The Washburn leader., 1915-12-17
LUCK BRINGS
LUCK
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.

call on the calendar, warfare gong
on every week and day and hour in
the year. 1t is the case Of detective
versus criminal It Is the warfare be-
tween hide and seek.
During the year that was in the
profession had some queer cases. I
had the reputation of being lucky, and
am ready to admit that luck has .
great deal to do with successful detec-
tive work. l have known officers who
were honest, conscientious and pains
taking, but who always just missed It.
If they had been on a case for six
months and had finally run a man
! down until he was within arms length
some one else was sure to step In and
bag the game at the last moment. It
is an old saying that "luck brings
luck" 1t was certainly true in my
case. My first capture was that of
Dick Morton, the famous Tennessee
outlaw of thirty years ago. I was In
Nashville when he shot and robbed two
men OH highway forty miles distant.
was then on the Cincinnati force
and was interested in getting a close
description Of the man. Any descrip-
tion you may give of particular man
will apply to dozens in n general way.
Dick was six feet high, with brown
hair, blue eyes, sandy whiskers. etc.
The only real point was In his manner
of speech. 1t was said that he always
rolled his eyes upward when beginning
sentence. He did this on the advice
Of an old woman to break him Of the
habit Of suffering. and 1t was sue
cess.
Just week after l left Nashville l
was in Evansville, Ind. AS l sat In
the office of hotel a man came in
and registered, and when he answered
the inquiry of the landlord up went
his eyes. When had seen him do this
three or four times l began to COM
pare him point for point with my de-
! scription Of Dick Morton. and in five
minutes l was satisfied that had my
man. He had been shaved, had his
hair cut and wore suit Of black, but
there were some things he could not
hide. The little finger of his left hand
was of to the Joint. he held his head
cooked to one side when listening to
you, and his right foot toed In as he
dinner. Then as he came out Of the
dining room ! held him up with the
muzzle of revolver right against his
breast and the landlord put the hand
cuffs on him. Then l called the local
officers and turned him over. He had
two pistols and a knife on him, and
| his wallet panned out over $1,000.
In the fall Of the next year pay
master suddenly stepped out Of sight
with $4,000 in new, crisp greenbacks.
He was a government man and was In
Cairo when he received the money. He
put 1t in a satchel and lost himself be-
tween 6 o'clock in the evening and
sunrise next morning. He had been
gone three days when | reached Cairo.
He was described to me as tall, slim,
light complexioned man with side
whiskers, blue eyes and auburn hair.
There was nothing peculiar about him
except the habit Of rubbing the back
Of his left hand with the palm of his
right when speaking THIS was very
slight clew to work on. but 1t was all
had. I searched for four days around
and outside of Cairo but couldn't strike
his trail.
I could hear nothing Of the paymas-
ter and was about to return to Cairo
to take up new line Of pursuit when
stranger approached me with prop
osition. He was farmer. and per-
haps some one had pointed me out as
n capitalist or speculator. He had a
lot Of black walnut timber which he
wanted to get to market, but needed
money as starter. He offered, in
case would advance $500, to give me
a certain share in the venture, and as
l thought well Of It drove out to his
place. q distance Of twelve miles. We
reached there at night and next morn
ing walked through the timber. At
about 10 o'clock we came to the farm.
which backed against his, md as we
were both thirsty we walked to the
well for a drink. While there a wo-
man, with whom my friend was well
acquainted, came out, and we all sat
down on the side Of the porch for a
chat. After two or three minutes a
man came out, and she introduced him
as her nephew from Ohio. He was
roughly dressed. but any one could ;
that he was in disguise. He /
shaved clean, the sun had burn, II I.
face and neck. and his hands wee. :
very clean, and he explained ii''' (,
had served year In the army, L.., /:
discharged for disability and ha 7.
west to rough It for q few week. I.
somehow got to talking about so..., :
the battles on tho lower Mississ.,. L.
and AZ my farmer friend and ~ 4.
stranger did not exactly agree the i :
cussion soon waxed hot. Then, to ,.iv
great amazelncnt. the stranger b. i
to rub the back Of his left hand " i; 1
his right. ! then compared him with
the description, and, allowing for tn.
changes he had made, saw that h..
must he my very man. I quietly aL-
dressed him by name. told him who
was and what had come for. nj. 1