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Show Old Horse a Detective. "Ono of the best detoctivo tricks I camo across In a good whllo happenod In Englewood," ealif a dctectlyo sergeant. ser-geant. "Tlicro had been sovoral rob-berlcs rob-berlcs In that town. Tho police woro hard up against as clover a gang as It was posslblo to find, when ono night a detcctlvo stumbled upon tho follows. Tho burglars were In the act or breaking break-ing into a houso when ho camo upon them. Thq thieves Jumped into a buggy, drawn by an old gray mare, and mado off as fast as tho horse could take them. "Thorp was jsomo delay beforo an express wngon anii several policemen could bo obtalnod to tako part in pur suit. When tho burglars saw they wero being overhauled they abandoned their pld conveyance and took to tho woods, whero they disappeared, leaving leav-ing only tho old maro behind . "It was the old horso which led tho detectives to the haunt of tho burglars. bur-glars. The animal was captured and put on short rations for a" day and then was. turned loose to pick her way homo. Sure as fate she. hea'ded through street after 8treet"and into the outskirts out-skirts of, 'the town, whero sho drew up in front of a farm.' house. Tho do-tcctlves do-tcctlves followed only to surpriso scmo lodgers who had takon board with the unsuspecting farmer, and who In this rcspoctablo' rotreat felt secure from Interference." Now York Press. 1 |