The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-16

Iote in the afternoon OF dark ana
,oma,;ng November day a dilapidated
exnress wagon of the free lance - va
80 laden with single large trunk,
,ear,v new. stopped in front of old po-
t. bsadouartetrs at 300 Mulberry
.t-est in Manhattan. The driver hopped
ofr his perch in a hurry, went inside
ond incurred for the detective bureau
The fellow displayed so much agita-
lion that the lieutenant in the front
Office sent him right up to the quarters
~ Inspector Finney Valentine, where
he told the following strange story IN
choice Fourth ward speech:
~Me names Barney Fogie. | was
an me stand corner o. Lexington and
T';rd avenyer W 'en guy-a dago. /
ouess he was-comes up t. me an
SMELLS whether ! n move trunk from
N Gran Central / tells him Sure
thing an he gifts in me wagon, sayin
be II go wit me.
FWen. cap. we goes inter tn bag
GAGE room. an III feller hands over
receipt an claims his trunk. He helps
carry it, an load it on me wagon;
seejn twas too hefty for one man t.
handle. notice that he seems mikhty
cb ice an tender OF it. which made
what he says next sound purity queer.
Tn guy hands me dollar an says he
wants me T. take tn trunk an dump
Il in tn river-east or north would do
-'cause there s nothin' inside but old
books an rubbish
Before ] cud say d take tn Job,
be walks of an that's tn last | seen
of him Course it was a queer order.
Why didn't he sell tn old books {
some iunkman t r waste paper9 Then
I. L..
an ] saws t meself: What 5 work
in guy like that doin' givin' away a
good trunk fer? So T hefts it again,
an il sure was load-packed solid
like-an' up-ended it t. have look
at tn bottom What ] see there y
can see f'r yerself, cap, an l sizes it
up that s up t. me t. make quick
sneak r. tn perice. -
',Where s the trunk now7'' inquired
Valentine, all alert at this dramatic
story.
s'In me wagon outside less some
guy s pinches 1t since | came In, which
] guess nit
"'Fetch it up" commanded the
chief, calling couple of husky head.
quarters porters.
As the trio went out of the door,
Valentine signaled quietly to a plain
clothes man TO keep the husky express
man in sight and see that he didn t get
away Apparently Barney Fogle had
no wish TO escape; he had told an evi-
dently straight story so far; but il was
well to take no chances.
When the mysterious trunk was
hauled into an inner room it proved
TO be rather cheap affair, but full
sized. such as could be bought on the
Bowery or lower Sixth avenue for So
or S4 The lock was himsy and the
construction weak. the metal corners
and bands being more for show than
for service. Around it was knotted
crosswise length Of common clothes
line
Altogether the trunk was ordinary
and innocent ptlooking-until YOU look ed
al the bottom as it stood on end: There
the Thin Eastwood was stained dark
reddish brown as of some liquid which
had sluggishlv oozed through the cracks
of the boards.
Inspector Valentine reached for a
powerful magnifying lens and studied
the telltale stains closely for some
Then Frightening up he gave
the curt order. ''open it. -
Se~'they united the knotted clothes
line, and from bunch of handy KEYS
of assorted sizes one was found which
fitted the lock. As the lid was flung
back a horrid and revolving sight met
the gaze. Crowded closely into the
trarnk, from which the tray had been