Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-12
The Robbery at The Tower
AN ADVENTURE OF PETER CREWE-~THE MAN
WITH THE CAMERA EYES"
By ROLD RTER

out the iron bar? Apart from this, ,
no monkey could be trained to bring .
down any article its trainer wished
for No, Langton, ingenious as your
theory is, we must dismiss it from the
realms OF possibility"
The sun was shining rare thing
in London-and Crewe, having care
fully inspected the base Of the walls
now fell back to some distance and
proceeded to take them in as a whole.
He fixed both eyes unwinkingly upon
the tower. so that every detail should
impress itself upon either retina.
And now" said Crewe, I'VE will
| take our photograph from the other
side" And we moved round, and
once again he focused his eyes upon
| the brick work.
That's ALL" he said, as the sun
went behind a cloud Il think the
discovery will not prove so difficult
as it appears"
"Hindeed!" said one OF the police
men on duty. who overheard this re-
mark May ! ask, sir, II you can
furnish any clue?"
said Crewe. smiling. that the rob
berry was not committed by an Ital-
ian at all. but by South American,
whom you people would doubtless
confuse with Italians, seeing that
there are not more than half
dozen in England"
"A South American" repeated the
other policeman stolidly. And doubt
less, sir. his monkey was also
South American" he continued, with
clumsy sarcasm.
You are quite right" said Crewe
calmly. His monkey was not a
monkey. but it certainly was a South
American"
And you get all, all this from him
speeding the brick walls, sir?" the
policeman asked.
Every bit" said Crewe.
you don't 'appen to know more
about this affair than you have told
US. sir?" said the policeman.
I pulled Crewe away. "If you
awaken suspicion in the minds OF
these anticipates you will find your
self arrested on suspicion" I whis-
pered.
We moved off, the policemen follow
ing us with suspicious glances. II
was not until we were upon the out
skirts OF the crowd that l breathed
freely "Crewe," I said. " it does not
do TO prod the British policeman
b Now tell me were you serious in
what you said about the South Amer
lean and his monkey"
81 was never more serious" Crewe
answered But said that It was moi
a monkey. Tell me. Langton, what
: you saw on the tower"
81 saw a series Of well-fittec
: bricks" answered, Offering goot
; foothold for a fly and possibly for &
! small monkey. but certainly not for &
! man"
: But what did you see on th'
b bricks In the shape Of markings?"
r "A few MOSES, which some scien
= tist might label and classify"
A "Tush," said Crewe petulantly
3 This Is what saw" He stopped
= produced a pencil and a piece of pa
Q per from his pocket. and began t.
5 trace a series Of three-pointed mark
y like hens tracks
n There was a well-ordered serie
o OF these" said Crewe, "commencin
n upon the nineteenth layer of brick
z from the bottom, and thence runni-z
8 with a slightly oblique movement
clear up to the window" He close
8 his eyes. II am looking at them now.
2, he continued. at intervals CORE
# spending, roughly to every four G
q these tracks, there are slight bu
D. well-defined depressions IN the SUI
e face having the rough outline of
IS shoe. Fragments OF brick hav
y crumbled here and there under tn
II pressure Of hobnails. In other words
" Langton. our South American frien
r, did ascend that turret. walking up il
Is surface as a fly might walk. Wha
d. is the inference?"
10 That he threw a rope up over tn
{. bars and climbed, pulling himself u
lie hand over hand. Therefore he is
lie sailor" / said, with a sudden light.
Crewe looked at me in great anus
d. ment
N My dear Sherlock Holmes, you al
d quite wrong" he answered IL
h genious, but speculative We al
10 dealing in exactitudes and there is I
81 possible evidence to show that I'll
n man threw up rope or is a sailor
E. At the juncture a newsboy can
Is past yelling a special edition OF a
evening newspaper. Murder at No
70 ting Hill! Murder at Noting Hi
IT Full description Of scenes Of 'orror
TO the vendor called. Crewe stopped
purchase a copy, unfolded the dan
ID sheet, and read from under a stariI
a headline:
lie "A dastardly murder was commi
S, ted in the early hours OF this NOR
ly ing at Noting Hill. The residence
n Mr.. Walter Deans, retired trade
ct man, was entered, and valuables
lie the amount of more than a thousar
Sc pounds were taken. and the own,
was shot down while endeavoring.
is is supposed. to defend his home. tt
body OF Mr.. Deans was discovered |
his servants about eleven o'clock |
lie ing across the fireplace in his be
he 70 m. which was in confusion,
N though II had been infinitely ra
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