| Show I Police Jones’ and answered placq on “There’s “A component of a formula for catching criminals who elude the vigilance “Now of police chiefs" said Crewe Brenner suppose you lead the way to where Lizzie’s boarding house the And swell negroes dwell by the way when we arrive there I want you and Langton to stand at least twelve yards away from me and to engage In conversation Try to get that deOF PETER CREWE -"- THE MAN AN ADVENTURE tective look out of your eyes BrenWITH THE CAMERA EYES" ner Langton when I nod toward you you will rush up and empty the con“Why not?” tents of the second bottle over the “Because he can only And refuge I repeat handkerchief upon my hand hereabouts Now Mr Brenner If you this for the third time because It Is will get busy with your dozen detecto the success of our sssentlal tives put them on their job we will manoeuvre (Copyright lSUbr W G Chapman In lbs Dotted States and Great Britain) Brenner you can folwait for you here Hurry to the local low Langton In my direction and have The Chief of New York’s police en hair” said he taking up the brush station out and order for I am unarmed precinct your your gun ready department was seated in my office From bis pocket he drew a little mi- men to search the saloons How long Now that Is all” upon his croscope through which he examined twirling his hat uneasily will it take you?" He left us and took up his station Then he turned his atit carefully knees “Half an hour" said Brenner Immediately outside the colored peo"We’ve got to find the man who tention to the comb from which he “Then we will expect you at the ple's boarding house We remained In killed Lord Pemberton" he said "It drew several short curly strands conversation a short disain’t that I’d go a step further for a “This was evidently the property of expiration of that period" said Crewe pretended I noted how Crewe gradlord than for a plain man But the the murderer” he remarked to Bren- He snapped his watch and turned on tance away his heel Brenner after a searching ually assumed the attitude of a drunkpress has taken up the patter on ner look left us abruptly and disappeared He man en both sides of the water and our reslightly looked staggered The police chief at them once or tw'ce and leaned against “I guess you’re right Mr Crewe” be in the direction of the station house pute’s at stake" “Crewe” I hazarded “you are sure a street lamp from which coign he "And your men are baffled?" I In- replied “But that won’t help us you are not working under a misapupon kept up a running commentary much” quired know that the mur- the appearance of the negroes hurryCrewe who bad been examining the prehension? You “They can’t get hold of the least clue” answered the Chief of Police hairs through his microscope handed derer Is a white man and not a ne- ing by man colored A wear 'could I Another gro? a "I was thinking If you could get your them to Brenner thing noticed was that the flaxen wig but nothing on earth no passing ” friend Crewe to help ub “This may be vital evidence" he anpedestrians seemed all to be ever existed could turn a hastening In the same direction Bren"Why don’t you ask him?" I Inter swered “Keep it in any case until dye that black man white Why should he take ner explained the cause to me posed the trial” “O come off Mr “They’ve got wind of tho police at up his abode in the negro quarter?" The chief of police Langton" anlooking In “AH Crewe time" good answered search” he said “and a thing like swered the police chief with easy fa- Crewe doubtfully placed the relics in haven’t "Langton you smiling that scares the life out of these darmiliarity “He'd Jeer us out of the his learned to trust me yet” Innocent or guilty of any crime You know he’d do anything keys place ‘You speak very positively Mr ‘‘I do Implicitly In’ our former But don’t like the proximity of the pofor you but he's had it In for us ever Crewe” he rejoined they “How do you since we took the credit for finding know that there will be anytrlal? cases I have at least been able to con- lice And I wonder that your friend motives While now your I Mr Crewe hadn’t sense enough to unthat pretended suicide that came over How do you know that you will dis- jecture confess they are entirely Bhrouded In derstand that even If he Is on the here to swindle the life insurance peo- cover the murderer?” obscurity How do you come to kno v right trail which I greatly doubt he Now it you’d induce him to asple “I have discovered him already” this murderer by sight?" " is doing his very best to defeat his sist us Crewe answered “I know him by his “Because" eald Crewe “he is not object by instituting this search By The murder of Lord Pemberton had hair I have encountered him upon been a crime of remarkable brutality the streets a dozen tlmeB at least He Pemberton who was the worthless son lived formerly in the West Sixties of an ancient English family having but has since moved I think to West or disgraced himself and his title in Eng- One Hundred and land had been expatriated in return Of course I did not follow for an annual Btlpend which ahe has him home” “How can we get him?" Brenner spent regularly as soon as it arrived in low haunts of New York’s gambling asked incredulously quarter He had in particular honored the saloons of that "By searching Delancey’s gaming house with his district Brenner this man has espresence and had lost his Income reg- caped you because the detection Is too A easy not because it is too difficult ularly there as soon as it arrived reweek or so previously having There i3 only one man who could posmained after the departure of the rest sibly have committed this crime and of the patrons he had been brutally to lay hold of him Is really absurdly