The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

paper men, after they had 1t all down.
asked Mickey. an evening newspaper re
porter, why he didn't keep It till the next
day and give it out TO the evening pa
pers.
well. Til tell you why" Mickey an
eWered. Il somehow don't like that story.
I'd kind O. hate to write 1t myself and To
kind o. hate to read 1t in my pape'."
But why not? You saw it happen, and
It's darn good tale"
YES" said the boy. II saw II happen.
and it's a good story Just as 1t stands,
but say: Foley says the fine art of de-
tective work is suspiciOning thing, and
I've sure got that fine art down fine on
this case. I'm going TO look for some
clues to see # I can't find out how Fo-
| ley really solved that silver burglary
For some six weeks thereafter the other
reporters, to badger Mickey as ne had
badgered the inspector, asked him daily
| His own favOrite question:
Amt got no clues to that silver bur
glary, I SUPPOSE"
mot yet Mickey answered evenly.
but I'll get it all right"
The question became a standing Joke,
and one day when at cards Mickey was
slow to play fellow prodded him with
Amt got no clue"
YES" said Mickey, I've got It.
They played the hand out, then sat
back to hear the story. And this Is
! Mickey's story:
"Yalier Sal, coon gal IN Chinatown,
walked up to Dunlap, the ward man or the
Mott street station, one evening, and she
SAYS to him. Say, Sam she says. you
| amt noticed, has you, how as that black
niger gal Sadie CAROLS a-wearin' jew
| els these days.? And Dunlap says,
| Thanks So he goes up into Sadie Car
rolls room and he opens her trunk and
| there's some of the silver; all that WASH
pawned. He waits around TIL Sadie comes
| home and ne pinches her. Then he waits
around till her teller comes home and he
pinches him, and he's the burglar that
| used to hang his jewels on Waller Sal and
/ had lately been hangin' 'em on Sadie Car
roll"
Mickey, thinking of the inspectors
| pauses, paused.
Go on" said a reporter.
That's ALL said Mickey. Dunlap
/ locked up the burglar and his girl; took
] their pawn tickets to collect the stuff
/ they had pawned, and when he had his
case complete turned it all over to the
Mickey rested till the others had pro-
| tested that they couldn't see where the
wagon and the scene at the Tiger res
| taurant came in.
oh" said Mickey, 'the inspector, hav-
| ing the burglar. had to have story,
/ didn't he? Well, he has been reading
! Sherlock Holmes so he told the coon bur
/ glar that il he would get the same wagon
/ that he used in the burglary, put the
| stuff in it and would have it driven UP
/ past the Tiger at SILL think it was
| about S:17-the police would send him
away for straight burglary. Otherwise
they would land him for second Offense.
OF course, the coon accepted the offer
and played the game out"
But who for?"
| Or Watsonr they exclaimed. who's
DR.. Watson?
Me" said Mickey, and as he saw they
| saw the point, he rubbed 1t in. Y GU re
| member how Sherlock Holmes had Eel
low around with him to ask him how hE
done what he did, Well, Foley had tC
have one, so he elected me-"
The reporters all sat there thinking this
story in. It interested them. It threw Z
lot of light all around them. But at las
their thoughts came back to Mickey, and
one of them asked the question they al
wished to ask:
well, Mick, how did you find that al
| out2 You're no DR. Watson; you're
pretty good Sherlock Holmes yourself
How did YOU do it?"
-.Me?" said Mickey. why, just Xix
the detectives do It. I asked the cool
burglar 1 waited till he was all safe ant
, sentenced. so he wouldn't be scared. o
the police doubling his time, then aske
him how it all happened, and he told me
him and Yaller Sal and Dunlap who wa
| lust a little sore at the way the inspecto
q took the whole credit to himself the wa,
yves. but. Mr.. Holmes" one Of the re
Dorters persisted, what made you sus
J pect-'
picioning a thing is the fine art Of de
tective work.