The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-12-08
CALIBRE OF THE FELLOW
Who Turned Up the Liquor Dealers In
Carroll County.
WAS ARRESTED IN CLEvgLAND
Be Buncoed -Detestivcs captsre
DeteotIve-His KVIdeuee
wal he Greatly Pm
paired New.

An employe Of q Cleveland detective
agency IL in serious trouble with tEe
police authorities on aoooHnt Of an all eg-
ed attemps 10 unlawfully eurieh him
self at tie expense Of saloon keeper
under fear Of prosecution for an alleged
violation Of tho sun day liquor law. The
mans name IL Homer u. Fisher and
he is charged with blaokmaalng Eugene
Hal1emsA Of Magnolia out Of the sum
of $3.50.
Fisher wSs arrested yesterday after
y noon by DeteotfS Rlaee and Stanton, in
the fsOe Of E. II. Biorknnn Il Co., 81
Sheriff street. Cleveland. 10 is slid by
the detectives who made the arrest that
they caught Fisher In the act Of pocket
ing the sun Of $3.50 which he Is Ilegs6 to
have received from Haldeman. Poe
saloon keeper had gone all ths way to
Cleveland from Magnolia for the purp Csc
Of squaTing up with tho detective, who
claimed TO have eVidGJSs against him for
the violation of tAs Sunday nqor law in
Carroll oOuniy. He hBd previously
notified the Cleveland police that lie
thought he was being made the victim Of
u blaokmaillng sslems, and tue poll Ce
GetgcIlves were Therefore prspArtS.
Bisaer is alleged to have done business
uECer the alias Uf George e. yo,d. He is
9S years Of age, Of good aypearanse,S and Is
DlarrieI. He Slains 40 live on Harvard
street, 0uSsids she city limits. The
Perkins detective Ggsncy had employed
him o. obtain eyiaence against saloon
men In Carroll county in the interest Of
she anti-saloon league. Fisher YVES
successful and succeeded in gstting. in
dlotmsns agsira 1l2 salot nlsts, IN
the pockets when EsaTshsd wsrs found
memCrahda Of the diheIsnt easss he hsn
investigated
Oue man with whom he had dealings
wss Eugens Hsldemsn, q Magnolia
salobHist. On Monday last the CIeVS-
Land police received letter from Halds-
man which stated that tho writer had
teen approached by a detective from
Cleveland, acting 10 the interests Of the
snti's4loOn league against Iue viO!at 70
Of the sunday ClOsing law in Carroll
county. Tho letter said that TLe detac-
tige claimed 10 have evidence ag4iust the
sender which wouli 'eonvi9J him Of
keeping bis place Cf business open on
trial an expense Of several hundred dol-
lars. 70 prevent this, the Letter stated,
the detective tad expressed Willingness
to settle tte master for the sum Of $3.50
for which coIei1eFatiIn he would make
II convenient to stay away from + G trial
and withhold his testimony. Thle sum
wac said b be necessary TO keep thu detso-
tive qaiet.
mir. Hnldeman was advised 10 eorPe-
spond with the detective and make
arrangements for the payment Of the re-
quired sum. hr. Haldeman did this and
wrote letter TO George E. Ford. DeteG-
ti7e Stanton established a slOss lges out aS
this pOstofIice and when man called
there Wednesday afternoon and inquired
for q letter far George Il. Ford he was
watched. He was Eeen to send tele-
gram to Mr Haldeman AZ Magnolia
Deteoiiye Stsntou at once sent another 10
Huldeman, telling him to 90 to Cleve.
land az Ford required.
Thursday at roOn HaldemGn and Ford
r. ct at the Wilson avenue crossing Of the
Q. &t p. railway and Detectives Klaus
and Stanton followed them down
town ato t, Tor the two msn had much to
say to each other aud s2SnSi 10 want 80
avoid the street ears, They were fDllSw-
Oh TO the eiiiSe In Shsl III street, whsPO
the arrest Was made, Haltsu,an, wish.
ing to see what hS would do N tho oasS,
beat the dStsStiyS down SEQ ~ tho deal.
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