murdered by an employee for the sake simple Tonight I hope to find him of a few hundred dollars which still for you But first I should like to remained to him and his dismembered look through your photographs in the body had been found the following Rogues’ Gallery” day in a cellar quite by chance at the “That’s easy" Brenner answered time of a police raid on the establish“Come straight along with me and you ment can look your fill” What was most singular In this case We left the house and went to powas the fact that the murdefer lice headquarters where soon we though known by sight bad succeeded found ourselves within the long room In completely eluding the detectives of upon whose wallB hang photographs His name was Jackson — but that was all the known criminals in New York probably an alias The attention of city Crewe passed along resting his all the frequenters of the establisheyes for a moment on each ment had been especially attracted to "You have some duplicates here” be him by reason of his unusual pallor remarked pointing to two apparently bis curly flaxen hair which covered different photographs which bung on bis head like a mop and bis remark“That man who is deopposite walls able glassy bloodshot eyes After the scribed as ‘Buck the Tiger' for commission of the murder he had Is the same as Charlie James walked out of the building and had who got off with Elmira Reformatory been swallowed up amid the popula- instead of a life sentence in the pen tion of the great city itentiary” "You think he’s still in New York?” He made similar remarks concern 1 asked the Chief of Police of the photographs pointing many "Sure he is New York's life and ing out resemblances or making com meat to them gamesters Why any ments upon the history of the origplace outside would be hell to him inals Finally having completed the not to mention that they’d spot him circuit of the room he came back to THE MISPLACED PIGMENT By HAROLD sure" "Have you anticipated a disguise He would naturally dye his hair for example" I ‘That hair’s a wig” answered the "Else he’d have police chief promptly dyed it long ago We ain’t calculating on the flaxen fcurls but we did hope to lay hands on him through However he's some of his associates vanished like a puff of smoke” The story Interested me Iq my capacity as a police lawyer I had been Instrumental in solving many mysteri ous crimes often through the aid of Crewe who possessed the peculiar optical power of never forgetting any man or thing that had once impressed I itself upon his retina Accordingly broached the subject to Crewe and be consented to meet the police chief Mr Brenner?” "In trouble again Crewe asked jocularly “And you want ' me to get you out?” "I guess you’ve sized up the situation pretty well Mr Crewe” Brenner “Where is the man? Who’B replied hiding him and why don’t they give him up for the reward?" "Before answering you” said Crewe "I should like to examine the premises I suppose they of the gambling house are just as they were after the muiv Sadie West One Hundred and there’s Lizzie on the next block Washington’s across the road But they wouldn't take white men there" “We will chance that It’s Lizzie’s "If not we can place" said Crewe repeat operations tomorrow" “Yes when he’s taken fright and flown” retorted Brenner “He may take fright but he can’t leave" said Crewe CARTER cation assumed an aggressive attitude negro man wearing blue came slowly along the He edged himself past Crewe and made as though to pass up the steps of the boarding house It seemed almost opportune for intervention I looked at Benner who stood stock still smiling evidently not displeased to see the Impending demolition of my Just then I saw Crewe companion look back at me and give a slight but unmistakable nod of the head I grasped the bottle In my fingers and hurried toward him ' Meanwhile Crewe had grasped the Inoffensive negro by the lapel of the coat “What you doin’ here you nigger?” he growled “Want to fight me do you?” The negro tried to disengage himself and finding himself helpless looked protestingly toward the bystanders who hadow formed a ring around the pair I broke through and ground the phial Into powder upon the handkerchief which still encircled Crewe’s hand The liquid turned from pink to brown Crewe whipped off the handkerchief and let It fall Into the road Then his wet and with reeking hand he struck thi Inoffensive ne gro hard across the cheek' drawing his hand slowly over the flesh Cries arose among the spectators Half a dozen stepped forward prepared to lay bands upon Crewe vioBut as Crewe drew his hand lently tfway from the negro’s face expressions of astonishment were heard and all eyes were directed to Crewe’s antagonspectacles us “Our murderer appears here twice' said “each time as a first offender "Who Is he?" cried Brenner quickly "If I should show you you would disbelieve me” answered Crewe quietly “I will say however that he has been arrested once for burglary and once for manslaughter In either case he was convicted and each time he es caped with a trivial sentence as a first offender of presumably unblemished character Now sir If you will meet us this evening at seven o’clock at the entrance to the Street Subway station we can proceed upon our mission” This appointment having been made we separated Crewe to go to his home wife his palrolinan's ragbfetick Brercner back to my office where I waited In some trepidation until It was time one in a thousand but one In George he is acting that drunken man blanched — not white merely but blanched too excited even for the appointment million Once seen It would be uncommonly well!” and of a deathly sickly pallor almost to partake of dinner Punctually to I felt as that of