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Show The Man With the Unusual Voice ONE of the most remarkable detective detec-tive stories from real life ever known In this country developed from the robbery of Mrs. Francis Walton, a wealthy widow, living In New York, about a year ago. Mrs. Walton had a home on East Eleventh street, and was alone, with the exception of a maid. During the latter part of the year she engaged a negro to look after the furnace and do heavy work. One day he asked her to como to the cellar to inspect a defective faucet fau-cet The moment she reached the basement two men emerged from a dark corner and bound and gagged her. Then, while the third man watched the maid to see that she did not interfere, in-terfere, the two strarvgers went through the house and ransacked it of all the valuables they .could get their hands on. Captain Arthur Carey, of the homicide homi-cide bureau, was placed on the case, and he started to try to find the culprits cul-prits from the description that was given him of the furnace man. He was engaged under the name of Thomas Smith, but the detective was satisfied that it was an alias. He made a search of the rogues' gallery and finally came across a picture pic-ture that corresponded with the description. de-scription. Mr. Walton was sent for and said at once that he was the man who had led her Into the cellar. His real name was Owen Loop. The police combed the city and succeeded suc-ceeded In finding him. At the same time they arrested two other men who were suspected of being be-ing the culprits In the case. Now, the difficulty was In Identifying Identify-ing these men. Mrs. Walton was unable to help the authorities li' this particular because the cellar was dark and she did not have the opportunity of seeing the men who had tied and bound her. But she had a vivid recollection of their voices, and recalled the fact that one of the men had touched her face while he was readjusting the gag. In a word, her sense of hearing and of feeling was acute, and she ventured ven-tured to say that she would recall the voices of the men if she ever heard them again. One man, she recalled, had an unusual un-usual voice, and she was sure she would know It if she heard It anywhere any-where under any circumstances. Captain Carey thereupon determined to try an original experiment He had Mrs. Walton call at police headquarters and placed her in a chair behind a screen. To make the test all the more absolute, abso-lute, she was blindfolded. After that seven men were brought Into the room and placed on the other side of the screen. Two of them, Tillquist and Burn field, were the suspects. The others were men who had been brought in on trivial charges. Each man was given a number. Tillquist Till-quist was the seventh man. Then the detective commanded each man to speak. He was aBked a question and told to answer It In a clear voice. They were Ignorant needless to say, of the presence of the woman on the other side of the screen. Mrs. Walton, on her part, did not see any of the men. No. 1 spoke, but awakened no interest in-terest on the part of thy listener on the other side. So It was with No. 2 and others. Finally Tillquist replied to a ques- tiOL!. Instantly Mrs. Walton arose from her seat, her face expressing recognition. recogni-tion. "That's the manl" she exclaimed. "No. 7 Is the man who spoke in the cellar. I will never forget that voice." That test was sufficient for the police po-lice authorities, but in order to make certain Mrs. Walton suggested that she be given the opportunity of feeling the touch of their fingers on her face. So the second test was made, with the woman still blindfolded. This time Tillquist was given another an-other place in the line. All seven touched her face, or at least four of them, for when Tillquist did so she exclaimed promptly. "That's the man I'm sure of it" Thereupon he confessed to his part In the attack and robbery. The others admitted the truth and were tried and promptly convicted. All were sent to Sing Sing prison with sentences of five, teu and fifteen years respectively. It was the most remarkable case of Identification in the history of the police po-lice department. wxu service- |