League
was a safe blower be night tn man
thatd catch hind be la-ad with
gr-reat powers iv observation an
thrained habits iv raisonin'. But
crime, Hinnissy, is a pursoot iv tn
simple -minded-that is, catchablo
crime is pursoot iv tn simple mind
ed. TIL other kind, tn uncatchable
KIND that is took up be men iv intellect
is called high finance. I've knowed
nanny criminals in me time an some
~ thlm was fine men an very happy
In their home life an a more simple,
pasth'ral people ye niver knew. Wan
~ IN ablest bank robbers in tn coun-
thry used to live near me-he ownded
fiat buildin'-an' befure he'd turn in
10 bed afther rayturnin' firm his nights
wurruk, he'd go out in tn shed an
chop tn wood. He always wint into
tn house through thransom FIR fear
iv wakin' his wife who was a delicate
woman an shop litter. AS 1 tell We
ne was a man without guile an he
wint about his jooties as modestly as
ye go about yeers. I don't think in tn
long run he made much
more thin ye do. Wanst in a while.
he'd get hold iv a good
bunch iv money but nanny other times
afther dhrillin' all night through a
steel dure, all he'd findd be a short
crisp note firm tn presidint iv th'
bank. He was often discouraged an he
tot me wanst If he had an income iv
forty dollars tn month, he'd retire firm
business an settle down on a farm
mo, sir criminals is tn simplest era
theirs h -xxvir1r i
nocent, sthraight-forward, dangerous
people, that haven't sinse enough to
be honest or prosperous. TIL extint iv
their schamin' is to break a lock on a
dure or sweep a handful iv change
fr m counter or dhrill a hole in a
safe or administher tn sthrong short
arm to tired man takin' home his
load. There are no MYSTERIOUS crimes
excipt thin that happens to be. TIL
ordh nry crook, Hinnissy, goes around
ringin a bell an disthributin' hand
bills announcin' his business, he always
breaks through a window instead iv
goin' through an open dure an afther
he's done anything that he thinks is
communicable, he goes to neighborin'
liquor saloon, stands on tn pool table
an conf1des tn secret to ivrybody
within sound iv his voice. That's why
Mulligan is a betther detective thin
SHERLOCK f1OlIneS OF me. he
can't put two an two together an
he has no powers iv deduction, but he's
hard dhrinker an fine sleuth. Sher-
lock Holmes niver wud've caught that
frind iv mine. Whin tn safe iv tn
Ninth Rational Bank was blowed, he
wud've put two an two together an ar
risted me. But me frind wint away
LAWN hat an a pair iv cuffs marked
with his name in tn safe an tn polls
combined these discoveries with tn
well-known fact that Muggins was a
NOTORIOUS safe blower an they took
him in They found him down tn
sthreet thryin to sell a bushel bas-
ket full iv Alley L stock. l told we he
was a simple man. He realized his
ambition FIR an agaracoolchral life.
They give him tn care iv tn cows at
Joliet"
Did he rayform?' asked Mr.. Hen
messy.
NO. said Mr.. Dooley; "he escaped.
An tn way he got out wud battle tn
injinooty iv Sherlock Holmes
How did he do it?' asked Mr.. Hen
messy.
He climbed over tn WALL" said Mr.
Dooley.