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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1917)
I =* Tracked by a 1 Iuman Weakness By WiLLAUD ELAKEMAN a. id liiilig places, cabarets Indeed, such places as are frequent« by the Heating populate n of cities Nevertheless a year passed with no j results. At last one of Dempsey’s assistants, a girl about sixteen years old. report ed that ¡i 1'rien 1 of hers hail told her that she ha I sat next to a woman at a movie show who wore mosaic ear rings representing "the head of a man. with curly Ir ir ” The assistants were instructed to follow the person if met with and note the residence. Hut the j woman with the earrings could not be found. tlie game was h st. Hut Hemps y went at once to the city where the discovery had been made, hb'ed it special <• >rps of assistants and ivi t about himself when* pleasure ! loi '.ig people go. <'t e evening after dining at a calm ret b" was lighting a cigar and about J to move on when a woman entered, brushed pr.st him and took a seat at a i table with her escort. Dempsey's eyes were out for earrings, and he thought those the woman wore were mosaics lie took a scat, at ii table near the one at which the couple sat. but not near enough to pet a close view of her ear rings. Tbe man ordered drinks aft r which the couple danced While they were dancing Dempsey took a seat within a few feet of the one the worn tin had left, though his back would be toward lie", '.’.'hen site returned she took the seat she had occupied before Dempsey turned around and. seizing i m* of the cal lings in his hand, brought it to within a proper focus for his eyes Wlicn Mrs Marston was going to cd that night she received a telephone message from Dempsey stating that he had found the stolen studs, the wearer had revealed the thief and murderer and lie had been arrested “IIow did you do It?" asked the widow. "It came through a human barbarism a passion for adornment which civ flization lias not eradicated." was the reply One ii.orning the 4 |*1 let town of Silver Wai its -mi Hied for ii hi roil hi running through It—was horrified at ilio au- iioiineeiui'nt flint I noliarli Marslon had lioi'ii found liuirdered in his lied. Sii ver Waters was a sinnnier seltleinent of wealthy persons who were not there in winter, hut Muratoli had remained heyend the usual tin e, and the tragedy occurred late in Nov- m! r The house had evitli nt > heeti enter ed for the purpose of plunder It was generally known that Mrs. Marston. who was In tile city at the time of the murder, had a great d ii of valuable Jewelry. Some of this was at tin* country house, and it was all taken by the robbers, as were her husband's studs, sleeve buttons, searfpins. etc. When Urn police, who were called in at once, came they took possession of the premises, allowing nothing to lie touched till the arrival of Dempsey, a detective, who was to make a thorough examination. Ileinjisey had a reputatimi of b tug one of the most skillful probers of e r e in America. When lie arrived he be- gan his search for something the crini inni or criminals had left as a pi ssible clew. There were no footprints, which uro usually considered the most impor taut pointers. Indeed after an hour's methodical investigation l etups.' luul discovered nothing. Then his eye caught a small object under a dresser from which Mr Marston's belongings Inni been taken. Drawing an electric lamp from his pocket, lie Hushed it Upi i the object and revealed a stud Taking it up. he saw that it was a mosaic and reco:' n im l It as one that must have been made In Italy Kvideutly in taking it bots ul bright hopes are exchange J I from the box in which it and other articles of like churn ter had been kept for gloomy experience, the thief had dropptd it and it laid rolled under the lire r l! i s the heartfelt welcome of the dog’ This was the only dew that was tail Ilmt counts. found. Dempsey imptired of Mrs Marston how mani studs <1 the set her husband had po sessed. where they had been procure I and any other In ? ip « v p J formation the lady might give. lie was told flint there were three studs in the set. with a pair of sleeve but tons to match She had brought them from Uomo with her after her last l i s ti there during the previous summer. The design was the suine <n all the studs and the sleeve links, a eopy of tlie head of a statue in the Vatlean called the Apollo Ilelvidere. "That will do." said Dempsey. "It may tie a long chase, but if persisted FOR— In tbe thief and murderer will at last be found." Dcinpsev did n t begin to probe the matter till a monti» after the robbery, then he get up a > in tihir. a eopy of which he sent to f i e r i pawn broke: an.I manufacturing Jeweler in Amer : lea. lie g a i e a description of the mo ♦ saic stud and a picture of it. tic got A N I >- ♦ nothing from uni pawnbroker, but ftc|n a Jeweler he roeived a letter stating that two si lids answering the description in Ids letter laid been made Safe and ( 'omfortabie into a pair of earrings in Ids shop Dempsei responded to the letter In Leave Clnvcrdale daily at 0 per-on and learned ttint (Ite work had ♦ ■ :o0 ». in . arriving at Tilla f been done for a woman. She was well mook at 10 a. m in time for x remembered by the clerk ivbo took tile, order and was described as ubent mornii t rai n to P o r t l a n d . * twenti eight or thlrti years old. largi Leave Tillamook at 3 p in • * rai her tlnslty in her dress, and tier face 1 arriving at Cloverdale at c ^ and mvk bad been "cnleliulned." p. in. From tills point Dempsey worked .1 M. T R A X L K R , Prwp * with a large corps of assistants, whom : lie empiei i'il to go to pul dc t .ices > * In ever line of Merchandise, hut none more especially than in ^ "P'S ft? i 3 L£.w £ a ... . { .1 Our large etnik i- in every instance the best that can he had and our aim will he to keep the high standard up. Builders’ Hardware, H I, ioiZ i i n ! 1; Stoves Ranges, Farm and Garden Tools And everything usually kept in a first-class hardware store, ar.d all goods are of the best quality. 9 ¿ilex Midair & Go., Tillamook, Ore. « creem xsea» «*e < à The Kvoniiiff Telegram, daily, and tlii‘ Cloverdale Courier, both papers one year lor H 1 . 0 0 . TAKE I THE WHITE 1 AUTO STAGE fM ER O F S T A N D IN G T E L L TH EIFl l'v£ T R I E D A L L O F l 'E M. A L I T T L E C H E W OF W B CU T S A T I S F I E S AND L A S TS . WITH L E S S GR IN DIN G A N D LESS S P ITTIN G .f F R I E N D S A B O U T THE B E S T TO B A C C O .) THAT 3 E X A C T L Y T H E | K I N D OF 1 0 B A C C 0 I I’M W A N T I N G ME TOO - — I'M T I R E D OF ORDINARY] TOBACCO L W -B IS R I C H 1 TOBACCO. IF Y O U T A K E A LARGE CHEW | OR G R I N D O N | IT, Y O U M A Y j TH IN K ITS l STRONGl l Tillamook- i Cloverdale All Wav Points ! » V I /H E N you gentlemen get together at your ’ * lodge meetings, somebody is pretty sure to start the little pouch of W -B C U T up the line for his brothers. It’s conducive to brotherly feeling. There is gratitude for the rich tobacco that makes a little nibble go so fa r and for the touch of salt that brings out the tobacco satisfaction without so much jaw work. M.Jc ty WEYMAN-DRUTON COMPANY, 50 Union S s . at «, New York City