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THE BEE: OMAHA, . SUNDAY, JULY 10, 1921. World's Greatest Among the Feeble-Minded: Parents Who Think Their Child Should Not Be Restrained By CHARLES DANA GIBSON Copyright, Life Publish'- Co. Detective Cases i D Bloodstained Poker the Fatal Clue Scratched Hands and Woman's Wagging Tongue. By NAZARIENE DAAN KANNI BELIE. It wu en the night of March 11, 1S66. The Rock Island express pulled out of track six and was soon thundering and roaring through the state of Illinois at a terrific speed, plowin its way through the snow that had been falling steadily during the last 24 hours. Joliet was the first stop, which it reached towards daybreak, where another United( States Express com pany car was hitched up to the train. The mall car, No. 356, was in charge of a single employe of the company, who continued the sorting of the packages, oblivious to the fact that within a short time a violent death was awaiting him. In those days considerable of the mail packages that are handled now by the United States mail were carried by the sev eral express companies. So natur ally the clerk in charge of the ex press company did most of his sort ing on board, the same as the Unit ed States railroad mail clerksdo to day. The man in charge had made that trip perhaps a thousand times, and naturally to him all its novelty had worn off. At Morris, 111., the great express train once more stopped to take on still another United States Express company's mail car. As the com pany's men pushed hand trucks to wards the mail car, and the con ductor in charge and several other railway officials stood on the plat form, one of the guards ran excited ly swinging his arms, shouting, ' They have murdered Kellogg in the baggage car. Suddenly the railway station be came full of excitement. The en gineer and his fireman sprang on the snow-covered platform. The station master rushed towards the " little group of railway officials who were standing by the train, and then a number of excited passengers left their c?rs and rushed to the mail car where the tragedy had taken place. "Let me see if I can do anything, I am a doctor," shouted one of the passengers as he elbowed his way to the scene of the tragedy. He boarded the car and found the man in charge lying on the floor. His skull had been battered by some heavy weapcn. There was a bullet wound on his shoulder, showing that although he had been shot he had given battle to his assailants until they crushed his skull. It was not necessary to have a doctor to pronounce him dead, as it was too obvious that he had been done away with beyond any hope of recovery. The doctor felt his body and said: "It is still warm. He could not have been killed more than half an hour ago." Within Half an Hour. Schwartz,, the guard who had an nounced the discovery of Kellogg's death so frantically, made his way to the group of railroad officials and the doctor, who was performing an unofficial autopsy of. Kellogg's body, and informed them: "We stopped in Joliet only half an hour a. He was then alive and the murder must have taken place since we left that plaoe." . "Let us see if there was a robbery, if anything is missing," suggested the station master. "I did not stop to look," replied Schwartz. "As I came in I found everything upside down. I only no ticed that the safe had been broken. Then I rushed out." It was true that the motive was robbery. The contents of the safe had been taken. The thieves were In a hurrv and had scattered pack ages on the floor, every one rifled. The station master, in the mean time, had already telephoned the ex press company's office at Chicago and learned that in the safe were $22,000 in $50 and $100 bills. The money was missing. Further investigation showed that Kellogg had put up a great battle against his assailants. Even after he was shot in the shoulder he had kept up the unequal combat until his skull was crushed. There were .pools of blood on the floor of the car. Pack ages were scattered everywhere. The more they examined the dead man's body, the more they were con vinced that a gruesome battle had raged between the defender of the mail car and the murderer, and on closer examination pieces of flesh were found under the long finger nails. Kellogg was in charge of that particular car, but Newton Watt was in charge of the express company's group of cars attached to the train. "I passed through the train," ex plained Schwartz further to the sta tion master, "and discovered the murder. I was looking -for Newton Watt, and as I passed through the rail car I found Kellogg lying dead on the floor with everything scat tered round. We were then half way between Joliet and Morris. It first came to me to stop the train, but' then I decided that I had better give the alarm when we reached Morris." Newton Watt's account of the tragedy was more dramatic. "I was in the next car to Kellogg's, and was about to arrange the pack ages, when suddenly I was startled by the breaking of glass. When I looked up I saw the ventilator had been smashed. Before I had time 'to realize what had happened I was looking into a revolver in the hands of a man wearing a black mask. " 'Put up your hands,' ordered the man. - 'If yon budge an inch you will never take another step.' He pointed his revolver at the ventilator and as I looked up I was horrified at the sight of a revolver pointing through it. I could not tee the man .who held the revolver in the ventila tor. I obeyed the first man's com mand and stood absolutely still with my hands up, afraid to move, yet hoping that at any minute someone would come along to give the alarm. I suffered terrible