The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-13


shack up Bronx way. after all.
y mo-"
Sure thing!"
But I don't like these mort
cages, VIII. IL anything hap
pened to you, where'd ! be?"
"Sh! Its going L be cash."
And. where are you going Il
get three thousand dollars? They
wont take a cent under six fol
the place."
Leave II T. me-" lie pulled
out a thick black cigar. Had
General Lee sent a box of them to
General Grant, there wouldn't
have been any Appomattox.
"Will, you aren't taking any
OF that graft stuff. after your
promise to me six years ago?"
mix on TIL graft, Milly.
amt handsome, but I'm honest
More n that. l amt the gink
they think | am down at Central. =
you're a smart man. Will"
Haggerty was worth looking at
He had a round head, a sign OF
eombativeness. He had heavy
rectangular jaws, a sign of perse-
yeranee. lie had keen blue eyes
too, with room enough between
to satisfy the most critical OF
phrenologists and physiognomists
(for whom the detective had the
heartiest contempt.)
To see things, to observe and
retain impressions, II is not neces-
sary to hold university degree
Theory and logical deduction. as
written, interested Haggerty just
about as much as a missionary
lecture on the uplift of the sin.
full Hottentot would have done.
Crime to him was merely a pic.
ture-puzzle; there were so many
pieces and only one way to put
them together. When he found 0
piece he laid IL aside: when he
found another piece he tried tC
fit the two together. II they die
not fit, he proceeded to hunt fol-
the other pieces. BY and by hs
got a corner together, maybe {
center-piece; in the end the pic
ture unfolded. Nothing mysteri
out about this.
L Haggerty was not brilliant; h,
was only slow and sure. And be
cause of this ability to wait h,
had now been a detective of thu
first class for six years. AS tn,
character of his investigation
somewhat removed him from tn,
graft zone, his promise to hi
Wife was rather negligible one
The low cut-purse, the polished
swindler, the dishonest bank
official, all were fish to his net
Being a man OF great physica
strength, courageous as all Irish
men are who have had to figh
their way to a decent payroll
and fond of his work besides, h,
was formidable.
He was well-known, feared ant
respected. He never approache,
his quarry till he was absolutely
certain of his picture-puzzle. Ther
his hand fell heavily. He was JUS
but merciless. His business wa
to get the criminal. If a jur!
wanted to let the man go, tina
was no concern of his.
"Some time between now an
midnight, Milly, I'm going t pu
this handsomely manicured duk,
on tn shoulder of tn cleveres
crook New York has seen in years
He's had tn force up a tree fo
almost a year. Piece of bull-head
ed luck, but luck's half of an!
game
"Who is it, WIFI"
9TH gentlemanly jewel-thief
as tn reporters call him."
Seven thousand dollars in re
wards!"
six from tn people who'v,
been jobbed an one from p,
Knickerbocker. That'll take car
of that little oil Bronx shack, an
some onion money besides. oh
I've got him all right. Quee
case, though; an / don't under
stand it all yet. But knoy
who an where he is"
Tell me. You've never said
word" His wife leaned acros
the table eagerly.
81 don't talk till I'm sure
Milly. If you women'd only thin
II out that way there'd be a lot 9
trouble saved. Well, you remem
Der / used t. pooh-pooh this fin
ger-print business. Looked lik
expert stuff. | never saw two ex
perts who agreed on anything.
"But this thumb-print is tn
real article; you can't get ava
from 1t. Fact. When Mrs. Armi
tage lost her emeralds-fort
thousand iron-boys, includin
duty-think of it, forty thou
sand for a string of little Irish
green stones-well, I was detaile
u look over tn case. She has