Sam Simpkins, Sleuth (1912)
Sam Simpkins, a young rube, pays a visit to a phrenologist who, after carefully examining the various bumps on Sam's head, tells him he is a born detective. Filled with enthusiasm, Sam takes up a correspondence course in detective work and graduates with high honors. He now goes to the city and prepares to rid the place of criminals both large and small. He sees a newspaper ad offering rewards of $25 apiece for the capture of crooks. He answers the ad and receives three photographs and a letter telling him to get busy. Sam now proceeds to scour the streets and finally ropes in a tough specimen, identifies him by one of the photos and lands him in jail. Thinking he recognizes another crook in the company of two women, Sam tries to arrest him, but the women drive him away with their hat-pins. Sam is determined and finally trails another tough specimen, identifies him by the last photo and takes him to the station. Elated with success, Sam wires the agency he has captured the two crooks and waits for his rewards. But his joy is soon cut short, for a return wire is sent him saying the three photos were all pictures of the same crook taken in different poses, and that he "is a blamed fool." Sam is about to give up sleuthing in disgust when he receives word from the police captain saying one of the toughs has been badly wanted for some time and, in reward for Sam's capture of the crook, offers him a place on the force. Naturally, Sam accepts with alacrity.
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