The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-01-14

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81 80 l1Toora p dIornIra anf = Ifqn.
tIlg Dri.one1s With pIcl1rcs thae had
haso taken eve ton anl even tueEgg
gcsgs bef0ge.
Many q city ee faf Wogt even - Ban
Bfaocieco came 60 learn that re ap.
pcarance % Sheridan 20 q crowd vas
lhe gnragt means of Flddiue tie city
e 3 band of aCinsEant cFOoka shsgi-
dan vas tie mau 30 whom Ghe New
EoEk police department turned when
eIl others failad b identity e pFlaOnaE.
Lf Sheridan pansed & prisoner Il was
taken eor granted that hia picture was
nof among ths 10000 o. more Ia the
roEueg gallery.
coHViotlon % . Bark Sneak.
A easP where Sheridan made good
with de camera eye 3 that Of = bank
sneak who was arrested On Brooklyn
81 1903 and who gave the nsme Of
william Murphy. hurphy's picture
Was taken ln Brooklyn aud sent over
b Mulberry street for Identification.
why" said Sheridan. that's Bob
Suffrage; served i've years IN Liver
pool. eight years 90 Brussels aud two
years IN Sing Sing he was arrested
twenty one years ago by Tom Mulvey.
on Reynolds stan"
Inspector Titus sent Tom Mulvey
over 20 the Raymond street iall IN
Brooklyn to identify the prisoner.
Mulvey took a look "a him and re-
ported that be never had arrested him.
never had seen him. sheridan himself
had never seen Bob Suffrage. All that
be had In mind were the pictures that
had passed through bis hands. two or
three out OF 4 total OF 100000 in the
gallery Sheridan still insisted that
the Brooklyn sneak thief was the no
toriOus Bob.
Finally the prisoner was aFralgned
before Judge Asphalt and pleaded
guilty. Tue Judge said 20 him;
"NOw I am going 70 ask you some
questions. and n you tell the truth III
take that into consideration IN sentenc-
ing you. 10 your name Bob SunrageT
Eyes" said the prisoner. and then be
went on to tell the terms be had seFv.
"a Just 90 Sheridan had done from
memory several weeks before.
How He Identified q Precious Pair.
sheridau's friends love 60 tell how be
identiaed Mott Haven Red and Frank
Codd, They had been taken IN By
chance on the BOWery IN New York,
and when the precious pair were stood
up the next day no one knew them. 90
they vent on 20 Sheridan.
THAT'S Mott haven Red. alias Joe
Fay" said Sheridan instantly. II saw
bis picturp ten years ago. he got nine
yeaFs and eight months IN Dannemora
for blowing up 9 safe Of the Standard
OH company IN Syracuse"
The prisoner stoutly denied bis lden-
tity. whereupOn Sheridan said to a de-
tective:
"PuIi up his sleeve asd you'll nnd
w. I o. tattoOed on hls right fore
arm" The letters were there.
"NoW look on bis right hand and see
n the cord on the little 6nger has not
been shortened" said Sheridan. and II
was. That was too much for Mott
haven Red. and be confessed bis den.
tlty.
That b but one instance IN many
which the detectives recall 10 illus
tratinE Sheridan's wonderful faculty.
DOrgs Doctrine or correspondence. rOr
the resemblance extends even to their
top pieces inside and outside Thus
Ia Toilette wears a pOmpadour and
Murdoch q halo the color Of a brick.
Carrying out the correspondence. the
senate insuTectiOn bristles. while that
IN the house Is red headed
The Bed Badge Of Courage.
Murdoch himself IL worth newspa.
per story and probably will get whole
pages Of such before be h done with
the game. he h himself an editor and
was one time q Chicago reporter. 10
those days be was q friend % Presi
dent Mckinley. who referred 90 him
60 "the brightest man 10 Kansas
when be went 70 ChicaEo young Muir.
dock was working for 50 q week on bis
fathers paper. Asking for q raise. be
was turned down. Even though the
old gentleman was then q celebrity %
the Gunn0Wer State. that fact dld not
urovnne fha rtsh frnna anltlng him thai