The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-16
Qqsk as flash tbe mans left hand
WeRt down toward his hip podet:

had posed was at this time advertising
a new play daily. II controlled three or
four dozen moving picture theaters in
town. and as the plays grew stale they
were sent out into the country districts.
To find the man we were seeking, 1t
would therefore he necessary to make a
all the theaters which this company con-
trolled. We spent nearly week Of
nights in our search before we found
what we were looking for.
1t was at little cheap theater in a
slum that had grown up among maze
of shops that catered TO the needs of
the residents in n new district of high
flats and ostentauous If overblown,
ern drama. III a cell crouched the negro,
arrested upon charge OF murder Out
side collected the mob, irfuriated with
liquor. thirstins for the prisoners blood.
With ropes and pistols in their hands
they demanded that the sheriff bring out
his prisoner.
Then the sheriffs daughter came out
to persuade the crowd TO abandon It's in
across the screen Crcwc and / recoS-
nized Mrs. Sanford,
Awed Cor ar instant, the mob quickly
regained its courage. 1t demanded that
the sheriff coIue out In person. Among
the leaders OF the o"owd l eooenized
several of the originals or Mrs. San
theory was correot-that she selected
her friends from among her own profess
sion.
Suddenly the Jail doors flew open and
the sheriff came out in person. He
strobe forward. tall, scowling, menacinE.
In one hand he held revolver, and. as
he came to stop. he pointed this AT the
breast of the mob leader.
There is our murderer Crewe whis-
pered TO me- in the moment of tense in
terest and silence that followed the de-
nouemcn-.
The score ended ard a long drawn
sigh went up from the audience in the
little thea,er. Sina'e-Ganacd. the sher-
iff had defisd the crowd: with his men
acing revolver he had driven them from
the Jail precincts. What DeXi2 The in
tervaI was long and tantalizng, and
every shadowy, profile in the audience
seemed TO disclose a mouths that gaped
for some sensational climax.
That is our man. repeated Crewe
with sure conviction.
ing anger. 1t angercd me 10 be made
the butt Of his fantasies, to sit beside
him and hear him calmly announce his
conclusions while my mind was striving
the next,
"wel;. ] won't dispute your state
ment." I rejoined But even II il isl
see no reason why it should be, but even
if IL is-how are you going to locate
him? His photograph may be doing
stunts on the screen while the man In
person is Well on his way To Alaska or
South America. or Tirnbucktoo.''
They always come back said Grove.
"Why, the first instinct of any mur-
derer is flight.
Not in crimes OF jealousy" Grove
answered And then there is the thrill
of seeing an Innocent man arrested and
likely to suffer the penalty for the
crime, No. no. Langton, our friend is
not very far from this city, | should
not he surprised to come upon him any
day. in the court. the street, Besides.
YOU must remember that no photograp ph
Of him exists he thinks he is secure"
And yet I'm willing 10 wager" said
|. that granting your theories true.
which ! do not for the moment admit.
the original OF that sheriff is not within
a thousand miles of us at this moment
new scene was thrown upon the
screen The gaping mouths opened Wild
or: the audience settled down for its fur
ther insialmeut OF thrill. And then-I
think my hair verify stood upon end--as
II by some magnetic compulsion my eyes