Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-04
BOSS DURHAM is
SERIOUSLY I'LL.
NOW YOU SEE HIM, NOW YOU
DON'T
Pasadenans Interested in the Former
Leaders Game of Hide-and-Seek,
While the East Clamors
for His Return

| Israel w. Durham, erstwhile boss of
Philadelphia, is the will-o'- -the-wisp of
| Pasadena.
| Last night rumors were freely circu-
| lated that the Quaker Cityans heart
was again falling growing out of his
attack of grip, but whether there was
| basis for such talk was not ascertain
able from headquarters.
| Living in expensive quarters at Hotel
Green Boss Durham and his brother
seek to lead an isolated life and they
are having their ambition gratified as
far as it is in the power of the hotel
management. To the outside public
are incommunicado. Not even a card
| will be sent to the Durham suite. All
messages are deposited in a box where
| they undergo inspection of u censor,
who is understood to be Israel Dur
hams brother and very few of these
notes, doubtless, reach the eyes of
| the addressee.
| Special interest attaches to the oc-
cupants of the Durham suite just now
because from all parts of the Keystone
state requests are pouring in to the
former boss to come back to testify in
| the pending Investigation of the state
| insurance commissioners Office at Har-
risburg.
The fact is Durham is entirely in
the hands of his physician. All orders
have emanated from that worthy and
one of the principal ones was that
under no circumstances was the dis
tinguished patient to be worried or
| disturbed.
Must Forget Cares
| He has been admonished to forget all
| political and business cares no mat
ter what the circumstances. AS laLe
avs yesterday this doctor said that
without special precautions there would
| be recurrence of the grip spell, that
has almost laid low the retired leader.
| The danger would be alarming if Mr..
| Durham undertook to take trip east
with zero weather and unavoidable ex-
posure staring at him. This announce
ment, say those who are in touch with
| the situation, OUGHT to set ~ rest all
thought of Boss Durham going back to
| his home state, no matter what the
cause or the call.
1t is highly probable that the stay
in Pasadena or hereabouts will be pro-
| longed through the winter. The city
| looks its prettiest in March when the
| roses bloom, and when society gathers
here from all over the world for the
horse show
| Mr.. Durham was out on the streets
yesterday. He seeks the unfrequented
places and the side entrances and exits
of the hotel, of which there are many,
are good enough for him. He sleeps
late and after a breakfast served in
his room goes out about 10 usually
and returns before 4 when the even
ing's chill begins.
Patrol Against Intruders
| The halls leading to the Durham
suite are patrolled against intruderS.
All orders are given personally by the
| lRaasa i
| biles or service of any kind utilized in
behalf of the Durhams. Strict secrecy
| is enjoined on all the attaches to
make it a point to be in absolute ig-
norance concerning the DurhamS and
with Lieutenant Eduard Scharrer, the
| liberal suitor for the hand of Brewer
Busch's daughter, as Il guest at the
same hostelry the employees find but
little difficulty in forgetting that such
guests as the Durhams are under the
| Green's rooftree.
! Day after day absurd rumors arise
about the Durhams and daily are
| printed, denied and reaffirmed. some
even insisting that the Durhams have
| Hett the hotel for private quarters.
Ihat he has never gone farther away
than Los Angeles seems reasona bly,
true. The latest story, that the Dur
| hams had taken refuge in Esperanza,
a retreat for lung and throat patients
IN the foothills a mile northeast OF
Altadena, is also denied. This denial
comes from Superintendent Melton OF
the santarium. The Durhams would
not deny or affirm that California is
i'll the United States.
Unofiicially it may be stated that
when Mr.. Durham leaves for the east
again-if he ever does-he will be IN
physical shape to take up the battle
anew If he cares to. The bracing aiI
mere makes it likely that if his re-
euperatlVe powers are good, that time
is not far off.