The Washington times., 1913-11-20

Murgatroyd McGluke, the great psy'
cho-hydro detective, was bending over
an intricate array of Geissler tubes and
insulated wires, examining a bit OF
bark from the dog that bit the brother
of the suspect in the great Pawpaw
murder case, when burst in on him
''We want you to-to clean up the
great chalk mystery" 1 gasped, breath
less from my run Of several blocks
from the office.
Telling Him the Story.
Dear. dear" smiled the usually i'm
passive McGluke. that sounds like q
job for a schoolboy with an eraser Sit
down and tell me all about It," and
with one hand he motioned me to a
piano stool. while with the other he
poured out a thimbleful Of rare Nil
waukee vintage and passed 1t to me
with q box Of cigars and a lighted
match.
You probably noticed that Captain
Jollyberger. Of the Police Department,
- anxious to learn who marked I'D the
Washington sidewalks with notices Of
suffrage meetings last Friday morning, =
/ began, after motioning the drink
aside and whiting the match down to
. toothpick. He has a warrant out
for Miss Lucy Learns, which has not
been served because she is out Of
town. The whole department is
strangely bahled, and the city editor Of
The Times wants me to enlist your serv-
ices In clearing up the case"
Visit Scene of Crime.
Murgy reached for his hat, and we
started at once for the scene of the
late chaIking at Fifteenth street and
New York avenue.
Mike McGillihooley, the great Ger
man scientist, has prepared an ex-
haustive work on chalk marks on side
walks" explained the scientific sleuth
as we proceeded. He discovered that
marks made north and south were In
inverse ratio to the size Of the writer 8
foot, while those in a counter-clock-
wise direction were usually straight or
else more or less curved. But who have
We herec"
We had neared the corner Of mys-
terry, and there stood a muffled figure
behind huge beard, that smelled of
Captain Jullyberger." I exclaimed.
Not so loud" came from behind the
beard. "Murgy, i must admit ] am glad
YOU are going to help US out I've been
standing here is disguise for two days
asking everybody that passed for a
piece of chalk, but not a clue has re-
suited"
Testing the Evidence.
Ten thousand passers-by have all but
oblfterated the criminal marks OF five
days before, but the resourceful Nc
Gluke found the word "Milholland"
scrawled in a protected corner. Plac-
ing his hat over 1t he hurried to his
laboratory and soon returned with
what looked ike an accordion fitted
up with a wireless telegraph outfit. He
sprinkled a teaspoon full Of Ane -four
over the first three letters of the word
and from the accordion produced a pair
of wooden shoes which he placed over
the others Then he threw a double
pole switch and the whole apparatus
was bathed in 4 series Of electric sparks
"You see," explained NJ. McGluke, as
the captain grew SO excited his beard
worked around to the back Of his neck
the -four will induce ultra violet rays,
which II photographed on a fiuorescent
screen will show the color of the hair
the same principle the wooden shoes
will give the size of the feet Of the
one that wrote the Holland"
Sitting the Evidence.
At this the accordion began auto
uatically to play the first bars of
Home. Sweet Home" and the psyche