Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-03-08

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are many who have. ridi-
culed the methods by which
Craig Kennedy, Sherlock Holmes
and other master ::sleuths Of fiction
have, arrived at their infalnbly correct
conclusions by deductive reasoning or
by mechanical apparatus which regis
tiers every fraction ssof q heartbeat or
every minute change in. thee suspects
respiration &C.,
But every now. and then these same
methods are used by detectives in real
life, frequently with "a great. degree.
of success: >>.-::r ....;;5 'tiSts7
For example, there was the Hotel
1roquois murder case in which Police
Commissioner Dougherty of New York
applied a mixture of the" Holmes and
Kennedy rules in such a manner as to
make the guilty man: practically con-
vict himself; although at the time he
was ignorant of the fact that he was
doing 1t. $a.;,s...tt...., IS ,st
William H:,Jackson, wealthy guest
of the fhotel," was found dead in his
room one morning, stabbed through
the heart: His gold watch and sew
eral other pieces of. jewelry had not
been touched, but the only money in
his clothes were three twenty-five
cent pieces in one Of his vest pockets.
AS Jackson was known to- have car
.ried a good deal of money, the sup
position, was that he had been muir
dered by someone who had either lost
his nerve Or who feared to take the
watch and jewelry. because they could
be too easily traced. ,: ,
Even Commissioner Dougherty's
knowledge of the working Of the
criminal mind could find little that
could be dignifed by the term "clue."
Jackson had: evidently returned to
his room rather late the night before
i'm fact one Of the clerks recalled
seeing him enter shortly after mid
night-but the elevator boy said that
he had come up alone, and that no
one had gone up or-come down from
the same floor for several hours after
wards. - 80. - =.
"rhat means nothing" Dougherty
pointed out. ~: r y.
After a careful examination Of the
room and the body of the murdered
man, Doughel'ty returned to his Office
and contented himself with seeing
that the machinery of the police was
kept carefully Oiled But to no effect.
AS days passed without further de.
RI velopments the public began to criti-
CHE and find fault. 80
Finally, when the: wave Of criticism
had reached a height that he could
no longer afford to overlook it, Com.
missioner Dougherty decided. to. try q
method which, as he phrased it, twas
a shot in the dark-and hundred-to.
one shot at that"
"An"we've been able to find out, 81
he said to one of his lieutenants, "is
that Jackson was stabbed by left.
handed man, standing behind him and
slightly to. one side. of him. jackson
dropped without sound and the muir.
derer was able to lift his roll with:
out disturbing the body in the slight.
est. The whole thing probably didn't
take more than sixty seconds. Now
excluding the guests in the hotel al
the time-most of whom it's manifest
ly impossible to reach-I want you tc
round up every person who was in the
1roquois that night. Find out which
ones are left-handed, and bring ZEN
down here and let me talk to ;'em:' :.
''Third degree, chief?"
'Non' snorted the commissioners
"That wouldn't do in this case. Al
least the old-fashioned kind wouldn't
I'm going to try something new. It's
gamble, but we've got to take q
chance" = - $'.#
One by one the left:handed brigade
was marched into Dougherty's Office
One by one he put to them set Of
questions, one Of the first Of which
regarded their health and the state OF
their pulse. Once he had his finger
on the suspects wrist he never :liftet
1t until the final question had beer
asked and answered.
1t was not until the commissions
commenced to question Paul 'Geidel
the elevator boy who had taken Jack
son up to his floor the night that h,
had been murdered, that he: noted an,
material change in the pulse beats O
the persons he was examining Whel
he asked Geidel what.he had done i'm
mediately after Jackson had stepped
out of his car, the boys pulse hest
tated and then commenced to race
But his voice was quiet enoughaas b,
replied that Jackson had asked hin
for some lice water, that he liza,
brought it., placed it outside his door
e and gone on with his*work.s s.. s.
Instantly a thought flashed int,
Dougherty's mind ackson ibpenet
the door, produced roll Of bills
asked for change for a. dollar, an,
nod o$1 AL ~. - 49,