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and Thinks the Scientific Dr. Watsen Far Superior
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have a "nose for news" the- detective
must have a "ne.c for criminuN."
"I can tell you what I mean by
flair, with a specific case. There
was an investigator en the famous
Wimbledon murder net r,e leni? age.
He was intclHgei.t, hard working, ne
pathcied hi data industriously an 1
well. But hw facts led him te the
wrenj; person, though they were
eloquent enough in proclaiming the
right one."
Sir linvil " ttv'ivi temporarily in
New urk . II" iirrf oil mi thl- Me
of tlie scm '.t-i month te h iln n thnc
months' ltrttn-" tour.
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one enr. thuii'.-h he dec-n't appear te
he tlml nlil. II' ! iiiriui. and etm:u.
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A FTER all, perhaps Sherlock Helmes isn't the world's greatest detective.
Sir Basil Thomsen, former head of the British Secret Service and of
the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, Londen, doesn't
think he is.
And Sir Basil has enough authority te make his opinion important.
lir Basil likes Sherlock, no doubt about that but he can't place tee much
onfldence in his power.
Ner does he believe that the Sherlock Helmes type of detective is
feneral; nor likely te held a job en a detective squad in a modem city.
This is harsh news for most of us,
who like our detectives sdeek and
lean in mind and body; who marvel
at their uncanny penetration; who
are inspired by their skill, which ap
proaches a kind cf black magic.
We like te see our detectives slink
bout with the nervous, pouncing
movements of a cat; we like them te
xamine dust with a magnifying
glass and immediately pronounce a
conclusion as deft and compact as a
cake of ice; we like them te be mys
terious, flitting silent-like shadows.
changing their impenetrable dis
guises quickly and often as a woman
changes her moods; we like them, of
course, te be a little morbid sullen
sinister.
But that's all sped new at the
portent of the quiet words of a most
able man.
Sir Basil said the ether day:
"Ne if I had te cheese a man for
baffling case en my hand'', I'd '
cheese Dr. Watsen in preference te
Sherlock Helmes'."
' What kind of heresy is this? one
Immediately asks. And Sir Basil
said it very quietly, as if he him
self didn't realize what a shocking
tViinf it u'M tn snv.
ilLif-f "Yeu knew." he said with a smile.
"Sherlock Helmes would want te
rrcst the Archbishop of . Canter
bury. Dr. Watsen, new, would make
something of him, because, after all,
the Archbishop is just another one
of us decent stupid English."
"Nese" for Criminals
8 Prime Requisite
This was rich in intimation. And
When such cryptical statements are
made, cne is likely te misinterpret
them. Yet one would suppose from
his amusing indirection that Sir
Basil's chief objection te Sherlock
is his irresponsibility he is erratic
and a shade tee "queer."
, "Yeu wait," resumed Sir Basil,
hxntil an ex-detective writes a de
tective story. Then compare your
detectives. Sherlock had no organ
ization. He relied tee much en his
Individual wits. He took drugs "
Sir Basil waved an expressive
jhand, te gather in all the meaning
that might be in his phratc. "hu took
drugs."
"There are three things that make
geed detective. In the first place,
there is hard work; then organiza
tion, and finally luck. And if there
ia mere than n proper amount of
luck, then you have these rare and
very spectacular solutions.
"Of course, one needs an ordinary
amount of intelligence perhaps juct
little mere than an ordinary
amount."
He mused for a space, and then
centinued:
"But even that iwi': enough.
There's something else. The only
word I knew for it h a French one
flair. A detective might tn have
flair."
New "flair" is generally under
stood te mean ' kna.'K " But it also
mere practically, means "scent" if
the dictionary speaks sooth. The
Becend meaning would suggest its
significance. Where a reporter must
ins. nnd then betiRUt a farm In Min-; dem and deal with the Bolshevists."
ticsetn. 1 was just buUdtnc a heutt
there when I was recalled te Eng
land." lie found out that the Colonial Of
fice in KtiKluiiil wanted tome one te go
te the l'ljl I-Iiitnls. And he Tieeame
private s rotary te Sir Jehn Tlnim Tlnim
ten. (iovrmer of the ltrltl.ih colony of
Fiji. He tle was made a native com cem com
mRsieiier there.
