The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-11-28

as the evidence i'll all of the prosecution
is said to be from the same witnesses
Detective Humphrey testified in thos
that were called. Sheriff ReaSin, wht
! was one of the witnesses before tn,
Police Board, testified that he had sum
moned Humphrey over the telephone ant
that he had declined to recognize tli.
method of getting him before the Court
and said that he would not appear un
less the writ came in the usual manner
1t was also shown i'll evidence thai
Marshal Farnan hal directed Pumph
rey to look up the rcputat ton ofWein ant
and that he gave him money for that
purpose out of the contingent fund OF the
police board. Mr.. William II. Harlan, {;
member of the Bel Air bar who assisted
i'll the prosecution, stated that he found
the detective most willing witness and
that he had given Vein and SpcrzeI
horrible regulations. Rev. S. +. Nichol.
son, who was also on the stand, was
sharply cross-examincd by Mr. Poem re-
gard to the way the league obtained
evidence against the liquor law violators
and he admitted that they were sent to
saloons on Sundays to try to purchase
drinks and that any expense that might
he incurred i'll that way was paid by the
league.
DO understand then" said Mr.. Poe
that the anti-saloon league gave the
man money with which to tempt
saloon keepers to sell him liquor with the
object of testifying against the saloon
keepers and that the league paid him for
this work."
Mr.. Nicholson objected to the form of
the question and said that the agents OF
the league were ordered to Use no dis
honorable means to get evidence.
rs Mr. Vein drinking man." asked
MIR. Poe
81 imagine he is" said Mr. Nicholson.
"Do you know what Mr.. Veins con-
dition is at this moment" asked Mr..
Poe, raising his voice.
81 do not answered the witness. 81
have not seen him for an hour"
The exact purport of Mr.. Poe's last
question was not seen at the time, but
as Mr. Nicholson ard the other officers
lett the board room, the Sun inits report
SAYS, that Mr.. Vein attempted to follow
but the side OF the door frame intcrferred
His second attempt however, was more
successful.
The hearing of Captain Humphrey was
continued on Tuesday, but will probably
not be concluded for several days yet.
Of absorbing interest is the life story of
Louis Vein as told by himself on the
stand Vein is rather below medium
height, stout of build with black hair
mixed with gray and is neither possess
ing or Ircp"ssessing character. Hespeaks
with song German accent and is
apparently quite shrcwd, although at
times he appears dull, apparently through
the fault of not thoroughly understand
ing the English language. He gave a
complete history of his life and says that
his name is Louis Schles, and that he has
lost three fortunes, has pursued criminals
has hunted moonshiners i'll Tic wilds of
Australia, has delvcd with splendid re-
suits for gold in the same little Continent,
has sent murderers to the scalluld and
has mingled with anarchists in order to
learn of their plans and plots. Veins
family moved to Vienna when he was
very young and there he grew to man.
hood. III after years when he changed
his name for private reasons" he chose
the German name of his home city as his
surname.
lie claims that his family was wealthy,
but he was practically disowncd because
of his love for one Pauline Grote, a
Vienna girl, his family Directing to the
match lie elopcd with the woman in
1872, and came to New York where lie
married her. 1t was then that he began
his career as a sleuth. About 4 year
after his marriage, his family apparently
having forgivenlim, relative left Vienna
with $4,000 intiusted i'll his care for
Vein. The relative proved false to his
trust and fled to Australia with the
money. Vein, learning of the treacllery,
set out to run him down, his wife going
with him. The original quest proved
fruitless. Vein went to work in the gold
fields where he shortly anassed fortune
of 500, 900, all of which he gave to his
wife. Then he and his wife quarrclled
and she secured divorce.
After this Vein spent several years in
running down and prosecuting makers Of
moonshine whiskey. In 1888, he went to
Vienna, theme to London, Paris, and re.
turned to New York the same year. He
engaged in number of private detective
enterprises and part of the time hat
Swallowed several persons of well-knowr
anarchistic tendency. In1SS9 he married
a Mrs. Pollock, a widow, of New York
| with whom he lived but two months. HI
left with another woman by whom h
said he had two children. Vein was fol
lowing a suspected defauitcr and he tool
| the woman with him and when i'll Lon
don she left him. His wife secured di
vorce i'll the meantime, but she subsc
qucntly offered to re-marry him.
In May, last. Vein became an eInploye
of the Anti-Saloon League and has sc
cured number of indictments agains
saloon keepers i'll Montgomery, Howard
Hartford, Baltimore counties and Bait
more City. A number of witnesses wer
called to prove the character of JOIN
Sperzel, Veins associate in the liquo
cases in this county.
The defense opened its case by placin
Captain Humphrey on the stand. TIL
Captain said that his first knowledge {
Vein was obtained through Joseph Rel:
a mind reader, who, he afterwards III
rested on charge of larceny, for the Ne,
York authorities Hearing that an a
legged Iinkerton detective was nj work i