The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-30

nothing had occurred to disturb the
nocturnal quiet. There were no more
pinchings, or "ghosts," no bell ring
ing, no nlutilatloDs of horses or cattle,
no stealing Of clothes, no lncendlariom-
1t looked as though the unknown trou,
BILE maker had been scared of with his
arrival. Had it not been for certain
hint unconsciously dropped by Doctor
Osbop, the inspector would have been
half inclined to aScrIbe the whole cate
CORY of petty crimes and annoyances
to tramps, miscbjevous boys, or pure
accident. But he had o private theory
to prove or disprovc, and SO he lin
gcred on, taking day or two off now
| and then to attend TO affairs in New
y ork.
| During ono OF these absences The out
RACES broke out in a totally new man
| ncr. Shortly aften 10 O'Clock one
cloudy November evening Doctor Os
bon was driving home at smart pace
from a country call. At the darkest
and loneliest part of Main street, where
some giant over-reaching clms made of
the highway almost tunnel. his horse
ran full tilt into an obstruction and
tho doctor was pitched hcadforcmost
out Of the buggy over the horse S back
! into the roHd,
The buggy lamp was burning bright
". and after soothing the nearly fran
tic beast, he started TO look for the
trouble. This proved TO be a stout
barbcd wire stretched tightly across
! the highway from tree 10 tree fonr or
five feet above the ground. The horse
was badly cut about the neck and
chest. and practically ruined.
After reaching home by driving
around through side street, he gave
the alarm; half dozen men with John
Corrie Mt their head and armed with
lanterns, reached the spot, only to find
that the deadly wire had mysteriously
Disappeared But the marks of the
horses hoofs remained in the road to
| Indicate the spot. and the wounded
animal was proof that the doctor had
not been mistaken. So they tclegraphcd
for Valentine to return instautcr,
Once more on the Job. he went over
the ground by daylight. Tho tree
| trunks showed where the bark had
bceu torn by the barbs when it had
been twisted around, and of course it
was evident that a person Of some
Strcngt ngth-perhaps two pcrsons-had
set the cruel trap. wearing leather or
rubber gloves. Beyond this nothing.
But excitement ran high once more in
| Annandalc,
A whole week of quiet cnsued. and
then came the climax and the capture
of the criminal. IL was prayer meet
ing night at the Methodist church, with
a rather slim attendance, owing To the
revived panic. However, there were
perhaps "a score of adults present, in
cluding Matthew Birge. DR.. Osbon,
John Corrie and several other men,
mostly natives. Finuey Valentine was
elsewhere. but luckily not far away
Suddenly, while the little company
were engaged in silent dcvotions, loud
cries of ''Firel - came from the quiet
street without and glance at the
windows showed the ruddy reflection
of the glare. With one impulse all
hands made for the street Through
an open space between two houses the
clear flames could bc seen spouting
| hcavenward III the windless air
''lt's Cal David's haystacki'' some
one shouted, and there was great
scampering of feet over the interveu-
ing two squares. At their heels came
Finnev Valentine. but instead Of run.
ming TO the fire he kept on down the
street, across the railroad track, to the