The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-08-11
DETECTIVE STORIES.
Little Things as Aids In Solving
Problems In Crime.
THE VALUE OF SMALL ClEWS
sln All Ny Experience" Says Police
Sergeant Cuff, One of Wilkie Col
Inns Creations, "a Have Never Vet
Met Such a Thing as Trifle."


Sergeant Cuff One of Wilkie Col
Inns Creations, ~ Have Never Yet
Met Such a Thina as a Trifle..
III you ask some London publishers
they Will ten you that no book sells SO
wei as detectlNe story ana that pee
PIE sun ma FASCINATION IN the
achleVefhehts OF Edgar Allan Poes
Dupin, Gaoofiaus Eeeocq and Iabarei
ana the fedouotable sergeant Gun or
Wiikie Collins
Ihese men were the forefuhners OF
sherlock TONNES, ana their feats or
eriiaillal ifackihg were as femarkabie
az those aehiefed by the FAMOUS char-
acter created ny sir Arthur Conan
Doyie. lerhaps the least known Is
Gun, VINO lgures III Inc Moonstohe.
Gun looked Tor ciews In trifes. III
Vestisatlhs Il smear on Il newly paint
Gu uoor, ne was told by the superln-
tehdeht VINO had the case Ill hand that
II was hiaoe ny me pettieoats OF the
women ScrNititS. ne superintendent
SAID petticoats were trities
-.
dirtiest ways OF TINS dirty little world,
rephed 'uh, Il nave never met sueh
thihg us Il trihe yet. we must see
tine pett'cnht that made the smear, ana
we must Know for certain that the
paint was wet.
lecocq, the beau Ideal OF the French
detective, was wont to explain his de-
duettanS IN assistants inSf Sherlock
Holmes did TO his friend Watson In
the story or "f1le No. ll3 safe has
been robbed There Is scratch on
the door OF the safe which seems to
have been made by the key slipping
from the lock. But Lec0cq explained
that the paint WAS hard and that the
scratch could not have been made by
the trembling hand of the thief letting
the key slip.
lie therefore had an iron box made,
painted with green varnish like the
safe. As Lecocq inserted the key he
asked the assistant To endeavor to pre-
vent hin using the key Just as he was
about to insert II In the lock The as.
sistant did so, and the key held by
i-t'ttif i'uii'u lloli ilt ibth,
slipped along the door aud traced upon
II diagonal scratch from top To bot.
tom, the exact reproduction of the one
shown in II photograph of the safe.
Thus II WAS proved that two persons
were present at the robbery - one
wished TO take the money and the
other to prevent Its being taken.
In the play Sherlock Holmes, the
detective, with the aid of an accom-
plice raises an alarm of fire ut the
house of the Larrabees, during the ex-
I citeine'if "f which he Il abb. 10 INV es-
ugate the mystery or the purlolned
documents.
A somewhat similar incident occurs
in Edgar Ahan Poe's 1.-The Pufloined
Letter. when Dnpin, having obtained
entrance L" the mousse OF minister
or the state who had pnrloined let
ter OF great importance from lady,
wished TO take II IRON It's hiding place
"a card rack over the mahte'piece--
and substitute facsimile. While
Dupin was talking to the minister
there was sudden report OF pistol
beneath the WihdoW. foilowed by rear
fnl screams nhd loud shouting. Inc
minister rushed 10 the "ihuow' ana
while his attention was thus distracted
Dupin took the real letter ana supsti-
tinted the false one whieh ne nao pre-
pared. Needless 10 say, 'he INVERSION
had beeh 'fea'ed by pupin y ass'S'-
ants.
Aithough ne Adventures oi oher-
lock iioiiiles soileWI'h' oNe'si'auow
the STORIES az o'iier oe'ec''es WHICH
appeared III lhe stfahd MaeaZ'ne' one
should hot forget W iheh'ioh Mai'ii
Hewitt, investigator, ana DICK ''oh-
oNah.
B"th THESE detectives workeo "ione
ana Were past 'i'"S'e's III '"e al. VI
SOWING robbery mysteries, huraer7
ana 'he cr'hles vi see'e, Soeie.iee'
Ana the Vai"e oi no'iie 'rines, par
tcuiarly III de,ectlye WORK. ~ s,rih,ns-
~ llius'rh,ed III ne Ease Vi MI rug
ga'i ne ia''er ma oeeh i'iurue'eo
III MS cha'lber, Wlieh was si."a'eu At
tue Top Vi 'ne oo'iuihs III "'i''' 'ie"
Ill mao an once levitt was 'ne his'
one on the scehe' me ooor ""s ioeh-
ne i'uhu roes"'' a!ii's aeio9S VI. ~
PIE shot oeao. mere was snee'
ar"p VI my ice, o".s'oe we ".'roo"s.