Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-25
TELLTALE PICTURES.
Paintings That Have Done the
Work OF Detectives.
BROUGHT CRIMES TO LIGHT.
Instances Of Where the Canvas Of an
Artist Led to a Confession Of Guilt.
a woman's Portrait and a Stolen
Diamond Ornament.

An artist who had suddenly become
almost famous by his production OF a
painting exhibited at the Royal acad.
envy was one day called upon by a
man whose visit was productive OF the
most extraordinary and undreamed OF
consequences
The picture represented lonely
stretch OF beach. upon which the sea
was beating In long. creamy rollers. In
the foreground. bending over dead
body. was a man with n wild expires.
sion on his face and with a naked
knife In his hand 4 ships boat. evil
IDENTITY just beachcd, was also In the
picture. aud by the side Of the muir.
dered man was bag Of gold. The pic.
ture portrayed the advent OF two cast
aways upon a friendly shore. The one
had murdered the other so that the
treasure might be his.
The painters visitor was a gray hair.
ed. wild eyed man.
In heavens name. SIR" he gasped
out. how did you learn the dreadful
story that you paintedg ! see you
know all. murdered my mate Bill TO
get the money that was his threw
his body into the sea. don't know
what Impulse led me 20 the academy.
The first thing | saw was your picture
representing the scene that took place
thirty years ago"
Needless 10 say, the picture had been
the outcome Of Imagination. Yet muir.
der will out. and the guilty conscience
Of the man who had killed his comrade
for lust Of gold had convinced him
that the painting was no coincidence.
but was indeed the actual portrayal OF
a dastardly and unwitnessed crime.
There Is probably no picture better
known IN England than "The Doctor"
by Luke Flldes. yet there are proba-
bly, very few people aware Of the fact
that that selfsamc masterpiece was the
means Of bringing TO light the per
petratfon OF a crime that would other.
wise never have been known.
\ certain doctor In large town com
mitted suicide. ana among his papers
was letter which ran as follows: Il
have today seen Luke Fildes' Doctor
The picture represents a medical man
watching by the bedside OF a child II
has so haunted me that am going 10
take away my own worthless life and
make confession at the same time.
When Arthur's"-his brother's-"boy
died came into money that my dead
brother had settled on him. He died
rs all the world thought OF acute pneu.
monia. Yet his life might have been
saved had ! acted. as Fildes' Doctor
is so evidently doing. with the use OF
oil the skill that lay In my power.
fastened the boys end aud 80 got the
money. can bear II no more"
A well known artist was commission
ed TO paint the portrait Of lady In ex-
allied circles who bolsted the posses
sion OF most unique jewel In the
form Of u pendant. The lady was very
anxious that this heirloom should be .
Included IN her portrait. The artist. OF
course. complied with her request.
Shortly after the painting had been I
n daring burglary was per
petrated. with the result that the lady /
lost her heirloom. and no trace Of the .
thief or thieves was forthcoming. I
Years passed by. aud the lady gave up
Ill hope OF ever seeing the precious
heirloom again.
Now. IL so happened that the artist
who had painted the portrait Of the
lady mentioned had occasion TO travel
IN India.
In the course OF his wanderings be
'ame 10 Bombay and. as every visitor
20 that place does. strollcd through the
native bazaar.
Suddenly his attention was riveted
BY piece Of jewelry in a jewelers.
shop that seemed familiar 10 him. IL
was diamond and ruby pendant
Where had he seen II beforoi lie ran.
lacked his brain. but could not remem-
Der.
He returned to his hotel aud hap
Dened 10 take from his portfolio a
'ketch Of the portrait he had made
ears ago Of the lady with the pendant.
In moment the enigma was solved.
rhe piece OF jewelry he had seen was
he peculiar pendant that his fair sit.
er had been so anxious he should in
Jude In his portrait.
He hurried of 20 the chief Of police
Ind told that worthy what he suspect.
that the bazaar he had
fisited contained the long lost jewel
n the English lady. Inquiries were AT
'nce set on 'oot with extraordinary re-
Iults. The leweler In the bazaar con
essed 10 aving given years ago
quite insigf ifcant sum for the Jewel.
which he had bought from n stable
nan In the employ Of n neighboring
'ajah. The stableman was sought for
md turned NJ 20 be none other than
famous English cracksman who had
urned honest but who.
nevertheless. confessed TO having been
he thief Of the jewel that had been
70 miraculously discovered.-Pearson's
Weekly.