The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-10-26

NINETEEN MINUTES AND HALF" SAID HE
the broad hall, and there he sat down
upon the stairs and looked at his watch,
which he had consulted occasionally
in the course of his stroll.
Nineteen minutes and half" said
he. "Mr. Withrow, believe you are q
deputy sheriff of the county as we'll as
a constable Of the town. l will make
my report to you, sir. On points of law
Mr.. Howe can advise, or, If he can't he
can pretend to, which is just as good in
his profession.
This robbery was committed by two
men who do not live in Newtown and
who are not here at present. Where
they are we will consider later
zone of them is about six feet tall
and rather slender He has red hair,
but is bald on the front part of his
Uranium. He wore long black over
coat and heavy rubber overshoes. The
little finger Of his right hand has been
broken and is bent almost double"
"Well, will you listen to that" ex-
claimed Aunt Maria Sands, genial
old lady who lived In q queer little
house that was next to Judge Cor
hams.
Everybody laughed, but with the
nervous, high keyed laughter that
comes in the midst Of excitement.
1T may interest you, Mr.. Sands"
said Black, ''to know how l discovered
this. The thief is tall because he bump
ed his head on the swinging lamp in
the parlor, and that Is about six feet
from the floor. He left upon 1t small
portion Of his scalp and one red hair.
If he had not been bald in front, he
would have left more hair and less
scalp.
Il infer his mustachc from the cir
cumstances that he lacks three front
teeth on the upper jaw, and even a
burglar so distigured would probably
wear Il mustache to conceal the defect.
AS to the missing teeth, need say
only that the men, as you observed,
left some fragments of luncheon in the
kitchen.
The prints Of his overshoes show in
the dust on the floor of the kitchen
closet. The print of his little finger is
in the dust on top Of that table, or was
before Jed Howe sat down on it."
'"There wasn't any dust herG-not
speckw exclaimed Howe, jumping off
the table.
1T depends on the eye" responded
Black calmly. ITO continue: The other
rp1,l,ar CT,
He wore pea jacket and fur cap.
He had heavy black beard, which
may, however, be false. l cannot tell
from the single hair which found up
on piece of bread in the kitchen until
l have examined it with microscope.
He was an Irishman."
Zion" exclaimed the deputy sheriff
How do you know that"
From his method of knocking out
the ashes from his pipe" replied Black
"1rishmen have a peculiar way Of do
Ing 1t. | have no time to explain 1t in
detail, but l am sure that you will find
when the man is caught that he has a
typical Irish face. The other Is prob
ably an American, from his build.
Ihey carried n Satchel something
like an old fashioned carpetbag and a
black dress suit case"
"Well, should like to know how you
come at the color of it," said Howe
Black hestated, and his face turned
red. Gertie, who sat beside him and
was looking up at him with awe, put
on an anxious expression.
81 get the size of it from dust
print said Black, 'and l happen to
know that only the black cases are
made in that size. Reporters have to
keep posted on all those little things.
"The robbery was not committed in
the night, as you seem to imagine"
continued Black, looking at Howe as
the teacher looks at dull pupil. ct