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Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author. In 1904, he left St. Louis and permanently moved to western North Carolina. Living and working in a cabin on Hazel Creek in Swain County, Kephart began to document life in the Great Smoky Mountains. He created 27 journals in which he made copious notes on a variety of topics. Journal 13 (previously known as Journal XVI) includes information on crime detection, and criminals. Click the link in the Related Materials field to view a table of contents for this journal.Horace Kephart Joumal13 " ( CRIME- - Detection . Last week at dinner she had sat beside Judge Allison in his home and heard him denounce the police in biting tones. He had said that eighty per cent. of all the murderers went uncaught and that less than two per cent. got punished . . " Insight, Wit, Nerve"-the three win­ning cards in the game of crime-had been Judge Allison' s pronouncement.! Insight to divine the road the pursue ) would take; wit to extri cate one's self when cornered; nerve to play the game through to the end, making no admissions, conceding no points, proclaiming inno­cence in the fa ce of an army of accusers. J Insight, wit, nerve,- she would have these, because she must have them! _ ( weu-,··ck:~~;,~~;c;,};~-h~d- -~ommitted the murder up in Room 309 in the Palace Hotel. His apparent alibi in the fact that he was taking part in Elaine's performance at the...

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