Gunnison news-champion., 1923-05-18
True
Detective Stories
IROQUOIS MURDER

conclusions 10y dedlctiye reasoning or
BY mechanical APPARATUS which regis
rers every fraction %, a heartbeat or
ever m,Eu'- change ia tire suspects
respiration
Bur every now and then these same
me'ln's are uz.t by detectives In real
lie, fr-Tusu'ly with a great degree
uf sgrgvaz
FDr example. there was the Hotel
Iruqunls murder rn-- In which Police
Coramlssiuucr p0urhsrty Of New YORK
applied q mixture OF the Holmes ami
Kennedy rules IN such a manner as 20
max. the guilty man practically con
Wet himself although at the time be-
WIS ignorant Il the fact that he was
doing II.
William H. jackson. wealthy guest
Of the hotel was found dead IN hls
room one morning stabbed through
the heart H!s gold watch and scy.
eral other pleces 81 tsweIry had not
been touched. hut the only money IN
his clothes were three TWENTY-FIVE
cent pieces IN one % his vest Pockets
As jackson vas known To have car
riei a good deal of money. the sup
Position WHs that b. had been mnr
der"d by someone who hnd either lost
his nerve or who feared 20 take the
watch and iewelry because they could
be too easily traced.
Even Commissioner Douyherty's
knowlcde. Of the working Of the
col.
could b" dlEnlhed by III. term "ciue"
Jackson had evidently returned to
his room rather late the night before
In fact one OF the clerks recalled
seeing him enter shortly after mid
night-but the elevator boy said tha,
he had come up alone. and that no
one had gone up or come down from
the same floor for several hours after
wards.
That means nothing" poughsrfy
pointed out.
After careful examination OF the
room and the body Of the murdcre
man. Duugherty returned to his oflc
and contrnted himself with seelnc
thHt the machinery 0f the police WI
KEEP, carefully oiled But to no enec'
As days passed without further d..
velopTnents. the public began 10 crit
oize and ind fault
Finally. when the wave Of criticism
had reached n height that he could
II" longer afford To overlook II, Con
missioner Doueherty decided to try d
method which. rs he phrascd II "wus
q shot Tn the dark-und n hunlrai-to
one sho, nj that"
AN we've been able to find out. :"
b" said 10 one uf his Iieutcuants. is
thHt Jackson was stabbed hy u left
handel man. standing behind him and
slightly In one side af him Jackson
dropped without n sound and the mlIr-
der"r was able to lift his roll with
out histarhlng the body IN the slight
est. The whole thing probably didn't
take more than sixty seconds Now.
excluding the guests In the hotel at
the time-most OF whom its manifest
" Impossible TO reach--I want YOU 10
round up every person who was In the
lroQuois that night. Find out which
down here and lie, me talk to EN-"
Third degree, chief?"
NO snorted the commissioner.
''That wouldn't do In this case. At
least the old-fnshioned kind wouldn't.
I'm going To try something new. Its
gamble, but we've got TO take n
chance"
one by one the leff-handed brigade
wns marched into pougherty's Office
one by one he put to them a set OF
questions. one OF the first Of which
regarded their health and the state Of
their pulse. once he had hs finger
on the suspects wrist. he never lifted
II untll the final question had been
asked and answered.
II was not until the commissioner
commenced to question Paul Geldel,
the elevator boy who had taken Jack
son up TO his floor the night that he
had been murdered. that he noted any
material change In the pulse heats of
the persons he was examining Wien
he asked Geidel what he had done inn
medIatcly after jackson had stepped
out OF his cnr. the boys pulse, hesi-
ta,ed and then commenced to race.
But his voice was quiet enough as he
replied that Jackson bad asked him
for some Ice water. that he had
brought 1t, placed II outside his door.
and gone on with his work.
Instantly thought flashed into
Dougherty's mind-"Jackson opened
the door. produced roll Of bills.
asked for change for dollar. and
tipped Geldel quarter, slipping The
other three into his vest packet.
Geidel seeing the money. murdered
Jackson either then or later Al
least he knows something about the
crime. His pulse Is proof Of that
But. aloud. the commissioner only
sail: You're left.handed aren't
| you:'
"No, sir" replied Geidel. promptly.