Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-11-07
Poses As A
Detective

1t seems quite probable that lun-
attic is running at large in this section
loaded down with money.
On last Saturday morning an odd
individual, who in all his movements
was the embodiment of mystery, APP
peared at Latshaw's S hotel ut Rupert.
He refreshed himself couple of times
at the bar and remained for dinner.
He was dressed in ill-assorted cloth
ing, not a single garment being in
keeping with any of the others. When
the hour of noon arrived he appeared
very drunk and occasioneda good deal
of annoyance at the table.
The fact was recalled. however, that
he was sober when he arrived at the
hotel and that he had taken but two
or three drinks while there, the quaint
ity imbibed being quite insufficient to
produce in the average man such an
advanced stage of intoxication. The
conclusion was finally reached about
and that he was only "playing off. "
Among the persons who took dinner
at the hotel was DanvIlle man. who
was looking after some business mat
ters at Rupert The intoxicated in
dividual was very anxious that our
townsman should drink with him. He
repeated his request several times only
to meet with refusal each time. Fin.
ally he remarked:
Maybe you think haven't got any
money-look here
AS he spoke he drew from within
the inside coat pocket two one hun
dred dollar bills and fiounted them in
the face of the Danville man. A mo-
ment later he said:
Maybe you think that is all the
money I've got-we'H see.
AS he spoke he stopped and rolling
up his trousers he reached into the top
of his stocking and drew out wad of
bank notes as thick as his wrist, which
he partially unrolled revealing sever
al notes of large denomination. Re
placing the money in his stocking, af
ter short time, with the same air of
braggadocio, he reached his hand in
his right hip pocket and drew out an.
other roll of bank notes.
Things by this time began to seem
rather interesting, but the gentleman
from Danville was hardly prepared
for what followed, when the drunk
en- Creosus reached his hand into his
left hip pocket and brought out roll
of bills bigger than any of the others,
which he exhibited to the wondering
eyes of our townsman.
AS the latter left the hotel the "de-
tective" followed him short distance
and asked him whether he knew a man
by the name Of Gardner. AT this the
Danville man showed interest and ask
ed for the first name or initials
'Ob, it's information you re after
you want to know too much. Then
affecting to think that his true char
aoter had been discovered he straight
ened up and, apparently as soberas any
one, in a confidential tone, said to the
gentleman from Danville.
Say, don't put them wise up at the
hotel. 1 was there last summer and
got my man. AT this the two men
parted.
OF course. in view of all the facts,
no one would believe that the man is
J., detective, although he evidently has
a fad for trying to make people think
So There are good reasons for believ-
ing that he is the same individual
who turned up in this city a couple of
months ago impersonating member
of the State constabulary and who
told such narrowing tale of adven-
ture to the salesladies of the Globe
Warehouse.