| Show TRUE NS 4 0 0 ar 0 ORY I 1 wynn wt 0 et M D V an fu ab lie the man with the unusual voice nr of the most remarkable detective 0 stories from real life ever known in this country developed fram the robbery of mrs francis walton a wealthy widow living in new york tork about a year ago mrs walton had bad a home bome on east eleventh street and was alone with the exception of a maid during the latter part of the year nhe engaged a negro to look after the furnace and do heavy work ono day he asked her to come to the cellar to inspect a defective faucet the moment she reached the basem 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 ter fere the two str strat augers gers went through the house and ransacked it of all the valuables they could get their hands OIL OB captain arthur carey carcy of the homicide bureau was placed on the case bad and he started to try to find the culprits from the description lon that was given him of the furnace man ue 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 that corresponded with the description mr walton was sent for and said at once that he be was the man who bad led her into the cellar his dig real name was owen loop the police combed the city and succeeded in finding him at the same time they arrested two other men who were suspected of being the culprits in the case now the difficulty was in identifying these men mrs walton was unable to help the authorities ir lu this particular because the cellar was dark and she did not cot have the opportunity of seeing the tha zoen men who had tied and bound her cut 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 reaO readjusting the gag in a word her sense of hearing and of feeling was acute and she ventured to say that she would recall the voices of the men if she ever heard them again one man she recalled had an unusual voice and she was sure she would know it if she heard it anywhere under any circumstances captain carey dere thereupon upon determined to try ah original experiment ile 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 she was blindfolded after that seven men were brought into the room and placed on the other side elde of the screen two of them and burnfield were ere the suspects the others were men who had been brought in on trivial charges each man was given a number was the seventh man then the detective commanded each man to speak ile he was asked 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 him walton on an her part did not see any of the aba men no I 1 spoke but awakened no interest on the part of the listener on the other side so it was with no 2 and others finally replied to a ques U aloi 0 v instantly mrs walton arose from her seat her face expressing recognition chats the mant she exclaimed no 7 Is the man who spoke in the cellar I 1 will never forget that voice that test was sufficient lelent tor for the pollee police authorities but in order to make certain mrs walton suggested that she lie 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 was given another place in the line all seven touched her face or at least four of them for when did so the she exclaimed promptly the man im sure of it thereupon he be confessed to his bis 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 tw teu and fifteen years respectively it was the most remarkable case ot of identification in the history ot of the police department service |
