Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-27
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lions and decayed food products. He Il
popularity known a. Fish" Murray. havln,
the patience of fisherman ana = scent
that is a wonder. The manner Of a mar
he is may be Judged from the way he take,
back TO the manager Of a cold storag,
plant. The latter reminded the inspector
that there was no law 10 warrant him II
condemning undrawn poultry In cold stor
age. I'VE will invoke the common Law.
he replied. FOR preservation Of the public
health" Thereupon 5000 pounds Of poultr,
was condemned and sent to a crematory.
One Of Murray's largest hauls was pulled
on last week when he raided . free lunch
foundry where sixteen cooks were working
on decayed meat and doping II for sale &c
saloons
The doom OF every manufacturer Of I'm.
pure food products in the city has beer
sounded and the apprehension and prosecu.
tion OF every violator Of the food laws .,
assured, reports the Chronicle. Although
"F1rh" Murray, chief city food Inspector
sinsie-handed, has brought panic 10 the
ranks OF the ice cream manufacturers and
free lunch merchants In the last three weeks
by his strenuous raids upon their head
quarters, he has received additional aid
which precludes all doubt Of any OF the
lswbreakers escaping from the net OF the
doughty inspector.
The aid came in the form Of one Joseph
Simpson from Lemont, Ill. and his magic
"divlning rod" Mr.. Simpson had heard Of
the havoc wrought by the city inspector
and he made up his mind that he could
make himself invaluable to Fish," and he
has succeeded. The gentleman from Lemont
6iaQnvarAA tha o1lx, 80
Ing the sellers Of impure foods and spoiled
meats to their lairs. He had read Of divin-
ing rods used by pruspectors with which
they were able to find vein Of gold or
other material with unerrinK accuracy and
he straightway made up his mind that d.
vining rods could be made or found which
would serve for finding other things a.
well as ore.
Fish" was Immediately struck with the
idea OF somebody or something that could
do the greater part OF his work for him and
produce the same results, so he welcomed
Mr.. Simpson and accepted his offer of as
sistance. Nothing must do but that the
automatic sleuth be tried out at once, and
the two, accompanied by several deputy in
spectors, ready for anything. started for the
north side. They had no particular destina-
ton In view. but started aimlessly and
finally got on a North Halstead street car
Everything went we'll until they neared
Fullerton avenue when tho proprietor OF the
magic stick. which he held tightly grasped
In his hand, became nervous. Suddenly,
while the car was in the center OF the cross
ing, he gave yell and jumping from the
car started on a run toward shefneld ave-
nue.. Not caring to be left behind and miss
the climax Of the trip. Fish" and his in
spectors piled out in pursuit.
When In front OF the ice cream factory
of A. B. Henry. Sss Fullerton avenue, the
inventor Of the divining rod. halted and
'froze" like a pointer dog. When the in
spector's party came UP to he was breath
ing hard, but his face, was exultant. He
held the rod In his hand and pointed to Il
excitedly.
Don't you see II shaker he shouted.
That means business when It acts like
that"
Fish" was forced to admit that he
could detect no CULVER in the rod. He
looked doubtful and scratched his chin.
But the inventor insisted that his faithful
rod had run down a violator of the pure
food laws, and as he insisted upon an in
vestigation OF the Ice cream factory, Fish"
gave In and proceeded to investigate. The
party spent half an hour IN the building,
and when they came out Fish" and Mr..
Simpson from Lemont were walking arm
In arm.
Say, professor, you have certainly got
the goods Fish" said, in a tone loud
enough for everyone to hear. ITO tell the
truth, when you raced on like you did 1
thought the heat had affected your head
but after this I've certainly got to apollo
giEe. You're all right. and no mistake
It's me fer the council finance committee
rs soon as 1t meets and TO ask for an ap-
preparation 10 put you on my stan. /
couldn't do without you now.
Did / find anything7" the Inspector
asked in reply to a question. "wen, I
should say / did. That place in there is
The worst I've struck yet. They are using
rotten cherries and peaches and other fruit
Tor their best grade OF brick cream. The
cream also IL Allied with dyes to color Il.
md think an analysis will show that every
Dit OF the mixture is impure
Fish" through his zeal is bringing down
rouble upon the heads Of the other city
employees IN the laboratory department,
Ind while the inspector was absent on his
rip, experienced dificulty in avoid
nE personal encounter with an irate
awyer in the service OF the Thompson Ice
Cream company, which was brought to
line last week. The attorney. who refused |
o give his name. mistook DIR. Biehn for |
Fish" Murray. 1t was an inexcusabIe |
mistake. as the director weighs about $50 |
bounds. while "Fish" tips the scales close |
o the 900 mark. DR.. Biehn told him 30 and |
he trouble started.
The attorney announced that he had paid |
visit to the ONCE with the intention of |
icing things to the food inspector. and that |
Ie would start In Immediately. Not divin-
ne that he had been mistaken for the in |
pector the doctor evlnced his surprise at |
he announcement. but told him TO proceed |
s rapidly al possible. This the lawyer
vas about to do when Fish" returned
rom his inspection at the psychological
Moment and took in the situation at a
lance. He announced the mountain OF
voirdupois as himself, and the lawyer
Iilted.
Il just came up to see II could get
sPy Of the analysis made OF our stun" he
hammered.