Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1915 — November Joe [ARTICLE]

November Joe

The Detective of the Woods

By HESKETH PRICHARD

SYNOPSIS. James Quaritch engages November Jos as his guide. Joe and he go to Big Tree portage to investigate the murder of a trapper named Lyon. - Joe decides! that the murderer followed Lyon to his camp and shot him from a canoe. By studying woodland evidence and making clever deductions Joe discovers the murderer, Highamson. Lumberman Close reports that Blackmask, a highis robbing his men. Six lumberjacks are robbed by the same man. Joe makes a careful examination of the scene of the robbery. Close is accused by his men, but Joe arrests Chris, one of the lumberjacks, the real robber. Sally Rone, a widow, has been rooneo of valuable pelts. Joe and Evans, a gam* warden, search for the thief. Saßy’s lover, Vai Black, is suspected, but Joe catches the actual culprit, In jin Sylvester. Millionaire Planx’s daughter Virginia has been abducted. The abductors demand $150,000 ransom for Virginia. Joe’s investigations Indicate that one Hank Harper has abducted the girl. Joe ascertains that Virginia had herself abducted to get the ransom for her lover. Joe goes after Cecil Atterson, who has Stolen SIOO,OOO. Joe discovers that the robber has been robbed by his sweetheart, Phedre Pointarre, and compels her to give up the money. John Stafford has been robbed of valuable black foxes. Joe finds that an Aleut employed by Stafford was in league With the thieves. Joe traces the crime to one Jurgensen and recovers the foxes. Linda Petersham gets Joe to investigate a shooting at Kalmacks. Mysterious unknowns demand $5,000 of Petersham, and one of them holds up Puttick, an employee, and repeats the demand. Puttick advises Petersham to pay. Joe, searching for the blackmailers, is wounded and kills one of the miscreants.