The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-05-04
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Detective Stories
ToE}PRINTs

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like the work, do Sou2 I,st tor --,,
utes-that's all III ne.a M g.
over In one corner of tho h,su
the combinations Ono 7 oo,,Ia ,.,,.
my sleep-one Of tbosa o,d ,o.,,o,
affairs where you Ian bear tha tnr
blers drop clear across tho roar.
Besides" continued ,t-, ou ,.
to his accomplices az "I eftv loo q,
to the police as one of th. o,ou.a
~ "eh p the bushes
"this'll be the last tob I,u tocL,e
.Ou tha.. We'll sink the stu
.. onei. noie land make q &c
has been cleaned out.
ut sounds all righAr admitted =,
"non 'he our1lar was spea
lns, ou' VIC ~, d huhch that there
You'll be car
iui :" wear .hose rubber glovesT
"Sure ] will" answerad tho 9th.
ro.'' VI "ha.e'er he calls himse
amt goin' to find anyt ~ INV eno
marks all over the PLACED No nor O.
footprints either. 1 tell kou Ton :,
Is cinch. This time n8xt y,oa,, ,,o
We OUT III the s'icks-sohew ewhere whe
.es ooh Aho" os-ian lin a dece
joy with u" rear Oh ouif. Hurry
with those socks, will vou3 Do
uo'her 10 nhish 'hem. it atin't the fl
time that I've worn 'em fvtu q, holes
Shortly after ten o'clock anvone W
might have been watchinlp tho 20,
which marked the end Of the pb;n
property, would have seefS a sb.d
balance itself for q momeHt + si,hou
ted against the dark gray -
then drop, noiselessly, insl
grounds.
Moving cautiously, SO as I
/ the burglar-alarm wires which
previously charted. Lefty id
softly toward the house.
1t was the work of mon
Jimmy open one of the windows
first floor, and In almost less I'll
1t takes to tell it, Joe was in
room, spinning the combination
wall safe, his sensitive ears
for the click of the tumblers
! dropped into position. Less IL
an hour later he was back in h
pouring his loot into Jennie's -
"We'll hayt to lay low for
OF days or ~ he informed
IF the poi &c find out TIL
skipped, they suspect rue rigl =
and try to fra pc up something
have hard tn pe proving it tn
had my gloves on and my 81
and not soul Jaw me. So we
! girl, and I'm thtough-at least
I find another crib as easy as I'll
But even as Jke was speak
spector Joseph Faurot of t
York detective f1rce, was on
o the Phipps nolAs.-- Orc ort
'nts, returning early, had n
'pened window and had not
Phipps. The latter, after q
animation Of the rified Sd
pboned for the police, and
statement that some $4,000
jewels were missing, had been
to bring Faurot, the finger-r
pert, to the scene of the crime
whoever broke In here knd
he was doing" statet the i'd
after he had examined the no
the grounds. ut wasn't mud
trick to open the safe, Iand ou
took good care to use rubber
No finger prints anywhere abb
house. Anything outside?
Nothing at all, chief" repl
Of the policemen who had ad
MED the inspector. "Wfres a
and no footprints In sight"
"Hmmm." unused Faur$t, hi
fixed meditatively on thk hal
floor of the bedroom. Then he
his head suddenly to one side,
trying to catch clearer gllm
the light reflected from above.
stant later he was on his knees
7 Ing the floor with q powder VIII
produced from his pocket--a con
tion OF mercury and chalk.
strokes Of camels hair brud
eliminate the surplus powder. q
photographed the smudge
pocket camera which he invari
ried with him.
This Is an experts job"
n0unced as he arose. Round up
second-story man in town and gi
ders that no ones to leave th(
without my permissIon-anyone,
q record, meau."
One by one, as they were
into headquarters, the suspect
were put through a strange
After removing their shoes and
prints of their toes were taken
ciseiy as their finger prints had
Viously been recorded. 1t took tn
spector less than five seconds to oI
the release of each man, until he
amined the prints of the sixteenth pI
Oner.
Bring him in" he ordered. Tn
as Lefty Joe faced him defiantly, F.,
rot inquired mildly, "Where's the st
you got from the Phipps place |;
night, Joe? oh, it's no use to regis
Innocence. We've got the goods
you this time. You wore rubber GLOW
but you forgot that the human