New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-31

mouth the small piece Of steak previously distracted
from the cebox became fast friends with the animal on
the spot and led il off the house where ne was stop
ping where he tied it in the cellar and went TO bed.
An the next day the detective to 1t that the dog
did not get anything to eat Have you ever heard
hungry dog howl? 1t IS a strange, weird creepy I'M
earthly melancholy sound. The detective had neaid
his own hungry dog back home howl lie knew" AZ
twenty-five minutes after twelve that nlghl the Hou
the murder had been COmmittcd-thc hungry dog was
bowling whining, wang, in the yard below the "ndo"
of the room where the suspected Of the crime slept
The next dav the dog given mcager mouthiul oil
food lust enough TO keep its life going, and at eN-
actlv twenty-five minutes after twelve that nig II was
bowling again under the mans window.
For a third night, a fourth night, and fifth the at
tack on this mans nervous system was kept up by Ie
detective and on the sixth morning unable To- endure
the "ghastlv supernatural coincidence OF dog hown'
each night at the time the murder was done, as ne CHAR
actcrzcl il subsequently when ne confessed inc man
left town. and the allmportant shadowng Whch
eventually definitely fixed the crime, was begun.
This story has been related 70 me by the detective
himself and il offers in itself apt example Of the IN.
gcnuitv exercised by the detective BRAIN when ENGAGED
in swift conflict with the brain Of the criminal. here
are numerous other incidents that throw new and not
unsurprisng light on this phase Of detective work re-
gardng which little IS ever spoken ana less written
And il is 10 be vcnturcd these incidental tricks OF the
detective brain in action possess more cuousl. anger
interest than the main groundwork OF the science Oh
crime detection.
MOT less fertile an instance OF lnVcnlIcles IMAM INC
~ episode Of the bowling dog is revealed through the
manner I'm which famous detective SIX years ago out
generated criminal whose craft and cunning the former
realized were in normal circumstances probably superior
20 his
The scene was one Of the larger cities in Pennsylvania
bank had been robbed Systematically tor over period
Of four months and after week spent secretly on the
case the detective pretty sure that the succession Of
r5bbcrcs was 20 be laid at the cashiers door. Proof
positive however, lacking. and the detective al
though his mind made UP % the cashier guilt
apprc.itci that he had absolutely nothing IN the way
o concrete evidence whorcwith % lodge even an indirect
charge against the suspected man. II was essential
that the cashier be given hint that the robhere' had
been noticed. and especially no hint that he was
under uepCion.
Po.n, as a banker from the West, the detective
caused the president Of the bank (who had enlisted
his scrviccs 90 Introduce him % the heads Of de-
partmcnt Of the institution with the statement ina"
he (thc dctcCtivc) wished 10 study the eNcelen,
banking methods obtaining there IN order that his
own Western bank might adopt them. In this
manner the detective came INTO contact with inc
cashier.
The latter was a man Of good habits and fine
physique He lived q moderate life: he drank ana
smoked little; he went % bed carly and got up
early What he had done with the stolen money
no one knew. He certainly had not increased ms
expenditures; had been too wary 20 buy even
SINGLE expensive cravat. Here then. was the
problem confronting the detective brain; How 90 -
get this criminal in such situation that, when (
charged out OF a clear sky with having committed
the thcts. he would find his quick and thoroughly
mappciout mind not equal % the emergency; how
10 make the criminals brain in itself even quicker
than the detectives weaker than the dctcctiveS S..
and al without in the slightest manner arous,ng !
the criminals suspicious.
After day or two the banker from the We.
apparently left town. and the affairs at the bank