The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1905-01-13
By THOMAS DREAMER.

around with listless eye while every
body watched him. Then he walked
into the parlor and stood for half
minute by the mantlepiece, from which
certain little treasures had been re-
moved. He stopped down and exam
ined the carpet near the center of the
room, then glanced up at the quaint
old swinging cluster of lamps, and
even put his hand upon it.
From this room he passed through
all the others in the house, a slow
procession following him, Sawyer en-
livening the way by many jests, but
the majority Of the party paid no at
tention to him. They regarded Green
with close interest, not unmixed with
awe. Finally he led them to the start
ing point, the broad hall, and there
he sat down upon the stairs and
locked at his watch, which he han con-
suited occasionally In the course of
his stroll. Nineteen minutes and a
half" said Green. "Mr. Jones, | be-
lieve you are deputy sheriff of the
county as we'll as a constable of the
village. l will make my report to you,
sir. On points of law Mr.. Sawyer can
advise you, or, if he can't he can pre-
tend to, which is Just as good in his
profession. This robbery was commit
ted by two men who do not live in
Ashford, and who are not here at pres
ent. Where they are we will con-
slider 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 were a long black over
coat and heavy rubber overshoes. The
little finger of his right hand has been
broken and is bent almost double. 1t
may interest you to know how | dis
covered this The thief is tall be-
cause he bumped his head on the
swinging lamp in the parlor, and that
is about six feet from the floor He
left upon it 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 that he has mustache from
the circumstance that he lacks three
front teeth on the upper jaw, and even
burglar SO disfigured probably would
attempt to remedy such a defect. AS
to the missing teeth, | need only say
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 the top of that table, or
was before Joe Sawyer sat down on it."
There wasn't any dust here-not a
speck." exclaimed Sawyer, jumping off
the table.
1T depends on the eye," responded
Green calmly. ITO continue: The
other robber was short, thick set and
dark. He wore pea jacket and a fur
cap. He had heavy black beard,
which may, however, be false. can
not tell from the single hair which l
found upon piece of bread in the
kitchen until l have examined it with
a microscope. He was an Irishman."
Great Scott!" exclaimed the con-
stable. How do you know that?"
From his method of knocking out
the ashes from his pipe," replied
green, "Irishmen have a peculiar way
of doing it. | have not time to ex-
plain it in detail, but l am sure you
will find when the man is caught that
he has typical Irish face. The other
is probably Scotchman from his bui
is probably a Scotchman from his
build.
like an old-fashioned carpetbag and q
black dress suit case
1.-THE robbery was not committed in
the night, as you seem to imagine"
continued Green, looking at Sawyer as
the teacher looks at dull pupil. ut
was about 4.30 in the afternoon. That
deduction is very simple. One can
see footprints leading from the man
telpiece to the western window. The
thieves were taking their plumber to
the light. Of course, they walked just
far enough to reach the place where
THE suns rays struck it, and from
that | get the angle and the time.
It's regular sun dial. Now, let's see
where the men have gone. 1t was
thawing yesterday. The ground was
covered with slush. Later it froze,
and then light snow descended. AS
they finished their work before sun
down the robbers probably did not go