Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-29

Igleheart and manages the Salt Lake Herald. of which w. A. Clark is presi- dent-deveIoped in Chicago the quali- ties which have made him success full newspaper publisher. During the days of the worlds fair he was in charge of the Records bureau on the grounds and bossed staff that was enthusiastic. active and rather prided itself upon its ability 10 get every bit of news on the ground day or two ahead of anybody else.
 One day the rumor reached the office that Thomas A. Edison was In the city, and had been on the fair grounds every day for a, week without being ison's opinion of the fair, and partic- ularly of the electrical display, had been awaited by every electrical ex- pert in the country. and the value of his impressions of the great exposition was too apparent to need a diagram. News that the wizard was close at hand. and that he had been prowling about for a week without discovery, gave Igleheart shock which pro- duced something partaking of the symptoms of both nervous prostration and heart disease. He was certainly worried and his nights were sleepless.
 Every day he tried a new scheme. and every man on the stan tried his hand at locating the great inventor. The electricity building was watched; the grounds were divided up into sec tions. a section assigned 10 each re- porter, and a patrol system established which would have done credit to the experienced sleuths of Scotland Yard.
 A face so familiar as Edison's of fered hope of detection even in big crowd but with 100000 or 3O0,000 vis- itors on the grounds the task proved insuperable. Prof. Barrett. who was chief of the electricity department, had no information to give, no light to offer. and the boys were at their wits end. scared all the time for fear that some other paper would blossom with an Edison story.
 Finally. after two days of anxiety. which threatened to send every mem Der of the staff to the detention hos pital. Igleheart decided to participate actively in the search himself He ac- cordingly went to the electricity build ing walked into the chiefs office and found the assistant. Dr. Allan Horns bv. there alone. Without giving Horrsby a chance 10 collect himself. Igleheart said:
 Doc. I want to find Edison. I've inst 20, 10 have an interview with him. and must have it tonight"
 Hornsby. an old and thoroughly ex- perienced newspaper man himself. smiled guiltily and tried to dodge. bu. he finally admitted with great reluci- ance. when pushed to the extreme that Edison was In town. and that his vhe-e,houts were known.
 "Bu, can't tell you where he is- ;" continued Horushy. much as I'd Ike 10. for we are under orders not to give him away. That's all there Is io if. and you are simply wasting time by trying to pry anything out of me"
 rnsleheart was determined. He vas also desperate. and he sat in with Hornsby for ar hour. hut without suc- ress. wh>u he pleaded. Hornsby was stone. wbe7 he threatened. Hornsby ius. laughed and reminded him that he knew something about the game himself 1sleheart appealed to Horns hy's sympa,hies. his esprit du corps: he vorked very turn which is part If the component of the man whose business it Is to elicit information iron, sources from which information Is not supposed to come
 Al last Hornsby said: Look herr. rxieheart. there fs 10 use of your try-. ing sh. old games on me I'm not O- ing 10 give up. and if you knew vAsrO Edison is you coxlert get A1 him Fe like to help yoa. but I can't and sllne .< ell there is to it You will hsvo o sry souevhere elee-
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