The San Francisco call., 1907-03-29
SON OF BURNS IS ON
THE TRAIL OF DETW|LER
Detective Believes Indicted
Briber Is Hiding In
or. Near Toledo
SENSATION is SPRUNG
Associates Say the Fugitive
Was Induced to Give
Money by Lawyers
SENSATION is SPRUNG

TOLEDO, Ohio, March 2S.-With a
view to locating A. X. Detwiler in or
near Toledo, Raymond j. Burns is in
this city He is a son of Detective
William F. Burns of San Francisco,
who is working up the graft cases for
Attorney Heney, special counsel for
the prosecutor, and has been working
quietly in Toledo for the past two
days. 1t is said on good authority that
Burns is confident A. K. Detwiler is in
hiding in or about Toledo, and that he
is not en- route to San Francisco as has
been believed. He has been working
in connection with the local police.
Burns declined today to make a state
ment as TO what he has accomplished,
but it can be said on good authority
that Burns is confident A X. Detwiler
is in hiding in or near Toledo. The
Chief OF Police is of the same opinion
or that Detwiler is close to San Fran
cisco and in communication with the
attorneys of that city.
A sensation was sprung today by the
business associates of A K. Detwiler
when they made the assertion that the
lawyers OF San Francisco were directly
responsible for his present position. 1t
is alleged that Detwiler's attorneys ad-
vised him the best way to secure a
franchise at the golden city was to
purchase il, and it is understood here
that the lawyers handled every bit of
the cash.
Mrs. A X. Detwiler is still in the city.
Some expressions of sympathy for the
indicted man are being heard. The com
ment is that at his advanced age, SIS
years, a prison term, if found guilty,
will kill him. However, his friends say
he will be acquitted.
Abram x. Detwiler, the Toledo mil
lionaire and handy man" of the Home
Telephone Company, against whom thir-
teen indictments have ben returned by
the Grand Jury for bribing Supervisors.
was declared yesterday to be a fugitive
from justice. When his case was called
before Judge Lawlor it was announced
that he had not been located. Judge
Lawlor then ordered that a bench war
rant issue on each of the thirteen in
dictments and that the bond be fixed at
$4,000 on each, a total of s130,00O.
When the case was formally called
yesterday Assistant District Attorney
Heney said that it had been impossible
to bring Detwiler to bar, and added that
there was a divergence of opinion as to
his whereabouts. Thereupon Detwiler
was declared to be fugitive from JUS
tice.
The movements of Detwiler are in
volved in mystery. Despite the fact
that Heney announced that Detwiler
had not been located, Special Agent
Burns later in the day said that he be-
lieved he had located Detwiler in a
small city near Toledo.
After the Indictment of Detwiler it
was reported that he was in Cairo,
Egypt He had been travelling abroad
with his wife and had been traced to
the Egyptian city. Later he returned
to the United States. however. and Wis
tied New York and from there jour
neyed to Toledo. Just where he went
from Toledo is not known. The reports
from there said that he had gone
West" The West is large and ac-
cording to some descriptions stretches
from Chicago to San Francisco.
Burns does not appear to be worried
about the disappearance of Detwiler.
Burns has a way Of placing his finger
upon the man he wants, whether he be
in Manila or Siam.