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

doubtfuliy. placed the relies In his pocket
book.
he rejoined, How do you know That
there will be any trial? How do YOU know
that you will discover the murderer"
II have discovered him already" CreWe
answered. = know hin him by his his hair. I
have encountered him upon the streets
dozen times at least He lived formerly
think TO West One Hundred and Thirty
third or Thirty fourth. OF course | did
not follow him home"
"How can we get him. Brenner asked
incredulouSly
by searching the saloons OF that dis
trict. Brenner. this man has escaped you
because the detection is too easy. not be
cause Il IS too difficult There is only
one man who could possibly have COM
mitted this crime, and TO lay hold OF him
Is really absurdly simple. Tonight l hope
like 10 look through your photographs In
the Rogues' Gallery
That's easy" Brenner answered
| Come straight along with me and you
We left the house and went to police
| headquarters. where we soon found our
selves within the long room upon whose
walls hang photographs of all the known
| criminals i'm New York City. Crcwe
passed along. resting his eyes for mo-
ment on each.
''You have some duplicates here" he
remarked, pointing 20 two apparently dif-
| rerent photographs which hung on oppo-
| site walls. 'That man. who is described
| as Buck the Tiger for instance, Is the
same as Charlie James who got off with
| Elmira reformatory instead OF a life SEN
| tenCe in the penltcntiarN'
He made similar remarks concerning
| many OF, the photographs, pointing out
| resemblanCes or making comments upon
| the history OF the originals. Finally.
| having completed the circuit Of the
! room. he came back to us.
| "Om murderer appears here twice
he said, each time as a first offender
WHO is he?" cried Brenner quickly.
| 'lf I should show you YOU would dis
believe me- answered Crewe quietly
Il viii say. however. that he has been
arrested once for burglary and once for
| mauslaughter. In either case he was
convicted. and each time he escaped with
a trivial sentence FIRST offender OF
presumably unblcmished character,
| Now, sir If you will meet us this even
| ing at o'clock, al the entrance TO the
| Nlncty-siNth street subway station, we
can proceed upon our mission
| This appointment having been made.
We separated, Grove to go 10 his home.
] back 10 my office, where | waited in
some trepidatlon until it, was time for
the appointment TOO excited even 10
| moment Crewe arrived at the place APP
pointed 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 a collar not
| 700 tlSun ht tlii'i ~ p'iiS' = SlNhSI
at him in some astonishment. bu! said
| nothing We emerged from the sub
way at one Hundred and Twenty -hfth
| street. and proceeded for few blocks
| norlhward until We found ourselves In
| the negro quarter. Hardly n white
| person was TO he seen upon the streets.
| "Now Ercnncr ! want the saloons In
| this nciGhborhood searched systematic
| ally FOR the murderer hc said. Get a
dozen policemen from the local station
and LET them go about the WORK method
icalIy in four parties OF threes,
| "But all the people of the nctShnor-
bood VIII get wind Of it," urged Bren-
ncr. and our man viii escape-if he
"Brenrer you must get out Of that
habit Of arguing said crewe oo'd!y;;
captain ana boss in general. all rolled
into one. Otherwise | throw UP the
20. well il YOU feel that way about
LIT said the police chief sultily,
| NOW let me ask you question.
How many fashionable negro boarding
houses arc there around herc-places
quarters and studious: refined class OF
There's only two" The chief Of p9. I. .
place, on West One Hundred and Thirty
ninth, and there's Lizzie Washington =,
on the next block. But they wouldn
take white men there.
Mace" said Crewc. ''If not, we can
repeat operations tomorrow
ives wien he's taken fright ana
nowu." rctortcd Brenner.
"IIe may take fright, but he can
leave" said Crewe.