The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-05-24

~ one of the theaters. Sne
,od her eyes to narrow a bit.
"cba,ce has a great deal TO do with
. :" uay," she answered. There
= many time when chance will give
A,n the lead to a criminal, but 1t takes
H. aotactiye instinct to work the case
- IN where the man or woman may
:. caught. And it is not everyone
49,, will take advantage Of the chance
han Il is offered. That is why there
=. 40 few really great detectives. Not
,yery person can see the opportunity
!, a small chance. And then again.
=. added. there are those who
can" .
d.
well" she laughed, Il had no busi-
ass In the case. and to tell the TRUTH
rve never been credited with 1t over
:, hsadoua-ters. What's more, l don't
,,rs TO be. When l know. I've done
nv hest. what's the difference? But
here's the story
IN was about four years ago, just
h.sore | went on the force as regu-
n, detective. | had been taking a
,.v assignments from the office, and
al this particular night / was looking
,or an army deserter. had the infor-
nation that he was going to meet a
mi in a parlor of one of the small
hotels. and so made up my mind that
/ would be waiting about the same
time.
well. went and waited. No one
came. wandered around the room
tm while and finally sat down at
ne piano. had just started to play
vhen something on one OF the keys
caused me to stop. / looked closer.
n was a tiny spot of blood. But that
had no connection with my deserter,
nor was there anything else to cause
ary excitement. So / went on with
nv playing, waited an hour or so for
M deserter to show up, and then gave
IN the quest until l could get some
new information. was just leaving
the hotel when l met one of the men
from the central office.
a'What are you doing over here?'
be asked. Working on the killing,
tooY
awhat killing? l asked. 1t was
news to me.
woman found dead up In her
room here about o'clock tonight.
Skull fractured by a blow. Some
chantey singer or something like that
bit we haven't been able to find out
her name yet. Don't you know any
ding about it?'
mo ! answered, but l think I'm
suing to find out something mighty
soon. I've got little tip that may
help you. What did you say her bust
leas was, cafe singer
Yes, one of these chantey girls
hat work around the country singing
b chop suey cafes. What do you
how!
7 laughed at him.
Il may know a whole lot I an
sNefed. and then may not know any
ling. How long had the girl beer
dsadY
About two hours when she was
fond.'
That would make the killing about
nw o'clock. All right. Let's see
sone Of the house managers
The central Office man followed me
nlher blankly when / went to seel
~ house managers. / did not tel
MN what had seen. l asked thai
" the bellboys who had been on duty
met afternoon be summoned. Wher
usy arrived, began to ask questions
Was the piano in the upper par
or played this afternoon l asked
One by one the bellboys though
/. . over. At last one answered in the
tdhrmatiye.
What time was IT, l questioned.
About four o'clock
DID you see who was playing?
"No.'
Can you remember what 1t wa!
mat was being played?
FOR good many moments the DO!
uuggled with his memory. Then hi
ups puckered.
4 60
Can't name It, he said, but
ulnk can whistle it.
TO ahead
ne whistled few bars thel
stopped.
That's all know
mats enough, turned to go.
seees I've got about all that's get
Aoe. Don't you think SOP l locke,
y me central Office man.
! can't see that you've got any
aS he said. I can't see wher
sso playing's going to help us GU
~ NOW stop that smiling and tel
snaf you've got up your sleeve
= WaI smiling. too, because | ha
up my mind to act mysteriou
~ MIN But at that, l had figure
lew facts in my mind"
II, III make little bet said, tina
"e room wasn't robbed
loure right there, but how
work man U ~
why he had to. A woma
ae did, WV" 'N'
ana I'll bet that he stayed in thi
lw iuiiy ten minutes after he ha
the girl But we'll have I
Nc mat later on. When you &c
you'll probably find him of
80 historical. emotional temper
want to make a few bets?'
Central Office man was starin