Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
TOLD BY A DETECTIVE

Charles Heidelberg. who used to be the
most noted detectives on the New York
headquarters STAFF, was In Washington the
other day. Charlie Heidelberg. as he
was known to his friends In New York.
was, In his official days, known a. THE
international detective" because he was
pretty nearly always the man sent-espe-
cially by Byrnes when Byrnes was the de-
tective chief to all parts Of the world In
search Of globe-trotting fugitives. He cir
COMMUNICATED the earth perhaps dozen
times in search Of this sort Of game. and
|, he nearly always sprang his man. He
was chatting about this feature OF his
work during his headquarters days while
here.
1.-THE long distance runaways are nearly
always glad to be caught-that at least
was my experience with them" he said.
"Out Of some forty fugittyes that II feli
to me to round up in various quarters OF
the world while I was In headquarters mar
ness I put the hand>on only one OF them
who didn't get on that I'm glad observa-
ton at the roundup minute. This cnap
was q New York cotton exchange man.
whe made cfrcuitous and pretty banning
jump Of It after digging deep holes In the
funds OF large number OF persons who
let him have their money for speculative
4 proved around all over Europe after
that one for nearly three months. follow
ing smoky trails that ever led me further
and further into the haze, until, entirely
by accident. caught sight In Rome OF q
woman with whom I knew my man had
been on pretty chummy terms In New
York. All had to do then was to trail
her. She made lefsurely progress OF 1t.
often retracing her steps, and when !
caught her doing that I knew that she was
on her way to join the cotton exchange
man. 1t was more than q month before
she pulled up at the little town of RAM
than ten Jumps behind her when she got
there. needed a whole lot Of sleep. and
I knew that had cinch, and so 1 didn't
walk In on my man till the next day fol-
lowing my arrival in Ramleh. When l.
strudged up to his neat little bungalow
about 10 o'clock In the forenoon he was
sitting on the downstairs porch, looking
real cute and comfy in his ponsee clothes
on the little table beside his rattan rocker,
and smoke-colored heuseboy was busting
things around the carpeted porch.
My man was reading q bunch of Amer
croony piano music that was being manu-
featured In the parlor by the young woman
who had Joined him on the day before. It
looked pretty soft for him, the whole lay
out as 1t was rugged, and he had big bum
die OF the loot with him to keep 1t going.
too. II 1t hadn't been for those other ar
rangements In which had part.
name. as trudged up the steps, mopping
my forehead That tall thing in the glass
there sure looks good to me. Warm part
Of the earth. this. isn't it7
He didn't know for q sure thing at once
that was after him, though, of course he
suspected 1t. But my arabic way of-fac-
king him probably caused him to think,
after fd spoken few words. that. per-
hapss. after all. I was fugitive in the.
quainted.
~. 1T doesn't lock half as good as it
brandy and soda. Come on IN and trv
~one or two, or three
Correct. said /. but won't abuse
Iofnra Hospitality by tapping UP your liquor
Tor the New York authorities
Oh, the devil you arer he exclaimed.
l,s race taking on whole lot OF color
Yes, am.' said, giving him = neek
atsthe badge and pulling the New York
omcial papers on him. You were expecting
to be caught up with sooner or later.
weren't you? And I suppose you're kind
at that, aren't your .
am, like blazes!' he chopped back. at
me. without the least hesitation. what
would be glad forr
ticuAr reason why he should feel glad
but I was so used to hearing 'em ali saw
that they were glad that this ones frank
denial OF that glad feeling surprised me.
At that, had all kinds of job getting
him. The extradition treaty had only re-
Gently been negotiated. and the Egyptian
government didn't quite understand It's pro-
visions, nor did they like the idea of giving
up spenders with bank rolls to foreign nv
cops. got him finally, though, and when
the steamer was pulling past the Bar
tholdi statue thought I'd just try him out
again on that glad thing.
Must feel bully to you to see your
native land again, chr said to him.
Native boil weevfls! he came back at
me, disgustedly. You know blamed well
that I felt better and gladder on that little
feel for good many years to come. Just
forget those glad gags won't your
But a good many of them get of that
glad remark without meaning 1t, except at
the moment Of saying 1t. The sight OF the
American clothes and the sound Of the
American language of the fly cop who gives
. them the shoulder touch makes them feel
sort of emotional for the time being. but
when they fall to thinking 1t all over the
giadness soon fades. In 1890 / tagged a
Wall street bank messenger to Japan. and
when l got him he made over me like
Newfoundland pup In his momentary glad
ness. I found him in Toxic. The geisha
girls were playing tinkly music on their
kotos and samisems, but the young Fellow
looked dismal and unhappy. When I en-
tered the room and he caught sight OF me
he recognized me as an American right
away and he came rushing to me with the
biggest kind of a mitt.
:" 'Sh-Sh. had 10 say 20 MN. lou uOH
have to look delighted. I'm here for you,
you know
".WelI, don't you s'pose I know thatT
he gurgied, sloppily, for he was good
ways gone with the saki and things. I've
seen you around New York and I know
you're a fly cop, and I'm just tickled fool
ish, old man, that you've got me; honest I
am! I'm sick of this kiting around, and
little old New York is good enough for me.
and-say, when can we get the steamer
back for Frisco?
".Oh, you're going to be good then. and
come along without the papers, are your
said /.
',Am TT said he, mobbing me again to
get hold Of my paw to shake. Why, say
I'd cross over in a balloon If could get
one I'd rather be walled up there where
the brides sing twice on the Hudson river
than be the mikado here, I sure would.
!. Let's dig out right now and find out about
the steamer
1sBut he wasn't in shape for navigation,
and so I had to have him ricksha'd to
Toxic hotel. When he came to the next
morning, with the saki and things defupct
In his system, and after a wakeful night
in which he'd done powerful lot of think
ing about the meanness of working in the
Sing Sing laundry and such like. the whole
situation was changed. He wasn't glad at
oil