agonies. As we J approached Morris the revolver in there by the detective for the pur ine ventilator disappeared !td in n- poe of observation. Schwartz jUick other second Schwartz rushed in ex citedly and tol me that Kellogg had been murdered and that the car was in a terribleymess." Pinkerton Arrives. The United States Express com pany's mail and baggage car were uncoupled at Morris and taken to a siding. The railroad officials, fol lowing the instructions issued from the express company's office in Chi cago, telephoned to Pinkerton, and within five hours William A. Tinker ton himself reached the scene of the murder and wasted no time in his in vestigation. He first telephoned to the next sta tion where the express train was to stop to have the names and addresses of every passenger taken down, as well as the names and addresses of those who got out before the train reached its destination. It was a bafflinK case, indeed. The thieves had left no clue with the exception of a black mask, which on examma tion appeared to be part ot the in side lining of an overcoat. This was the first, and, at the time, appeared to be the only clue. But William Pinkerton still kept on sniffing about. He admitted to himself that the improvised mask was not a clue that would lead him to discover its owner. He was about to admit to himself that it was a case that would take months to follow uo when he suddenly found a blood-stamed poker behind the an thracite coal stove whicn in those days heated the baggage car. . "Not until I came across this blood-stained poker did I believe that the murder had been committed by someone who rode m the tram regularly, one of the railroad em ployes," he . explained afterwards when he was relating the story of his discovery of the murderer. "I reasoned that the person who used this blood-stained poker knew that the poker was kept behind the stove. If the murderer was a stranger it would not have been natural for him to put the poker where it was gen erally kept. "On the other hand, if the poker had been laying in front of the stove where it could be seen and picked up by a stranger, he would not have de liberately gone behind the stove and put the weapon he had used in the proper place if he had killed Kellogg. So I reasoned that the person who committed, the murder knew every detail of the mail car. In this line of reasoning I proceeded, and was sure that the man had often poked the stove himself and placed the poker in its proper place after using it, so that after the murder he uncon sciously put it where it really be longed, no matter "from where he had picked it up. So, had it not been for the fact that the murderer obeyed his impulse of habit, per haps he would have never been dis covered." "As events proved the detective's reasoning eventually brought the murderer to book. Then Pinkerton picked up the black mask clue. Snow Not Tracked. He searched, from Morris to Joliet, the snow-covered railroad tracks and the bankings. The surface of the snow was clean and without a foot-mark, absolutely untrodden. This fact convinced the great de tective that no one had left the train between Joliet and Morris. The murderer, or murderers, were still on the train at Morris, but he was still far from solving the mystery.. Pinkerton once more returned to the mail car, the scene of the tragedy, and again examined it to test New ton Watt's account of the murder. On examining the broken ventilator, through which the revolver had been pointed, according to Watt's state ment, Pinkerton found that that could only be possible by the man who held the threatening weapon ly ing on the top of the car. However, the top of the car, like the road-side, was covered with snow, about six inches high and the surface was ab solutely unbroken. Now he had some thing to work on. Newton Watt was not telling the truth. If Newton Watt lied, he either lied to cover somebody, or somebody and himself. Now Pinkerton took stock of his progress so far. The blood-stained poker was used by one of the ac complices. The other party to the murder used his revolver, and the person who used the poker used it on discovering that the revolver bul let had not put the life out of the heroic defender of the mail car. Schwartz and Watt were, in the great detective's mind, the men who com mitted the deed. He immediately instructed one of his assistants to shadow Watt day and night. He made up his mind to question Schwartz himself. - Schwartz came to Pinkerton's of fice, dressed up in his best clothes. It must be kept in mind that Pink erton did not jsend for Schwartz to interrogate him. The suspected man was "invited" by the great detec tive "to help him to solve the case." It was Pinkerton's intention to leave the suspected man in as much false sense of security as possible. When Pinkerton met Schwartz he sized him up. Schwartz showed the mis erable effects of the flattery with which the great detective had tempt ed him. -Flattery is recognized among the great detectives as one of the best weapons to draw the suspected per son and lead him to betray himself. William Pinkerton showed Schwartz how greatly he was im pressed with him and the interest he took in the case. "Schwartz," he said, effecting a confidential demeanor, "I am up against it in this case. To tell the truth I am at a loss. I think you can help me. I read the report of your story to the Morris railroad officials. I think you are the only man who can help me to solve the mystery." Little did the unfortunate guard realize in what way Pinker ton had been impressed. "I will try to help you," Schwartz replied. As Pinkerton showed Schwartz to a seat he asked him to relate