Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

1t was pure chance. matter not wor-
thy of mention, which secured his
transfer to the staff of the detective
bureau. He had no appetite for the
work, yet he must have possessed a
certain fitness for 1t. Perhaps the ad-
vantage of early mental training, add
ed to an unfailing memory and per-
ception of little things that was due
to the German blood In him, helped to
make a real detective of him.
Yet there is no money in detecting
alone and but small advancement, as
Elmendorf well knew, What one
needs is the skill to construct good,
strong pull" coupled with the ca
pacity to turn the incidents of the pro-
fession to ones personal advantage.
In these important particulars Elmen-
dorf was dire failure. He secured no
pull, and he was forced to live almost
entirely upon his salary. Indeed his
continuance on the staff was due
largely to the favor in which he was
held by certain men connected with
the press. The feeling that If Elmen-
dorf should be sent back to patrol duty
somebody would get roasted" for 1t
long and hard in at least two of the
big papers was the deciding factor in
his case on several occasions.
He was useful, however, in affairs
like that with which the present rec
ord has to do, where early rumor con-
nected persons of prominence and
wealth with criminal cases and It was
desirable to have prompt and honest
report as basis for subsequent action.
In the matter of the murderous at
tack upon Elsie Miller, Elmendorf re-
ceived orders, on the morning of the
day following that upon which the
crime was committed, to "look mn"
John Robinson. 1t appeared that Rob-
,nson hod ,ae. +,o ,o,,o n,,..
oigbth stro.t i,n,nad;ato,S e.a. 49,.
$500 - ~ ,'a., "..e. 1,'u 60,
49,. ,.,,,,.a.ia NV ',e"eu W.
" anu PAM "a
NJ -.
~. ~ e We pu. ~ .ie way VI
Us. ~ "nen ne ues.eu ~ so'
- 'ounS inan VI NY
IL, ILL s,aN .,' M'iheu upon s'e e
80 SUI y. 'ne street nopiuson uiu
~. eee 'n1s 'ouns mn 10 soine
ue. sea. n,sior.une ioi .ne per
~, ,us =. "app.neu' -
.Ai. a.. u eonsiuet aO'e
% " p.ues', ''n sAeleiee VI
secIhihSis uiiIless SUI tlle young luuu
a.u ~. ~ i.oo,ison' anu .nis was un-
gue, SIRIUS inislo, ,une 1oi ene
sao" vas iounuis emo,n q.
=! Y "n' a,'.' !" - ui'iese
seaien, ne was ooiseu ~ ANNOUNCE
nis i.,''u,e " .,al nun ie'ua,, ne uiu
nv W ms VI course un.ii he niu
"a.eu us ,.e ~ i,on. ~ .ne
nouse "nere hooinson hseu' a1au ,NoD,
nso a ne INC nauow
Mou.u na w, ssen, ~ us supsel l.,.....
tepo.' Aut s.a.en,en' eoyelins e'e.y
" on nv a
-
,nm ,aas, s' pmt e su .n,a,,
.s,, ns,,,sSa - y. .anaa ,
.ss','
w. ,.,,',
-. -, Sa,, e.. -
w. n 49, a. ~ as,;.s
"S 50. w. A az, -. a 80 800
INV .,,. .na. ns uiu Nv. mM .,a,on,' - ~
" u W. .. ~. =, -
N. - ~" c,.. -. So $500 ~
pp s'.i., :. &c
~ I,.s's,,, ~ ,.t;,,.
o ''' sApps1'
wis
tans,"'ea .n.s .lean. .na. -, =. :. ~,
o.e ~ l, -, 49,. 81. ernn
NC ~. -.
'..eie a on.s w pi -. ~
u nm "
'a,
Iinienui nav y. nv ,ue, .,
nau sN.ppeu' pAnspas ~. ..
n umeie "us w app",en. sas :.
NJ ny e.sin nau un, 90. ~ 800 ~
.,ia'e anu iIau ei ", iei. w a,,,,'Ia
.iie .es'',uoy y, .ne ss. 'an., = 49,
Mo.n nj III. - s, IN. poh;p.c,'
sut,siae.oi,.s p.oNeu. in"e i>oD 80.
nau ,niiie.iia'eis ie.u' neu unu eo =.
AN... FNND
eu ,,ie a..oe.ou ,, .lnus ~, 800 49, y
. su,a, vas ~ ii 1 ,., 49, =.
WV , a,.on' ''iousn nc NV. 80.
9u.n ~ po.nesis s'u.eu. nc.
n 'leine as,a.'on 49,
oasn. ~ 'Ae ae.ne m"s uue ~ ~ .,.n'.
,n INV ..use VI .ne ana.. .naA
ne i,.u ulseioseu vas u inuei' i'ioie ieA'
s ~ p,oiosio ~ ,,,.,,
W ~ .nes ~ .Ae 80 ;. A ~
IT o.. ~, IT. II a - -. ~.
~. ~. , ,n ,an. 80 =. .n .a.
M ae ny fnn u 49, @ III IT,, Mt
Ha, ~ as wv l po,ns' upnn 49, T., ,sas
nas. po'i' $3.50. MI.
Is ..'i ,' ~ eussuon .nm -,
49,. -, 49, ~. ny ~ ,A'1... =
Sha 10, ta Nc, .s.i w" u, ..ie nosl' ~.
,.an u 80 sa'u .i,a , se =, .u .,. Wv, NV
nos GU na' ,utu ~ WIN .ne NV.
apSn 800 .nl,,.l,n 49, '.,a a $3.50 ~
plooaps 40 p.u' ues o., 'n ~
o,e 1851 sonnIt..u VIZ .ne p :.
u mioi W an ,.en.ns pam VIZ =.
pon ieeeN ,s nis o,ueis ~ iesalu
~ nso 81 .nu ue.e..iNe wen, w"
WV II " VIC ouiiuihS IL "nich 1Aloen ;