The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-07-15
THE MAN WITH
THE EYES.

copyright, 1905 by T. G. McClure.1
One day as a Scotland Yard detective |
was lounging in the corridor Of q Liver
pool hotel he noticed the individual
who afterward became known in police |
records as the man with the eyes. He
was a medium sized man, slim in
build and had the look Of a college
professor. There was nothing to els
tinguish him from other gentlemen 'ex-
cept his eyes. They were large and
black in color, and as he accidentally
brushed against the detective and stop
ped to apologize and looked him in the
face for a moment the officer felt
peculiar thrill. He felt that the stran-
ger had seen clear through him, SO to
say. He had sufficient curiosity to as
certain that the gentleman had register
ed as coming from York and that his
name was Burton.
Three days later a curious case was
recorded at the Yard. Richard White,
a hard headed country squire, told a
story that the officers were inclined to
believe was pipe dream. Had it been
an ordinary man they would have
smiled in his face. He set out from
London for Liverpool and occupied a
compartment with one other person.
This person bore the description Of the
man with the eyes. The squire busted
himself looking over some letters for
half an hour after boarding the train
and then looked up to find the other
staring at him. He said that he felt
an Influence at once. The feeling
was that he had lost his identity and
was some one else.
s'Your name is Sudley," said the man
after moment.
eyes; it is Sudley."
"You are not feeling well today"
'sNo, I'm not"
''You are going to sleep, and you will
wake up feeling better, but first give
me your watch and money"
The squire stood up and handed over
everything. He knew what he was
doing, but it seemed to him to be the
thing to do.
Snow lie on the seat; go to Sleep"
The squire stretched out, and the
next thing he knew guard was try
ing to arouse him, and it was an hour
later. The man with the eyes was no
longer in the compartment. That was
the story, and it puzzled the officers.
They had to take it in earnest, coming
from such source, and yet they had
to smile at the idea. 1t may be that
nothing would have been done in the
case but for another story from an
other person. In London the wife of
a baker acted as cashier. During an
interval, when only two people were
in the store, a stranger entered and
asked for change for a sovereign. AS
! it was handed out the woman met his
; eyes. In a single second she seemed to
lose herself. 1t was as if she was IN
der the influence Of an anaesthetic
| and yet in way she was conscious OF
her surroundings.
I "You owe me f25," she heard the
f man say.
: ''Yes."
r "You said you would pay it today"
y eyes; said so.''
< 'Then will take the money"
$ She had about ESQ in the drawer
l. and she counted out the sum named
i and passed it over. By counting vi
}. afterward she found that she had Civ
d en- him the exact amount. He took tn
money and looked into her eyes ant
said:
FL "You are tired. You may sleep 70
ten minutes"
At that she lost all consciousness
y and did not open her eyes again unit
her husband shook her arm fifteel
= minutes later. Then she awoke, wit
u a scream. The husband wouldn't be
u lieve her story although custome
Is corroborated part of it. He contend
ed, and so did the police after hin
] that the woman had fallen asleep an
| sneak thief had robbed the till.
i was pointed out that thief woul
i have taken all, but this made no di1
II ference An inspector was put on tn
case and did some work, but he got n
Il further clew to the man with the eye
II A man was instructed to watch tn
Il n trains and functions On the road wher
il the first robbery occurred, and he pit
B in two months without meeting wilt
his man or without hearing Of anothe
case Of "eyes." Then he followed
q man from a junction to a hotel. an
II being almost positive Of his quarry,
! called on the man in his room. q
found him unstrapping his valise an
Il made some inquiry to excuse his intr1
3 sion.
n "Come right in" replied the ma
'sand win attend to you in momen
i Fine day, isn't it? But think we shf
have rain by tomorrow. All, but T.
B broken the tongue Of that buckle? No
III them
3 And he rose up, turned around al
B looked the officer full in the eyes. TT
:3l lattor tried To raach ont and grab