The Washington herald., 1917-11-24

llnSS nave Deen lnF1lunR NSH 1OTh
for the past week anent the mystery
of the headless, legless body found in
Paterson wrapped in a newspaper on
which was written two verses from
the Sixty First Psalm: Hear my
cry, o God" Attend unto my pray
er for thou hast been a shelter TO me.
and strong tower from the enemy
At the time this is written not the
slightest clue has been found. 1t is
one of those murders that would tax
ers, Park Row journalists who spe-
cialize in mystery murders and often
outwit the police have been unable to
get the slightest lead.
The crime seems indeed to have
been made for Sherlock Holmes. The
body was fouEd in a vacant lot and
no footprints were near it While
Lestrade fused about the lot look
ing for some inkliug, Holmes would
be smoking pipe after pipe-perhaps
sad dog, punching another blue marx
in his wrist with the forbidden
syringe.
DIR. Watson would drop his practice
TO render HSlmes the appreciated ser
vice Of making all the Lcstrade blum
ders and a few of his own, and thus
show the great Holmes what theories
TO shun. In the end, carefully avoiding
Paterson, religious maniacs and the
obvious. Holmes would go out into a
far away town and lay his hand on the
surprised murderer who had imagined
himself unsupported.
That would be the way Holmes
would solve the case. But Holmes be-
ing in retirement the shrewdest de-
tectives are beginning at the point
where the body was found and cX-
amining every strip of ground with
microscopes in the hore of finding a
hair, a button or finger print, with
out some clue like this or a confession
they do not expect to clear up the
battling case.
Before Judge Hylan was made
mayor OF New York il was again
predicted that Charles Murphy would
quit the leadership of Tammany Hall.
1t was suggested that it would be
the. dramatic moment for the Chief
to step down at the instant Of his
victory. But 1t is history that great
men and poker players do not know
when to quit. At Borodino Napoleon
cried as the sun broke through the
dark clouds. It is the sun of Auster-
litz!" He, like Mr.. Murphy, had i'm
agination. 1t is not likely that Mr.
Murphy will give up his leadership
until he meets. like Napoleon. his
Waterloo.
Broadway has a brand new name
for those sleek fox trotters of the
gilded dansants who dance with mar
ried women for so much a night. Al
first they were called Lounge Lizards,
then Couch Chamelions. Now the
flaneurs are known as sofa Scorpions
Seen around the town: Boys play.
ing marbles in the foyer of Wal
Street bank. Francis X. Bushman
sitting unrecognized in a hotel lobby,
A man selling white mice by a door
to door canvas. A detective noddine
to a celebrated pickpocket to leave q
political meeting An ambulance doc
tor humming a tune while bandagine
an injured subway worker A former
circus clown begging<o Fifth Ave-
nue.. A new limousine scratched by a
!vandal who laughed as he ran away,
Kid gloves on sale in an exclusive
shop for s12 a pair.
Cafe proprietors are wondering II
New York is to be more lax in its
closing law with its new administra-
ton. 1t is reported that several all
night dancing places are preparing
to resome business and that even the
celebrated Jacks will again become
popular for the Sons of the Midnight
Sum-. But there has been no ofncia
announcement Of any lid lifting. II
all comes from underground sources
But even should New York become
wide open-there will be little might
life. All the young bloods Of the towr
are at their cantonments.