the story in his own words so that he could hear it first hand. Sticks to Story. , The guard removed his coat and gloves and took the seat very near William Pinkerton, which was put to the original story he had related. But while relating the story he had forgotten one thing. He had re moved his gloves, and when the great detective saw vthe guard's hands he could have jumped out of his seat with satisfaction. Schwartz's hands were badly scratched and furrowed. On noticing the hands of the man before him the bits of human flesh under the dead man's nails flashed across the great de tective's mind. "What happened to. your hands," he said as casually as he could when the guard had finished the story. " If Schwartz . felt any excitement he did not show it. neither did he appear to have been taken by sur prise. "Oh, , I scratched them," Schwartz replied, "three or four nights ago handling some packages. I did not know that nails were sticking out." However, to Pinkerton the scratched hands told another story. He kept Schwartz a little while long er, and when Schwartz' left the pri vate office of William A. Pinkerton little did he realize that he was al ready under suspicion. Neither did he know that from the moment he left the American detective's private office he was being followed and shadowed by a score of Pinkerton's operatives. In the next two weeks Pinkerton, assisted by half a dozen of his op eratives, tracked down and inter viewed every single person on board the Rock Island Expfess on the night of the murder. In addition, a report containing the records cf every employe on the train was sub mitted to him by the railroad au thorities. Not one of the passen gers could be suspected in the slight est way with the murder. Schwarti and Watt were the two men who had carried out the robbery and the murder. ' Pinkerton did not tell anyone that he suspected Schwartz and Watt. Neither did he call the fact to the attention oi his most trusted assist ants. On the contrary, he had inti mated to the public that he was still baffled. His intention in doing this was to bluff the two men into a sense of false security, as he wanted to encourage them to, begin to spend the booty as soon as pssible. Then he wuld have something tangible to work by. He sent for Schwartz once more. Again adopting a confidential atti tude, he said, "Schwartz, I must con fess to you that I am absolutely at A Brain Can't Work Right on Thin, Watery Blood It takes iron' to make strong, magnetic, forceful men with the power and energy to win. : Many a capable intelligent man falls just short of success nearly "gets there," but not quite simply because he lacks sufficient iron in his blood to give him the physical strength and power to furnish the proper FORCE TO HIS BRAIN and the "STAY THERE" STRENGTH TO HIS "WILL." THERE ARE 30,000.000,000,000 RED BLOOD CORPUSCLES IN YOUR BLOOD and each one must have iron as iron is absolutely ne cessary to enable your blood to change food into living cells and tissues, and to carry oxygen from your lungs to your brain. Without this your brain cannot do its work right THINK THE THOUGHTS THAT WIN any more than a locomotive can pull a big train of cars with a weak, smoldering fire under its boiler. WHEN YOUR BLOOD IS STARVING FOR IRON no mere tonics nor stimulants can put you right. You must have iron. To get iron, you must eat the husks of grains and the peels and skins of fruits and vege tables as our forefathers did or take a little organ is Iron from time to time and eat such iron-containing foods as spinach and apples. But be sure that the iron you take is organic iron and not metallic or mineral iron which people usually take. Metallic iron is iron iust as it comes from the ac tion of strong acids on small pieces of iron, and la therefore an entirely different thing from organic iron. Organic iron is like the iron in your blood and like the iron in spinach, lentils and apples. It may be bad from your druggist under tha name of Nuxated Iron. Nuxated Iron represents organic iron in such highly condensed form that one dose of it is estimated to sea on this case. I am going to ask you to help me once more. Do you know Newton Watt?" "I know him very well," answered Schwartz. "Well, then, I suspect Newton Watt and I wish you would do a little detective work for me. You talk to him about this case and come and report to me every day. I could send one of my men to him, but naturally he would not talk to strangers; he might drop a careless word to you." Reports All Lies. Schwartz was tickled to death to think that Pinkerton did not know where he was at. He believed that he had really deceived the detective, and each day he reported Watt's al leged movements. Schwartz's reports were all lies. Pinkerton knew it, because both he himself and several of his most trusted assistants were keeping Schwartz in sight, both day and night. Weeks passed but the great de tective got no nearer the truth. Final ly one day he received a report from the railroad authorities that Schwartz had applied for leave. - Pinkerton had instructed the railroad authorities to report to him instantly whenever one of the employes applied for a leave. Pinkerton told the railroad officials to grant Schwartz's request. On .the day following his leave Schwartz started on his vacation with his wife, not knowing that Wil liam A. Pinkerton was within a few feet of them each time in a different disguise. One day Pinkerton saw Schwarts change a $50 bill and the following day he changed another. Schwarts sent some of the money he obtained in change in a registered envelope to a woman in Philadelphia. , Pinker ton saw the address on the envelope