A SMART DETECTIVE.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue II, 11 July 1896, Page 58

A SMART DETECTIVE.

Saindo, one of the cleverest of the Paris detectives, was one day making his round of the Quartier du Temple, when he found himself in a group listening to a man selling silver watches for five francs each.

Saindo bought one, and having assured himself that it was genuine, came to the not unnatural conclusion that these watches could not have been come by honestly. The vendor was, however, a giant, and Saindo is by no means blessed with large proportions. He furthermore argued that there were confederates among the group. In a minute or two he had formed a plan. He asked the man to take a glass of wine, saying that he meant to purchase another watch. The offer was accented, and a second watch was tendered, which Saindo pretended to examine. He, however, took to his heels, watch in hand. Thereupon the vendor pursued, crying, * Stop thief!’ When Saindo got him as far as the police station he turned around, clutched the other by the throat, and to the great astonishment of every one led his captive inside.