The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-03-21

tirely beyond my comprehension. and
the next tack of his mind seemed even
even more pulling.
DO you know anything about art?"
he asked as calmly as if We were hav-
ing an af~ter-dinner chat at the club.
"A little, not much
If any one asked you to define
technique | doubt if you could do it.
| do not believe there is a painter or
an art critic who could give a satisfac-
tory definition. Yet any one who
knows even a little about painting
knows something Of technique. We
know that every painter has his W
technique. Show me paintings by
Henri. Lawson and Glackens and you
do not have to label them for me to
tell them apart. | recognize the work
of each man by his technique. Even
IL lawson painteda portrait and Henri
a landscape, the individuality Of the
artist would make his work recognize
able, though masked by a subject un-
usual for him. Crime is like art in
one respect at least-technique. Ey-
cry criminal brain has its own tech
nique. Any one who has investigated
crime, who has studied ~evil-doers un-
der all conditions, who has matched
his wits against theirs, inevitably
ome to recognize types Of crimes.
Given any particular crime to trace,
from the very nature Of it he Is able
to say at once, This is the work or
So-and-so.' Now in the Parrish case
| am confident hat a crime of some
kind has been committed or is even
nov being committed. may not know
what particular thing 1t was that drove
Katharine Parrish and old Elser to
seek death-in fact do not know as
yet-but that makes no difference. |
know the type Of crime. | recognize
in the case certain indefinable things
which convince me that behind it all
is a cunning criminal brain that has
planned some far-reaching plot. If 1t
was devilishly ingenious enough to
drive two people to suicide, in all
| probability It will have the same effect
| on others. There may be no other
| suicides, but | believe there will be.
| shall watch every report OF a sui
eide for the next few days with par
ticular interest. Who the criminal Is,
and who his associate is-for | am
convinced it is Il crime of the pair
| have no idea. Investigation Of mail
thefts and stamp counterfeiting never
has brought me in touch with this par
ticular sort of crime, so that as yet |
am entirely at e as regards the
identity of the criminals"
"All you have said" l told him. only
convinces me that | am right about
Hugh Crandall. An intelligent, edu-
Gated man gone wrong, a respectable
broker with a secret propensity for
crime, would fit your theory, wouldn't
it,"
You saw Crandall's ~janitor last
night, didn't you" was all the re-
Spouse he chose to make to my ques-
ton. What kind of a chap is he?"
"If you can get him to admit you to
Crandall's rooms you are a wonder"
| replied, repeating word for word M
interview with the %janitor the night
before.
S1il1A So ~ auNA
fellows" he answered, smilingly draw.
ing from his pocket a blank legal doc.
ument on which the word attach
ment' was printed boldly across the
back. Taking out a fountain pen, he
rapidly filled in Hugh Crandalls
name, on the outside only.
Of course / saw through his use
r. .-,o.1J ,purocnp& hirocn1f DC ON IF
fcer come to attach C%randalfs furni
ture and thus gain access to the rooms
but suppose the ~janitor insists or
reading the document and sees that II
is blank inside"'
mo one ever reads legal documents
unless necessary. Besides. a man O
the janitor type generally has consid
cradle respect for the arm OF the law
He Is probably more or less familiar
with it's workings in dispossessions
and such things, and realizes how
futile opposition would be, supposine
that we really were sheriff's deputies
as he will undoubtedly take us to be.
We reached the place, and. dismiss
ing the taxicab half a block away
marched boldly up the steps and rams
the bell. AS the ~janitor answered. Da
Wis, carelessly Tipping back his Goa
to show a badge Of some sort, demand
ed admittance TO Crandalls apart
ments.
1--WE got an attachment. see" hi
said, flashing the back Of the docu
ment before. the janitor's eyes.
"Oh, that's it. is it," said the jani
tor. That's why he beat 1T so quicl
yesterday and told me not to lie: any,
one into his rooms?"
$50 he has gone," exclaimed Davis
In mock surprise. IL don't wonder a
that. Has he paid you the rent?"
"Come to think Of It. he is a month
behind" said the janitor, though
often it's been that way and he alway'
made good"
!. Even as he was talking he began t
lead the way upstairs. Respect TO
! the law. coupled with the insidiou'
vAouht Of his tenant that Davis yomArl