and instructed his assistants by telegraph to look up the woman-immediately to whom the registered letter was being sent. The next day the report came back from one of his assistants that she was Schwartz's wife and had several children by him. It was this latter fact that made Pinkerton decide that he could finally make sure whether Schwartz com mitted the murder or not. He had Schwartz arrested and charged with bigamy. Then he himself went to Philadelphia to interview Mrs. Schwartz No. 2. Pinkerton had a long talk with the woman and he employed his every artifice to play upon her feelings, be approximately equivalent (in organic content) to eating; one-half quart of spin ach, one-quart of green vegretablea or half a doien applea. It'a like taking extract of beef instead of eating pound of meat. Over 4.000,000 people annually are using Nuxated Iron. It will not injure the teeth nor disturb the stomach. A few doses will often commence to enrich your blood, give you new strength and energy and help revitalise yonr wornout, exhausted nerves, and thereby greatly strengthen your will power and aid in restoring your failing memory. Your money will be refunded by the manufacturers if you do not obtain perfectly satisfactory results. Beware of substitutes. Always Insist on having genuine organic iron Nuxated Iron. Look for the letters N. I. on every tablet Sold by all druggists in tablet form only. and finally informed her that her. husband had been arrested. He claimed that he did not know the na ture of the charge against him but intimated that it was in connection with the robbery of the mail. "I know he did not steal that money," she protested vehemently. "I know how he got that money. He told me himself. --He found $5,000 in notes stuffed under a seat days afterwards. He said that we might just as well keep it and have a good time with it." t "Let's go and visit him in prison, perhaps we can do something for him," suggested the detective. He conveyed to the woman the idea that he was glad that her husband got the money in the way she told him. Believed They Were Alone. The woman, without suspecting her would-be benefactor and friend, walked to the cell where her husband was. Pinkerton had instructed the prison officials to leave the couple to gether, and i he ostentatiously re mained in the prison office after the woman started for the cell, but, in fact, through a ventilator Pinkerton was listening to every word of the conversation. Both the woman and her husband believed that they were alone. "Oh Harry, I told . Mr. Pinkerton about your finding the notes under the seat. I know you won't be here long and " "You damn fool!" he cried, "with your wagging tongue you are putting the rope around ray neck." The miserable man saw instantly how he had been deceived and lost his tem per. "Mr. Pinkerton is a friend of yours. He came all the way to Philadelphia to see what he could do for you when he heard you were arrested," pro tested the poor woman. Schwartz laugher like a maniac. "You are a fooL Do you know that Mr. Pinkerton is as much a friend of mine as, the hangman is. If you want to save me, get out of the 1 Stop Any Corn any minute, in this simple way Apply Blue-jay the liquid or the plaster. The pain will cease. The whole corn will loosen and come out. - The way is modern, gentle, scientific. It is not like the old harsh treat ments. It ends corns removes them while paring only keeps them. V It is made by a surgi cal dressing house which every physician knows. You do yourself injustice hour. Millions have learned their way tonight Plaster or Liquid Blue - jay The Scientific Corn Ender BAUER A BLACK Chicago New York Toronto Makers ol BAB Sterile Surgical ... Pressings and Allied Products city and lose yourself as soon as you leave this place." "That's right, whimper," snarled Schwartz as the woman began to cry. "I will do whatever you want me to do," sobbed the woman. "Leave this place quickly, and go and warn Watt," instructed Schwartz. "Tell him the devil is after him, and for God's sake tell him to hide the pistol and burn the notes." The wretched woman began to cry out, "Oh, Harry, you end not kill him. I know you didn't, did you?" Then she began to sob. ' "Shut up your mouth and leave this place. Go and do what I tell you to do," thundered the man. "What am I to do?" "Run home as soon as you get out of this place. Get my coat out of the wood shed behind the stack of wood. There are some bills in the pocket. Burn them, and burn the coat, and scatter the, ashes." "Oh, Harry?" questioned the dazed woman. "You fool, do not ask any more questions. Do what I tell you to do, answered Schwartz fiercely. Burn those things as I asked you to do and then go and tell Watt to burn his notes quickly. Now get out of here quick. The Third Degree. Schwartz did not know that Pink erton reached the wood shed ahead of the second Mrs. Schwartz. The detective not .only found stuffed in one of the pockets a large number ot the missing bills, but found that part of the black lining of the coat was missing. The missing part ex actly fitted to the black mask found on the railroad tracks. The next step was to subject both the murderers to a third degree ex amination. v As is always the case when there are two partners in a crime, when faced with . the evidence of their guilt, each tried to wiggle out of it and put the blame on his co-part B4B1951 if you let corns spoil one to avoid them. Prove out i End other foot troubles To keep the feet In proper con dition, bathe them with Blue-jay Foot Soap. It checks excessive per apbranon. It stops emaitipgand burn ing. 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