leprosy impossible to forget him” Too well It seemed to me the moment Crewe arrived at the place “You mean his curly flaxen hair and sure that should any patrolman chance Crewe suddenly stood up and spoke and shortly afterward the glassy eyes?” appointed along that way Crewe would stand an with sharp authority Chief of Police came on the scene “We are wasting time” said Crewe excellent chance of passing the night "I want you Jackson” he said “for Crewe was quite roughly dressed on mo“You’ll all In had see to in cell due the murder of Lord Pemberton” it He a police Impatiently begun He wore a dusty derby this occasion course Now Langton” he continued He snatched off the blue glasses as lest some of those passing him He hat an ancient suit that had evident- searching In his pockets and bringing hold of one man’s coat and as he spoke revealing a pair of glassy caught ly seen much service and a collar not out two phials a large and a small his victim turned angrily upon him he bloodshot The man before him too clean The Chief of Police glanced one “you have a very important task released him and laughed into his seemed to eyes With his crisp necringe at him in some astonishment but said to perform for me" He took the stop- face with a vacant expression The gro’s hair his ghastly eyes and that nothing We emerged from the sub- per from the larger utensil and emp- man hesitated a moment as though piebald cheek that even now grew way at One Hundred and der?” tied the contents Into his handker- meditating an assault and then with whiter he became an object of horror few blocks chief which he bound around to the crowd his an angry curse hastened away "Nothing’s been touched" said Bren- street and proceeded for aourselves They bolted In terror In hand - A strong and unmistakable ner "except that we had the body northward until we found house But even as Crewe laid his hand upon The door of the boarding We don’t have to the negro quarter Hardly a white odor of tyrpentlne arose “Yes that Is opened and a colored woman in an the removed for burial captive the man suddenly whipped the was to streets be seea upon person produce that in court you know” turpentine" he said “and it forms a evening gown shrieked at him shrilly out a revolver and thrust It into “Now Brenner I want the saloons base for the second chemical" He “Suppose Crewe’B face I heard the report the “Go away from there" she called “Quite so” said Crewe of this neighborhood searched syswe go at once then” handed me the little phial which con- "or I shall send for the police We next thing that I saw through a cloud We set off in the direction of the tematically for the murderer" he said tained a clear was Crewe don’t want no white trash round here of drifting smoke with liquid “Get a dozen policemen from the local “When I signal you with a nod” he West Forties and soon arrived at colored blood running down his face engaging respectable scaring away station and let them go about the work said “you will smash this upon my folhj" which was a very in a desperate encounin four parties of threes” handkerchief Hold it with care for Bren- methodically brownstone building Crewe took off his hat with an ex- ter with the murderer At that mo“But all the people of the neighbor- it is extremely fragile At the signal pression of majestic Intoxication ner unlocked the front door with a key ment Brenner intervened with his pawhich he took from his pocket and we hood will get wind of It” urged Bren- do not 'delay a moment but smash the trolman’s nightstick Two blows and Mrs Sadie “I bow to your demand went up to the gaming room on the ner "and our man will escape — if bottle upon the handkerchief around Jones" he remarked bending almost Jackson lay at our feet senseless At he’s here” second floor The tables with their the same instant a couple of patrolmy hand” to the sidewalk “Brenner you must get out cf that A few minutes later Brenner came roulette wheels faro layouts and bacand “I’m not Mis’ Jones I’m Mis' Eliza- men broke through the crowd carat packs still remained as they had habit of arguing” said Crewe coldly puffing up to us scattered them beth Washington” the woman cried I’m your Inspector been at the time of the raid while “Remember and “You disobeyed me Brenner” said “I have obeyed your orders Mr “As you will as you will” icplled Exboss and In strewn rolled all the floor was with chlpB general He moved away a Crewe reproachfully captain be said to Crewe Crewe soothingly 'wiping the blood Into one Otherwise I throw up the with a little touch of malice In his dozen of dust evcept for an accumulation paces and turned slowly hack from the slight flesh wound upon his case" tones “A dozen detective patrolmen to resume hie post But Mrs Wash- cheek “What orders did I give you erything was as it had been “O well If you feel that way about At the back of the room was a small are at work searching all the saloons ington was still at the door last?” ” said the Police Chief sulkily “To have my gun ready because you lavatory containing the usual sink it methodically and already the news “You go 'wLy go way" she scream“Now let me ask you a question with Its hot and cold faucets a pile has spread through this section of ed “or I shall call for help” At her were unarmed” answered the chief of How many fashionable negro boarding I have no doubt that all the of towels a piece of soap on a chain police sheepishly deflant tones a number of negroes and not very clean- houses are there around here — places and a criminals are already In full flight emerged from the house and began Brenner and Crewe were seated In Crewe entered where a stranger could go and find southward Unless ours has turned in- scrambling down the steps toward