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Show The Detective Story. How an Assayer Fell Into a Cunning Trap and Ex-posedllis Ex-posedllis Guilt of Murder. 'Tint said Iho deter(le Is an I other stors ou have, of course heard numetnus versions of the affali hut none I future to say more thou passingly nittinile, for a handed don tale lu a milling eamp soon loses Its Identity and theie's not a mun among all I havi seen In camp todus who was her when the thing hnrpened 1 had lesson at that time toi becoming fi miliar with eierylwils about the plate and It a part of my business to retnetn lier fates It was dusk nt tho tloe of n hot milium, das on the di sort Ouisl lo the otllti of one of the most ruinous gol.l-prndurera gol.l-prndurera of the feouthwest four men sat I, lis eiijnslng ihelr ilgars In tho Hilling breise Tht attention of three of tin men was centered In the enn-xeriatlon enn-xeriatlon of the fouith n slianger, whn had nrrlied on I he afternoon atngc It una the lata ids of clean up , on thu morniM the gnat uiiisa of uhlning iimalMim In the wife nuld go to tin retort to niaki Into an appurentls Mtlueliea blown simnhS iiiuks, and then Into the fin mice to enlarge final Is u large shining bar lepieseiillug the monthls pmlu t of the mines I set this math bit of cxpiesu matter safels to Un ileslluatlon ut Contra Cos-tu Cos-tu w is the eibject of tin stinngcr s Msit fin st iry iifirrnl to was the I'aul sou muidei whkh bud been a nisslers for Mceks and which bid fair to le main so but for tht skill of th mm speaking I hnxen t been down this wa to stop since Hint muider, he iiintlnuel fur no work as su erln-tendti erln-tendti t of tho northern dlilslon tisuulls kt'f.is mt on tho othei side of 1'rlsio Our regular man being skk hnneier, It nu ii, i. .1 to me t run down to this plate this in mill an I ImMontallj te in w iitiiuiintiiiiiea Things look nlnm the same though as thes did when I dropicd off Ih stage her one after-tioin after-tioin sis sears ago for the same purpose pur-pose that brought he tixln) s sou know, gentlemen the splendid splen-did financial condition of the compans nt that lime had been effe led thiough the caivful maneuement of James I'.iulson the suiieilntinden' who was imiidtreil He was a thin, wlrs little) man who though he never seemed to tire winked .ntirels on uenojis ener g Attn othels had lellt, nilthed tlli'll b.islnesa toics foi Hie day he might be sent going uIhiui to sutisfy 'ilnis. If that some mlnoi detail hid btcn attended at-tended to It wna this iharaiurlaili perhhps that had won him n reputa.l t i "tig mining men as tl" most su i kSful mining malinger n the West hut which brought him to an unllmilj slid On the night of ms anhal I talk 1 with the ild man' as he was famllini-ly famllini-ly culls 1 until u late houi after wliitli ho l-ft siiMiif he guessed he would si e if things weie all right nt the csanide plant befcii retiring That was the last time I sum him alive Ho did not ap-pi ap-pi ai ut the usual time the m M morn Ink' nnil investigation showed that he had not nicupled hli room feteiirih was made In all directions and II was onls a shoit time befon the bods of the Hiipeiltilendeut waa found In a little lit-tle arioso leading to the mountain nt the back of the plant Anotlur discovery discov-ery made nt the same tlmu thr ugh lu Ikiht of the first not so siarilimr n the theft of 30) pounds nf pret Ipltati s ftom tho ivanldi hint It was fair to pitsume hit Mr Paulson had surprised sur-prised the thieves ln tht nit of rol -bery and, feut Ing recognition tins had made way with lilm A sanlbng with which the cilmo had been cunmltted was found on thi rocks luur In 'It waa a day of grei