The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07

why not
hereabouts. Now, Mr.. Brenner. II you
Will get busy with your dozen detectives,
put them on their job. we will walt for
you here. Hurry to the local precinct
the saloons. How long Will II take you?'
! Half an hour" said Brenner.
Then we Will expect you a. the eX-
snapped his watch and turned on, his
heel Brenper. after a searching look,
left us abruptly and disappeared in the
direction of the station house,
"Crewe." I hazardcd, you are sure
you are not working under a misappre-
henson? You know that the murderer
Is white man and not a negro? a col
ored man could wear a naxen wig. but
nothing on earth. no dye that ever eX-
listed, could turn Il black man white.
Why should he take UP his abode in the
negro quartcrP'
"Al in good time" Crewe answered.
smiling. "Langton. you haven't learned
to trust me vet
II DO implicitly. But in our former
lecture your motives. While now,
confess, they. are entirely shroudcd in
| obscurity. How do you come TO know
| this murderer by siGht?'
Because" said Crewe, "he Is not
| merely one in n thousand. but one in a
| million Once seen; it would be impos-
| Sibc to forget him
You mean his curly 0aXen hair and
| CLASSY eycs?
we are wasting time" said Crewe
cors No ST see bo 1T all in due
searching in his pockets and bringing
out two phiais. a large and n small one,
you have very important task to per-
| form for me" He took the stopper from
J the larger uten5il and emptied the con-
tents into his handkerchief, which lie
bound around his hand. \ strong and
unmistakable odor of turpcntine arose:
| Yes. that is turpcntjne," he said. and
| II forms base for the second chem
cal He handed me the little phial,
! which contained clear, ose-coored
! LIQUID. "Whcn signal you with "A nod,
he said, you viii smash this upon my
| handkerchief. Hold II with care. for II
| is extremely fragile At the signal dc
! not delay a moment but smash the bot
hand"
y few minutes later Brenncr came
II have oheye1 your orders, Mr..
| Captain INSPECTOR he said to Crewc.
with little touch of malice In his
tones, "A dozen detective patrolmen
| are a work searching all the saloons
! methodic9lly. and already the news has
! spread through this section Of Negro
town. have no doubt that a!l the
criminals are already In full Gigh.
| southwark. Unless ours has turned into
- tire" " he added But what have YOU
done 10 your hand, Mr., Crewe? Tur-
pcntinc?'
"A component OF formula Tor catch
| ing criminals who cludo the vigilance o!
! police chicrs." said Crcwc. Now. Bren-
/ ncl suppose YOU lead the way 10 Lizzie s
| boarding house. where The swell negroes
dwell. And. By the way, when We arrive
there | want YOU and LanEiou To stand
| at least twelve yards away from me.
| and to engage in conversation. Try 10
get that detective look out OF your eyes,
Ercnner. Iangton, when ] nod toward
] YOU you will rush up and empty the con
| tents OF The second bottle over the hand
| kcrchief upon my hand | repeat this for
the third time because il is essential 10
you can follow Langton in my direction
and have your gun ready, for l am un~
! armed Now that is all
he left us and took up his station i'm
mcdiateiy outside tho colored people 5
| boarding house. We remained in pre-
| tended conversation short distance
away. ! noted Crewc gradually assumed
! gcred slightly. and leaned against a
stree; lamp. from which coiSn he kept up
| a running commentary upon the appear
ance OF the negroes hurryins by.
| Another thing ] noticed was that the
passing pedestrians seemed all TO he
ncr explained the cause 70 me.
''Thcy'vc got wind or the police
search. he said, land a thing Ike that
| scarcs the life out of these darkeys. In
noccnt or guilty Of any crime they don't
| like line proximity Of the police. And
! wonder that your friend Mr. CreWe
hadn't sense enough 10 understand that,
even If he is on the right trail, which
| ! greatly doubt, he is doing his very
| best to defeat his object by instltutins
| this search, BY George. ne Is acting that
drunken man uncommonly well
| Too well II seemed TO me. j felt sure
that, should any patrolman chance alons