my office with the district attorney ly brush and comb and examined these tilings rather minto a tree” he added “But what have Crewe while passers by in the streets on the following day good quarters and a studious refined So far alclass of Inmates?" you done to your hand Mr utely Crewe? though the Identity of the criminal stopped Inquiringly and seeing a white “We ought to find evidences of flax ‘There’s only two" the Chief of Turpentine?" man In a condition of evident intoxl- - had been clearly established though r- be intervened the dye had "been partly scoured from his face and hands the manner In which Crewe had discovered Jackson remained as mysterious as ever “It is an extremely simple explanation” said Crewe to the three of us “Do you remember that I examined the flaxen Jhalrs upon the brush under a microscope?" Brenner nodded his head “You are no doubt aware that there is a marked and distinctive difference between a of a negro's The hair and that of a Caucasian’s? one is spherical the other cylindrical This distinction is Invariable and is the cause of the ‘kink’ which many negroes are so anxious to have removed I had already suspected that Jackson was a negro" “But he ain't” cried Brenner "He’s white — he’s a blonde” "He Is of purest negro birth" retorted Crewe “When you mentioned the flaxen hair and the deathly pallor and red feyes I knew the man immeHe is an albino negro and diately the only one in this city Albinos are met with among the neoccasionally gro race The condition is due to an entire absence of pigment in the skin "I had then merely to search for I knew one man out of four millions him well by sight I recognized him in the Rogues’ Gallery both as a white man and as a black Although a negro cannot whiten himself it Is the easiest matter for a person with a Walnut white skin to become black juice for Instance will readily effect this metamorphosis as either white or black "Posing ist Jackson would live among'either race The flesh was turning white beneath and after the commission of a crime the blow First the white fingerprints would take up his residence among the stood out against their sable surroundother As a black man he was senings then the color began to fade raptenced for manslaughter as a white idly until the entire cheek was for burglary You see now gentlemen why it was imperative that Jack- son should take up his residence In the negro quarter while the hunt was Furon and dye his hair and skin thermore I knew that he would seek out a boarding house where he could exist In the comfort that he jvas accustomed to You see the search had already harrowed Itself down to a choice between two houses “I knew that the systematic searching of the saloons would drive him to take refuge at home through fear of chance questioning by the detectives I waited at Madame Lizzie’s till he should arrive The blue glasses gave me the clue of his my recognition face was a practical certainty my of my patent scourhappy application me beyond all ing fluid convinced doubt As I said the discovery was really too easy” “But how could you recognize a man when his face was stained with dye?” asked Brenner Is a matter of form "Recognition not color” answered Crewe “As a matter of fact I am entirely colorblind Everything to me Is gray” Just then a street REVIVAL OF FAMOUS FAIR Students In Paris Parade on Anniversary of tho Lendit Celebration of Centuries Ago American students must envy their brothers the excuses for European getting up celebrations and anniversaries The students of the university of Paris this year determined to revive the famous fair of the Lendit From the twelfth century to the sixteenth this annual fair held in the plain of St Denis was the occasion of milch festivity The official connection with the university was that the whole student body headed by the faculty and the rector went In to buy enough parchment procession to last for the year It was hardly possible to carry out the festival exactly but at the close of the college year one Saturday evening heralds accompanied by torch bearers and trumpeters went through the Latin quarter announcing the comAnd next afternoon a ing pageant fantastic procession started from the Pantheon First came a squad of archers and mounted trumpeters then the herald of the city on foot Behind him appeared the rector of the university with a mounted man carrying his banner the provost of the parchment sellers professors and members oi the faculty In their robes Then came a merry column following the "ICing of the Basoche" who was mounted on a donkey and accom- This column panted by his clowns consisted of the student of the four nations— France Anjou Picardy and each with its band of Normandy music While the only object of the pageant was fun It was correctly costumed the frescoes of the Sorbonne furnishThe ing all the Information needed participants and the crowds of enjoyed It so much that It may be made an annual affair Dean of London Bar 100 Yeara Old A Gordon Hake the dean of the London bar celebrated his one hundredth birthday recently at his home Mr Hake is a master of at Brighton five languages — Greek Latin French Italian and Spanish — and reads Horace Virgil and Montaigne He attributes his long and healthy life to plenty of riding — he had for years a favorite horse named Daisy— and to walking and to abstemious livHe has never cared much for ing modern varieties pf dress The Rev T G Hake tells a good story of his father’s rough and ready toilet Dr Charles Hanson once called on him at his chambers and asked permission to put on his barrister’s wig and gown "Now” he said "lend me He was handed a looking glass” razor — the nearest approach to a mirror possessed by his friend— Law Notes |
