Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-07
6IITHREY GUY
CLARKE BENSON

-. bcor n great deal about the
=, detective and how he will
I.llow A mystery TO the end Of the
iO" ~. >. said a gentleman the other day
.,o smoking compartment of a
,,ro room car ON the New York
c.a,ral railroad. ITS my opinion
.sa, onr detectives right here In Amer
,-a are about as wideawake as any In
'D .n,von think sof' said red whis-
- man seated by the window in
ZONE indicating that be was Of diff
a. am sure of it," said the other.
ar am aware that Scotland Yard Ia
Ia nm as a model for detective work,
80 scotland Yard could learn any
a. from some of our first class de-
tecttye agencies"
oWbat d'you know about 1t any
xsvYr asked the red whiskered man.
,,WelI our firm was robbed several
vs,rs ago Of some securities-we're
stonkbrokers-and | was the member
Of the firm who took the matter In
charge | found a detective who trac-
Cd the thief in no time and recovered
all the property. He was smart as
chain lightning. He told me of many
intricate cases he had followed. show
ing me just how he had worked them
nm, He said they were blind as bats
at Scotland Yard"
Aas hs xt+tn N
snort.
.Many Englishmen are OF the same
opinlon," the speaker persisted. Scot
land Yard was once home for re-
rqrkable detective work. 1t Is now
very much run down."
Il know better" said the red whis-
sered man. goadcd by this disparage-
nent. Scotland Yard is the best In
the world"
How do you know
"rye seen the way they work"
Perhaps you can cite caseT"
The man turned and looked out of
the window, but he was evidently
loyal Britcn and could not bear to
bear any British institution attacked.
"I'Il do it," he said turning from the
scene without "One OF my intimate
friends Lord Blandery, gave party at
bis country seat. and | was among the
guests. The morning we were all TO
leave, the family jewels were missing.
There were fifty guests about to de-
part and one of them might be the
thief Lord Blandery didn't like to pro-
pose search. but have fancy for
detective work aud made up my mind
to spot the thief. Lord Blandery ac-
coded to my request to permit no one
to leave the house until | gave the
word. then told me all about the miss
ing property. showing me few things
that were left.
Here" he said, among other things,
is mosaic sleeve button. The other
has been stolen. | bought them in
Rome several years ago"
There Is clew." | said, ''in case
we fail to ind the thief here. I'll take
1t TO man know in Scotland Yard,
and I'll lay you hundrey pounds he'll
return your jewelry. He'll find It's
mate and by that means the thief"
Well. every guest was searched, l
leading the way. We took our leave,
aud | left the sleeve button at Scot
land Yard.
Soon after Lord BIandery's valet
found another place and left his lord
ships services. one month later he
was found dancing at servants ball,
wearing u funaafs s,aarFtsfu 4 tatac.
live from Scotland Yard who had kept
sA eye on him ever since he had left
Lord Blandery walked up to him and
placed the missing sleeve button be-
side the pin. They were identical. The
valet. not being able 10 make use of II
single sleeve button, had had it turned
INTO scarfpin. Lord Blandery recov-
cred hundred thousand pounds worth
OF Jewelry and paid me the wager, and
! secured the scarfpin from Scotland
Yard as a memento"
I don't believe that yarn" said the
champion OF the American detective.
"iH show you the pin. | have 1t
right here in my pocket" And, draw
ing out small jewel box, he opened 1t
ana produced mosaic pin OF a very
peculiar PATTERN.
Tom Rourke," said the doubter.
you are the biggest liar In the world,
as well as the biggest thief. You have
isiieh victim to your insane desire to
o'ertop everybody else. For trying to
uoWn me you'll get twenty years of
penal servitude when l get you back
70 London. I've been following you
Iof six months. Here is the mate TO
your transformed sleeve button"
lie pulled up his coat sleeve, and
mere In one Of his cuffs was a mosaic
outlon' the counterpart of the pin.
VINO are your" exclaimed the
friend OF Lord Biandery. paling.
N Peter Yorke of Pinkertons.
scotland Yard got this sleeve button
nom Lord Marivale. not Lord Blan-
uery' as you have named him. There
was no valet in the case, but one OF
Ia