The Jersey City news., 1901-07-18
CRUSADE'S BL OW.
Detective Hired By Newark
Saloon Fighters Is on
Strike.
iAl
WANTS CASH FOR HIS WORK
Says He is Tired of Hear
ing "The Lord Will
Provide"
Especial to 'eThe Jersey city News. u

| NEWARK, July 49, 1901.-Detective Will
lam Huckel, the English sleutn. who has
been securing evidence against the saloon
keepers who sell liquor Sundays is en-
gagged in a new piece of detective work.
He believes this will tax all his skill and
powers of penetration. Having secured a
batch of evidence, the detective is now
trying to learn who is to pay him for his
labors, to say nothing of the small ex-
penses incurred in the crusade.
The detective came here on the recon-
mendation of a former Newark clergy
man, who gave him a letter of introduce
tion to Chief Crusader Edward s. Black
| The latter welcomed the sleuth and pre-
| sented him to the members of Unity
Lodge of Good Templars as the one man
of all men who could secure good, air.
tight, copper riveted evidence of the vio-
lation of the law Mr.. Huckel exhibited
his manifold disguises, false whiskers
| bald wigs, old clothes and other adjuncts
of real Sherlock Holmes. Unity Lodge
| was entranced and Huckel was engaged.
Two Sundays in succession the dectec-
/ tive and his assistant, Miss Jean Geddes
spent time and money collecting evidence
| and whiskey for use in the courts All
this time the detective was paying out his
| OWi SOOo HOliCys pUt oic doS A. 80 oSAN
| him that 1t might be as well to see where
! he stood in a financial way and who was
| to repay him.
| Chief Crusader Black had been too busy
| preparing a .davits to talk about finances
| but he had told repeatedly and with
unctuous grace that the English detective,
himself a Good Templar was Sin love
| with his work and ready to make any
| A. -rlax q
sounded nice and for a time kept the
English sleuth from thinking of money.
| But being a detective, it did not take
| Huckel long to find out that in the United
| States, as in ''Merrie England fame
dosen't buy frocks for the baby and as
there are half a dozen little Huckels,
all wearing frocks. not to say trousers
hats and shoes and all possessed of
healthy appetites, he bethought him that
he could get along with less fame and
glory and more cash.
"Who is on the committee?" he asked
of his employer, Crusader Black.
COMMITTEE? Why, there is no commit
tee. I'm doing this
where's the money to come from?"
"The Lord will provide"
Now, look-a-here," said Mr.. Huckel,
beginning to take the matter seriously
''Look-a-here. There should be COM
rnittee, and there should be money. You
can't expect to run crusade like this
without money
Mr.. Huckel said "hexpect'' but that was
when be began to get warmed up. He is
usually more careful of his letter "h."
Look here he went on. II can
beg. You get committee of good people
| together and let them authorize me to go
around for subscriptions, and I'll get you
500 or $500 in jiffy.''
Still Mr. Black could not see the utility
| of a committee to share with him the
glory of driving the saloon-keepers out of
business. He told Huckel that he would
be all right.
| ''When?"
"In good time.''
"Good time for what?"
ssNow, don't be impertinent. Just think
| of the glorious work we are doing"
.Thats all right about the glorious
work, but what want is money"
| The upshot of that argument was that
| Chief Crusader Black gave Huckel lit
| tie book, on the first page of which was
| written statement to the effect that
| William Huckel was authorized to collect
money to push the crusade. The state
ment bore the signature of Edward S.
| Black Huckel toted the book around and
showed it to several people. Detective
| Huckel could not understand why people
smiled when he presented the book and
| why they persistently asked who were
Mr.. Blacks coadjutors in the movement.
| Wearied at length of the smiles of those
| who would not give and of the glory
that Mr.. Black heaped on him, Huckel
made up his mind that he would try the
chief crusader. With that end in view
he visited the lawyer again.
| .sLook-a-here,' he began. In England
! detectives always say 'look-a-here' when
they mean business. Huckel had explain
ed that to Mr. Black, so the chief cru
sader knew what to 'hexpect when
Huckel said 'look-a-here."
Look here" said Huckel again, for
| emphasis ''When do l get the money for
my work? I've spent more than $40 out
| of my pocket and I cawn't stand it.
Look-a-here, I've just been over on the
| other side for q bit of a holiday and
need the money. I must have 1t.
"I am very busy now with my private
business. Can't you run in again?''
That's all right about your private
| business. but you lOOk-a-here! WHAT'S
about my private business? When do 1
get the money!. That's what want to
know"
.I'm busy. now. Please go away Come
| in tomorrow, the day after, any time.
Come in Thursday. Unity Lodge meets
| Wednesday night. I'll see what the lodge
will do. You come in again. I'm awfully
busy"
Look here" said Hucke, 'look-a-
| here. l cawn't wait. / must have the
ready. Our work is done here Look-a-
mere. I'VE got to pay 'er wage, slS
! week. That's Miss Geddes. She's got to
have 'er wage. Then there's my expenses.
And then there's my pay for my work.
and the boys wage, too. Look-a-here,
cawn't wait
"Well, don't you see I'm busy? Come
in this afternoon. One o'clock III see
what can do for you then.
sAll right. I'll come. But, look-a-herc-
want the money when come around.
No monkey shines about it. want the
ready"
When Mr.. Black was asked if what
TIuckel said was true he denied itit IN
dignantly..
Mr. Huckel was in my office yester-
day and was paid nsfull, all except $3.50,