Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-05-05

twohour candle, nnd NJ Two O'Clock
IN the morning the house would burn
down with complete loss. In this
way they had got hundreds OF thou.
sands OF dollars out OF the insurance
companies.
When ! was called into the case
IL had been pretty thoroughly gone
over by Pinkerton men. who had To-
Gated the suspects. The dlfficulty was
TO get legal evidence jim French.
who later fed 10 Honduras. after hay-
ing served his FIRST sentence. which
got against him. was the leader OF the
gang.
The difficulty In all such cases Ii
10 uncover the tracks OF the crimi.
nails while avoiding direct methods.
Instead OF going out to induce some
Of the marked men to come to the
front eith confession. went TO
them under the name Of Williams
and told them that | had been sent
BY the insurance companies to inves.
tigate the detectives that had been
cused OF Incorporating their ex.
pense money. While carrying on this
special investigation I was able TO
gather around me all the gang. From
them selected the one man who.
thought. could give me the evidence
This fellow. John Rudd by name.
never knew until the day that he was
called into the grand jury room tina:
he had been aiding In the apprehen-
sion OF the incendiaries.
Suspected informer Killed.
When all was ready went before
the grand jury and explained the case.
The Insurance agents told their losses
and then We called In Rudd aud ex.
planned TO him his part In the case.
After indictments had been brought
In there was n terrible uproar. Some
member OF the grand jury told the
gang that n man by the name OF
Burns had come before them aud told
the whole story No one knew Burns
had been going under the name OF
Williams. but the following night one
of the gang was suspected by his /
fellows OF being Burns and was shot |
dead in a saloon. They never knew
until the first day OF the trial who
| was
Marshal McDonaTd was trying the
case was sitting beside him. when /
Rudd was on the stand he was asked.
on crossexamination. 10 whom he had
frs, told the story.
ITO a man who called himself VII.
liams, he replied.
"'Do you know his true manner
81 understand now that Il II
Burns
on. this mysterious Mr.. Burns,
How long Is II since you saw him
last!
Just now
Els he here now
Eyes.
"'ln this roomf'
lie In sitting beside you. was the
answer.
This was the FIRST that Jim French
aud the rest OF the gang knew Of
The part ! had taken In the investi.
cation"
As Burns sat nj his desk telling
he story. he had the appearance OF
banker explaining deal In stocks.
He is as far from the dime novel de.
ective as he IL from the wonderful
Mr.. Sherlock Holmes of Conan
Doyle's novels.
Chief wiikie or the secret service
'nce remarked TO me-" said Heney.
that Burns was 2 man with a sixth
'ense. who could tell AZ II by instinct
when man was telling the truth.
md when he had told all he knew.
NY experience with Burns bears this
tut Once In the Oregon land fraud
asses ! thought a witness was hold.
ng something back. Burns said he Z
lad told all he knew. and Burns was 1
light. AT another time thought a
witness had made a complete confes. I
Ion. Burns said: Keep at him" \
ure enough. the most discriminating \
art OF his story came out afterward." ,
One thing that has surprised me
n Burns" added Lsngdon. is this.
lie never wastes any time in blufing '
very one here In town kno~s his
automobile. But. do you think ~ he
'anted you tonight he would stop j
block away and send his machine a
sck! No. sir. lie would 10 straight =
D your door. loot. foot. and rins y
he bell
lever Wore . Disguise. !.
Burns himself has this to say sbou, :
10 work NJ a detective: =
People seem to think that there IN e
uncsnny about detective b
orb. They imagine We 60 around =