The sun., 1908-04-05
DETECTIVES 1000 TO I SHOT.
In . Crowded Hotel Luck Brought Him and
Ills Man Together.

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In Crowded Hotel Luck Brought Him and
Ills Man Together.
Even the more or less built up yarns
recounting the exploits Of detectives rarely
make reference to the almost weird streaks
OF bullhead luck which all Of w occasionally
have in snaggng people we go after said
a Headquarters sleuth who has had a lot
ofeNperience in tracking fugitiyes, Seven
years ago this spring l made haul for
which | got the glad word all around and
vel it was piece Of work that any sixteen
yeur-old boy with a pear shaped head
could have pulled on. given the same amount
Of /. 900 to / shot luck that drifted my way
in connection with the capture.
A high flying young New York chap,
the manager Of a branch brokerage estab-
ishment in one OF the Tenderloin hotels
got in over his head while his boss was in
Europe He gutted the works, taking not
only tho old mans cash but some tens Of
thousands Of the customers money. Then
he bolted for it.
Il happened to know this runaway, 40
the chief tossed the case my way. At
the outset of my inquiries among the
runnway's pals found out that the young
fellow had often expressed "A desire 20
visit Japan some old day. Having no other
clue determined TO take chance that he'd
made for the cherry blossom country, 80
made the quick hike 10 San Francisco,
Il reached san Francisco about 10 o clock
al night, dog tired, and had myself driven
70 the Palace Hotel figuring on taking a
long sleep before beginning the scour on the
following day for traces Of my man.
The hotel was jammed The night clerk
gave me the con grin when | scrubbed my
name on tue book
You look like you're expecting 10 get
about three rooms and a bath, he said
to me. cheerfuly, That being the case
how d you'd like to bunk in with another
man
just as soon sleep with a wet dog said
|. Why
Because you've got to, ohum, il you're
going TO abide with us this time, said the
night clerk House is stuffed and cluttered
to the roof. But can stick you in a room
where there's only one other duck New
York fellow, by the way, so you'll probably
be able to make out better with him than
YOU might with bunch Of native soDs
Il murmured a few phrases the night
clerk about the jayness Of an alleged town
that couldn't give an old time guest OF a
hotel decent nights rest without doubling
him up with somebody else, but the clerk
only beamed under my grouchiness and
told me that he was doing the best he could
FOR me. told him that I'd take poke
around among some Of the other hotels TO
see il / couldn Z get room TO myself, and
started out. All the other hotels were in
an even worse state than the Palace. So
hiked hack TO the Palace, reaching there at
midnight.
-'Still got that vacancy with the New
York dub? | asked the clerk, and he told
me yes. .
heart either. said the night clerk. Wait II
Won hear the beef that New York chap will
but up when he's gently requested to move
over and make room for another,
so went up to the room occupied by
the New Yorker. with the head bellhop to
helm me in making an entry Of the pre-
emptad room The head bellhop hanged
ON the door deep snorps were proceeding
from the room over the transom-but there
was no rpnly until the bellman had slugged
the panel for about five minutes. and slugged
il hard Then came voice.
Hey what the DEVILS coming on here
anyhow
sAnd | guess maybe didn't stick my
ears forward when ! heard that voice. The
man | was after had something the matter
with his pipes and he spoke in high raspy
! shrill tone that could have been recognized
anywhere, once heard, by anybody. The
voice of the man in this room was the voice
| would have bet thousand, of the man
was hunting
'Days a Remman heah wot's uh--gwine
, tnh sleep VIII yo all, ca He'd out the bellhop.
I'm be- jimswinkled II there is" came
, hack that piping voice from the room in
! tone Of considerable peevlshness.
"'A Aint no help To- it, suh,' sang out the
! hellman De cluk he say de gemman done
| uh-gwine tuh sleep VIII yo All Opeh dc 40 ,
| please sun.
Open nothing. piped the man in the
! room. Go chase yourself and give us
! rest. Nobody backs into this stall while
/ I'm in IT,
Il reached out and pulled the bcllhop
away from the door Then put my shoulder
/ 10 the door. and u went in right enough
! Then | switched on the lights s--and there
J was my man sitting on the edge OF the
Z bed. regarding me with natural enough
| astOnishment,
Hello, JEFF, said to him, Tag, You're
it,
! And that y about all occupied the same
! room with him that night but didn't sleep
| any had 'em send me relays Of black coffee
/ so that could keep my lamps open.
| THE young fellow saw that the jig was
| up and he came back to New York with
, me without tho papers. They haven't got
! through giving me the pat-pat yet for that
stunt, aud yet asyou see it was just about
! equivalent to the stunt NJ the woman who
sticks pin in q racing programme and
| lands on a 100 TO 1 shot that proceeds TO
spreadeagle the field after she's got her
ace note on it.