A Born Detective

Published in

• Salt Lake [UT] Evening Democrat, August 13 & 26, 1885—with the subtitle “A Detroit Negro Who Cleverly Captured a Watermelon Thief”
• The Brooklyn [NY] Union, August 19, 1885—with the subtitle “A Detroit Negro Who Cleverly Captured a Watermelon Thief”
• The Golden Argosy, September 5, 1885

Reprinted without title in

• Chicago [IL] Tribune, July 30, 1885
• Bismark [ND] Weekly Tribune, August 7, 1885

“A Natural Detective—Reasoning From cause to Effect—Making a Case” in
The Altoona [PA] Tribune, August 6, 1885

“Ought to be a Detective” in

• Detroit [MI] Free Press, July 21, 1885
• The Buffalo [NY] Commercial, July 23 & 24, 1885
• The Baldwin [KS] Ledger, August 7, 1885
• The Head-light [Thayer, KS], August 7, 1885
• The York [PA] Daily, August 12, 1885
• Nemaha County Republican [Sabetha, KS], August 13, 1885
• The Peabody [KS] Gazette-Herald, August 13, 1885
• The Caldwell [ID] Tribune, August 21, 1885
• The Dispatch [Reamsville, KS], August 21, 1885
• The Daily Nebraska Press [Nebraska City, NE], September 6, 1885
• The Democratic Times [Ravenna, OH], October 22, 1885

“The Stolen Watermelon” in
Rutland [VT] Daily Herald, July 24, 1885

“Qualified for a Detective” in

• The Macon [GA] Telegraph, July 26, 1885
• Savannah [GA] Morning News, July 28, 1885
• The Galveston [TX] Daily News, August 1, 1885

“Designed for a Detective” in

• Jefferson Democrat [Hillsboro, MO], August 12, 1885—with the subtitle “A Watermelon Thief Cutely Captured by a Cunning Colored Man”
• Yorkville Enquirer [York, SC], August 27, 1885
• Waynesboro [PA] Record, September 10, 1885
• The Newton [NC] Enterprise, September 25, 1885

“Keen for Watermelon—A Colored Man Who Displayed Rare Detective Genius” in

• The Times [Harbor Beach, MI], August 21, 1885
• Cawker City [KS] Public Record, August 27, 1885
• The Eskridge [KS] Home Weekly, August 27, 1885
• The Onaga [KS] Democrat, August 27, 1885
• Osceola [MO] Advance, August 27, 1885
• The Fairbury [NE] Gazette, August 29, 1885
• The Rugby Gazette and East Tennessee News, August 29, 1885
• The Fairmont [NE] Bulletin, September 2, 1885
• The Neenah [WI] Daily Times, September 2, 1885
• The Wyandott Herald [Kansas City, KS], September 10, 1885
• West Virginia Argus [Kingwood, WV], September 11, 1885
• Herald and Review [Decatur, IL], February 19, 1886
• The Herald-Dispatch [Decatur, IL], June 5, 1886

“A Detective in Embryo” in
Northwest Enterprise [Anacortes, WA], September 5, 1885 with an introductory paragraph

“Water Melon Thief Hunted Down” in
The Saint Paul [MN] Globe, October 6, 1885