Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-20

< His First -Ax, Detective Case.

several years Hello, Billy, 1 said. The last time saw you you were just going into the detective business. l suppose by this time you can tell by the kind of nat q man wears whether he is innocent or guilty
 Billy smiled-a rather sckly smile. l thought-and told me the followin Z story:
 Yes, l went into the detective busi- ness and got q position with a leading agency. 1 reported at the office ever, day for a week before l was given q, case. Then d man whom the police were looking for had been captured volunteered some information. He had pal who was to rob a country place near the city where there was a lot of fine jewelry. The name of the family to be robbed was Wetmore. The F L. ping was to be perpetrated on eer tain night at a certain hour. The chic told me that this was a simple case suitab bic for beginner and directe,. me to trap the burglars.
 Taking a man in plain clothes with Me. went to the house designated and lay in waiting behind hedge The hour given me was II D. m., but that hour came and passed without any de- velopments. It was nearly r.. when was about to give up the job, that q carriage turned in from the road drov e up the entrance way and stopped uu- der the porte-cochere. couldn't see how this could have anything to do with robbery, but determined. of course, to wait and see. Tom Green, the man 1 had with me. who had been long connected with the agency for subordinate work. seemed to think that the carriage had a great deal to do with it. but l didn't pay much a1ten- tion to his opinion.
 ",fhe carriage had hardly S9i into pp SitioN when q man and q wom.n. the mHM carrying q suit case. came out of the house. welt to the carr, .c. got in :::t were driven aW:.". They p::s..c,i h.F WEeae we were c"3.,elin- ard l.r' Ct 1!S caught on l~'.iIa le#l ".,.:s..,t. cd lime 1HL.e ;='ld. kno, - u :: train N;:S d;:' :t thc station n a ic,, mi8Utes. felt s..re they vui:,,d z" thtrc And SO they did At the station s;:T prised 1lie man hv h":.t.i... l n o,.t G. the carriage and surprised him s;:M more h! ci#pring :; r;:ir of I1vacc!c;s cn his wrist. Green toJ.. care Of the we man. putting another pair on her There were protestations usual in such cases. but l was ratEci' surprised when the girl turned upon the man an.rily and said:
 You have led me into some trap. l shall be dissraced for fife. You knew l protested against this elopement. Father, mother, everybody, warned me against you
 Never fear, sweetheart the man replied. These gentlemen have made some kind of a mistake. But wIe. they are convinced they will not troJ3 hle Us.'
 "Then. turning to ne. he told me that if their clopemeHt were discovered it would lead to disastrous results: lh:l he hadn't time to explain and implOred !.le not to detain them. Just then q man. who said he was the station mas ter came up to Us and asked what was the matter When informed he asked me what place 1 had been told would be robbed. told him the name WAS Wetmore. T reckon you're mixed. my good man. he said I know this young lady to be Miss Ditmar. don't know the gcntleman's name, but he's been going back and forth to the city with her for long while'
 "'Where is the Wetmore placer l asked.
 cover there, pointing in a different direction from the place had watched.
 "Just then there was locomotive whistle that indicated the approach of the train the two had come to the sta tion to take. The girl fell on her knees before me, took my hands, covered them with tears and kisses and i'm plored me not to bring on a complica- tion that would ruin her whole life. It will go hard enough with me for the elopemcnt.' she said, but if l am ar rested father will kill me-
 Meanwhile the train rolled up to the station It was q trying time for me, 1 whispered 10 Green, asking him what he thought about the Ratter He re- piled that he thought it was ga,rc, Just then the conductor of the train cried All aboard. and tue girl went into Mysteries. Her means were too l much for me. Gnclasped her nippers aud those of the man. They rushed with the suit case, to the train and were helped on as it moved out.
 "Green deserted me. jumping on thl train. didn't want to do that be cause it was going from the city, and l wanted to go to the city. felt very uncomfortable, I can assure you. How 1 ever, l took the next train back and rc- ported what l had done. The chiei heard me through, then handed me q telegram from Green, stating that lie had bagged the culprits with suit case full of stolen iewelry.
 "I never felt so crestfallen in my life I The man in the case was the one WIG | had been informed would commit the rohhorv. tho ui, waS loGV'c ma i'll