Love County News. (Marietta, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, January 29, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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Detection of Ghinky
'By George F 'Butter and Herbert lUley
Dr Furnivall Solves a Perplexing Case by the Use of His Psychometric-Deductive Powers1
T 5:30 in the
morning a laborer
with two cents for
his breakfast milk
warm In bis band
stopped In front of
Swartz’ provision
store and stared
blankly at tbe
closed door and
shutters The place
was always open
at five at this time
of year and he
was In a hurry
The stillness was broken by the
policeman Drawing his revolver he
tapped with It lightly on the glass
calling In a loud voice:
i "HI there! You In there! I set
yon Hold up your hands and come
on out o' that! Come out I say!”
"Well well well! TIs poor old
8wartz— he's hung hlmsolf!" the po-
liceman whispered In awe Then he
remembered that the door of the shop
fastened on the outside was secured
by means of a bar and padlock These
must have been put In place by some-
body with Swarta in tbe Bhopl Then
who could that somebody be if not —
the murderer! Yes It was not suicide
It was murder and if murder who
could the murderer be but Flannigan
tbe only person besides Swarta pos-
sessing a key to the padlock!
With the flash of this obvious se-
quence into his mind the policeman
hurried to the store telephone and
called up his station 'notifying It that
Swarta was murdered that Flannigan
a clerk had done the deed and was
missing
From the evidence not a man of the
force present entertained the slightest
doubt of bow the crime had occurred
nor who the criminal logically must
be Flannigan just before closing-
time on Saturday night when trade
being over and the shop deserted the
street door was closed and the shut-
ters put on all but the back window
had for some reason throttled his
boas with his powerful hands slipped
the rope around his neck and hoisted
him up there to make It appear to be
a case of suicide locked up and fled
Flannigan was thick-witted and It
would never occur to him that be had
left all the signs pointing to himself
and only to himself As long as no-
body had seen him do It he would feel
safe for he was one of those people
who are continually repeating for the
Information of their audiences that
"what you don't see you don't know”
Officers were at once dispatched In
several directions for the man The
fact that he was not at his boarding
house but must have returned to his
room from the shop and changed bis
clothes at aome time between six
o'clock on Saturday evening and eight
on Sunday morning was precisely the
evidence that the police looked to find
there and they found It Flannlgan'a
lodging mistress said that on going to
his room to put It In order on Sunday
morning at eight the usual time she
saw that the bed had not been slept
In and examination showed that bla
every-day clothes hung In the closet
while his best suit was missing from
Its accustomed hooks And he had
not been seen In the vicinity since
Saturday morning when he left the
house for his day's work To this In-
formation the police making a search
of his room on their own account
added certain other suggestive Items
A badly soiled shirt torn up the back
as If discarded In a hurry was crowded
behind the bureau a raior unwlped
after using and a shaving paper with
dried lather on It as If the shaver
was In such haste that he could not
stop to clean away the traces of his
’ work were on a little table near the
gas Jet a traveling bag which the
lodging mistress asserted that he
owned was not to be found there was
no linen In the bureau drawers In
fact all the evidence tended to show
that the man had left suddenly for
parts unknown saying nothing to any-
body of his Intended absence taking
with him whnt few valuable effects he
possessed It the razor remained be-
hind It waa because In his excitement
be had forgotten It
Inquiry In the neighborhood soon
brought to light a man who had seen
Flannigan late Saturday night with a
suit caso and ablg roll of bills stag-
gering from one saloon to another on
the way down to the south station
and It presently being learned that
Flannigan had relatives In the little
country town of Falrvlew which was
his native place the rest was easy
He was Just the type of man who
having committed a crime would Im-
mediately make for the vicinity of his
old home having neither sense nor
general Information enough to steer
as widely away from that particular
spot as possible Connections were
made by telephone with the police of
Falrvlow and within two hours from
that time Flannigan was undergoing
examination at atntlon live
Me was a very muscular follow of
"miMum 7s Pmm smTz-mmcmmr1
27 years with a face full of good-
natured Imbecility It seemed evident
at once to the examining officers that
the man would know no better than to
commit murder and would commit It
under provocation the last thing to
enter his thick head being the fact
that he with his grade of Intelligence
would pot have one chance In a thou-
sand of escaping the penalty He as-
serted hts Innocence of the charge but
In a half-hearted manner as if be was
very far from realizing tbe serious-
ness of his position He said:
"If old Swartz la dead I'm sorry I
didn't do it He always treated me all
right and I wouldn't do him dirt If
I knew who did I'd lick him good'
"What did you go away from your
room for without telling anybody
of It!"
