The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-08-21
PSEUD0-SLEUTHS
LOOK FOR LOOT
Amateur Detectives Haunt
Mystery-House On Eliza
geth Street and Find
- DeW-Worms.
POLICE ARE CALLED IN
Plain Clothes Man Does a Little OBJ
serving Too Mystery Is Quick
" Solved But the Amateurs
Garry On.
POLICE ARE CALLED IN
(By another 1tobseryer ~

RulCh, NdtoOll, Lie uceuAS! AeuOSud
has at-least two amateur detectives who
bid fair to join the Hawkshaw class.
Returning from "a little date on
Monday evening, they noticed car
parked suspiciously along Elizabeth
street. On the alert for clues as al
ways they began to .'observe at.
once and were horrifed-better graft
ied-to see the flash Of dark lanterns
on a lawn just beyond the mystery
car. There were several flashes; hence
the astute deduction that there must
be several Of the intruders or possibly
9 desperate criminals.
Clearly the quarry was much too
numerous for even fearless detectives
who carried nothing more suggestive
of arms than wrist-watches and a
memory Of having shouldered rifle
in the world-war.
A whispered consultation led to the
second deduction--it is the better part
of valor'' to report at headquarters.
No sooner said than done'.
Throwing their racing-car into high
and disregarding all speed regulations
the local DR.. Watsons hurried to the
police station. They told their story
breathlessly q band of thugs on
lawn on Elizabeth street, their car
probably stolen-n nearby, their faces
as seen by fiash-light manifestly re-
vealing criminal tendencies and SO forth
and 50 forth ad nauseam. They were
SO sincere so youthfully sincere-that
even the police-captain was persuaded
and sent a plain clothes man to invess
tigate.
Arrived at the rendezvous Y, they
approached their unsuspecting prey
cautiously, almost stealthily. Tie plain
clothes man was the first to speak.
(There was o reason. Men with their
hearts in their mouths do not enunciate
we'll Therefore the silence from the
sector held by the amateur detectives
What are you men doing heree'
the policeman asked hard-boiledly
The wild scramble for concealed
weapons" or furtive poisons'', con
fdently expected by the Sherlocks in
the offing, did not follow. The "bold
bad men, hardly looked up from their
Ssbeastly business as the plain clothes
man approached them.
At last one Of them answered
indifferently:
Were looking for dew worms.
We're going fshin if we find any.
Wanta go 'longa'
The policeman didn t. He merely
wanted to get back to headquarters as
soon as possible is after he had
passed the laugh to two young men who
were waiting shiveringly for his return.
1t was done, again hard boiledly, pos
sibly mercilessly.
Thugs a-H-l!' he sejaculated E
.contemptuously as he climbed into his
roadster. ssYou re some judges Of
criminals. They're a bunch of fisher
men lookin' for iishin worms. =
But the "detectuvhs were un-
convinced.
With Watsonic disregard for the
views Of a mere Scotland Yard of
6cial'' they continued their observa-
tons in and around the mystery
house. They knew absolutely that
where there was so much smoke there
must be little flame and they were
persuaded that "the desperadoes were
only using the deWworm story as "a
camoufagic ruse''
It is not recored that they discovered
any hidden Loot about the house of
a hundred flashes but it has been
e observed that they have yawned
rather frequently today and are a lit
tie less laxative than usual.
1t has been suggested that if they
could see the renowned Sherlock !,
today, he would advise the needle.
Like the lotus flower, it brings forget
fitness.