The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-07-12

| SECl maLIerS one hdS " at
deal by intuition. He evidently 4
ed to hide himself in some Frendl, ~ =
munity and wished to pick up i :
to get along with the natives. no
be either France or Canada. / ~
in favor of the last place as tfqei
to be considered and an hours
found me in conversation with t !
ductor of the Montreal train thatl@Y
York in the afternoon and fro ~
I obtained the information | desn
to at what point l could soon g
tercept the conductor Of the traf0'
had left on the previous day, WI
was on his return trip. The up
1t all was that | took the same =
northward and this conductor | -
off at Bellville Junction where l''
intercept the other conductor ~
return. This all worked smooth
when finally interviewed the corr
| sought and showed him the I1'
graph | carried, he recognized tt no
instantly as one who had been 4
train from New York on his pr
trip and who had been prest. =
bound for Montreal, but who h."
off at a small junction where heu
catch a train for St. GATHERINGS -
ct is surprising how rap i,
scheme will unfold itself someii
all my thought as to probabilitit -
evidently run in the same chanIo,
those of the fugitive. To me it s.. 80
simplicity itself.
''The ordinary detective who
dies through case, would have -
hours, perhaps days, watching scr
boats and telegraphing to other ~
of embarkation and in sending =
copies of the photograph. He
probably have jumped to the e.
sion that such distant points as y
tralia, or South America, or E .
would be the first place for a NJ,
fly who sought to hide himself :
such sum of money.
81 was a half day in st. Cathd
before l found my man, and eve4
I had sat beside him for over AM
without recognizing him, for hi
; taken off his moustache and his
attire had been changed from t"
scription which had been furnishfI
This was only to be expected,
did not look for so complete a r.
formation in mans makeup
made in him.
81 came into the hotel office
disappointed at not having
across my man more readily, an
down in one of the big cushioned &
where perhaps a dozen or more =,
were seated, singly and in groups, -
ing. The man beside me had mis- :
half buried in one hand and the !
half was turned from me. A I
lay upon his knee. Presently he t.
this from him and took a book =
his side coat pocket. AS he did
looked up and I caught full viz
his face. l was not mistaken, tie
the man I had trailed. 1,
81 spoke to him in French by W
opening a conversation but he 4
nodded his head and muttered S..
thing about Knee comprahnee
then addressed him in English.
Mr.. Rogers, l believe, and
Of terror came into his eyes. ! q
see he was trying to master himst
brazen out a case of mistaken idef,
but l followed it up saying tha5
might consider himself under al /
and that of course as to there bell
scene over it, the matter was ent
in his hands. a
Il laid my hand upon his arr
make sure that there was to b
breaking away or other action, a
could feel his muscles quivering,
der my touch.
e." Let us go to your ROOM / j
we can't speak here, and your fact !
trays you
'Unnoticed by any one we wa
quietly up to his room. l closed
door behind me and locked it. He
a clean breast of it at once. He
embezzled to pay his losses on
Stock Exchange. The annual bal
was due in a week or two, and he K
his fraud would be discovered. He
no chance to right himself. His
hope seemed to him to plunge de
and try and clear out forever, as n
another poor wretch has thought,
induced the chairman to counter
a blank check before he left the O
saying that it was only for s.
sum, which was being determined
the bookkeeper. When he got
/ check he filled it in for every
that was lying in the bank. He
not expected to be found out I'D
week or two, and he had intendeF
bury himself quietly in some p
French town for a few years, unit
had all blown over.