The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-04-03

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was set forth in the person of the hero of
the Murders in the Rue Morgue." Still
doth Sherlock Holmes Turk In the
darkened precincts OF his superheated
rooms, consuming tobacco and daily
ing with the insidious delights of
opium, at times taking refuge in the
profound silence" for which Poe's
astute analyst was noted, and emerg-
Ing from his reveries master Of new
set of brilliant deductions warranted
to furnish a key to the secrets OF any
criminal case presented for his consid-
GRAFTON. And even as Holmes followed
In the footsteps of Dupin, countless
hordes OF imitators camp upon the
trail Of Holmes, and we are forced to
the conclusion that the type is pretty
sure to be utilized by authors for the
next so years.
The question naturally suggests It.
self: Is the real simon-pure detective
like unto the member of his profession
who works wonders In the world Of
fiction? Put this proposition up to
Wilson Murray, chief inspector OF
criminal investigation Of the depart.
ment Of justice OF the province Of
Ontario, Canada, and he will answer
emphatically In the negative. The
solving Of these seemingly inexplicable
problems is a capital exercise for the
intellect, but has mighty little to do
with practical police work. For GRIM
inals are not drawn into the meshes
Of the official net by virtue of fine
drawn deductions and opium-bred in
SEPARATIONS.
Murray served through the civil. war
In the navy. He was in the Missis.
sippi, or Gulf, squadron a part of the
time, under Commander Jewett, and
he fought under Farragut and was in
number OF engagements including
the fight at Mobile. From service in
the Mississippi and gulf Murray was
ordered to the great lakes aboard the
Michigan. He continued aboard her
until after the close of the war, and
igan and the service.
The war left its indelible imprint
on Murray's life, as II did on the life
of many another man. 1t tended to
mold his ambitions and direct them
along the line of what later became
his occupation. His career was not
cast ashore by any dread of hardship
afioat or any dislike of service at sea.
II was influenced by an event that is
one OF the important, yet little known,
episodes Of the civil war: The attempt
of the confederates, in 1864, to cap
ture the u. s. s. Michigan, to take
Johnson island, in Sandusky bay in
Lake Erie, release 1000 confederates
imprisoned there, burn the island, and
| II possible, destroy Detroit, Cleveland
and Buffalo by fire, and strike terror
| to the heart of the north. The man
who discovered the plot was Murray
and II was he who unearthed the iden
tity of the picturesque leader and was
instrumental in frustrating \ the
schemes SO cunningly devised.
The war was at its zenith In the
year 1864, when Commander ]. c. Car
ter of the United States navy sent fol
Murray and detailed him to special
duty. There had been some vague
rumors floating around OF confed
crate plot to blow up Johnson island
liberate all confederate prisoners ant
land them safely In Canada across
Lake Erie.
TRY to get to the bottom of the
conspiracy, IL there is one," said Com
mander Carter. go to any place ant
every place where your judgment leads
you. You have an unlimited commits
sion. Report to me from time e
time"
Murray went first to Detroit ant
conferred with Col. Hill, who gave hin
what information he had, 1t was yer,
meager. At that time Vallandingham
a member of congress from Ohio. wa'
in, exile In Windsor Ont, across tn,
river from Detroit. Vallandinghan
was a southern sympathizer. Murray
garbed as civilian, crossed to Windso
and settled down to learn, first Of all, thu
ways of Vallandingham and any othe
confederate sympathizers gathere,
there. He observed closely all whit
called on Vallandingham Among then
he noted a dapper, energetic little fel
low who came and went at Valland
ingham's headquarters. Murray learne,
that his name was l.. G. Cole, and tina
he was reputed to be confederat
agent. Cole was about 38 years old
five feet seven inches tall, weighe,
! 1856 pounds, with red hair and lon
mustache, and gray eyes so small an
sharp and bright that they were tn
first feature to draw Murray's after
ton TO the suspect. Murray finall
overheard scrap of conversation b,
tween Cole and vallandingham tina
convinced him the former was an in
portant and dangerous person II
communicated with Commander Ca
ter and prepared to follow Coles ira
If II led to the end of the earth.
When Cole alighted from the trai
in Montreal Murray was car lengt
behind him. Cole went to the st. La,
renee Hall hotel and Murray followe