Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-16
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ionSlH2 to some one else he must make hlm$tlf all over He must wire him sell out and create Il new character. It was a matter requiring q goud deal of Considerations. Utlc slip ill the pro granlme and the Whuic machinery would be thrown out ot gear. N'hea taking his position he lIad u fine mus tache and Il pair of Nhiskers. He cul- tVated them aud let them grow a1 length. lie had prominent ears, and he made them more prominent by combing his hair in |; new Way His speech was naturally brisk and con tailied slight lisp. He cultivated the brlshnesS and Che lisp. He had buShy eyebrows that met ill the middle. lie called special attention to them as |; heritage frAn strong race.
 In the two years aud a half that the cute Mi. Davis was getting ready for his grand coup he learned to speak the Gerlnan language of q professor. lie gave wong name, lied about his occupation and let it be understood that hc Was going To Germany as agent for an American machinery
 
 another 10 become better acquainted with tle country for fifty miles around than any droSer or peddler. Through second party he bought Il log house ant d few acres ol land ill q poor fafminS district where settlers were far between and let il be understood tlat q German professor was t0 0c- cupy it ill time to make experin., ilts in chemistry of the soils and n goal- o@E. In his own room he donned ve!- tain garments and posed before his mirror. His hrisk speech in English became q sort of drawl in German In place of his perfect gait he cultl- Fated slight limp. He learned some thing of the rudiment> of chemistry and geology He knew what chem icals to buy to stain his face and hands and give him d swal1lly look. He knew what change would come about when his WhiskerS and n,lstacilc dis. appeared.
 NIT. Davis would have to ride fifty miles to his retreat when his coup came off He could go by any one Of ;l dozen trains. but he shook his head. Before the event was ready he had bought horse and buggy and knew every foot oi the road. He had hired d room under another name in d differ cHt l:tFt of the city, and what he need ed tor the metamorphosis was there uaNS iil advance of the event The programme Was gone over again and a9;giN. There Was no flaw in it. The cute AIr. Davis would disappear off the 1ace of the earth some day, and AeW 'he smart detectives were to con nect Professor Schmidt with the late t.as+Aipr was more than lie could give theln credit for. He tried hard enough hecal!Se that was his destruction or salvation, bat he had 10 pronounce his programme simply perfection.
 The great day came at last. The cashier went to the bank with the lar @t'St deposit for years iha1 is, q coupe set him down at the bank, but ten lninutes; later he was oill on the walk and hu1'xng away. He reached his rooms. changed into his disguise and then shaved himself, Then his eye hroWs were thiiincd out, lis hair comb ed according to programme, and the cute MT. Davis drew q long breath and said to himself that he defed all the detectives on earth to identify him. The rest WstS dead easy. A German who spoke broken English drove out oi town behind a gentle horse. and no one gave him any attention or cared | Nhitbep he went. At the country inns where lie put up no one had any cnri | osity about hiHl. When he reached his l house he found that his nearest neigh Dor was two miles distant and q Rus sian Jew at that.
 Thc cuie Mir Davis bad figured that | his dropping out of sight would create | T senSation He was right. For tue 1 first tWenty-iour hours il was thought | he might he the victim of foul play, Then the bonding company began to | hustle for other cleWs. The regular 1 police were called in, and the reward I offered brought scores of private de ! iectivps into the game, Inside Of three i days everybody had settled down to 1 the beliel that it Was case of skip. 1 and ali work being done was based on i
 
 hunt for an embezzlcr, If Mir Davis l had committed murder the chase would | not have been half as vigorous. With 1 in q week the whole United States was l on the watch for him, and copies of ! that photograph with the whiskers i were flying about like leaves in gale 1 At the end of q month the army of de 1 teciives had to turn in their reports | with the words ''No clew' attached. i It was believed that the criminal had l escaped to q foreign country.
 The cute Mr. Davis, alias Professor Schmidt. figured on making use ot his | retreat fol. a number of months and 1 then assuming some other guise ill l some other part of the country. All ! went well with him for q ndmber of 1