The Forrest City times., 1912-11-08

tirely beyond my comprehension. and the next tack of his mind seemed even even more puZzling.
 Do you know anything about art?" he asked as calmly as If we were hay ing an after-dinner chat at the club.
 "A little. not much"
 If any one asked you to define technique l doubt if you could do it. l do not believe there is painter or an art critic who could give a satisfac- tory definition. Yet any one who knows even a little about painting knows something of technique. We know that every painter has his own technique. Show me paintings by Henri, Lawson and Glackens and you do not have to label them for me to tell them apart. 1 recognize the work of each man by his technique. Even If Lawson painted portrait and Henri landscape. the individuality of the artist would make his work recogniz- able. though masked by a subject un- usual for him. Crime Is like art in one respect at least-technique Ev- VI Oi dih idc itS ONH ttCD- nique. Any one who has investigated crime, who has studied evildoers un- der all conditions, who has matched his wits against theirs, inevitably comes to recognize types of crimes Given any particular crime to trace. from the very nature of it he is able to say at once. This is the work of So-and-so' Now in the Parrish case l am confident that a crime of some kind has been committed or is even now being committed. l may not know what particular thing it was that drove Katharine Parrish and old Elser 10 seek death--in fact 1 do not know as yet-but that makes no difference know the type of crime. l recognize in the case certain indefinable things which convince me that behind it all is a cunning criminal brain that has planned some far-reaching plot. If it was deYilishly ingenious enough to drive two people 10 suicide in all 1 probability 1t will have the same effect 1 suicides, but l believe there will be. 1 l shall watch every report of a sui eide for the next few days with par ticular interest Who the criminal is, l and who his associate is-sor I am l convinced 1t is crime of the pair 1 l have no idea. Investigation of mail thefts and stamp counterfeiting never l has brought me in touch with this par ticular sort of crime. so that as yet I am entirely at sea as regards the l identity Of the criminals.
 All you have said" told him. "only convinees me that I am right about Hugh Crandall An intelligent. edu. cated man gone wrong, respectable l broker with a secret propensity for crime. would fit your theory. wouldn't t?'
 You saw Crandalls janitor last night. didn't you?" was all the re sponse he chose 10 make to my ques- ton. What kind of a chap Is he 9"
 If you can get him to admit you to Crandall's rooms you are wonder, l replied, repeating word for word my interview with the janitor the night before.
 T generally go prepared for such fellows he answered, smflingly draw ing from his pocket a blank legal doe ument on which the word attach meut' was printed boldly across the back Taking out fountain pen, he rapidly filed in Hugh Craadalls name, on the outside only
 Of course I saw through his ruse He would represent himself as an of, iicer come to attach Crandall's furni ture and thus gain access 10 the rooms
 But suppose the janitor Insists or. reading the document and sees that t is blank inside?"
 No one ever reads legal documents unless necessary. Besides. a man of the janitor type generally has consid erablc respect for the arm of the law He is probably more or less familiar i with its workings in dispossessions i and such things, and realizes how futile opposition would be. s'ipposing that VIC really were sheriff's deputies as he will undoubtedly take 4s 10 be- '
 We reached the place, and, dismiss ing the taXleah half a hioek away marched boldly up the steps and rang the bell. As the ianitoT answered. Da wis, carelessly Tipping back his coat to snow badge of some sort. demand ed admittance to Crandall's apart ments
 I've got an attachment. see?" he said. flashing the hack of the docu ment before the janitor's eyes.
 "Oh. that's it. is it?" said the jani tor That's why be beat it so quick yesterday and told me not to let any one into his rooms ?"
 So he has gone" exclaimed Davis in mock surprise. "I don't wonder at that Has he paid yon the rent"
 Come to thlnk Of it. he is month behind" said the ianitor. though often it's been that way and he always made good"
 Even as he was talking he began to lead the way upstairs. Respect for