The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-06-28

~ IN. watchers of criminals who
y -. nolice stars of the city o.
And, judging from the queer
.,,,le which Miss Clement gave
:. walked down Fifth avenue.
sur meeting, it seemed that the
-. ,as TO remain secret.
cams" / said, that the occa-
4 your coming to New York
"A 70 be enough to cause you to
little Of It anyway"
=. directed one of those flashing
"A humored looks at me.
e., vou remember a time when |
told anything of a case before
ssIshed IT, she queried.
Ivs forced to admit that she was
- Miss Clement continued:
s.s,des." with a smile, New York
- new TO me. 1 made an arrest
m enee."
,,s then that a crossing jam took
.,,eution from things criminal.
= 4 was not until an hour later.
- sested in the moonlight on the
8 A.ck OF a Coney Island boat, that
= conversation drifted back. / had
81 something about the detective
-.tss Of fiction and the wonderful
.sorx who always are finding GRIM
- through their scientific investi-
pdcns
slnd vet" said Miss Clement.
.,rre's many a story OF fiction that
:, ID counterpart in real life. For
td.pce. that New York arrest | spoke
ma an example OF what can be
- By science. The up-to-date po-
= departments are not so blind to
- discoveries as you might think"
A the story started. l could not
~ admiring the picture before me,
4 White clad figure with its hat
! kalding the face from the pearl-like
. ~ Of tae moon. the flash of eyes
- and then as the head turned, the
duuped hands-and on beyond the
ING sea. cleaning and swirling in
. 4 night light. In the distance the
m slid past In black, ever changing
andows II was a cool night, and the
tunl crowd Of the boat was absent.
IN and there about the deck, how
! -. cat young men and young wom-
/ 3 converying In low tones. or sitting
. CT and looking out to the thin line
doe horizon. Far ahead. a light
- flashed its warning. The steam
4 (1s ships exhaust mixed incongru-
uF With the music of the boat or
tostn. leaned nearer that | might
~ better.
7 can't say that ever was really
ofped to a case where murders or
snsthing Of the kind have been con-
m1ed." Miss Clement had begun. but
tvays seems am just happening
~ BY accident. This New York
- Il call It that because the case
~ finished here) was one of those
Ghhs, though not q murder.
I was walking down State street,
0Ieaso, one morning when a crowd
mind . store caused me to stop. The
nnltered glass and general wreckage
vEhin told Of some kind of accident.
showed my way to the door. and
he met one Of the men from the
mtrsl ONCE.
whats happened?' I inquired.
bafe blowing was the answer
~ Il was q real one. The yeggman
10 did this job must have thought
was Mount Vesuvius. He not
~ tore the store to pieces. but he
~ to do the same thing to himself.
y pointed to few spots of blood on
y wall. evidently where the safe,
neFer had been knocked by the ex'
pouion and cut his head. But just the
ne, the detective continued. that
mt keep him from cleaning the safe
4 sbout $4,000 in money and paper
- getting away. And that's what
~ me. l can't for the life of me
- how he managed to escape
"A cursory glance on the out
ae. however, showed that tn,
after Of escape had been fair
y easy. An alley was at tn,
es Of the building. and from there
y dark routes through an excavation
- N unfinished building, 1t was cas-!
= reach Wabash avenue and the rail
Nd yards beyond. | have never made
much Of point to spend much tim,
turing out by what method maj
- escaped. 1t doesn't do much TO
srd finding him. | went back int
y store.
What do you think Of it?' | asked
ee central office man.
1t isn't what you'd call the bes
nance In the world was his answer
lsers's not thing to hang clue on
me only chance we have is to ge
ssck OF some of that negotiable pa
~ and trace him that-huh!'
He had been digging around in tn,
"eoish near the safe, and pulled fortl
: undle Of papers. That clue wa
ne. The robber had taken only tn,
-ooey ! looked around the room.
AT least said, we can find on
s1ether he is a negro or a whit
a Lend me your knife
stepped to the wainscoting an
@ipped on a bit OF blood-stained wood
tsen l started for a microscopic.
mat night a chance was in m,
wasp and was on a Kansas Cit,
sFer. bound for Fort Leavenworth
IA And the next afternoon"
why Leavenworth?" | asked. "Ha,
~ found out his name?"
mss Clements smile flashed in tn
nocnnght
MOI a trace OF it." was the answer