The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-04
CAPTURED BY
DEDUCTION


years ago strange things began to hal
pen In the town Of Brlnley, England
The place IL town of about 6,000 In
: habitants. II has several manufactul
lng plants and public institution tina
viii be mentioned later on One morn
Ing the owner of livery stable wok,
up 10 hnd that eleven OF the thrice.
horses lie had to hire had been ham
strung and rendered useless during tn,
night.
The next night two cows IN tile barn
Of citizen had their throats cut on
the third ulght a horse In Il pasture III
the suburbs WAS stabbed to death On
the fourth night an old woman living
alone in the town was dubbed to
death. On the fifth night there was an
incendiary fire that did $4,000 worth
of damage.
The reader may well believe that
these things stirred up a great excite
ment. The local police were busy. and
the newspapers demanded arrests, but
no results We're attained 1t might
have been figured that the liyeryman
| had an enemy who was determined on
| his ruin but for the fact thar the other
crimes seemed to have been committed
! by the same hand. The man who killed
| the horse In pasture certainly had no
| grudge against the owners of the cows
| And why should The man who set the
| fire want to kill the old 'woman?
"A Ftend Abroad was the heading
of the newspapers, and 1t certainly
seemed TO fit the character of the un-
known He appeared to be mbued
with the idea OF destruction, and It
mattered not what he came to. There
was such excitement over the outbreak
that citizens TO the number OF a hun
dred turned out as a patrol. On the
fourth night, with a policeman or Citi-
zen at every corner, the unknown ruin |
ed memorial windows in two churches, |
he threw stones through the windows I
of several residences he broke down /
two lamp posts and he assaulted citi- /
zen IN his own yard.
The chief OF police and two detee-
tives had to go to satisfy popular
clamor, and the city sent to London
for Scotland Yard detective to come
down. He came and looked the ground
over aud heard all the details and then
announced that it was the work OF
some tramp who wanted revenge for
being sent to jail or the workhouse.
He was shown that there had been
great craft and cunning exercised, and
he was asked how tramp could hang
around the town so long bur he had
made up his mind and wouldn't change
It. More than fifty suspects were ar
rested within week. but within an
other all We're discharged. The detec-
tive was not cast DOWN over this fact
He simply used 1t to further his views.
He had not caught the man he was
after. but the hullabaloo had certainly
driven the fellow out of that part of
England and he would be heard of no
more. He was working on the case for
month, and, though he accomplished [
nothing, the town had 10 be satisfied.
Another three months passed by /
without hearing from the "fend" Then [
lie broke out again. In raiding around
he town for four nights he destroyed [
10000 worth of public property. burn
d two barns. killed two donkeys. de- g
aced the doors of the town hall and #
ssaulted the Waterman OF a private Y
ank The Waterman heard some one
umbling at the door at midnight and
pened Ii to see who was there. He
'as struck from behind with an iron q
ar. and, though knocked senseless, the II
lickness of his hat saved him. No one W
al entered the bank while he lay I'M S
A great public howl went it
p, and had suspicion pointed TO any eli
lrticular person there would have Y,
zen a lynching after the latest Ameri- s,
IN fashion While things were seeth- fo
< salesman IN dry goods store sat sh
own TO reason the case TO himself, TO
id be reasoned as follows: 81
THE crimes have been too numerous co
point 10 revenge as the motive. Pub
as well rs private property has
Uttered. Had only one tombstone
en thrown down we could say that
@ ghOul wanted TO show his hatred
r one dead person. but he threw
VIZ tA'7N a. Ahf NldNtS VI fHtHt WD- L
IN aud children TO the number of
enty-hve. 1t is doubtful If he knew
had ever heard of the people he as
nlted. \ man might he hired to
IN building so that the owner
nd get the insurance, but would
same man on the same night Kill
rses or cows or ruin shade trees and
tuaryP There can Ice no connec.
n between ruining memorial win
VS. and assaulting citizen living
0 miles away. The crimes are com
tied NJ intervals Of about three
nths. II would seem as if the man
periodical outbreaks. Some OF his In
ngs have been absolutely silly and
ikish, as tipping over the beehives. III
instance. while others have been I@
a frenzicd character This plainly IN
ws the mind Of a person who is N
: We have an insane asylum here. M
pose this 'fiend' to be a patient who l.
found a way Of escaping when.
be wishes The craft and cunning
The 'fend' wolsi be the craft and au'
ming OF a luHatic" -