The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-01-27

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Vate individuals became very insist .
ent and finally he decided to relin- /
quish MS government position ana /
start out Tor himself Fully ala he F.
realize that the smallest emolument .
OF government work was pay He was .
not renurious-iar from II, yet he
know that "a time was coming when
he would not br able io work assid' .
uously all the time and h" must needs .
lay by penny for the rainy day, In .
eyltlblc always, whether from old age,
sickness or adversely.
Therefore he resigned his position
In the secret service and started the
Cheney Detective Service company
with halquartors i'm Chicago, and In
due time he had branch Offices In all
the large cities from one end of the
country 20 the other lie oven had cor
respondents IN tine principal capitals
of Europe. and many a case took him
and his operatives far beyond the con
fines of tine United States. with
Cheney came Ed Lohcrgan, Sid Guth-
ric and several others who had worked
with and under him during his gov.
crumcntal service. Other brilliant
mon were attracted 10 the work and
It was not long before Col. Jack
Cheney had the very cream Of detec-
tive work In his hands At this time
he was 30 years old and In every way
nature favored him. Thouch he had
left the service of the United States,
he was sNl called upon 10 consult or
work out many difficult cases for the
state. war. navy and post office de-
uartmcutg. Money came to him plon.
tiuly. u was iul.c'Ously invested
and cheney achieved independence in
a very few years. Success did not
swell his head In any degree. Tie was
always the same uulct. fOrccful yirile,
taclturn man Whatever he did, or
was done by his operatives, was done
well. He insisted on the most exact.
ing rules of conduct from his men,
and at the same time always set the
proper example. lie pracJiccd what
he preached. lie was the general who
said: Come on, boys rather thah
GO in there. IheIe We're; Oh eou' 'e'
some failures, but his measure Oh sue
cess was uniformly great OheheE
often said: Ihe detective VINO never
failed was ionnd only III S'oIE ""o"a.
lnfallibility was not claimed as Wiz
tue. or course MS "oIN u' u'' ,','7
the silent OuI sure Wo' "'IH' y, nc
great bureau pIe''"ue" HIS 5'' ''.'7
much personal a''eH''un u" any pa. w
ular case. Nheh ne olu anu u'"u7''
the work 10 a sHc''7''"' o'"''uH'"H r'a
hls cleh'5 Hu"ho'"l "'''''' L'L
Many "a poor Heyl hau CONF u" w.
Cheney ana ne hau aSS'S''u nun ny
his brains lh'e'IG'l anu l''',.s 'IG' 49,
anu ""," '''y '''',,', ..,I ror,.o,t
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quarters IN Ohlcabo' anu n'u .,.,,, D.a,,,,
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Ni CheheS op'I',''o' -, a,5 -,
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co'o"C' nau q "''D,' ~, ,,,l'., .,,oynac
MS a""o' NM, -, r,ro r,nidI
eN ',r.lvS, ~. Ta,or,,., ~. 20 givo
anu N"'Ii'o ',,l 'i'' ,I,"t.iots oyor wh,c
No.. ''''7 ,uo'idaI pnt tho one masterfr
Iirooting mind was tbat of Col. job
" cheney Ue was as patrlotlc @
aror ,nombor of thc Loval Logloi
Cd Ar,,y of the Republlc and
S,a.an ~ bigb derree
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nus We ,,U ~" ,.,,,a,a On,
me No B. s'',ls III III. y, a,,a th
ulclH''nE ~ 1ia ,ho nav v,as thn san
,,-g e. ", - Who had served him ca
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