Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-05-03
The Kid Reporters Big Beat
By j. A. PLOUFF
Copyright, by Daily story Pub. Coz

on December Is in a Boston paper:
Lying in his hearts blood. dead,
Charles w. Bold, the famous lawyer
of this city, was found dead in a cor
ridor of his home by servant girl
at seven o'clock this morning.
The girl, Miss McGee, went to the
second floor of the Bold mansion at
that hour this morning and was horri-
fed to see her masters body stretch
ed at full length on the floor
The coroner, after cursory exam
ination, announced that Mr., Bold had
been dead for eight hours, and death
was caused by bullet wound.
A dispatch was sent to the police
ond Chief of Police Fitzgerald and
Coroner Edwards were closeted to-
gether for an hour.
The servants have been in the serv-
ice of the murdered man for years,
and practically worshiped him, as he
was always a kind and generous en-
ployer.
Miss McGee, who was the first per
son to see Mr.. Bold this morning
made this statement to the police:
About nine o'clock heard the door
bell ring. Mr. Bold had given me or
ders not to answer the bell after
nine o'clock as he was always in his
room after that hour. There was an
extension bell in his room which is on
the second floor. Mr. Bold could hear
the bell and would answer the call by
going into the corridor to the speak
ing tube which went straight down to
the front door.
He could in this way speak to the
visitor and if he desired could open
the door by pressing an electric but.
ton.
We'll, l heard the bell ring and
then l heard Mr.. Boid's voice. / do not
remember or could not distinguish
what he said. Then l heard noise
as if he had closed the door of his
ROOM"
Coroner Edwards, in an interview,
said:
This is indeed one of the strangest
cases | was ever concerned with.
Robbery was not the motive of the
assassin, because nothing is miss
ing.
THE bullet entered between the
eyes.
"Mr. Bold was prominent as a Grim
inal lawyer and he had prosecuted
and defended some of the most dan
gerous criminals in this country. 1t
is not unlikely that some felon whom
he has prosecuted in the past is at
the bottom of this affair"
When nine days had elapsed after
the murder Billy Spade, cub reporter
on the Telegram, was struck with an
idea which he decided to develop.
He went to the city editor and ask
ed for a weeks vacation. The week
off was granted, and Billy set out to
work up his idea. He was young
ster in the newspaper field, and he
wanted that $4,000 reward.
Billy was intimately acquainted with
a nice little girl named Emma. So
Emma was an incentive, and Billy's
wits were soon working.
Officer Mcclure, who was on the
Beacon Hill beat the night Mr.. Bold
was shot, fell into Billy's path as the
first step in the idea.
officer Mcclure knew Billy and an.
swered his question good-naturedly.
BILLY, me boy, there was no sus
picious looking characters roun' here
that night. There was a guy what
went up to the house between nine
and ten, but he wasn't there more
talkin' to somebody in the speakin
tube. Then he walked away. Nobody
else went near the front of the house
all night, an let me tell ye, I'm onto
me job"
Billy then went to the Bold house
and introduced himself to Miss Nc
Gee. She escorted him upstairs ant
showed him where she found Mr.
Bold.
Billy went downstairs and examined
the door, door-bell and speaking
tube
Then he started on a run for thu
Telegram office. On reaching tina
busy place he jumped for the newspa
per files Finding what he wanted
he ran TO the telephone booth. Thei
out of the Office again, this time go
ing to police headquarters. Back t,
the Telegram office and Billy and tn,
city editor were at once engaged il
an excited dialogue, the city edito
waving his arms excitedly and Bill.
talking all the while like mad.
He was pushed toward a type
writer and with the city editor stand
ing over him, Billy pounded away a
the machine, writing the scoop of hi
life.
A half hour later newsboys wer
shouting the information that 9TH
Bold Murder Mystery Solved! Exclr
sive Story in the Telegram! !"
Under glaring cross-page headline
was the following story:
Spike Sullivan, thug and ex-convic
was arrested this afternoon charge
with the murder of Charles w. Boi