Gunnison news-champion., 1923-09-07
True
Detective Stories
BROKEN GLASS
w7HES serst- John =. Brennan of

"THEN ssrSf- John y. Brennan OF
w SsW YOrs's police force reached
S!rty-uinth street and PARK ave
mo- shortly after tn. accident which
cnu-.-d the death Of John McHugh, he
fU-lI practically nothing which could
cure under the head OF evidence
N-Hugh, II appeared. had been drtv-
In along In llght buggy. shortly
After dark. An automobile. speeding
frnl behind, had struck the buggy
and smashed II To bits. killing Nc
H--h instantly. Apparently IN. only
living witness TO the tragedy was the
hoe but. as Brennan said. there's
n Uay o. maxim a horse talk
81 the sergeant sc, TO work to col
let what bits OF eyid.nc. h. could
sa,ler from the surrounding street.
rausht on one OF III. spokes OF "a.
.iuscy wheel. where I, had evidently
ben torn OF by the forc~ of the col.
Ils.4n. was a nick.l.r.lated lamp rim
o. -ing the name Of the Ham Lamp
C-r1rany. Rochester y. " That.
cad small fragment Of automobile
r.-r about three inches In length, APP
Jared 10 be the only results ~ the
mage which the automobile had SUI
fred.
hut Brennan figured that. as the
mp rim had been torn from IT.
-.srket. the lens Of the lamp would
rafurnlly hay. been shattered. So b.
.,.' to work to pick up tn. hits Of
..asS When he returned to head.
guurters that night he brought with
h.m an envelope containing twenty one
q eoes Of glass. together with the nick.
led rim. the buggy spoke on which
u had caught and the jagged piece
Torn from the automobile tire
What are you going tn do with
that Junkf- Inquired his associates on
he force III sherlock Holmes had
lad those be could have told you the
make Of the car. the complexion Of
he man who WAS driving II. the H.
Cense number and how many gallons
If gas there was in the tank-but.
outside OF a book. what good are
theyr
Maybe none nj ALL" admitted
Brennan, but II you'll use some brains
when you look at 'em youIl note sew
erai things that may be Of help In To-
cntin' the car that Killed MrHugh and
then drove OF into the night. never
did take much stock In tile Sherlock
Holmes stories-lt's easy enough 10
ff1 IL 30 that your hero can solve a
problem that you know the answer Of
blu, here's one case In which I think
that his deducin' theories will come In
pretty handy.
.'see that smudre," and the ser.
geant held up the buggy spoke and
pointed to what appeared to be q worn
place on the wood toward the end
which had been nearest the wheel.
AT first I thought II was merely
where the paint had worn of and the
Of the buggy was spick and span.
Only a few days out OF the shop. So
examined Il more carefully and
found that II was bit OF gray paint.
scratched of the body Of the death
car itself,
Take that lamp rim. now. There
are fourteen cars on the market that
Will tuhue by
company. SO that reduces the number
Of suspects that much more. We've
got to look for gray car of one of
those fourteen makes, which elm.
mates more than 10 per cent Of the
cars In the city"
But what about those pieces Of
giassi What are they goin' to tell
your"
Eventually, the name OF the man
who owned the car" replied Brennan.
There are three kinds Of glass there
one plain glass. one mirror lens and
one concave-convex lens. II you'll III
EN- together you'll see that the car
carried eight-Inch gas headlights and
six.inch oil sideiights. Therefore II
was an old model. The bit Of rubber
was very evidently ripred of a four.
inch tire. Now. you members of the