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Show CAUGHT IN CLEVER TRAP. Answering of Familiar Cry Proved Undoing of Criminal. "Co-o-o" Is tho curious cry that wni ono of tho slgnnla of tho native blacks of Australia. Tho cry was speedily adopted by tho Invading whites. The final "o",ls a very high note, a sort of prolonged screech that resounds for long distances through tho bush, nnd thus enables separated persons to nseortnln tholr rolntlvo positions. On ono notablo occasion this peculiar cry wns heard In London. A daring bush-rangor bush-rangor mndo his appearance ono morning In front of a bank In Bn.-larat, Bn.-larat, and coolly posted a notice on tho door to tho effect that tho placo would bo closed for an hour. Entering, ho terrorized tho ofllclnls with his rovolvor, and got clear away with $30,000. Somo tlmo afterward tho authorities received Information that tho man had been scon In London. Lon-don. Ouq day a dotcctlvo thought ho espied his man In tho Strand, but not being qulto suro ho hit upon an expedient. ex-pedient. Ho uttered a piercing "Coo-o-o." Passers-by stood fixed In astonishment, astonish-ment, but tho Australian, nctlng on tho spur of tho moment, and recognizing recog-nizing tho familiar sound, hastened to tho person who uttered It. Ho was promptly arrested and was taken back to Australia. |