The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-01-01

Ntapt. james |. lbidShH' ''''' W. 49, |
detective bureau of Philadelphia. is
fine tvpc of the ieyel-headed Investigators
of crime of the present day. He has been
In the department for 80 years: he never
ware A disguise OF any kind in his NE.
lie knows every rule of the game. an"
has occupied every separate position III
the service from that of h-p"h'eh'ah
W. to the responsible post winch ne no"
fills with signal success. tie was the
crnSptrr0uS figure in the famous " hi'e
murder case although he modeS''E us
claims the credit, saying that the sloiN
belongs to the entire police force OF Tue
Quaker City. The story. outside OF i,s
own interest is important as la,r H.
IlStration of the unrumantlc ana n"H'-
ncsSiike methods now generally uSed Ill
the detection Of criminals in the large
cities of the United StateSl
On the night of May 10, 1900, Prot.
Roy Wilson White, fellow OF the law
school of the University of Pennsyl-
yana. and . lecturer on Roman la"
at the famous seat of learning, was
Vysteriously and brutaIly murdered.
Prof. White although man OF less
than 80 years of age, had already won
an international reputation in his spe-
ciaI branch Of study. He was
quiet and unassuming in manner, and
enjoyed the reputation OF being the
most popular instructor at the uni
versity So far as known he dld not
have an enemy in the world, and the
news of his murder came as terrible
shock not only to his family and
friends, but also to the thousands of
students with whom he had come into
pe.sonal contact during the period oil
his tutorship.
On the day of the murder all of his
movements were accounted for from
the time he said good-by at his home
in the morning until the moment he
left the classroom for the night.
During the afternoon he had a long
talk with one of his associates con-
corning work in which the two men
were mutually interested. He took
dinner alone at small hotel near the
university, and after that lectured to
the law class under his charge. He
was confident and enthusiastic, and
never appeared to better advantage.
About ten o'clock at night he left for
his home in Germantown, a suburb OF
Philadelphia He started in the di-
rection of the POwelton Avenue sta
ton of the Pennsylvania railroad with
the purpose of boarding the 1O:l
train.
Less than an hour later policeman
walking along Thirty second street, adj
Joining the railroad tracks, stumbled
against body on the sidewalk. 1t
was quite dark in that section-in
fact it was afterwards declared to be
the darkest spot in all of Philadelphia.
The officer flashed his lantern on the
inert mass before him. and was
shocked TO find a man, mangled and
bleeding. His head was crushed and
he was unconscious. The pockets oil
the white vest were turned inside oui
and his gold watch was missing. The
little green bag that he always car
ried by his side was spattered will
his life blood. 1t contained among
other things a textbook on plead
ing"-a book from which Prof. White
had been lecturing that evening. SOM
notes on sheets of paper which he hat
utilized in his Quiz" class were ais
in the bag. A pocketboOk containe
life insurance policy, an invitation
to class reunion in another state
and a sum of money in greenback:
A few yards away, imbedded in tn
soft earth, was an iron bar, quit
thick, and about IS inches long.
was such a thing as is used on th
platforms of freight cars.
The disfigured corpse was remove
to the university hospital, and the be:
medical and surgical aid summone
But it was too late: the vital spar
had fled. and all that the professor
and students had left to them was tt
memory Of Roy Wilson Whites gr
cious life.
The shocking nature of the erin
seems to have aroused the autho
tiles into instant and universal acti
ity. Superintendent of Police Quiz
and Chief of Detectives Miller held
consultation to determine what shou
be done. While they were talkil
James A, Donaghy, a member of Il
detective staff, passed the open do
of the outer Office. Quirk espied hi
Hello, Jim" he cried
1t had been raining cats and dog
all the afternoon. Donaghy enter
the Office water-soaked from head
foot
What's the matter with you?" sa
Miller.
You ought to know" was the
jonder You sent me down
Media to get pickpocket"
Did you get him.
Sure" was the rejoinder, and
souSed in the bargain
Well said Miller. we've
something bigger than pickpocket
look after now; listen