The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-26
Ohe Humorous
Side of Lite.

.,..or McChesty.- the reporter
ii't ~ there anything new in the murder
mystery o.. ,,ros,.a ,h. ,r.o, do
o,icklv raising a pair Of thick.
,e't, .t-oy.. without the Use Of hair tonic.
.vSv the man that was found In the
hard over on the East Side
70" va, No. nothing for publications.
Won land en-. though we're on the
,,oc, In a barrel, eh' No. nothing as
yet 49,,
f.l,,,s sleutb touched a button and sum-
.,o,od Detective Sergeant Gasolini
.C..olini he said, following with thought
tJ ave the reflection that his shirt stud cast
mon the ceiling, 'Gasoliai. something tells
,nn that murder has been done. | feel II
m.,,bp N. lis in a barrel. Lose no
lime Take the case in hand at once and
repor, to ME this evening
Tie loiterers outside OF Police Head
ouorers little suspected that the short.
hin man they saw sink by was none other
than the gigantic Gasolini in disguise.
When Gaso!iui returned to report that
sf,erpoon he wore. in addition to his i'm
Venerable disguise, an expression Of
triumph
.Ihave confirmed your worst suspicious.
he c-ied Murder has been done; and
twas in a barrel"
splendid. splendid" exclaimed inspector
McCiestv. shifting his admiration to Gaso-
I'M for the moment.
But that is not ALL won't on Gasolini.
a.. 1.,n - al
crime-how il happened; where II took
Mace. even the name Of the woman-thcre's
woman in the case, Of course-who first
discovered the crime. Look he cried,
tIciiedIy whipping a newspaper out OF
biz pocket. look. got my clue from a
newsbov shouting Extra The papers
give full account Of the awful tragedy
The famous inspector seized the paper
and rapidly dcvoured it's contents.
Good" he cried. when he bad gulled
down the last sentence. But. hold! One
thing still remains to be unravelled. Who
vas the perpetrator OF this awful crime?'
Gasolini's jaw fell with sickening thud
-Perpetrator? Who is this man. Per-
Ike foreign name. ! will investigate at
once"
As soon as Inspector McChesty had
thoroughly digested the newspaper account
which he had so eagerly devourcd, he called
fer reporters and gave out an interview.
In connection with this barrel mystery,
be said. I'VE are working upon several
promising clues. II has been established
beyond a doubt that there was sawdust
IN the barrel.
so far as we have been able 20 ascertain
no man was known In that neighborhood
who was in the habit OF carrying sawdus:
In his pockets This would seem TO indicate
that the man came from out Of town.
Still, the perpetrator may have placed
he sawdust there in order 10 misead the
police You must remember, We are dea!
Ing with a clever and dangerous man.
woman OF child. as the case may be.
The report that there we're initials on
he barrel IL true. But this again sig9tncs
little We do not know that the murderer
put those initials there, and, even II be did,
Is IL likely that he would uae his own initials?
We do know, however, that the per
pe'rator was a foreigner. and II Is along
these lines that we are now working. You
NAV say that We expect to make several
arrests within the next twenty-four hours.
and tina, at present We know OF no reason
why al least one Of these arrests should
not be in connection with this banning
barrel mystery
The next day Detective Sergeant Gasolini
again reported to his chief.
I'm on their trail. at last, he Kissed.
ITS the Secret Service men. No, no. they