The Washington times., 1916-01-10

Yelled Woman's coat and handled It
ike you OF ] would handle a ciglr -
a beer stein lie was at hc,nc with y;
He kEew just how TO examine It and
how to hold it. No one or earth. e..
cert a ladies' tailOr-or woman
would be able to do that. was u
bit m leery cry of him I'll ! saw hm :nanipu-
gins to fuss over that coat. says to
myself. He's tailor. all right. all
right Tailors get the knacks of han
ding Momen's clothing, Just the same
as women do, But no ctner kind of
man can do it. We aren't train"i to.
No. sir. That crooks n professional
ts,'or; tsn Ia whatever else he may be on
Perhaps" concluded Lamar with un-
willing admiration Of the chiefs atu-
mon. But. IL he Is. he isn't working
at his trade. hercabouts. HaNr YOU
tried your pretty little portrait gal
mo. Wei; run over it. II Won like.
Id spot that lads face anyw mere"
He sent for the huge collection Of
photographs, known as the Rogues' Gal
lery-the likenesses Of local criminals
in all walks of life who had at one time
or another become tangled in the laws
net.
With the help OF his secretary and Of
Policeman Mee;;s--the only men who
had had a good look at the dumb tailor
the chief began a hasty search of the
collection. Lamar lighted a cigarette
and sat by, impatient at the delay, as
Here's old Circle Jim,'" said the
chief once. as he glanced over a hand
full Of photos.
A few minutes later he paused at
another likeness.
"Remember This chap" he asked La
mar. handing him an oblong of card
board. on which were a full face and
profile likeness of q man and a write
description. Remember him? You nab
\ l. 40 -
jim Borden to the coop. He was jim s
pal for years.
Lamar took the photogra PHI and. half
aloud. read the words scrawled on It:
sam Eagan.alias Smiling Sam
jewel burglar--Close associate for years
of Circle jim Borden-Claims to have
reformed. Has small cobbler shop at
1919 Bright way. Height feet inches.
Weight ,.24o pounds. Identifying
Smiling Sam Eagan!" broke off La
mar. I'm not likely to forget him. We
got him when we got Circle Jim. But
he was too slick for us to give him all
he deserved. He was turned loose about
a year ago wasn't he? That was the
first time | ever heard of Miss June
Travis-the young lady we met In the
park. you know, when we were looking
for the Yelled Woman. I heard at the
prison how she met Smiling Sam when
he got out. and how she was fooled by
liis p'SNeSS "a
learned cobbling during his term. And
she spent good money to set him up in a
shoemaker shop of his own"
She's the salt OF the earth. that
girl" commented the chief. I've heard
a lot about her prison work. But she
swallows the lies all those freed jail
birds tell her. and she gives them
money that they blow on hooze. It
ought to be stopped. She"
Hold on' said Lamar. 1--WE an
idea. Suppose | drop around to see
Smiling Sam. He and Borden were
pretty thick. He may know something
about the Red Circle Or he may not
If he does. I'll find way to make him
talk. Anyhow, it's more profitable
than spending the day grubbng over
that collection of cell beauties or comb
ing the city for a dummy tailor that
Isn't either a tailor nor dumb. I'll have
try at it. I think. Give me the ad-
dress again"
sam Eagan's?" returned the chief
looking once more through n handful
OF photos. Here you are: Cobbler shop
at 1919 Bright way. I've had him watch
ed once or twice. But there's nothing
on him. He seems to have decided
he's too old not to make an honest liv-
ing. Has A good name in the neigh
borhood A rotten neighbOrhood at
that. Go and talk with him, n you
like. 1t can't do any harm. But
don't believe it'll do any good.
Continued Tomorrow