The Huttig news., 1912-08-10

full of afternoon papers from a news
boy, and began scanning their first
pages and throwing them aside. From
the disappointment in his face I
judged he had not found what he was
looking for.
What did you expect to f1nd?" /
asked wonderingly.
Other suicides" he said tersely,
keeping on with his hasty reading.
Though | have known Miller Davis
for years | must confess that ] con-
stantlv find myself almost dazed by
the seeming rapidity of his mental
processes and their apparently erratic
course. Here he was rejecting my
theory of Crandalls guilt, yet jumping
wildly to the conclusion that there
would be other suicides, possibly con-
1ected with Katharine Farris's act
d Andrew Esler's death. 1t was en-
ely beyond my comprehension, and
next tack of his mind seemed even
on more puzzling.
Do You know anything about art ?"
asked as calmly as if we were hav-
an afterdinner chat at the club.
"A little. not much"
IF any one asked YOU to define
'ehniaue | doubt if you could do it.
do not believe there is painter or
art critic who could give satisfac-
Try definition. Yet any one who
aoEs even a little about painting
aoWs something of technique. We
eow that every painter has his own
eehnidhe. Show me paintings by
enri, Lawson and Glackens and you
- ne. have to label them for me to
ell them apart. | recognize the work
If each man by his technique Even
! Lawson painted portrait and Henri
landscape, the individuality of the
artist would make his work recogniz-
able. though masked by subject NV
usual for him. Crime is like art in
9ne respect at least-technique Ev-
cry criminal brain has is own tech
nique. Any one who has investigated
crime, who has studied evil-doers un.
Ger al conditions, who has matched
his wits against theirs, inevitably
comes to recognize types of crimes.
from the very nature of II he Is able
20 say at once, This Is the work OF
So-and So Now in the Parrish case
! am confident that crime of some
kind has been committed or Is even
now being committed. may not know
what particular thing 1t WAS that drove
Katharine Parrish and old Elser to
cnNtz RI f,, e. 7 H.
yet-but that makes no difference /
know the type of crime I recognize
in the case certain indefinable things
which convince me that behind Ii all
is cunning criminal brain that has
planned some farreaChing plot. If It
WAS devilishly ingenious enough to
drive two people to suicide. in all
probability 1t will have the same effect
eon others. There may be no othel
suicides. but | believe there will be
l shall r1ateh every report of a SUI
eide for the next few days with par
ticular interest. Who the criminal Is
and Who his associate is-for | am
convinced it Is a crime of the pair
have no idea. Investigation of mai
has broueht me in touch with this par
ticrlar sort of crime, se that as yet
am entirely at sea as regards the
identity of the criminals"
"Ail YOU have said" ! told him. "enly
conyinces me that ! am right about
Hugh Crandall. An intelligent, edu
Gated man gone wrong, respectable
with
crime. would fit your theory, wouldn'l
ID ?"
You saw Crandall's janitor last
night. didn't your" was all the re
spouse he chose to make to my cues
ton. What kind of chap is he ?''
''lf You can get him to admit you to
Crandall's rooms you are wonder"
[ replied, repeating word for word nv
interview with the isnitor the nigh
before.
Il generally go prepared for sucn
fellows he answered. smilingly draw.
ing from his pocket blank legal doc
ument on which the word aattsel
ment" was printed boldly across tho
back. falling out a fountain pen. ha
IdrlUi4 HllGu III Ifusn tIbnudb :
name. on the outside only
or course I saw through his ruse
lie would represent himself as az Of
fcer come to attach Crandalls fufh.
ture and thus gain access to the rooms.
"But suppose tae janitor insists on
reading the document and sees that il
is blank inside? %
NO one ever reads legal documents
unless necessary. Resides, man OF
the iaaitor type generally has consid.
erahle respect for the arm of the law
lie is probably more or less familiar
with its workings in dispessessions
and such things, and realizes how
futile opposition would be, supposipa
that We really We're sheriff's depu les
as he will undoubtedly take us to be-"
We reached the place, and, dismiss.
ing the taxicab half q block away.
marched boldly up the steps and rang
the bell. As the jsnitor answered, Da-
Wis, earelessly Tipping back his coat
to show a badge of some sort. demand
ed admittsnce TO Crandall's apart