The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-10
HAVE AIDED JUSTICE
Pictures That Have at Various Times
Helped In the Detection
.,. of Criminals.
Tit-RitS.


For their success in securing their
quarry the police at times owe not a little
to the enterprise of the press. Percy Lef-
roy, the murderer Of Mr.. Gold, was cap
tured through the publication of his por-
trait in the Daily Telegraph, which, COM
ing to the notice of the landlady Of the
house in which he was hiding, was recog-
nized by her as that of the self styled en-
graver Park, who had been her lodger for
few weeks past. She gave notice to the
police, who promptly arrested the
wretched man.
W. P. Firth, r. A., tells In his rem
iniscences of friend Of his named O'Neil
who was attacked one night by footpad
and robbed of his watch. The assault
CHANGED to take place beneath gas lamp,
by the light Of which the victim saw suf
ficieut of the thiefs face to jot down g.
rough sketch. This he carried to the po-
lice. who by its aid soon afterward ar
rested his assailant. s' r
In the possession of the writer Is a
water color drawing by the late William
Hunt, which was the means Of trapping a
i dishonest valet who had robbed his mas
ter. The fellow had euded the vigilance
of tho police, and the gentleman had given
up all hopes Of bringing him to justice,
when, happening to visit a friends house,
he saw on the walls of the dining-room a
speaking likeness of his rascally servant
following day he called upon the artist.
who, on hearing the facts Of the case,
supplied him with the address of the
original who was duly arrested and re-
.ceived his Just desert. -. .s...,..
Even more curious Is the history of the
sketch Of a spaniel made by Sir sdwin
sSLandseer in which a detective who
& clanced to see the picture recognized the
property Of a man of whom he was in
search The address of the then owner OF
the dog was aScertained, and the animal
being surreptitiously taken from his Gus
aatody, unconsciously betrayed his master
by guiding the officers Of the law to the
i very house where he was hiding.
Horace Vernet, the celebrated French
b painter, was amazed to notice the effect
that the picture Of a brigand had upon 8
lady who had called at his studio. On his
& inquiring the cause of his visitors pertur.
baton the latter replied that week pre-
-viously her house had been broken into b,
a masked man, whose eyes--so malign and
ruthless were they-had stricken her will
a. sickening terror-a terror which hat
been strangely revived by the eyes of tn,
portrait before her. This story so inter
ested the artist that he communicated
to- the police, who, acting on his sugges
tion. searched his models lodgings, witt
the result that great part of the stolel
property was found on the premises.
Many years ago the late George Cruik
8ys shank told the writer that a gentleman
n who was glancing through one Of hi
sketch books was so struck by a man
head tha he. with visible trepidation, in
quired the name Of the original Cruik
shank, surprised at his emotion, answere
that the portrait, the result Of pure imagi
nation aided by abstract observation. wa
4 Intended to represent a typical crimina
and demanded t1ra cause of the others s
anxious inquiry. ssa3
Only that 1t bears q striking resem