The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-13

tectives rarely make reference TO the
almost weird streaks OF bullhead
luck which all of us occasionally
have in snagging people we go af-
ter sa d a Headquarters s.euth who
has had lot OF experience in track
( ing fugitiyes Seven years ago I
made haul for which got the
/ glad word all around, and yet ii was
/ year-old boy with a pear shaped head
could have pulled off, given the same
/ amount OF 1000 to l shot luck that
! drifted my way in connection with
the capture
"A high flying young New York
chap the manager of Il branch brok-
erage establishment in one of the
Tenderloin hotels got In over his
head while the boss was In Europe
He Quilted the works, taking not on
~ the old mans cash but some tens
of thousands Of the customers
money Then he bottled for il.
IL happened to know this runaway
so the chief tossed the case my way.
At the outset OF my inquiries among
the runaway's pals l found out that
the young fe. low had often expressed
desire to visit Japan some OF" day.
Having no other clue | determ ned TO
take a chance that he'd made for the
cherry blossom country, so | made
the quick hike TO San Francisco.
Il reached san Francisco about | 0
o'clock at night. dog tired and had
figuring on taking long sleep be-
fore beginning the scour on the fol-
lowing day fer my man.
The hotel was jammed. The
night clerk gave me the con sr
when | scrubbed my name on the
book.
You look like your expecting TO
get three rooms and bath. he said
TO me, cheerfully. That being the
case, how'd you like to bunk in with
another mani
Just as soon sleep with wet
dog, said l. Why
Because you've got to chum il
you're gong to abide with US this
time. said the night clerk. House
is stuffed and cluttered to the roof.
But | can stick you in 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 sons,
Il murmured few phrases to the
night clerk about the jayness Of an
alleged town that couldn't give an
old time guest of hotel a decent
nights rest without doubling him up
with somebody else. but the clerk
only bcamed under my grouchiness
and told me that he was doing the
pest he could for me- told him I'd
take poke around among some of
the other hotels to see If | couldn't
get room for myself, and | staaed
out. All the other hotels were in
an even worse state than the Pa ace. /
So l hiked back to the Palace. reach |
ing there at midnight
=" Still got the vacancy with the |
New York dub?' l asked the clerk. |
and he told me yes.
"'Aud you needn't take it so
much to heart, either, said the |
night clerk. Wait1l you hear the
beef that New York chap will put |
up when he's gently requested to
move over and make room for an
other
so | went up to the room ocSl- |
pied by the New Yorker, with the !
head bellEop to help me in making
an entry OF the preempted room. |
The head bellhop banged on the |
door-deep shores were proceeding |
from the room over the transom-
but there was no reply until the bell
man had slugged the panel for about |
five minutes and slugged it hard.
Then came a voice.
Hey, what the DEVILS coming of
here. anyhow"
And | guess maybe didn't stick
voice. The man was after had
the matter with his pipes
and he spoke in a 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 a
thousand of the man / was hunting.
Deys a gemman heah wot's uh
-gwine tub sleep wifi 20 ALL call
ed out the bellhop.
III be jimswinkled If there isl
came back that piping voice from the
room in a tone OF considerable peey-
ishness.
Amt no help 70 it. subj sang
out the bellman. De cluk he say de
gemman done uh-gw.ne tuh sleep
VT yo'-all. Open de do, please,
subj
Open nothing piped the man
In the room. Go chase yourself and
give US a rest. Nobody backs into
this stall while I'm in it,
Il reached out and pulled the |
oellhop away from the door. Then
put my shoulder to the door and it
went in right enough. Then
switched on the lights-and there
was my man sitting on the edge of
The bed, regarding me with natural