t must ran. linn Naturally affairs Ml to ms dire. di-re. Hon that morning ami later my company directed me to ontlnue the Investigation 1 hanks to a nriuhby growth of beard I had inalvntentls failed to leave with the tanner befoie coming out from the city I made up (.uflli lently rough to gu on ut noon tending 'chuek' In plact of on of the old hands who hud been tnktn w th ctupips Itun a machine' v hy ms ,lia. fellow, a man In my hualness Hilda it to his advantage tu bi u .In. m.rman liolstnwn amalgamin ir swampu or inaclilneman and with the knowledgi I pltkul lip while on a one special nt the mint 1 belleli I i iih do a fair lob of assnslng on a pinch I joined tho union l, in the hunkhoiiHe wsa a good felli uhh the bos and n' one outside thi oflli even suim'scd my Ideiltltj To all appear, unces the lni.il Constable ani leputj U,om the Hheilff's offlte had ehargi nf affairs No one allou.d to leave wimp without a n.Oht rigid eximlnnilin and soim of the ten-dus 'loho fiatn-rlty fiatn-rlty w.rc hold ovei their limit hcvi .1 diiss ! suspicion Iiass lenglhensd Into wctks and still no clue was found The HiMiid of 1.000 offtied by the ouitv frlrnds and the i nijany was i I il I lm w'lhout avail I mfe k ' ' th I' ok h . dark I I . I air I it , n, nv tiii tit wiitn tin, ilr t bicam of light came to me through in Indian nnl since that das I have ft.lt that the old snslng The onls good Indian Is u dead one la not In all Instances cor- ett Among the Indians doing odd Jobs about tlio camp than was Old Jim u handsome stalwurt fellow Mho for his .nuns good riuullllea Mas the recipient of mans favors fioni the olllie nnd wuh of tin implored about the store bitting bit-ting down bs ms side so qulctls ntf to lie unnoticed ns I sat on the store bem h one afternoon hi said 'Aon no woikiim much white fingers Me saw) sou tnlkum long time with boss suine night lie go over there and the old fellow pointed toward the plant with a quick ilmoet Impeitei Ible motion mo-tion of his linger 'White mun kllum bor me show sou' mais I nt the iniiti a eftronters. It Is needless to say I followed him without further question ques-tion to where the supeiititendent a bod) hail been found I Iftlng n blond piece of shale which I remember having hav-ing placed undei the dead mun s bend at the liuinest the Indian ilrelovl the I I rfei t Imp. Inti of a pnlr of hob nnileil shots mi tht sole was fashioned n horseshoe and on tho heel n trial. ale In the f nut i two nnllk 'mining the how wcro misting In the Unlit foot iiniilnt while the bai k point null was missing In the left hi el I luid t n ainoi g Uu HrM to airlve at the scene n thi fatal morning and I wns sure no ont hud pietedid me wealing ml in rs rlunisv shoei Odd Indeed it was that bs plating a tint rock over the one sumll runlit of suml I had unwlttlnrls pieserved the onls elue which held 1 iiimlst of good results Dated nt the il isme I manifested at his disioveis Old 1 1 m sail You waiitum shoes nu calchuin That nf-tsrnoon nf-tsrnoon I in ule casts of the lini rlnts and afterward sat for some time Willi the Indian near the slur doni btfore which ever nnd aimn he would sweep rinalls a man passed Into the store nnd Jim amuse I me from my rending b) easing Same shoe and trill) In the cnrefull) swept adolie were tho prints we were after The vieartr nf the shoes was a soung Indian Iml to whom no suspicion cniild be attached Oil Ilm shore I my manifest disappointment lie sat In the corner of the dings store-loom store-loom for an hour looking slea Ills nt the tvlllnle shoes anl then tltsupiwarel The next morning he led me to tho tent wantuin shoes me cuthum Thnt af-alone af-alone Hvervwhere were the l rlnts we so muih desiitd