The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-19

I met person who had recently COM
| miited a great crime that could with
stand the scrutiny of searching eyes.
| There is ever a CULVER in the eye and a
| tell-tale flush resting upon the face OF
a criminal when suddenly brought TO bay.
| have never laid claim to the possess
sion oi that oracular omnsclence fre-
quently attributed TO men OF the detec-
tive profession, set 1 am willing to say
that when two men meet face to face one
enlisted In the cause OF Justice, the other
criminal the latter though, physically
the stronger. becomes bringing coward
with guilt pictured in his eyes
The paymaster thought the driver OF
the cab an Irshman. but was not quite
certain. He knew that he had been sepa-
rated from his money and that was about
all the information he could give. The
capturing of the thief and recovering
the money seemed now to rest upon the
tcitala eyes.
II was now monday and feeding time.
The most of the cabs were off the
streets, but ] chanced TO secure one. and
| started out 10 visit the many cab stands
in the city. When l met driver OF one
fully. but saw, nothing in the face OF any
of them to arouse suspicion My mind
might have. been a liltle, romantic IN
those days. but thought the thief would
have disturbance on his face by which
| would be able to pick him out. When
al last ] had met nearly all the cabbies
in the city. and discovered nothing upoin
which 10 base suspicion, the driver with
whom l was riding chanced 70 speak OF
a man who had quite recently started
in the cab business His stable was at
knew the place and told him to drive
TO il. Arriving there. / entered the yard
and discovered wheel tracks that APP
peared TO be freshly made, There was
a small stable in the rear OF the lot near
which was pile Of litter. The top of
this pile had recently been disturbed.
It / can give no explanation why 1 did
this i made no discovery. / then as
cended the stairs leading up OH the out
side OF the house TO the portico. and
story. There was woman lying upon
the bed. She appeared quite feeble and
had recently given birth to child.
She answered. Patrick O'Rafferty.'
What is his business"
"A cab driver"
Did your husband come to his din
No he has. not been here since he
left this morning
then said: MY good woman. am a
search your home for concealed arms,
You can search much as YOU
please but you will find nothing Of the
kind in this house
7 cast my eyes about and saw that
was in n home that seemed destitute OF
the common comforts of life. | stepped
into an unfurnished adjoining room and
swung open the door OF small dark
closet There were only a few articles
OF clothing hanging upon the wall. Feel
ing about In the hope of discovering
something, ] chanced to put my hand on
a pair OF Attukapas pants that were
damp about the waist
NV suspicion was aroused n little then,
and considerably more so since ! was IN
formed by Mrs. O'Rafferty that there had
not been man in the house since early
morning. She stared at me as though
trying to comprehend the situation.
Not wishing TO worry her with any
f,,Yi l,oy ion | excused mNScI 1S
best could and left the house. AS Keen
and discerning [ might have been J
could not for the life OF me understand
the reason why The woman should at
tempt to deceive me unless she had some
object. The moisture about the waist OF
the pants was. to my mind, unmistakable
short time before Why did the woman
deny It? II plain that man could
not have entered the closet and made the
change without attracting the attention
l ascertained that O'Rafrertys usual
stand was on the levee not far from the
custom house and / directed the driver
to take me there at once. On arriving
at the designated spot | was fortunate in
finding o'Raferty at his usual stand.
1 sprang out of the conveyance In which
was riding and stepping briskly up to
him. ] boldly charged him with stealing
the leather bag. AS my eyes met his
knew my man. Nothing short of proof
to the contrary could have cleared him
had ! been his judge.
His statement differed materially from
the one made by his wife. On question
ing him he said he had been at home In
the middle OF the day. Had fed his horse.
cooked his own dinner and waited upon
himself. Talked with his wife and eX-
changed @ his pants ibe e could siys cenf no
that he aid so. He stoutly denied car
rying the paymaster and swore by all the
saints in Christendom that he hadn't car
red passenger on that day,
| could not budge him in the least. The