Show Master SI Strokes of f G Great tat Detectives ts C By GEORGE BARTON M. M Hamard anti and the Wine Shop Mys l tery terr Some years Hars ago there was wu a little wine shop op on the Rue in Paris which was largely patronized by visiting Americans A lamp with witha a red globe lobe in the window distinguished distinguished distin distin- It from the other shops in that block Mme Mine Laurant the proprietress proprietress pro u used d to say cay that the light in the window was intended as a sign of good cheer The gendarme passing the shop early on the morning of or May 4 1005 noticed that the lamp was lamp was not burn- burn Ing That was such an unprecedented thing that he was moved Into He forced his way Into the place and found chairs and tables overturned and dishes scattered around the floor loor lIe He started into a little room occupied occupied pied by the owner and suddenly halted d with a cry of disma dismay Mme Mine Laurant lay on the floor with a a. gag In her mouth mouth dead The money drawer and the safe had been rifled so that robbery was undoubtedly the motive for fer the foul deed M. M Hamard known as the bloodhound bloodhound blood blood- hound of or the police force foW was then the chief of or det detectives cUves of Parts Paris and 00 decided he-decided decided to give this case his personal t per pez tx- tx Inspection He made a careful care care- ful Inspection of the little restaurant and discovered that the thug who had committed the murder had paused to refresh himself himsel before leav leave ing trig the shop A partly emptied bottle hottie bot hot tle tie of or red wine was on a table The detective hailed this with tion The wine bottle had telltale finger finger- marks mar on it M. M Hamard Barnard had a conference with ith the famous who was then engaged in perfecting his system of criminal identification and the two men agreed that this clue would be the means of solving the wine e shop hop m mystery The task began with an examina tion Uon of the fingerprints on record in the palace of justice in Paris Out One OutSet set ut was found that corresponded pre precisely pre ps-c- with the on the I Iwine wine bottle They belonged to a 8 crook named Jean Baptist Sauzet who was well wel known to the poU police A survey was made to discover whether he was as in inan an any of the French prisons He was as not he was at liberty somewhere In tn the wide wide world They located one of his pals ane and by means of a stool pigeon ascertained that he had hac gone to England So the tOn contest test between the hunters hunters hun hun- and the hunt hunted d was transferred to the English capital All of the re resources resources re- re sources of Scotland Yard and the London police poUce s system tem were placed a at the disposal of or M. M Hamard It is a curious fact that chance of plays a part in the solution of or these murder mysteries The de detectives de- de cs worked hard in hi their efforts to locate their man roan but the first firs clue came in an entirely accidents accidental way One night a a. constable found a woman we weeping ping in a doorway She Sh said she had been out with a Frenchman who wound up a a. perfect day by abusing and beating her Moreover he had been n very stingy with her tossing her a franc fran note as he said good The act t o of thrift led him to the guillotine It was discovered that this five lve franc note was one of a a. number that tha had been stolen from the tare safe In th the wine shop on the Rue M. M Hamard with the assistance a Istance o of the English police laid a a. trap fo for forthe forthe the unnamed Frenchman The girl smarting from the ill treatment sh she had received agreed to act as th the decoy to bring him to one of th the cheap music halls In At the appointed time the detectives detectives detec detec- tives c came mc to the place and found a a. man with his arms around the girls girl's neck It was Jean Baptist Sauzet He was taken t to Paris and soon roon after was placed on trial for his life Ute One of the chief witnesses was M M. the great criminologist Hi His testimony was brief and to the point I have ha compared the marks on the wine bottle found in Madame Laurants Laurant's shop with ith the fingerprints taken of or Sauzet in Paris on a a. previous previous previous pre pre- occasion and I have since compared compared com corn pared them with the fingerprints taken by the English police in the Brixton prison The resemblance iscom is com complete lete in every particular That marked the death knell of or ortho the tho thug He was convicted and sentenced sentenced sen son to death The case was not only remarkable for Cor the sp speed d with which the crim- crim nal was located but it also called attention attention attention at at- to the wonderful smoothness and efficiency with which the French and English detectives cooperated In other words worth it was fine teamwork S Copyright b by Public Ledger |