Arizona republican., 1913-08-16
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Correspondence School De tectiVe Discovers 1nhu- man Men Shooting Fish in Old Swimming Hole Near Tempe

Near Tempe
 'Sheerluck Holmes the correspon- dence school detective. who made the splendid arrest during the early part of the present week. is feeling doWncast over the results of his efforts at shad- owing. Frank Ryan the man who was arrested as the result of the splendid work of the "Tempe Terror of evil doers" has been discharged from GUS tody owing to lack of evidence.
 The detective" since his arrival in Arizona has had several dreams of catching a notorious crook and retiring upon the reward offered for his cap ture. So far his dreams have not ma terializcd and he is beginning to have his doubts as to the truthfulness of the advertisements of the National Detec- tive association, which promised the graduates of the school enormous sums for the capture of wanted men" His name is well: FootsOn will do because that isn't his name. and he has offered his service to Superintendent Scott so many times bN means of letters and postal cards that Scott is afraid to open his mail bag in the morning for fear that he will be confronted with another written eIougy of the merits of the ''detectiVe" In fact it has become so bad that Scott is figuring on getting an x ray machine so that he can tell what is in the letters before he opens them. Pending the arrival of the ma chine he has one of his clerks open the letters and has requested the clerk to forward the letters to Sheriff Jeff Adams as soon as they arrive.
 Jeff says that he has so much work now that he thinks it would be a good plan to send 'Detective" F'ootson to the Bloody Basin to hunt Hodags and if he succeeds in bringing in one of the vicious animals alive he will in stantly place him on the force as q deputy sheriff with orders to go forth and capture all the desperate Charact- CTS that infest the desert between Sen tinel and Yuma. Jeff also says that if he only is half as good as he says he is in his letters to Scott, he will have no difficulty at all in fIlfining the conditions.
 The best piece of work that Footson so far has done is the trailing down of q desperate gang of fish shooters who make their lair on the banks of the Salt River near Tempe He says that  venfent boulder on the river bank and when poor unsuspecting fish passes the place the desperadoes arise from their place of cOncealment and call upon the fish to hold their fins and surrender If the fish does not do as il is requested. Footson says the gang foully murders the innocent fish by shooting it in the back with q 10 guage shot gun This will doubtless clear up a mystery that has bothered the South siders for a long time as to what has become of the different pet fish that used to come to their master as the sound of his voice and wagging their tails daintily take crumbs from the kindly hands.
 He wants to be appointed a deputy sheriff for the purpose of arresting these cruel murderers and bringing them to trial so that Governor Hunt may exercise his cIemency.
 Woe betide the criminal that flouts the authority of the detective" be- cause when upon official business from the National Detective association he carries a special revolver that has several notches upon the handle, de- noting the number of desperate bad men that it has forced to bite the dust. Not that he shoots to kill because when he is trailing a suspect he goes carefully to the railroad wards and hides his gun under q rail until he has firmly fixed the guilty party with his eagle eye. Then he takes his prison CT to the place where he has concealed his weapon and marches him to the Jail belonging to the "DetectiVc Col lege' where he is measured according to the .Berty1yun" method and his measurements with the toe prints of the suspect are entered in the big book for future reference.
 He has so far taken a complete course in shadowing and is now cap able of ShadOWing man so closely that the suspect is likely to think that it is only the rays of the that are bothering him. When he has cOmpIct- ed his course the detective" will be able to go up to any man and say in q loud commanding tone of voice Lem me look at yer paw "Hmm-mm You're Eighty Lizzie the noted lady hugger cummerlong CT me an splain to the sergeant" Then, and then only, will he be able to point with pride to his diploma from the detective col lege" and say to an admiring throng Young man go and do the same