".Seme time Inter I went fur
mentli-i with Sir William MeOeirer en
a tour of exploration Inte New Guinea."
lie wild. "We had brisk scraps with the
tuthes lets nf excitement, and I took
tin- fever. I had te go home then."
When Sir Jehn Thurton, however,
found It necepinry te lnlt the niithc
kiiiKiIem of Tonga and tn espel from
th.it country the white premier, n
Mithedlst minl'ter. who transformed the
place Inte a seethlm? hotbed of trouble
lij 1 is taitlessness, he took Hiisll Thorn--en
with him.
At the ape of twenty-Fpren, eonce eence
queiitl. the young man found himself
I'lime Minister of Tengn.
"I pave the natives there a pen.il
i ode and net them out of their diffleul-Iil-."
lie nid.
About tl'nt time he was asked te net
n-- mentor for the present Kinc of
Mam. who wns te be educated in L'ng-
i.itin
Ha nimnlv and modestly exnrespcd. nil
this might net seem much. Ah a mat
ter of fact, Sir Basil 1mm prebnbly been
one of the most Important forces in
Kngland since 101'J.
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of ni family, and I did until he was
te.idj te be placed in the British Army.
I'.ur I was I'stnbli-heil then. I had nrir
rinl and I nitildn't ery well go te Al-iir-bet.
Se I went into pri-en erlce
instp.nl "
I'ti'-t lie wns deputy governor of the
p-i-ni at Liverpool. Then a mutiny
incurred at Dartmoor l'rlsen. and ;
!il was railed te supprc.-s it. He ie-
Threw Menkey Wrench
Inte German Spy Machine
He has in n raise remained a man
six i of mystery. But It wes through his
genius that tne cinoerntc uerman spy
sj stein, built up after years of Intense
activity, wns rendered mere or less
Ineffective during the war. Hlr Uasll's
operatives have reached te the farthest
ends of the glebe; the organization ;
ngnlnst the activity of the Herman
espionage svstcm, which he perfected,
seemed infallible.
Secrets were Intrusted te htm of such I
importance that men steed i-onichew in
awe of the power which was his te
wield were he of n mind te.
It Is said that se complete was his
own information that, within twenty
four hours after Germany invaded Bel
gium. Sir llasll rendered mere or less
irle-s the principnl centers of the
Hernvin spv machine.
It is -nlil thnt he is one of the most
successful crime Investigators ever
known in the world's history. Ills
knowledge of human character is enor
mous. He Is a member of the Inner
Temple, nnd he is an accomplished
si lentlst : furthermore, he is n man of
tolerance nnd poise.
His nie-r effective weaimn ncninsl
crime is perhaps this knowledge of
human personality. Ills friend-htps are '
international : his association with ,
nationality a- bread as the world Itself.
At his long, rather bare office in I
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It s Interesting that, although one
caught the most virile emphasis n
what Sir llasll was saying, he sat ti
auietly as if he were smoking an after.
Inner cigar and had only comment
quietly ever his paper en an unlmper.
tant item of news. Ills voice kept Iti
low and even level, but his emphaili
was unequivocal.
Thinks "Third Degree"
May Pervert Justice
The question nf the third-degret wi
touched upon, the third-degree, who
effect en its victim is much like that
of the cruel implements of the medi
eval torture chamber.
"Ne, I can't altogether approve ei
this method of getting at the truth,"
he said. "We are net permitted te
use the third degree in England, you
knew. I believe thnt justice may verr
easily be perverted in that way."
Kir Itn-il has a hearty commendation
for American police. An allusion wa
made te the impression many Ameri
cans have that their "coppers" are
rather heavy nnd dull, and given te set
even an active kind of stupidity.
"I think," he said, "that the Araeri
ran pelice are under-estimated. Yeu
see, there arc really net enough of
them. Fer Instance, New Yerk, I would
say. has about 7,000,000 inhabitant!,
nnd New Yerk hns 11,000 police. Left,
den has about the same number of in
habitants and Londen has 10,000 po
licemen. "Ik-sides, in New Yerk about tire
thirds of the police are used for traf
tie. Wr use comparatively few po
licemen in Londen for traffic.
