The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-12
DETECTIVES
SIRATAG[A
Veteran in the Business Talks
of His Experiences.
BACK IN SEVENTIES
How Man Was Coaxed from
Honduras.
BACK IN SEVENTIES

euradition treaties, il came my way tc
20 ate rand endeavor to snag a lot OF
criminals in various parts Of the world,
said a veteran detective of the old ByTnes
staff, who is now conducting a private
detective agency, TO a New York Sun re-
porter.
We had TO frame up al sorts of STRAIT
egic schemes to land them on American
territory.
-One case was that of young fellow
who made the hop from New York TO Te-
gucigalpa, Honduras. in 1886. In the alb
sence in urope OF his employer he had
Quilted the art store of which he was the
manager. He was supposed to have
cleaned up $4,000 or $4,000 before he bolt
ed.
He was a good looking chap Of thirty
or so. inclined to society stints. Within
less than a month the American consul 1T
Tegucigalpa sprung him. The old man
sent ne down after him.
90 This is fly boy that you're going
after he said to me when l started, and
there's no treaty with Honduras, of
course, so I guess youn have to take
your time at the job and sort Of oil him
along.
The evening that l got in Tegucigalpa
on mule back, after the rough trip over
the mountain country from the coast, /
made first FOR the consulate.
Hes swinging hign,' the consul told
me. and tonight he'll be attending a swell
al fresco fete at the home of one of the
ministers of a former cabinet who
went cut of office with so much loot that
he hasn't got through counting ii yet.
Your bright and attractive boy is brush
ing up TO the ex-secretarys only daugh-
ter and he'd have a pretty fair chance TO
get away with the marriage if he WASH t
so badly wanted. Besides that. he s got
hold of some rafting good gold mining
concessions that he's talking Of working.
Il got the consul to send a messenger
10 the ex-minster of the cabinet for an
invitation TO the evenings fete for me,
and the messenger brought the invita-
ton back all right ! brushed up at the
hotel and climbed into my evening rig.
and then, about o'clock, the consul and
] were driven to the fete in his rickety
old caloosh. The consul introduced me TO
q peek at the young man l was after.
I'VE found him Waiting with his rich
hosts daughter and from the goo-goo
Elances they were bestowing upon each
other it looked like a sure-enough case
of an early splice for the pair. The party
broke up at O'Clock I'm the morning and
after a lot of languishing good-bys with
his hosts daughter the young fellow made
his way to the open barouche that was
waiting for him. / hoped away from the
consult just as my man was stepping
into il.
" Room for another in there. mate?' I
asked him.
He stared at me in the dim light of
the road and then he laughed good-na-
turedly
" There's always room alongside Of me
for man that talks English, he said.
Get IN. Going to the hotel?'
d" 'Yes.'~I said, and I stepped into the
barouche and sat down with him.
The stars look pretty close to the
ground down here, don't they? said l.
pointing upward after the carriage had
logged aloag a bit They seem to be a
whole lot further away up in the states.
by the way, and I turned and looked
straight at him in the light of a street
lamp that we happened to be passing.
how would You like TO go back to me
United States?'
e He was a wise boy. and that was
enough for him. He shifted around in
his seat and stared at me for long
time
- oh, I see he said and then he stared
at me some more-we were approach ng
the better-nghted district of the place.
" say. he said. as We neared the hotel.
If so along with you you won't peach
on me down here-wont say a word?'
What for said l. What would be
the good of that
Surprising 7 buck and refuse TO go?'
he asked ne then.
oh. nothing. / replied. EXCEPT that
Ia make sort of an inland beach
comber Of you here in Tegucigalpa inside
OF twenty-four hours
Wen start in. the morning. was his
prompt reply. on condition that YOU give
me your word that you won't show me
up down here I've got some things going
81 this place that / don't want to lose out
on Wen make It that I'm suddenly
called back 10 the states on business. eh2'
You're on. said !, and went 10 bed
yelling pretty good with myself that
night
My young man spent part OF the next
forenoon making round OF calls. ex-
planning that he'd been called back 70
Now Nn-l. F,r A., v,--+r, -, o., -. -.
business. Then he had an hours good
bye session with his young woman and
At noon we set out for home Just as
cute as could be.
THAT fellow was good. He made quick
terms with his employer from whom he
had copied the wad by surrenderiug the
bulk Of the money that he had stolen
The employer then declined 70 prosecute
him and went west TO set out OF the way
for while. and the young fellow wa,
turned loose.
He hustled around. as soon as h
gained his freedom. and got lot O,
moneyed Chicago men interested in N,
gold mines Of Honduras for which he haf
the government concessions. and Just tyvr
months after ] had suagCed him from
Tesuciealpa he vas back there with ev
ing colors. accompanied dby an outfit a.
Chicago capitalists and mining engineers
THE people ne knew IN Tesucieal "a
didn; know anything about his rroubl,
up in New York. and he married his rici
girl within a month after his return FL
mines made good. and everything wa,
coming his way when he drank himself
into a tropical fever and died seven o.
eight years ago.
The strongest game I ever had TO pla,