The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-11-15

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watching him herself. She did settle
ment work in the poor neighborhood
where Jad was now living. About a
week later she came TO me, her eyes
exultant.
We've got hlmi" she exclaimed.
What, that Polish fellowT' 1 said.
Mabel nodded. "He lives over u
Polish barber" she said.
81 don't understand" i began, and
suddenly 1 saw light "You mean the
lock of hair? But Frank never had
his hair cut In such place as that p
no, but Semplovitch worked for
Chiozzi, the barber on Main street,
three weeks before the murder"
"And?"
"And he must have gathered a lock
Of Franks hair from the floor after II
was cut on, and given 1t to Jad-
There's your clew, Mr.. James,"
She looked so happy and pretty that
If she had been five years younger, or
1 five years older, think 1 should
have kissed her.
But that isn't ALL" she added.
w nut neAlf L hshtu
"Semplovitch is an animal trainer"
And keeps birdsT
"Canaries, parrots ana hnches.
Teaches birds to talk in twelve hours
by covering their cages and using
photograph"
"Then the parrot must have been
taken out of the housed" exclaimed.
ION the evening of the murder |"
she answered.
l followed up this clew. ] found
little girl In Russian family resid-
ing overhead who had seen Semplo-
witch carrying in parrot In II cage
at nine O'Clock on the night OF the
murder. The parrot lived In Mrs.
jenkins sitting room, adjoining her
bedroom on the one side. while Franks
room was on the other.
The police laughed at my theory. al
though the lock of hair business I'm
pressed them. The parrot was being
kept in the sitting room as evidence
for the prosecution. And now con-
fess to a trick l played.
l make this admission with regret,
but was morally convinced of the
guilt of Jad and his accomplish. II
was necessary to stage the scene so
as to surprise Semplovitch into a con-
fession. And so-well, the house was
sealed up, but even a middle-aged
lawyer can climb through a window
with loose catch upon OCCASION
And so, having visited Semplovitch
and gathered an impression as to his
family relations, much to his disgust
and suspicion, | took my phonograph
INTO the sitting room and coached that
parrot FIVE successive nights with the
assistance of sundry sunfiower seeds.
When all was ready induced the POI
lice chief to bring Jad and Semplo-
witch into the sitting room by day. 1
turned on the barber.
"You took lock of Frank Jenkins
hair from the floor of Chiozzi's,"
said.
Taken by surprise, the fellow yet
managed to express blank lack Of I'M
derstanding. So / removed the cover
from tn, parrots cage
The bird Tapped its wings and be
gan to shriek:
Take me home, Take me home
Jud's going Ia Kill my mistress! L
won't say Frank Jenkins did itr'
Which was not. OF course. what II
had heard in Semplovitch's shop. But
the effect ON the superstitious Pole
was electrical. lie dropped on his
knees and blurted out full confess
sion there aud then.
Jad paid the full penalty of his
crime. and Semployitch will be an old
man indeed when he comes out Of the
penItentiary. As for Frank and Ma
bel-well, they are pretty happy to-
gether, and the past mas been lived
doxyn