The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-06-30
THE MAN WITH
THE EYES.

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"Av oAbVAHuku Dccalhe KNOWN IN police
records as the man with the eyes. He
was a medium sized man, slim IN
build and had the look OF college
professor. There was nothing to dis.
tingulsh 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 q moment the officer felt n
peculiar thrill. He felt that the stran-
ger had seen clear through him, so to
say. Ee 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.
hard headed country squire, told a.
story that the officers were inclined to
believe was pipe dream. Had II 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 busied
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.
your name is Sudley," said the man
after moment.
Eyes; 1t is Sudley."
"You are not feeling well today"
''No, I'm not"
"You are going to sleep. and you viii
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 1t seemed to him to be the
thing to do.
Now lie on the seat; go to Sleep"
The squire stretched out, and the
next thing he knew a guard was try
ing to arouse him. and 1T was an hour
later. The man with the eyes was no
longer in the compartment. That was
the story. and 1t puzzled the officers.
They had to take 1t 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 single second she seemed TO |
lose herself. 1t was as II she was un-
der the influence OF an anaesthetic, |
and yet in way she was conscious OF |
her surroundings.
you owe me E25," she heard the
man say.
"Yes."
"You said You would pay it today"
eyes; / said So"
"Then / will take the money"
She had about $50 in the drawer,
and she counted out the sum named |
and passed 1t over. By counting up !
afterward she found that she had CIV
en- him the exact amount He took the
money and looked into her eyes and
said: ~
"You are tired. You may sleep for
ten minutes"
At that she lost all consciousness
and did not open her eyes again until
her husband shook her arm fifteen
minutes later. Then she awoke, with
scream. The husband wouldn't be-
lieve her story, although a customer
corroborated a part OF it. He contend
ed. and so did the police after him,
that the woman had fallen asleep and |
a sneak thief had robbed the till. Ii
was pointed out that thief would
have taken ALL but this made no diff
ference. An inspector was put on the
case and did some work, but he got no
further clew to the man with the eyes.
A man was instructed to watch the
trains and functions on the road where
the first robbery occurred, and he put
In two mouths without meeting with
his man or without hearing Of another
case Of ''eyes." Then he followed
man from a junction to hotel, and.
being almost positive Of his quarry, be
called on the man in his room. He
found him unstrapping his valise and
made some inquiry to excuse bis intrn-
sion
Come right In replied the man,
"and viii attend to you in a moment.
Fine day, isn't 1t? But think we shall
have rain by tomorrow. All, but I've
broken the tongue of that buckle? New,
then
And be rose up, turned around and
looked the officer full in the eyes. The
latter tried to reach ont and grab his
man and break the influence" but 1t
was in vain. He tried to turn his head
away. but be could not.
"You need sleep" said the man with
the eyes.
Yes"
"Undress and go to bed. Don't iinger
over It."
The officer removed his clothes and
got into bed.
Now shut your eyes and sleep for
two hours"
The eyes closed, and It was two
hours later when they opened again.
The man with the eyes was gone. He
had taken with him the officers badge
and a small sum OF money and had cut
the victims clothes into shreds. That
was bis last crime IN England. BE was
looked for for the next year. but in