Evening journal., 1903-09-04
A Bit OF ~
Detective WoS
tOrigi1al1

'Eere, Crane" said the chief, tossing
me note, 4is a JOB for you"
Jarvis. the bank robbor that YOURS
looking for. is going 10 give you the ais
by leaving the country. lie takes the
1880 train tomorrow for Philadelphia
from the Jersey City Pennsylvania depot
and will sail the same evening on a tranr
steamer. His mother goes with him.
The note was written in 4 woman'a
hand, and it seemed probable that
some companion with whom be hadJ
become antagonized had given him
away. 1 took an assistant along and
an hour before train time went to the&
depot on the Jersey side and sat down
In the spacious corridor railed of from
the trains TO wait and watch. Ten
ninutes before train time a woman
about sixty years OF age passed
through to the train, and as there was
something in the way she looked
about her that attracted my attention
l concluded to follow her, leaving Bur
ton, my assistant, to watch outside till
the train was about to start.
Tie woman went into an ordinaryE
passenger coach and sat down, deposit
ing her bundles beside her. She seem
ed to be anxiously looking for some
one, and when the train pulled out on
the station, that person not having ap-N
! peared, she made a frantic rush to. get<
off. But the train was by this time
moving pretty rapidly and a brakeman,
catching sight of her, stopped her
Then she went back to her seat and
began to cry.
whats the matter" I asked.
my old mans gone and got himself
/ left lie was TO meet me here TO go tOs
Philauelphy. I'm afeerd somep'n's hap
/ pened to him" ~
maybe he's on the train some'rs"
replied. "What kind of a looking man
is hea I'll hunt him up for you."
Hes purity old, my man is. No
hair 'cept patches of white hairs be-
hind tae ears, white beard under his
chin and wears green glasses" r4
"All right. I'll find him for you IL
he's aboard"
Glad of an excuse TO inspect the pas
sengers l got up from my seat and
went into the next car forward, where
had posted Burton. Directing him to
search the cars ahead 1 searched those
in rear We both scrutinized every
body, but when we met we had seen
no one answering the description or
exciting the last suspicion. went
back TO the old woman and told her
feared her husband had really got left.
whats the first stop7" she asked.
Trenton, and that's the only stop
Of this train. VIII you get out thereg"
II dunno. / dunno what to dO'' '4oe.
The great danger now was that our
man if on the train might elude us at
Trenton. posted Burton in the for
ward part OF the train while took a
position 10 the rear, arranging with
him that as soon as the train stopped
we were TO jump off. move back on the
platform TO a point where those getting
on and OF would not intercept our
view of each other and scrutinize every
one. When the train rolled into the
station we did as we had agreed, brfs
neither Of us saw any one get Off ezh
citing the least suspicion. We kept up
the watch till the conductor signaled
the engineer to pull out, and at the
moment we were about TO step aboard
a well dressed gentleman whom we had
noticed on the train immersed in his
newspaper Jumped from the car plat
form and with the agility Of a cat ran
70 the exit Quick as thought / sig
nailed Burton 10 get on the train while
1 turned and ran after the fugitive
He led me quite a long chase and it
would have been longer had / not sig
nailed cop on the street just as the
runner passed him. This ended the
pursuit and in few minutes L had,a'
pair Of bracelets ON the gentlemanly
man who had so long fooled US on the
train. afq
As soon as got him to the police
station took out a photograph of Jar
Wis and compared il with my captiye
There was nothiog very rugged about
either man or photograph, though did
not doubt from ihe resemblance that
the one was a likeness Of the other. The
original was of "a more delicate castaof
countenance than the picture, but this
l attributed to the refining makeup,
which was for gintleman. lra1
"Well,Y he said despondently, you've
got me. done my best to beat you. 1
couldn't stay any longer in New York
You had me cornercd."
telegraphed Burton at Philadelphia
that had my man He was not TO risk
anything by arresnng the old woman
unless he had proof OF her completely
with Jarvis This was the same as or
dering him not TO trouble her, for there
was no evidence whatever against her.
t / was several days waiting for extra-
eition papers from New Jersey TO New
York. Just before ] was ready TO leave
the matron of the jail came to me with
a curious look in her eye. laDala
"You won't be allowed to take the
prisoner out Of the state on the papers
you have" she said, 500 .s"
"Why notT naa aa
Because they call for a man." 9
"And whom do l propose TO take II
rot MANI" u
"wen. If you take the person you
brought here itll be- woman" ~Hno
What" io -gon
II "Jarvis sent for me this morning and
proved to me conclusively that the pa.r
n ncrs committing him or her were ille.
gal. since they state the sex incorrectly.
She demands her release" n
Well. that ends the story. The old
4 woman was Jarvis himself, and ny
catch was HIS sister, who resembIed
him. She had got of at Trenton on plu--