Show I to bit depart depart- VV 1 S t Letters Letter discussing relic I g ment welcomed but M Iou on will no not be must most be beno no ton loncer err than P Peoples People's P f ff f I f CJ C I Corner OT lett letters rs will 1 I I held words en request Names Write with with- H ff e V l 0 Vf I P I IJ I M. M I 1 e S S KJ S SJ J A. A er I not ble be accepted def m torr tre trea leten let let- I II en one n tide of f will I not t be tolerated purer r. r M ten c 0 e a Chance to Emulate A Chinese Donkey Peoples Editor Corner Is there any connection between detectives cS and donkeys donke's If there is what are arc the relative merits of or the thet t two wo o species I These are arc qu questions which have been een turning over in my mind since I read of or an incident in China where a donkey assisted in the capture of two to wo bandits who murdered his masten mas mas- ten ter er Further comparison of or the donkeys donkey's results with those of the thc Salt Lake det detective cU c squads in connection connection tion ion with unsolved murders persists in irreverently occupying my mind Capture of or one OIle of the bandits was effected with comparative e ease by the thel animals animal's assistance The donkey which had been taken by the bandits after they had murdered its master set et up a terrible fuss when hen one of the e thugs hugs rode it into inta town some time later ater feeling free of or detection Upon at a point opposite the home of ot its slain master the beast started braying raying and ran into the yard Members Members Mem Mem- bers of 01 the dead mans man's family heard the ho noise captured the bandit and helped obtain evidence to incriminate the he other member Although we do not usually give credit to beasts for doing much thinking thinking thinking think think- ing the donkey either cither used its brains or followed some blind impulse On the he other hand we C always have wanted want want- ed to credit detectives with ith brains but mt somehow somehow since since we passed our childish worship hero-worship of or sleuths sleuths sleuths-ex- ex experience has not justified this desire However I hope to ta see sec improvement improvement improve improve- ment and suggest that m members of the local force contact the donkey In China or at least try to emulate its success WHIRLWIND WHIRL |