Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 296, 12 December 1922 — Page 9

TIIE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAiL RICHMOND, INDTUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1922.

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MIRACLES OF SCIENCE IN DETECTIVE FICTION : LACKING IN REAL LIFE

.NEW YORK. Dec. 12. The flights of genius and miracles of science which solve most of the crimes In detective stories have no real part In detective "work, according to Sir Basil Thompson, former head of criminal lnvesti- - gation at Scotland

S Yard and director

of the British Intel

ligence Service dur. Ingthewar.

Except for the

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fingerprint system and work In the chemical laboratory on stains, scientific

research has furnished little assist

ance to crime detection. Murder

mysteries and oth

er difficult criminal

cases are solved by intelligence, hard

work and luck, ac

cording to Sir Bazil, with little help from the delicate scientific devices which play so large a part in detective

work on a typewriter. "Take' the dictaphone, for instance,'

eald Sir Basil. "I do not know of a single case where it has been of the slightest value. It has been repeatedly

placed so as to reproduce the conversa

tion of suspects without success. Uhey

do not guess its preence and talk away among tliemelves. Sometimes scraps of sentences are heard over the device, but never in my experience have the

police had any real help from iu Amused By Fiction

"Murders are not necessarily the most Interesting crimes. Some of the

minor ones are more remarkable, and

at I have often been surprised that dram

atists ana iicuon wniers jusisi. uu basing their plots upon murders. 1 never liave seen criminals or detec

tlves treated in fiction as they are in

real life. I read a good deal of detec

tire fiction. It amuses me, but there is nothing for a detective to learn from it usually. It is from successful detec

tive methods of today. I have often

wondered why detectives, with much experience, never went in for writing fiction. The only exception I know of

is ex-Superintendent Frank Froest of

Scotland Yard, who collaborated in some detective stories. I was amused by his repetition all the way through of the fact that the detective always

took out his notebook and wrote down every point. That is just what the Scotland Yard man does. Everything

Is written down. These notes in dif

ficult cases, make a big volume. They , ire of great value In circumstantial

cases.

City Lodges

D'ANNUNZIO ILL,

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WEBSTER FARMERS

TO GIVE PROGRAM

"WEBSTER, Ind., Dec. 12. A special program will be given by members of

the Webster township farmers association on the occasion of the annual meeting, which will be held on the regular monthly meeting date, Thursday, Dec. 14, at the Webster Friends church. The officers for the coming year will be elected at his meeting. The program ia as. follows: music

by the orchestra, reading, Paul Thompson; reading, Martha Alifce Feasel; piano solo, Jane Knollenbcrg; reading. Hazel Knollenberg, Dolores Frey and Mrs. Alpheus Baldwin; playlet, ladies of the. fanners' association; music, orchestra. The Beeson orchestra, composed of Walter Beeson, and son and

daughter, Norman and Mary Elma, will furnish the music. A report oftne proceedings of tha state convention at Indianapolis will be presented by Charles Weadick, special delegate.

Among the poets in China the women predominate.

POLICE GIVEN BANQUET . : , SOUTH BEND, Dec. 12. Apprecia tlon for the work they have done wa3 shown the South Bend police force recently in the form fit a banquet by the safety council. The day jnea of the force were served at 5:15 o'clock and the night force two hours later.

Reports from Paris state that

Gabriele d'Annunioz is critically ill. He is said to have met Premier Mussolini somewhere outside Milan, but great secrecy was observed concerning tha the meeting.

Soldier and French Bride

Dead From Asphyxiation By Fames of Gas Stove ' (By United Press) TTHRICHSVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 12. In the spring of 1919, Paul Kirchoff, 22, married Mile. Garmauer in France and returned with her to Pennsylvania. Today both are dead from asphyxiation and a little girl, 3, plays with her French doll in the home of friends. She wonders why their eyes are red and occasionally wants to know when she will be taKen home to her mother. Mrs; Kirchoff, in the bathrom, did not answer when her husband called. He broke open the door, noticed the gas fumes and rushed in. His lungs had fought gas successfully in France,

but lost in their battle against the

fumes from a gas stove. He fell as he reached the door with his wife in his arms:

The little girl realized something was amiss and called a boarder. He found the couple and called for help,

but the gas had done its deadly work,

Coroner J. C. Nixon pronounced them

dead of asphyxiation.

ORDER OF RED CROSS

Richmond Commandery, No. 8, K. T.

conferred the Order of the Red Cross

Monday night Great Sword Bearpr

Sucow was present for his official visitation. A banquet followed the meeting, given by the women of the Eastern Star. Short talks were made byj the visitors, John t. Rupe and John II. Nicholson, and by Eminent Sir Robert W. Phillips, grand master of Indiana Blue Lodge. SERVICES FOR CASKEY Members of the. William P. Benton post of the Sons of Veterans after

their regular meeting Monday night, held services at the home of Clement Caskey, a member who died Friday.

Two Bashels of Seed Corn

Of Shelby to Go to Russia

SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 12. Two bushels of seed corn will be sent to

Russia from Shelby county, as a re

sult of a sale made by Peter Lux dur

ing the Chicago Internationl Corn

show, he reported on his return to

Shelbyville Monday. The corn was

bought for the Russian government by D. N. Brodin, Russian agricultural representative stationed at New York. Many other widely scattered seed corn orders were receivd Mr. Lux was givn an enthusiastic ovation by farmer friends and neighbors and by the business men of the towns, when he returned.

MODERN WOODMEN ELECT., Officers for the coming year were elected at a meeting of the Modern Woodmen. Monday eight,: are as follows: William Dillman, Venerable consul; Charles Harris, past consul; Peter Felty, worthy advisor; Harry Moss, excellent banker; N. C. Heironimus, clerk for the 24th, time; . John Sperling, watchman; L. O. Minor, escort; J. M. Banta and W F, Lichtenfels, trustee for three years.

TO ENTERTAIN FRIDAY The W. B. A. of the Maccabees will entertain their families and friends with a supper and Christmas program next Friday evening in the I. O. O. F. hall. The supper co.-nmittee, composed of Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Noggle, Mrs. Bessie Mitchell and Mrs. Boggs, has asked each member to bring sanJwiches and a large dir.h of food. The entertainment will begin at 4 o'clock, under the supervision of Mrs. Florence Mitchell. Mrs. Nettie Hamilton will lead Community garr.es.

AUXILIARY ENJOYS DINNER The Ladies' auxiliary of William P.

Benton camp. No. 43, Sons of Veterans met at the post rooms Tuesday noon for dinner. Each member brought a

dish of food for the dinner. The inspector of he auxiliary was present.

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