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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1940

REAL LIFE DETECTIVE TRIUMPHS

ONE OF THE PINKERTON

SUCCESSES

Jackson Carter, the cashler of a bank at Columbia, Tenn., was found dead in his office one morning many years ago. His skull was crushed and there were signs of a struggle in the room. The door of the bank had been forced and quantities or securi- ties stolen.

It was a year after the event that the president of the bank, hearing of the skill of Allan Pinkerton, called upon the famous detective to solve the murder mystery. The bank off- cial said he found that papers had been burned in the fireplace of the building. Through the charred edges of the paper he deciphered the name of Sam Slocum.

That was all Pinkerton had to work on. Cold clues are as distaste- ful to a clever detective as cold food is to a discriminating epicure. But

by concentrating on Slocum he made a number of discoveries. He found that the suspect and the mur- dered cashier had been warm friends for years. He also learned that when Slocum was notified of Carter's death he had refused to look at the remains on the ground that his nerves were

-By- GEORGE BARTON

shattered and that he could not stand the strain. Finally he had become a recluse since the murder and could not be induced to leave his home.

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certain kind of perfume. It had a very

pronounced odor. Slocum, it seems, had often taunted Carter about his bad taste in using it. Pinkerton found a half-filled bottle of the stuff in Carter's room, and then announced he was ready for business.

That day

the supposed

servants

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NEW U.S. MINISTER

Ottawa, To-day.

Mr. James Cromwell, the new Unit- ed States Minister to Canada, arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday.

He was met by members of the U.S. Legation and members of the Cana- dian Government, including Mr. Mac-

sprinkled Slocum's bed clothing with that he was deeply aware of the res-

kenzie King, the Premier.

In a statement, Mr. Cromwell said the perfume. He recognised it at once. His mind went back to his mur-ponsibilities which rested on them all dered friend and he became frantic to "preserve and, if possible, streng-

from fear and

nervousness. That

night the Pinkerton aids managed to produce a series of groans in Slocum's bedroom. He arose and dressed and

then the foundations on which our en-

during friendship has been built,”— Reuter.

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the following morning packed his bag JAP. PLANE SHOT DOWN assistance of all those Americans who

and started for the railroad station.

Obviously he was running away from the haunted house and a town that was filled with memories of the murdered Carter.

Pinkerton, being promptly notifled of this move, also made a wild rush for the same train and managed to jump on the rear platform of the last car. He contrived to take a seat be- Pinkerton

convinced was

hind that

the fleeing Slocum, and then Slocum was guilty, but he knew that saturating his handkerchief with the special treatment would be needed to obnoxious perfume, waved it until the "get the goods" on him. He

odor was wafted toward the suspected mentally debating the question when man. the familiar quotation, "Conscience makes cowards of us all" flashed into his mind.

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He planted two Pinkerton opera- tives-a man and a woman-as ser- vants in Slocum's house. In the mean- time he learned from employees of the bank that Carter was addicted to a

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cum could be seen clutching the arm of his seat. Once again Pinkerton sant the perfume out on its mission of disturbing the conscience of the man, and this time Slocum jumped from his seat and dashed to the door of the car. Pinkerton, followed in hot pursuit. But he was too late. The tortured one leaped from the moving car into a gulley below the tracks. The train was quickly halted and the detective and the conductor and brakeman started in search of the would-be suicide.

They found him in a sad condition. He was evidently at the point of death. Pinkerton knew he had little time to lose. He propped Slocum up and ask- ed him pointblank about the death of Carter. Whether he knew he was talking to a detective is not certain. But he bowed his head understanding- ly and spoke in quick, broken sen- tences:

"I know I'm going-justice-I killed Carter - a quarrel --- had owed him— made it look like robbery."

The body was taken back to the town from whence the conscience- stricken man had filed. The train- men made affidavits 'confirming the confession and another victory was written on the Pinkerton records.

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