"Yeu we whnt handicaps the New
Yerk police labor ttnder. In this coun ceun
, try traffic regulation looms as a very
large problem. And I suppose it li
largely because of the difference in tem
perament. "In Londen nil the traffic Is net
reduced te a siuail a.ea, as it it in thli
country. Our drivers knew that It
Piccadilly is likely te be blocked then
nrc three or four ether ways te get b;
it. Here the tendency would be te ahoet
through Piccadilly anyhow.
"Yeu hare mero automobile acci
dents here than we have in England.
Perhaps that is one of the idiosyncra
sies of your people. If an Engllih
driver sees that the street is blerktt!
ahead, he will step about a hundred
jnrds nway from the block. The Amer
ican driver will carry en till he's right
up te it." He paused and smiled.
"I must admit they de It amarimlj
well; but it Is very dangerous."
His nir Is that of a gentleman nf
culture and i"-eutre One's imoiiin imeiiin
tar. comment i- "There's no fliipder I
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iudgnunt te reveal its perpetrator. It
it- nnd tlint the sterj of his experiences
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btnrtling revelation of pelice activity
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' type is far mere t-kllled than his prede-i-eMiri
of a turiner generation. He la
I often n man of education and frequently
i of Kcipatifii- training. The policeman
who has rlfCti te the position of detee-
, tive may have been excellent in the day
of the riiarlc-a Dlekens tvnn of crim
inal, but he is net niwajs a match for
the ck'er lawbreaker of today.
Uses Scientific Learning
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Only an educated and a scientifically
trained man with a profound knowledge
of human nature can he expected te kuc
cced as a detector of crime that i-haN
lenges the bklll of peliee today. And It
Is because of this fact that Sir Dunil
has achieved such a high reputation as
a criminologist. In ndditinn te liia va
ried experiences, aerial nnd professional,
he has been nble te employ in bin work
n wide rniiL'u of knewleilee. including
anthropology, microscopy, psychology
land n thorough familiarity with the
I meilern selenre nf flnvernpltitu
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number of times, It is believed that nnd mental defectives. And it seems te
hundreds of criminals would be ready , that crime, will always be with us.
te "de" him if they had the opper- "There will always be born Inte the
wuiim i urridlll 1UW fiurrxua iiiiiiin inn
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During the war he worked In con
junction with the authorities of nil na
tions. In recognition of his services
he received the honor of knighthood,
and was nwnrdeil ilicnrntlens Hiieh ns
Commander of the Crown of Itnly. the has net this meial sense, who owns te
Order of I.eoiieM of llelL-lam. and the' this peculiar kind of egotism, will
Sacred Treasure of .Inruin. pfirhapN never be eradicateil, crime it-
ncss te benefit oneself ut the expense
of enn's neighbor.
And hIikc the kind of person who
his hotel study In New Yerk. He
looked nut of the window nt the tops
of buildings in the mist of a fnggj
day. It reminded him somewhat, no
doubt, et his own Londen,
"Did you knew," he resumed," ihe
Londen pelice de net cniry guns?
Tiiuy iiuvi- inn option, tee, ii tu
wmt with a gun In a civilized com.
tlll.Zl 'N e .muHt set the gun away
fi etn the people,"
He was reminded that in some of the
cities of the United States the nuie of
a ree!yer or any ether sort of firearm
ii luiiiiuiiieti. nor iimr tin
After rereuutlnn Hinii'thlni: of his own
life. Sir Haill touched upon a number
.?5t?rtal.',n abstraction. . .
crime, said bt, "Is a geed rjeei
a aa accident. A Yanr, aawu we-
..'If will remain.
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diminished. The first step Is; Don't
efirpv n aim 1"
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reckless drivers were in Paris.
told the story of the twelve rrencn iff
licemen who were sent te l-'JsVil. ,
training in traffic control. HM ' ''.,
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