Shoitls afterward McKenna was bioiight to the office bs the fonstnlde rninged nt being pus-pictl pus-pictl nt the cilm, he maintained a sulltn silence in til lon'rontcl with ihe shuts which flttel the marks about hts tent He then a lmltted II ty weie his bin hi 1 b n siolin from his tent a feu dasa befi.p the muider Uttle noil e was given this last statement nn I preparation wws mado to get him to the county Jail Immodl-atels Immodl-atels foi to have held him In camp ovei night would hnve simply been murder sentiment was so high All this L.,n to show gentlemen that we are oftentimes mistaken und 1 am niulnii I that nuns Innocent mm an innt,ed on tlrcumstaniinl evident evi-dent c At the last moment Mi Kenna limed to our complete satisfaction that he spent all of the fatal night pin) lug pokei in the company a saloin Klu nights later nfm a long rile through tht Indl in lis nation I te tuiiuU to tamp with the soung buck fnm whom we hail taken thi shoes lietwein thieais un I promlsi s lu took me slrulght to the house where he hud strict! the shoes Coming back to Hie ofllce I was nt-tracted nt-tracted to the hoepluil bs a little group at the door The doctor was engigerl lu diesslng mine ugly wouiils on the young assayer who las unconscious nn the i pointing table It was evident the man had a serious fall on thr lo, ks Aiding the physlcluu I washed the patient pa-tient s fuce nnd hands and t leaned his gilms nails Later he was able to walk home After he had gone I said Doctor will ou pliuse 1 rush the elvii is of this coat iniefulls' Ho dl I so an I a daik powder fell onto tne pa-pel pa-pel I had spread to lecelvo it ' ind this (hunting him u hi u k ni cumulation cumula-tion on my knlfo blade) may nleo be put with tht pnwdet Do up tho sample sam-ple cun fulls mil seal It' He ill 1 so and I put it In the safe 'The next morning, in the pieeenre of the docloi I handed the nsaiyer a package which had iittc lib!) come through the null and diked him to gl n me an assay on It He hnnded me a repot t Ihe next lay ut lunch At 3 odiek that afternuon the otllcera of thu compuns met me hs npi ointment i m the pleu that I bid lost his leport 1 naked thi assiyt',i come over with hla letord lusik l.ei see hero it Is Krldas lulv mil ussas 13 left bs Mr I) inns aim In goll, ltlt tracea nf n pper and zlni I hi n In ihirt Mr Wllklns, 1 ex-I ex-I nnd t.rnlng su I lenly In ms chulr. It a p It) filr umpl of a cyanide ir Ijlute ' 'iho lad taw his predica- Hunt but retaining his picsenio of mind he snld 'Ive left ms burners k-olng ut tht assay nlllce. 1 II be buck In a moment sum ns I turn them off ' The ile put) stipicd him and r intoned his nrms Taking up tho mans took from the floi r I nnl rVldny Juno lltli assns No n left by All. D :0(X0 In mid, trace of copper nnd ilm came fiom ..our own finger nails und tlio sleeves of )nm rent On the nlkht of Mr I'nulson a murder you woio nhot-s stolen from .MrKenna and stibsequ nils ni-ls stolen from sour tent by an ludl u Your cuts wern received on r'turnlng from the mount tin, where you liavo concealed your i hinder. ' Ohirles Wllkini. I nirest vou for tho murder rfJainea Piulrnn ' l)u '", ,llt'fe, Proceedings lu n,e of. flc 10 Constnble had Imrnessel n Hit v ti upi ;inil a fiw mlnutcH latei we were hurrsliiB the i ilsoner to thi loun. ty Jill It was shown that !,, miliar with tho oierntlona at the rlail Mllklns took nn upportunlti wl n ii. precliltatea weie senbd In ,ni,a rtalv for shipment ol inula was with thi m On the night nf U,e mur Ir j- ,o i, , , packed the cans on a muli nnd wua Blurting for n plnci of loncialment in the hills when the superintendent ills, covered and rticognlzed hlni. -Los An Kles Times 0 |