The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-10-22

Tlse t1,ere does really exist q sixth
SENSE, : sort Of instinct which enables
the detective to run down his quarry.
the following narrative seems to DEM
O1ger1te. II this Is not 80. what i'm
pulse led me to connect the unknown
murderer with the strange young col
ored woman with the red hair?
One day early in the nineties, I re-
ceived . telegram from James Arnold,
CHEZ Of police Of Dallas, Tex, and
Ben Cabel. the county sheriff, request
ing me to come to that city Immediate
~ for consultation in a murder case.
Knowing both these gentlemen well, I
t~elagraphed back that / would start
on the following day, which / did.
I found the chief Of police and the
county sheriff waiting for me at the
depot, and we three drove Immediately
to q hotel. There the nature Of the
case was explained. the here
given being fictitious ones, for obvious
reasons.
On the night OF the preceding Sun
day 2 prominent citizen OF Dallas, who
may be known as Temple, had board.
ed q heavily loaded electric car down
town In front of one OF the principal
churches Of the city. being bound for
his home. The car contained at least
forty or nifty passengers. most OF
whom were returning from the eve
ming service In that church, at which
Temple had also been present. Tenn
PIE lived ON the outer edge OF the city,
In . dne residential district. When
tho al reached his house he got on
and started toward his front gate. As
he stepped from the street to the edge
Of the sidewalk q colored man, who
had been. lying in wait behind a tree,
spra0g out, and was seen by q num-
ber Of passengers to strike Temple
= powerful blow on the head with
something resembling a baseball bat.
After striking blow the negro
dropped hts weapon and fed into an
alley, whore he was soon lost to view.
leav1ng his hat upon the ground.
Those who had witnessed the assault
from the ear end Of the car fastened
TO Temple, who lay unconscious on
the sidewalk. picked him up, and gar
ried him into the house. The ply.
sicians. Who were hastily summoned.
found that Temples skull had been
fractured and assistance was impossi-
BILE. He only lived q few moments.
never recovering consciousness.
The weapon with which the blow
had been indicted was a piece OF one
and one-half inch gaspipe. nearly tour
fest long. and It had been used SO vio-
lently that the pipe was bent midway
to almost = right angle. The hat which
NE murderer had dropped was . new,
cheap. broad-brimmed black one, Of
unusually large size. It was, in fact,
too large for any ordinary mans head,
and for that reason. probably, 1t had
faaen Of when the negro delivered the
blow.
The witnesses Of the crime all had a
plain view Of the murderer. whom they
unanimously described as a tall young
negro. very black. wellbuilt, we'll
dressed. md with the features Of q
white man. The lips were thin. the
nose straight. and the general impress
sion VA that he was e white man
who had blackened his face for the
purpose Of d~isguising himself.
The dsad man had . brother, q prom
inant physician Of Springfield. ILL.,. who
had bsen sent for and had arrived at
Da1as two days after the murder.
IAo doctor VA anxious to have his
brOthers murderer brought to justice,
md hid been the moving spirit In the
smployment Of my services.
Nezt morning the police chief. sher-
Z. an4 myself went over the ground.
examined the hat and the piece Of
~ Wt6eA the murderer had used.
~ ~ VA NV. end had been cut
- ~ end o. : long joint, evi. !
I1n11y 1or he special use to which It
~ - Uut. - that tho ASSASSIN
,on16 eonoeal e In carrying It to the
Dlaos VAsfe - lay = wait Tor his vic
-.
TAeeo - : large colony q negroes
. O0Mn1s ~ n most other texas
ounL bit nobody seemed to know
lny1nlng q ! negro with the features
Z Wits man. All the witnesses Of
~ A1fder agreed that they had nev-
: sosn anyone before who looked 1t
n M ths mnrderer.
&lnco every crime has IL motive I
baun ~ investigating any possible
sanGo Ior the homicide. Mr.. Temple.
discovered, had been the superintend-
~ q = Sunday school. He was in
- Wholesale lumber business. and
- associated with two gentlemen.
No nay be known a. Smith and Per
y. When the partnership VA form
n och had taken out . ten thousand
loalAr lie insurance policy on the life
8 oAe " Als partners. which policies
p111 carried on the company's funds.
1D1a I learned further. had I'm
Dnfxeoth e enmity Of ! number Of
l11keeal9 amOng them being q brother,
Ma1aN, who had been heard to threat
~ IT. M. Temple had had some lit