Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1918-01-08
Called the Bluff
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ByF.A. MITCHELL
ByEA MITCHELL

| tCopyright. llii, Western wspapcF JnionI
when a nation becomes notable for
any intellectual achievement the fac
ulty that achieves seems to be Unborn
In the race. The German race II re
markable for scientific development
| This story shows how an uneducntedl
German was willing TO suffer impris-
| onment 20 test the efficacy Of a scien.
/ tihc device.
Herman Gotleb was suspected Of
stealing corn from a neighbor's garden.
whether he was really guilty the own
I or Of the garden did not know. but Got
| Heb lived near his property and was
/ the only person who did live near IL.
/ Besides he was very poor and found Il
| difficult 90 feed eight or nine childrenl
| with capaci0us stOmnchs. The depre-
/ dations on the garden continued and
/ the owner decided 10 make an exam
/ ple of some one. so he pOunced uponl
! Gotlieb. had him arrested under thel
specific charge Of stealing a number Of
| enrs of corn before daylight on the
morning ~ the arrest. That the pris-
oncr might not be unjustly detained.
the trial was set for ten o'clock thel
day Of the arrest.
After the preliminary questions had
. been put the prosecuting attorney
Il made several attempts 10 trick the nc
I cuscd man into incrimiuaung himself
but without success. Finally the pros
ecutor undertook to catch him in a SCI
entlfc trap.
"Did YOU ever hear OF the X-rayT"I
he asked Gotllob.
"No. nencr heard about dot; what
iss dotf"
The prosecutor was taken fat aback.
How Co tell an ignorant man the na-
turc of the N-ruy was poser. The
Judge. seeing bis discontinue, smiled.
"The X-ruy is q very bright light
So bright that 10 enables one to look
inside of % man. The machine. or We
call ID lamp thut emlts the ray was
invented by % cUuutrymau of yours
"a Shormanf" asked the prisoner.
ayes. German. His name was
Rocntgpu. The N-ray IS sometimes
called the Rocutgcn ray
Herman seemed Interested. The
lawyer proceeded.
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inside man. II you had swallowed a
o nail IL could bc seen Ia your stomach
\. by means of this instrument
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o invented iu ShcmauyF'
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' n..I..f r.. hoard fU. question. r,peat-
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D ,r, IluT
aprirr nu raf machine"
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,yrr,r..ug of au amusing scene. The
prosecutor assumed severe mir and,
calling au attendant. sent him for un
electric raIrr. The prisoner was 500 iu-
rrrt rr.n it trut ru d.4 not spo t.e
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tl~nrv with ereat severity. evil SON
uI,,J ruIIfy and far,s A. IIeHt s,utar.,
or suffer the fun p,paIt. of the law 6.
I find corn In your .toma,Esr
u.-man'- face assumed am eEr-
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