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Show line True Detective Stories f If Revealed in Every Day Life irchlcao Tribune nt,TlNGuiSHBD surgeon, who also a detective in embryo, called to perform an opera-S opera-S pn a roan wh0 had bco.n i"S unknot iummoIii. The posi-fr,hcman posi-fr,hcman and the mystery ol the "rendered (he case notorious, was unconscious at the time of B,Hon ntnM1 coul(1 bc ob" Trim him. When the doctor cx-j cx-j the wound, he said to his asslst-i.tM asslst-i.tM has been fired at him by a -?i is left handed." hf-vas explaining the reasons ... I fusion Mr. A ' partner, a itt Conxion Somctnlmj to'iScr attacted the attention Eminent surgeon, and he whis- S'rfwere left handed I jjjjrt onco "suspect him of the ffntxl Instant he turned to X rijfjd;.u vmdly hand me that lint?" fiS f wins his left hand The J-T.", was accused of the r and.' upon being tried and con- jgi cStessed his guilt. r Secret of the Confessional. 'ntlc example of a man's guilt fed 11 aft? the lapse of many Kwcoraw from the reign of Louis During the day-s of that monarch ?HiiSnt abbe was one of a large Jfirlllijm u -ccnmhlGtl on a certain iD&nn round the royal supper table. IrSh added to the Interest of the MVw" by telling the adventures of a flrable career. "I remember," said t$Lxp the nrsl penitent who came to a S essional. I was young then. Imile accustomed to hear the secrets Xt life The man was a murderer, S m'e the story of his crime." EAbe was pressed- to tell the tale or Bf. i clue to the culprit, but he main-Bwaeuarded main-Bwaeuarded silence. Presently in K&ok of the mcst trusted of all Uic Barch's favorites. lf.'Tti ji l'Abbe," said he. rocognlz-(fuold rocognlz-(fuold friend. "Gentlemen," he con-t-li turning to the company, "I was Mint penitent whom the abbe ever Swd, and I promise you when I told Jnnr story he heard what astonished h TMt night tiro nobleman was tothe bastlle, and the evidence "crime committed thirty years be-tees be-tees complete j Tracked by Brokoa Button. j nor and liqueurs vanished mysteri-Awrom mysteri-Awrom th shelves of a London result res-ult Watching seemed of no avail; iiiusck still disappeared. At last the P'tctive came upon a broken piece of It was treasured, and a visit m tinned to a man already under bot surveillance. The suspect was wearing a coat which in one place had only half a button, and suspicion became be-came certainty In thc minds of the officers; offi-cers; but they went to work with cuu-tlon, cuu-tlon, and unfolded their errand. Thc man laughed loudly.. "Think I've not light fingers, do they? You can senrch and welcome." But his mood changed and his face fell when a detective stopped across, and, producing produc-ing the fragment of a button, matched It on his own garment. The transition from bravado to dismay was dramatic nnd ludicrous. Every pretense broke down. "All right," he muttered, and surrendered. For a long1 while tho parcels and trunks carried In the baggage cars of certain trains were tampered with. The detectives watched closely but had no clue. When tho train reached its journey's jour-ney's end the cords and locks of the packages wore all right, but some of the contents wcro missing. At last suspicion suspi-cion fell upon tho brakeman, and It was decided to test him. On this particular night lie was tcoptod to look Into a large wooden package which wore thc appearance of containing' good things. By the aid of a screwdriver and a hammer ham-mer he raised 'the lid of the crate and forced It half open. "What was his amazement when he found It contained the detective, who sprang out and arrested ar-rested him on the spot. Two Amusing- Cases. A number of petty robberies were traced to the factory worker, whoso mode of entrance Into thc houses of her neighbors was by the cellar grates, so frequently left unfastened by the cot tagers. As a rule, 'articles of. clothing wero carried away, these being discovered discov-ered in various pawnshops, th' gh money had, been taken In indlvlduil cases. Thc most amusing part of the depredations was the manner in which the culprit was trapped. In attempting to slide down a chute which gave entrance en-trance to the coal cellar she stuck fast and was obligingly helped out by a guardian of thc peace, who had witnessed wit-nessed her attempts first to pull up the grate and then to squeeze through the aperature. A story is told of a young man, the representative of a largo firm, who carried car-ried a large ' sum of money with him, i spending the night at a hotel In Pres-burg, Pres-burg, Vienna, As usual, he remained some time smoking in bed. Suddenly thc burning cigar fell to the floor. He bent over to extinguish it when he saw a hand projected from under the bed to put the cigar out. He lay awhile, and then, saying aloud "How cold it is! I shall get my coat," he jumped out of bed, flow to the door, and raised an alarm. The would be robber was caught. Ho confessed ho knew the occupant of the room had money, which he hoped to get while ho slept. He had been a fireman fire-man formerly, and could not resist the Impulse to extinguish the burning cigar. Thin habit proved his Nemesis. |
