Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-08-08
A Detective
Story
By ALBFRT KENYON

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eeuieus methods ~ perpetrating sN'in.
lies and coAceaHns ail kinds 81 eIlme-
detective never knows WHEN BE- b
going 90 nshi up + new aug insenine
leYice
rai Il s. rel n sofii enses thu q
HIu twenty fesfa deteeflfe Harl
found fie s-e1esi rib fhe mur
iefcf s. ilti lB condition ~ mind
ifnk out problem eooly lie !. in
ga aba9faai condition. tor nay pau
Z could DeYef understand how any pnv
could commit q crime the discovery a
which w0nii bring "a dreadful puAhh
mont Nevertheless criminals OfteA
work on, very intricate problems
10 Is whcn tWo 81 tngee persons above
tie ascuep Ia the social SCALE and 90
education e0nspire together thar the
most Ingenious devices develop Per
hnps this Is because cnch gives fhe
other COURAGE. That IS what mikes
hunting down a gang Of eOunterieiicis
30 Interesting They are ueullly lntclli
gent men and work together Yet there
is one thing they all lose sight Of or
/ disregard the fact that they are ri
ways caught IN the end
The most interesting surprise I ever
encountered was IN uneartbing one OF
these countcrfeiting gangs say sur
prise. for II was no credit 10 me TINT
/ made the discovery indeed had |
not inade q criminal Of myself should
never have got on 10 them. ! was puf
on the case in this way Some counter
felt twenty dollar bills we're being put
into circulation rhey seemed 10 come
TO the surccc in small town IN Kan
sas and drift eastward AZ any rate
one OF them was traced to this place
and was sent out there 10 investi
gate There Is always difference in
towus. some being inhabited In the
maiu by good religious people, others
being notorously bad g.. the point
whore the counterfeit bill came from.
was neither goud nor bad. but not long
before my arrival "A party had begun /
20 assemble every evening to play
poker. The game or series Of games
had been started by two or three men
who had recently come to the town.
aud number OF citizens bad gradu-
ally come 10 take part IN the pro
ccedngs. They were played Ia the
room sometimes Of one. sometimes OF
another member of the party
/ went Into the town ostensipiy To
buy cattle A day or two after my
arrival WIS informed by man
whose acquaintance had made that
there was a poker party in a room up
stairs He said he was going up TO
look on. aud told him | would 20
with him II he would Introduce me
The truth Is ! have suffered all through
my life from he gambling passion
Having a fortune. lost It. and that
was what threw me into the detective
btmincss. should not have gone TO
watch this game. for ran great
risk of being drawn into il
found n marty of GOOD follows. who
received me cordially and Il was not
long heferp called FOR some ehips
soon lost what good money had
sbo,,t mo and 10 reconp welded TO a
,a,u,,t,tien to nso counterfeit him
th,t ! bad brourbi with me- for "a sam
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