Show THE SHERIFFS STRATAGEM Cleve Ruse In Capturing a aDes Des ate Criminal Two qualities which often character characterize ize the criminal are cunning and dar darIng darIng daring Ing This fact renders it more difficult for officers of the law to entrap and overcome such characters One of the shrewdest st arrests ever ev r made ma e by a police I pursuit of a criminal was accomplished ac accomplished accomplished by an old sheriff sherif named Olsen As his name would indicate he heI was a Swede S Yede by b birth and in appear appearance appearance appearance I ance and general manners he was the mildest and most peaceable man Im Imaginable imaginable I But behind that quiet ex exterior exterior exterior there was a degree of tact and courage that had proved equal to many manyan i it ian an emergency t I A murder murder had been committed and arid the man who was as guilty of the crime was wu an utterly desperate character would stop at nothing He had threat threatened threatened threatened ened to kill any man that attempted to arrest him He was known to be an unerring shot Most of the available men were either unwilling or Incompetent incompetent incompetent tent to make the arrest Olsen under undertook undertook undertook took to do it t himself hims l on the under understanding understanding understanding standing that he should go so alone and single handed which he thought best for his purpose t tHe He disguised himself slightly slig par tul by dressing in lu a loud and andI I showy style H Iii procured and took tool I with him hl n the thel latest test and best kind of revolver to be obtained He tracked I I the criminal to a park where he found him s on a beach each l rending reading a news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper The sheriff took a bench near nearby nearby nearby by and also began be n to read a news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper After ter a while he opened con conversation con cony y with his man talking ng in a a aJ J friendly but rather coarse way which I led the other to think him a kindred spirit They The t were soon sitting together er eron on the same sam bench Finally Olsen O Isen asked ask d the other What kind of a revolver is yours Mine is the very latest and best make And he took out his revolver and let the other take it in his hands and examine it Apparently it was loaded The criminal also showed his revolver which was smaller and of an older pat 1 tern Olsen admired the others revolver revolver revolver ver Although his own was newer and more mo more expensive he said he found it too heavy and preferred a smaller weapon The man suggested an exchange which was agreed to and the weapons changed hands Now though revolver appeared tobe be loaded it eon con contained tamed dummy cartridges from which the powder had been extracted and which could not do any harm Therefore as soon as the exchange x j was made Olsen covered his bis men man m with I what had been his own revolver well 00 loaded The weapon in the hands hand o of sheriff had made his arrest 1 WILLIAM WILLI H P WALKER f i |