The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-04
THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES.
He Is the Chief of Detective inspectors of Scotland Yard

murders one after the other III Ameri-
ca the cowboy set sail in a cattle boat
for England. Scotland Yard was ap-
prised of the fact, and sent young
Froest Ohis was very many years ago
almost at the beginning of his career
cut onto the job Of catching the man.
He went to Queenstown and waited Tor
he ship to appear ia sight, and when
he saw II he put out in small ro~boat
and clambered ID the side Of the snip.
There were several men on deck, and
as soon as the detective found him.
self there he tried an old ruse, which
Mas quite successful. Addressing one
Of them who looked the most likely. he
asked him if his name was x, men
tiOning the name of the man who was
wanted. The man started back in sur
prise
What he said. You have" and
then he remembered and corrected him
self. saying, quietly, ooh. no. my name
is not x" But the inspector knew
now that IL was
Yes. it is he said. and I'm 20
lice officer"
Instantly the cowboy drew the bowie
knife and leaped at him. The two
closed and rolled over and over on the
deck the knife several times going
through the detectives clothes without
inturing him. But after a terrible fight
the detective got the best OF II.
The daring and the resource Of this
young detective we're discovered by his
superiors very early In his career when
he was one of those who were put on
to a mystery that was causing deal Of
trouble. In his theorizing upon the sub
isct he came to the conclusion that II
he could come into possession of GER
tain photograph he could get to the bot
tom Of the whole thing But the pic
ture was being withheld. However. nc
went to the Office Of the man who had
it. saw that II was or his desk. got the
man out of the room! rU 2 pTctcNt. and
then quietly took possession Of the pho
togrdph in his absence. All such things
az these are fair and legal in love and
war. and the photograph proved to be
the key TO the solution of the mystery.
In the very finest and most delicate
kinds Of crime where there is no rough
uees. no violence and no suggestion Of
the true villain. Superintendent Froest
is at his best on the opposite side-in
kind Of armchair detection in which he
has not so much to hunt for clews as
to set his mind to work against that Of
his opponent and discover a sensible
theory on which to act
This is the refinement Of the detec-
tive's business. and there was a very
fine sample Of what The new chief OF
the criminal investigation department
can do i'm this category in the famous
case of the man Marshall a provincial
solicitor. WHO, a year or so ago, when
staying az a West End hotel. declared
that 2 bag containing f12.0O0 worth Of
notes. not belonciug to him. but to
client of his. hal been stolen from his
bedroom. For a time il was the most
splendid mystery that had ever caDu-
waited the newspaper readers Of Lon
don: but il was still quite young and at
its most intensely interesting point
when Mr.. Froest. after very little ac-
ton but some very hard thinking,
thought he saw the light. He came to
the conclusion that the notes had not
been stolen at all. but that Marshall
had appropris ted the money to his own
use Marshall was duly sent to prison
for doing so.