Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-17
THE MAN WHO
 HAS MY NAME
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eharacter, always getting into trouble and, as we are both known as F. A. Mills, I, being the better known, usu- ally get the credit for his misdeeds His father many years ago was prom nent and was presented with a silver service. The son pawned it. and it was soon reported that my fathers testimonial was to be seen in the win dow of a pawnshop. This alone cost me hosts of friends. The only business Mr. Edward Alien Mills followed was that of detective. at which he was very expert. Being dishonest himself, he knew how to track dishonesty.
 One afternoon a messenger came into my office with note for E.HA. Mills which opened It read: .Hn.
 Call at once at the BingIey hotal
 P, |. BROWN
 knew the man to be large real cs tate operator iuga ndlrhboPlng city and hoped for an'impoftant order GCiue to the hotef I found Mi. Brown, who upon leArniHg that I was MT. N1iiis told me tiiat during the preceding night his r5om had been entered and he had been robbed Of 5000 in bnls which he fad with him to make tea der for a piece of property he claimed to have purchased, the owner asserting that it had not been sold.
 MT. Brown was a steady talkor who would permit of no interruption and insisted on giving me all the, facts he fore l could get in a word By thai time I concluded to let him remain fos awhile in ignorance of my true voca ton. trusting that his mistake nigh, turn out to be of some advantage tc me. It was near 6 o'clock when i called and he invited me to go down tc dinner with him, when he would have plenty Of time to give me the facts. l. was plain to ne that was supposed to be Mills tue detective instead of Mills the real estate dealer. resolved to take advantage of the mistake to get some satisfaction for the damage done me by MT. Mills' unenviabe reputation by eating q good dinner meant for him.
 MT. Brown was an epicure and set before me a feast with plenty of wine. The consequence was that before we had finished had drunk my share or two bottles of champa gne. Wine makes me stupid and sleepy, and asked my hosts permission to go up to his room and lie down. He told me to do so and said he would be up present ly himself He gave me his key. which I inserted i'll the door, but found that it had not been locked. I went in. felt my way in the dark to one of two beds In the room and, being somewhat 'ab- sentminded." took off my clothes and went to bed.
 Suddenly I was awakened by some one in the room. expected to see Mir. Brown light the gas, but instead it was lighted by a woman Her back being turned to me, l had time to slip out of and under the bed From my hiding place I saw the woman take out a large bundle of bills. count them ana place them under her pillow. Then she went to door leading to an ad, joining room. turned the knob stealth fly and listened Finally she turned out the gas and got into the other bed, which, fortunately for me, was farthest from the door. a-gI4 -HGs
 It was plain to me that 1 had got into the wrong room. which. suspected. was the one. next to Mr. Browns. If so. this woman was the thief and had ob- tained access to his room through the intervening door. Waiting till heard her snare, I stealthily. gathered up my clothes and. crawling to the door, un- locked t and went out. Just as l did so the night watcbman came along ard. seeing me stealing out of room uD, dressed, took, me in charge. However. I succeeded in. getting him to let me prove the story told him., and, after dressing I went downstairs with him The room had slept in was found tC he next to Mir. Browns, and, calling for the police, we made the raid
 The woman told very straight story which of course convinced no one. and she was ordered to dress and come along. but before we left the hotel the proprietor was called up and identified her as one of the most respectable pa. irons of the house Then the bills were examined and found to be no more than necessary for her travelling expenses. The result was that she was permitted to go back to bed after receiving hum ble apology, and I was taken to the sta tion and locked up.
 Words cannot describe the horror Of that night in cell A drunken prison CT was brought in fighting. woman screaming. While these people were making night hideOus without my cell the rats were scuriying about within. Fortunately I had not been imprisoned till 2 o'clock in the morning, so the night was short, and when brought up for examination in the morning l found no difficulty in proving my identity as a prominent real estate man and was discharged with warning from the s,,r%;oo %c =fsot- 4, s,,xy f.rxyx. Ipf