“Shucks! I didn't have no time It
was most 11 Saturdoy night when I
knowed It first myself The boss he
says: 'Flanny' he says bow'd you like
a vacation r he says ‘Everybody but
you and me taking a vacation’ he
says ‘it's the fashion nowadays' he
says 'You go to-night Flanny’ he
says 'and 1'U go when you git back
You can stay a week’ he says 'and
here’s two weeks' wages That will
do you' he sayg Then he counted
out 128 dollars from the big roll he
had In the safe—"
"So he had a big roll In the safe did
he!" the captain Interrupted
"Sure! He had Just put It In there
—21 He says: 'Flanny this Is the
biggest day we ever had and I’m a-
going' he says 'to give you a vacation
because' he says 'Flauny you're all
right and we can afford to be In the
fashion’ he says"
"Well what did you do then!"
"I says If I'm going I'd go then ao'a
to git tbe 11:15 train and be home
Sunday all day 8o he saya go ahead
and I goes—"
"You went to your room before
taking the train!"
For sure! I had to git my glad
rags And I started to shave but
didn't I didn't have time”
"You had time to drop Into a num
her of plnres on the way down to the
station didn't you!"
Flannigan grinned slyly
I wouldn't If Td shaved
swered
That ended the examination as far
as It need be given here Swartz was
found hanged In his store to which
only be and Flannigan had a key
8wartx' key waa In his pocket Flan-
nigan's key waa In his pocket and the
store was locked from the outside
Flannigan had run away and when
caught bad told a cock-and-bull story
of a vacation a luxury never heard of
before In connection with any employe
of "Fatty" Swartz or even with
Swartz himself who had been for 13
years In thst store every day of his
life except Sundays and all day The
notion that he should suddenly propose
such a thing to Flannigan at 11 o'clock
at night make him a present of a
week's pay and pack him off at once
was preposterous— Just the kind of a
foolish story that a man of Flannl-
gan's caliber would be likely to In-
vent Only one thing seemed strange
to the police: What had Flannigan
done with the $248!
The next day after Flannigan had
been committed for trial without ball
a liltln old woman with beady black
eyes a wrinkled yellow skin a highly
nervous manner and a very shrill
voice railed on Dr Furnivall and an-
nouncing that she waa Flanutgan's
mother said that her son was of
course Innocent and as she bad no
money to pay a high-up lawyer and
detective to prove It she bad come to
him as the only thing left for her to
do
Dr Furnivall was given access to
Flnnnlgan's cell He commanded:
"Flannigan carry your mlud back to
11 o'clock Saturday night and tell
me what happened to you then!"
"Why" he answered without hesi-
tation "the boss was giving me 26
plunks to go on a vacation with"
"Did you leave the store then!"
"I left as soon aa I put the shutters
up to the front windows The old man
said he'd fix the back one"
"Was he In the store when you
left!"
"Yes sir"
"Alone!"
"Yea air"
'When you went out at tbe door
where did yon go!” '
"To Tim Foley’a place first and
then to Randall's and then to my
room"
"Did you talk with anybody In those
places!"
Only the barkeeps They was
hardly anybody around then It was
closing time for those shops They
ain't victuallers"
"Did you see anybody at your lodg-
ing house!"
“No The lights was out and I went
In quiet Everybody was abed"
"When you came out where did
you go!" ' I
"1 took a car for the south station"
"Did you talk with anybody on the
car!"
"I can't think 1 don't think so'
"You don't think! Can't you say
positively! 'What you had taken at
Foley’a and Randall's hadn't begun to
affect you had ItT
"Well I hisled It In quick and a
lot of It and my bead was going aome
all right"
Up to this moment Flannigan had
been talking In a normal manner The
doctor’s gaze bad put his face through
the preparatory stages of change only
ltut now from a startled then earnest
passing to a peaceful and contented
expression his eyes leaped to that of
absorbed thought and he continued In
a monotonous voice:
I think somebody was there some-
body I didn't know very well I think
I spoke to him But 1 don’t remember
It he said anything to me It was an
oien car and I guess he was way
over on one end of the seat and I was
on the other"
"Was he on your right or your left
side!"
