The Raymer enterprise., 1911-11-16
THE MISPLACED PIGMENT
AN ADVENTURE OF PETER cREWE-.THE MAN
WITH THE CAMERA EYES"
By HAR ROLD CARTER

en- hair" said he. taking up the brush.
From his pocket he drew little MI
croscope, through which he examined
1t carefully. Then he turned his at
tention to the comb. from which he
drew several short. curly strands.
This was evidently the property Of
the murderer" he remarked to Bren-
ner.
The police chief looked at them.
Il guess you're right, Mr.. Crewe." he
replied. But that won't help us
much"
Crewe. who had been examining the
hairs through his microscope, handed
them to Brenner.
This may be vital evidence" he an
swered. Keep It, In any case, until
the trial"
The chief Of police, looking at
Crewe doubtfully. placed the relics In
his pocket-book.
You speak very positively. Mr..
Crewe." he rejoined. How do you
know that there will be any trial?
How do you know that you will dis.
cover the murderer"
Il have discovered him already"
Crewe answered. II know him by his
hair. l have encountered him upon
the streets dozen times at least. He
lived formerly In the West Sixties.
but has since moved, think, to West
One Hundred and Thirty.third or Thir.
ty.fourth. or course l did not follow
him home"
How can We get him?" Brenner
asked incredulously.
by searching the saloons OF that
district. Brenner, this man has es-
capped you because the detection Is too
easy, not because 1t is too difficult.
There is only one man who could pos
sibly have committed this crime. and
to lay hold Of him is really absurdly
simple. Tonight hope to find him
for you. But first | should like to
look through your photographs In the
Rogues' Gallery"
That's easy" Brenner answered.
Come straight along with me and you
can look your flll.'
We left the house and went to po-
lice headquarters, where We soon
found ourselves within the long room
upon whose walls hang photographs Of
all the known criminals In New York
city. Crewe passed along, resting his
eyes for moment on each.
"You have some duplicates here" he
remarked, pointing to two apparently
different photographs which hung on
opposite walls. THAT man. who is de.
scribed as Buck the Tiger for In,
stance, is the same as Charlie James.
who got of with Elmira Reformatory
instead OF life sentence In the pen.
itentiary."
He made similar remarks concern.
ing many Of the photographs. point
Ing out resemblances or making com.
ments upon the history Of the orig.
inals. Finally. having completed the
circuit OF the room, he came back to
| US.
Our murderer appears here twice.
he said. each time as first offender
who is he?" cried Brenner quickly.
III should show you you would dis
believe me-" answered Crewe quietly.
II will say. however, that he has been
arrested once for burglary and once
for manslaughter. In either case he
was convicted, and each time he es.
capped with trivial sentence as a first
offender OF presumably unblemlshed
character. Now. sir, II you will meet
us this evening at seven o'clock. at
the entrance to the Nine,y.Sixth
Street Subway station. We can pro.
coed upon our mission"
This appointment having been made,
we separated. Crewe to go to his home,
! back to my Office, where waited
in some trepidation until It was time
for the appointment, too excited even
to partake OF dinner. Punctually to
the moment Crewe arrived ut the place
appointed and. shortly afterward. the
Chief OF Police came on the scene.
Crewe was quite roughly dressed on
this occasion. He wore dusty derby
hat. an ancient suit that had evident
ly seen much service, and collar not
too clean. The Chief OF Police glanced
at him In some astonishment but said
nothing. We emerged from the sub.
way at One Hundred and Twenty.flfth
street. and proceeded for q few blocks
northward until We found ourselves In
the negro quarter. Hardly white
person was to be seen upon the streets.
Now. Brenner. I want the saloons
OF this neighborhood searched sys.
tematically for the murderer" he said.
Get dozen policemen from the local
station and let them go about the work
methodically In four parties Of threes."
But all the people Of the neighbor.
hood will get wind Of It," urged Bren.
ner. "and our man will escape-if
he's here"
"Brenner, you must get out Of that
habit OF arguing" said Crewe coldly.
Remember, I'm your inspector and
captain and boss In general, all rolled