Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-12-03
True
Detective Stories
TOE-PRINTS

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know the inside OF this room.
What do you suppose I got that Job as
furnace man for? You don't think I
like the work. do your Just ten min
uteS-thats all III need The safes
over in one corner of tile bedroom. and
the combinations one | could work in
my sleep-One of those old-fashiopcd
affairs where you can hear the tum.
biers drop clear across the room.
Besides, continued the man known
TO his accomplices as Lefty joe" and
TO the police as one of the cleverest
secoud-stoy men in the business
"thisl be the last job I'm tackle. I
promise You that Wen sink the stuff
down at Uncle Abie's and make get
away before The bulls know the place
has been cleaned out"
1T sounds all right" admitted the
girl to whom the burglar was speak
ing "but I've got bunch that there's
Il slip-up somewhere. You'll be cnre-
full TO wear those rubber gloyeS?"
Sure will" answered the other
w VI """leHeI ne 'a'ls hluseif,
amt goin TO find any of my finger
marks all over the place. No nor any
i"''l'' 'N's ''lleT' J Ten you, ten TINS
- " elrS". inns tin'e next week Wen
" "u' ~ N'e s''e@>- somewhere WIiere
they don't know us -landin decent
~" WIN ''o lear OF oV1'S' hurry up
~ ~. 'lns' WIZ YOU ION |
60 ny, - '','.'',' - ''i' ,''y ''S'
~ @ - " wa ''''' h''eS.
'','"' ~ "t'e' zen 9 'ioeN anyone VINO
''..''' nav u''u ""''ii'uS Tue renee
~ '''''' Ne" ,i'e e''u 81 Tue lhlplS
p-o''N'' y, "Vu'u nave seen " snad""
D''.'''''V itS''l 'o' i'"lhel'' s'l'ouet-
:, y ''7','''s' '''s '','N gray shA' ana
go "''i' i'oi9e''ssiy' H'7iue me
~ '"5 ''u''oua'| - Us % aVoa
WV ~ 80 '''''' - "''ss ""i,h l' ""d
~ ''','' ''.''''S" Len! joe CIel'
soy Wv a. 'i'e io''a''
II WAS iie WORK Oh moment TO
jimmy open one OF the windows on the
ulS' NOR al'u ~ almost less time than
II taxes 10 teu IT. Joe was I'D the bed
'ooi1' spinning the combination OF The
N"'i S"ie, nus sensitive ears listening
Ior 'iie IileA OF iile tuInoierS as they
u'opIeu lpto positioh. Less than hait
az hou' ia'eE ne was PACK IN nus ROOM
po"'I"R us 'oo' ih'o jennie zap
wen nave 10 lay low Tor a couple
Oh DAYS or So he informed the girl.
II the poI''" ma out that I've
Skipped. they Il suspect me right away,
ana Try 70 frame NJ something. Ihey II
nave nara lIne proving 1t though. l
uaa i"y R'oNes Q" ana my SHOES on
unu iiot d sou' 81" me. 80 we re sane,
sHi' ana J III llrouei'--a' Ieast nh'ii l
'iu ''no'HeI er'o a. easy - rms one
bul even as Joe was speaking. In
sptslol Joseph =, haufol Oh me Ne"
Urn uetecll'e ioF'e' was on ms way
70 tue FIipps nome. one Oh the sefV-
mus returning carry. had noted me
opened WINDOW ana had hot'hed Mr.
fhlppS, me latter, after nasty eN-
animation Oh the nhed saie' had
Ploi'eu ior me po'ice' ana the mere
statement lual some @looVo worth OF
le"eis were MISSING haa heeh enough
70 orIhg fauro'' lac hnEef-prInt e&-
pert 10 toe scene Oh the crime.
W hoover broke IN here knew what
ne was doing, stated the Inspector
after ne iad examined the mousse ana
me grounds, ~ WASH mHch Of 2
tflek TO open me SAFE ana our iriend
IooA Sood care 10 use rubber gloves
10 niger pF'lits anywhere about ihe
"o'S'' Aoyi'li's o"ls'ae
NoihIhg al AL chiei " replied one
81 the poIice"th VINO had aceohfa-
uied me inspector wires all right
ahd no footprints lh siSht.
"Hmnm' mused faurot bis eyes
fixed meditaiively on The hardwood
floor Of the bedroom. Then he moved
his head suddenly 10 one side, AS c
trying TO catch clearer GLIMPSE Of
the light reflected from above. An Ia
stant later he was ON his knees dust
ing the floor with a powder which he
produced from ms pochet-a coinblha-
tion Of mercury ana chalk A te"
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