"I don't know Seems to me he was
sort of behind me I'm pretty sure I
didn't see him I sort of felt him I
guess and I asked him—"
He hesitated a strange Intent In-
trospective look In his blue eyes
"Asked blm!" suggested Dr Furnl-
vail aoftly
“Asked— him— what— time— It— was'
He proceeded thus hesitatingly
groping In his mind for the clow to
the Impression faintly traced there
Then suddenly he went on In full con-
fidence: “No I asked him If we had
time before the 11:45 train to drop In
somewhere for a little taste”
“What did he say!”
"He asked me where 1 was going
and I told him to Falrvlew on my va-
cation and I mustn’t miss tbe train'
"What did he say then!”
"He said there was plenty of time
we got off and walked through
Arch street to Heulzer’s but ho
wouldn't go In He said he'd watt outr
side”
“But you went in!”
"Yes”
“Was he waiting when you came
outr
No I guess I stayed too long" X
missed tbe train and had to go homo
on a freight"
You say you didn't know the man
very well but can't you remember
anything about him any peculiarity
about blm!"
“Well he had a funny smell"
“A funny smell What was It like!"
“It was kinder sweet He said he’d
been eating something for bis breath
He gave me some too He said I
ought to have some by ate it was so
good for a whisky breath”
“Have you any of It with you!"
“Yes In my vest pocket”
The doctor searched the pocket and
presently found a kernel of a well-
known proprietary article for the
breath He chewed it a moment and
then leaning toward the man so that
the 'scent must strongly reach his
nostrils said:
“Do you remember that smell!"
“Sure I do”
“Wbat is associated with It in your
mind! What does it remind you of!"
‘Heulzer’s hotel”
"Did you ever smell It before you
were In that place!”
Why yes that Is what Chlnky
gave me Just before I went in — ”
"Chlnky! Who Is Chlnky!”
"I dunno He's a feller I met some-
times I dunno his last name”
"Why Is he called 'Chlnky! "
"They say It’s because when he
runs to turn the switch the dimes
and nickels chink In his pocket"
"Then he must be a conductor on
the street cars!”
"Oh yes that's wbat he Is! I re-
member now”
Dr Furnivall returned to the office
The captain had just returned with
the Information that sure enough the
key did not lit tbe lock on Swartz
store
"Of course" said Dr Furnivall
“Now hunt up a man — a conductor on
the street cars who Is known as
‘Chlnky He Is your man Bring him
to me and 1'U prove It"
But "Chlnky” who was found to he
a conductor by the name of Alan
Westover frightened so that be could
not stand on his feet when charged
with the crime admitted his guilt at
once and there was no necessity fof
hypnotising him He said that Satur-
day night after his work he had met
Flannigan on a car He told him he
was going on a vacation that Swartz
was in tbe store with a big roll which
he was Intending to take home with
him as the safe waa no good and that
be (Flannigan) had brought away the
store key Instead of leaving It with the
boss as he ought to have done seeing
that he was to be away to long and
might lose It Flannigan was stupid
and “Chlnky" easily got the key from
his pocket as he helped him from the
car to go to Heulzer's substituting one
of his own In Its place Running to
the store be watched until -he saw
Swartz removing his butcher's frock
and while it was over his head en-
tangling his arms he rushed In and
choked him with a short length of
rope He meant only to render him
unconscious and get the money his
hastily conceived plan being to throw
suspicion on Flannigan who would
seem to have run away after doing the
Job and that was why he had stolen
the key But when be saw that he
had overdone the matter— that Swartz
was dead— ithe pulley and rope dan-
gling down from the loft gave blm
the idea of complicating the affair by
making It look like suicide So he
hoisted the body up and left It hang-
ing shut tbe door put up tbe bar
locked the padlock and went home
He had suffered the most horrible tor-
tures of mind ever since had been on
the point of giving himself up a dozen
times feeling that death would he
rollet to him and now that he was
taken he was glad of II They would
put him out of all his misery before
long His only excuse for the crime
was that he was a cocaine fiend and
supposed he was craty and dldn'
know any better
Flannigan released at once went
home for his vacation this time with-
out stopping on the way and he never
entered a saloon afterward Westover
waa electrocuted after a long trial In-
stituted by a benevolent society In the
attempt to prove him Insane
(Copyright IMS by W 0 Chapman)
(Copyright in Great BriuioJ
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ONE THINQ AT A TIME
“Have -you noticed that the baroness
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“How conld she? She la all tbe
time talking about herself”
THE WONDERBERRY
Mr Lather Burbank the plant Wiz-
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great quantities of luscious berries all
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Child of Floral Park N Y the In-
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This berry is so fine and valuable and
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