The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-04

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and ne asked ME sa gefiys
81 ii I'd teamed amy hine. IN March.
b Fent ~ the once of Howe g HIM
mel ION the instruct ions Of White
ana received a check for about 5000.
stt that time a new ngement
was entered Into with me by which Z
was TO put on as many men as neces:
saiys and spend as much money as
was NEEDED to establish the identity OF
those who were interested In Mr..
Whites movements, was told to
hire cabs. automobiles or anything
else ana to send my men into sher-
RVS. Delmontco's or any other place
without regard to what It cost. ! fol-
lowed instructions. and the expenses
often amounted to more than 500 a
day.
Mr.. White grew more and more
anxious regarding the identity OF the
enemy who was having him watched.
He seemed to be in absolute fear. On
his Instructions we began to shadow
every man in the employ Of the New.
York Detective Agency, including the
Office employees. / advised Mr. White
to have the men who were followed
to have the men who were following
him arrested. but he declined to take
such a step, saying that would not
solve the problem OF who would not
them. put extra. men on the job.
A skitlful Scheme.
Finally 1 sent representatives to
the New York Agency to try and OBJ
tain work. Charles F. Kuhrt, one Of
my employees, was hired there and put
to work shadowfng White. He posed
as man Of means. who was only in
the detective business for excitement,
and soon grew intimate with Rorke,
who was formerly a lamp cleaner on
a railroad.
"Kuhrt and RorRe went out togeth
err, and at length. over champagne
which was paid for with Stanford
Whites money. Rorke confessed that
Harry Kendall Thaw. who was, he
said. young Pittsburg millionaire.
was the man who was putting up the
money for shadowtng the rich archi.
tect.
81 lost no time in telling Mr.. White
Of this. When mentioned Thaw's
name my employer seemed greatly agl
tated. He trembled violently and al
most spilled some whiskey which he
was raising to his lips at the time.
"I suspected 1t all along he said;
but what wanted was the proof
"I again advised Mr.. White to have
the detectives who followed him ar
rested, but he said ne would wait a
day or SO and see what turned up.
Some months after was retained
had grown 10 know him quite well.
asked Mr.. White what was Thaw's
purpose in having him followed.
"'Bergoff. I'll tell yon.' he replied.
THAT man Thaw is crazy. He imag.
ines that have done him some wrong.
| used to know his wife. hefrteaA.
ed her and her family.
"'He should be grateful for that
I said.
az tell you Thaw is absolutely In.
sane. Mr.. White persisted. He is
insanely jealous of his wife, and doub'-
less tmagines that am meeting her
now, but, before God, am not. My
friendship for the girl was absolute,
" disinterested, and since her mar
rage she has repaid me by making re-
marks to different acquaintances of
mine which are calculated to arouse
her husbands enmtty.'
"'In few days expect to go
abroad he concluded. And may
want one Of your men to go along with
me. expect to join Harry Payne
Whitney anu party of friends on the
other side, and I'll be damned If l
want to be annoyed by those blood
hounds
Detective Playing Lord.
"a few days after had this con-
versation with Mr.. White found out
that Thaw'a men had learned Of his
prospective trip to Europe. when one
man of the McKenna agency. saying
he was Lord Ralston, had telephoned
to Mr.. White asking for an appoint.
ment. This sham lord had said ne
was representing an English syndicate
which wished to obtain the plans for
a gigantic building. Mr.. White mad
vertently remarked that he was go
ing abroad in short time. Later
man who said he was his Lordship's
secretary but who was really assist
mt Superintendent RnMleY of the lie.