, 1923-03-04
PAGE NINE.


"whomT" quered Humphrey
Benjamin r. Green"
There are detect vcs-and there
are detectives" commented Hum
phrey. Green falls in the AIRS,
class"
i think 1 get your mean ng.
sthiIed FORESTER. THE fact is, / am
thinking of becoming a detective in
TINS matter myself. What. in your
opinion. makes a good detective7"
Brain shot back uumnhrev
Look here. Mr.. Forester. in my
opinion. the police have fallen down
30 far on this case because they are
sticking too close to the rules The
average city detective becomes IA
miliar with the ways Of the average
thug-type of criminal. Give him an
ordinary murder, burglary or black-
mailing case and he knows Just about
where to go to get his hands on the
people he wants.
But when a Different class ot
criminal begins to operate, the aver.
age detective canno see the new
conditions.
Now" continued Humphrey, -the
o that compose the Friends OF
h Poor have been operating for
about ono year. In that time they
have received various Gums runnin
from ten thousand TO Twenty-Five
thousand dollars. I venture to say
IN INT years timo they have taken
In pretty close to two hundred thou.
san doilarsi Now. I ask you, Mr..
Forester. II you were taking In that
amount Of money, where would YOU
nave your hangout7 In some West
Side live, or in a high class neiEhbor-
hood-perhaps even IN some fina
hotel? Do you get my thought, Mr..
Forester"
Il think I do" said Forester.
"Al right, them went on Hum.
phrey. Il happen to know what
h police are doing in this matter.
They are dividing their time between
watching an old oak up on the North
Shore, and rummaging around west
sid dives. Somewhere, in between.
our men sit laughing at themP'
How are we going to locate that
place in between7"
That where you come In main
tained Humphrey. Now. Mr.. For
roster. you're an engineer"
Il see," smiled Forester. "wer,
then, as an engineer how am I going
to solve his problem In crime7"
by triangulationr' exclaimed Hum
phrey. Forester laughed.
Well explained Humphrey, "if
you were about to survey a certain
inaccess bic territory. you'd go up on
h nearest high hill and pick out
two other prominent points in the
landscape. SO as to form q triangle.
Then you'd take sights, or whatever
you would call II. from one point to
another. A little ngur ng would give
you the exact distance from one
point to another. and a lot of infor-
nation about the lay of tho land In
between. Am l not right7"
You've put 1t very roughly. bit
I think 1 ear see what you are driv-
ing at" returned Forester.
Continue the idea a little further,
Mr.. Forester" went on Humphrey.
IF you were making a mint survey
o would first lay out your bound.
aries. tunnels and SO on. on the sur
face. wouldn't your"
Forester nodded.
Then you would carry those lines
below the surface. In other words,
the lines you had laid out on the
surface would be a guide to you when
you got below IT,"
Again Forester nodded.
IAN right said Humphrey. IT
think you've got my idea about this
case. and what l mean by solving
II by t~r.angulation.
For example. lake Mr.. Nevins, as
h first point Of your triangle. Take
his bank as the second and his home
as the third point Instead of meas
uring the distance between these
points by feet or rods. measure II by
people and events Somewhere the
lines will cross and at the point OF
intersection q definite clue may
form"
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