The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-22

hh'~inS only n@r name and de-
scription. DR. Soper took Up the trail
Of the vanished domestic. he fol-
lowed IT for soine weeks amonE the
various employment bureaus. with the
tenacity OF a buiidoglike detective on
the trial 81 a rnalefactor.
After prolonged difficulties H. dis
covered her. but found himself TO 10
little advanced toward his goal She
refused 10 tel him her history ar II
submit To any examination whatSo-
ever. I a compelled" he relates
To work out her history for the las
ten years myself.
This would have been an arduous
task even for a professional detective.
The career cf an obscure cook Is no
open tra4L Put afte; several months
OF delylnS through the records OF
@~rap.eyment agencies ana OF following
>~uSterTanean bEwayS Of domestic ser
wee he had d record which he admit
led was only ffagnentary tat which
was 50 appaIlinS a. to enable him 10
act dec9sisely in behalf Of the public
welfare.
He found eight families fer which
she had worked. and in seven Of them
outbreaks Of typhoid fever had fol-
lowed. In all there were tNeaty-xix
cases, one ef which, resulted in death
Each OF the families was wealthy and
81 oln'nent. and ia each the appear
ance Of typhoid fever wa. q prodigy
fos which ia expla nation had been
reached. Several Of the Ia mile lived
id New York city and others were
resideHts Of DARK H.sher. Maine.
Sands t'oaat, L L.. Manaafonecx. X.
r.. and TAxeAo. n. \.
DIR. Soper's report caused Mary
Nation. rs her name was. to be taken
late cum ody hy the New York Boar3l
OF Health. Subjected t, q test, her
system was found to be teeming with
typhoid germs. A strange iHlaa Ii nifty
Of constitution against the disease had
prevented her froaa sedAx harmed by
the myriad Of parasites Ia which SHE
VAS hast bat it was her rase to be a
walking paesne, X the Red Death
"a I'oe's weird story. She was incar-
oesatcd as a menace to so1aety bitter
~ against her win. for she cou4d moi
understand how she. a woman who
had never been iH. ceasa be a cause
d ialn~&s IN others.
In the spring Of 1912. th- urea iAe
OF q reser voiy main in Phisa.3eaphia
s>suapeaaeH h a.thcritie s to ta.rn Nm
Uttered water from the $eAHytki1a
! river int the city. A few c~ses OF Is
|. Hhoid fever followed. bat the tnr}id
? color OF the water and Nsna Del
~arnissgs 10 boil II se we'd naest Of tn.
, Inhabitants from infection.
=. To ihe sa<5arsSe Of the aH5hoEities
soon after the .nalR Was repaired aA<
clear water WAS Again served. IA epa,
. demic OF typhoid breke ont. ia ehicl
here were .6z cases and q deaths
An in.~ estisAttOn f1ifniIted every pos
= sit,1e ca ase OF Infection save the wa
ter. A bit OF detective work discaoses
thu fact that On one day IA employ
a At the reservoir. ia order To equaiix
: IA wster pressure etxee two re
seTvoirs serving the city, had opene
IA esnergenc valve and turned int,
- L. o.,.- ~.~~- 1x,A -0.y -,ro
water. This was sufficient, ia tn
- opinion OF the doctors. 70 cor 70
the epediHr!c.
Il Scientific detectives. hike 1hei
; bret IA .rs in the police, do mol Away
obtain q victionS, but sometimes Hn
that their La bors succeed only in es
tAblishins the innocence OF the &c
cused. Such a clSe occurred durih
n ga epidemic OF scarlet fever in Mobiles
Vile. Ind. which lasted taree ear.
and with spreading which the book
= Of the public library were charged.
le Two physicians made An eKhaustig
Is can OF the evidence pro and CO,
They traced every book which ha
d iseen in q house where scarlet feve
thence and care rather than bri3lfaf
s deduction. bat most detective Wor
AZ in real life is OF that sort. In tn
" Nnd they announced that the evideHe
was empha1icaIy against the theex
IL Of the spread Of the disease by near
as Of the books.
A Both races Of enemies must be- r.
pressed X; behalf OF society. whiel
Of to protect, itself. has thrown a cordo
al Of police. civil and medical. beiwee
a itself and their attack. The defective
% science and those OF crime emp3e
al diHeFent Instruments. ranging fro
at revolver and hdndcuEs 10 micToScOp
"a plate and distinfectant spray. But the
theoretical methods are striking
1T similar. each being confronted Wi,
dark mysteries. and each aueffsptiF
d. their solution b. y p~ainstakiag CO
II lection OF evidence. a keen aualys
Id OF facts. and q ~tireiess rannins de~
cs OF cieWS.