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Looks I'D Mrs. Latta.

He did so, and / left for Monroe the
same night The next morning I looked
up Mrs. Latta and found that she
lived in a forlorn little cottage at
tie edge OF the town. She herself
came 10 the door and / handed ner the
letter Of introduction from Mr.. PinkeT-
ton, which she read while l stood on
the doorstep.
shall never forget the impression
she made upon me. She was a good
type Of the tail. angular, raW-boned
frontier woman of forty years ago.
She was perhaps fOrty-ive years old.
Her black hair was only Just begin
ming To be streaked with gray, but
her eyes told the story Of her anxi-
cites, her SORROWS. and her disaD-
poinJments. Yet there was a world OF
patience in them. Something IN their
glare. however. told me she could not
always be patient, that there were
times when placidity became trans
formed into the fury that rends ana
spares not. And so II proved.
After she had read the letter she
ilVited me in. The room into which
/ stepped was low and dark AS far
as / could discover il was the only
room in the house except the bed
rooms. In the center was a big wood
burning heating stove, the red sides
OF which modified, though they did
not make comfortable the cold blasts
OF the Wisconsin winter that blew in
through the innumerable crevices-
And beside the stove sat two men, one
a youth of twenty, who was told was
her son Frank. and the other her
nephew. Clayton Robinson. who was
perhaps thirty years old.
Before entering upon the discussion
OF the subject that / had come 70
investigate she sent her son out of
the room. explaining to me sftsrward
that she did not care 20 have him
hear what was to be said. Then she
told me her nephew-"Clate." as she
called him-would tell me everything 1
wanted 10 know.
! turned to him and asked him what
he could tell me-
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Going After Quarry.

The next day I hired a livery team,
and Frank and ! started for the home
OF the COunterfeiteT. twenty-siN miles
away. The mercury stood at six de-
grees below zero and the roads were
bad About O'Clock We drew up be
fore a little log house in the center
of a small clearing Before 1 could
knock streeter came out the door.
1 handed him letter Of Introduction
from Mrs alta and then looked aside
for an instant Ia give TO Frank an
opportunity to slip into his hand the
following letter which 1 had drawn up
for Mrs Latta- to copy and sign:
Mr.. Streeter:
Dear Sir: Hanchett has decided
to go If I let Frank go with him He
has promised TO give Frank hundred
Of stuff for me. / hope you will do
as well as if you make the dicker.
You must not let Hanchett know YOU
recognize him. Can him Johnson. for
he seems to be very touehy about his
identit-. Respectfully.
MRS. LATTA-
Streeter. who was a tall, raw-bo1ed
farmer. weighing about 30 pounds.
stepped into the house a moment TO
rrad the letter.
s'WCH, what's new" he said.
Nothing, said /, except that this
Northern winter is pretty near freez-
ing me"
Come into the house
II followed him in, Like Mrs. Lat
ia : place, this house had only one
room. / sat in a chair by the stove.
The rest of the family stood up. In
the room were Toms father and
mother. a brother and two sisters.
The whole six ranged themselves
around the walls, behind and beside
me-n0ne In front 1 knew what thsy
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the rear Of the bank forced the cor
al the directors room and obtained
entrance 10 the space behind the desk.
We rushed 20 the safe which stood
open. and sEatched a big bunch Of
bills amounting in All To something
over $1,000 The discount clerk. who
sat al his desk not over ten feet from
the safe. EraEped a revolver and fol-
lowed the thief.
This was done so quickly that the
thief was compelled 10 drop part OF
the money in the directors room. bat
ne managed 10 reach the doorway. and
rushing out, ran quickly down several
streets ard fed toward the woods The
first man with the carriage met him a
short distance from the scene of tne
robbery and they quickly drove from
the place. Kelly was one Of the men
who was put on the ease. lie sought
for his man, but he sought in vain.
Two years go. while he was patrol
ing his beat ia the heart Of the finan-
cial district Ga Philadelphia. a man
rushed out of the main entrance 0f
the custOmhouse, and ran down the
high stone steps. followed 10y a crowd
OF men and boys who We're shrieking
stop, thief,'
Kelly. who stood quietly meditating
en- the other side of the street. in
stantiy awoke 10 the fact that some
thing was going on under his nose.
He sidesteDped to the corner OF the
street and placed himself 80 such a
position that the runaway planted him
self fairly in his arms. The fellow haa
just made a daylight attempt to rob
messenger Of the United STATES Sub
treasury OF 5000.
The evidence was complete, He was
tried. convicted. and is now serving
his sentence i'm the Eastern peniten-
t.ary Of Pennsylvania, and The curious
part Of the case is thar the man who
robbed the suburban bank so many
years ago was the same man who
rushed into Detective Kelly's arms on
tfat exciting day-none OTHER than
William Burke alias Billy the Kid."
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LII LIZ LO Lawyers

~ ELECTIVES are much Ike
soldiers, sectors. lawyers and
hodcarriers. Some are born
and some are made. Indeed.
It is safe TO say that only a few are
born and that many are made Real
detectives do not come upon the scene
fully developed like the famous detsc-
tives of fiction Most or them have 70
undergo q period OF painful probation.
One OF the first things to be learned
by the embryo detective is the art OF
''shadowing," which. reduced TO plain
English, is the knack OF following a
suspected person without permitting
the one under surveillance 10 become
aw1Te Of that unpleasant fact In
iced. the business of shadowing prob-
ably comprises the major part OF tie
work done by the tyrO during the
first years Of his labors as q detec-
tive
The use of DISCUSSES is practically
Unknown in modern detective work to-
day. However, there are times when
a change in clothing or a cOnoealment
OF the face may be desirable
or course, there are times also when
it is essential that criminals should
not become acquainted with the per
s0nal appearance OF those who are
likely to be placed on their tt acks. In
Philadelphia this is guarded gainst in
a simple P2snneT Every morning
when the prisoners are brought out OF
their cells ar the central station for
the purposs OF Identification they are
confronted by a squad OF detectives,
their faces masked IN this way the
detectives are permitted 10 be ac-
qualnted with the criminals without
having the criminals become acauaint-
ed with them
The tests which aspirants for the
business OF criminal investigation are
compelled to undergo ara quite inter
esting. In ore OF the large cities not
long ago. thirty pstroimen took an
examination for the position OF de-
tectitve. They were unexpectedly
brought into a large room; q long
table was placed in the center COW
ered with various articles. The men
we're occupied with Indifferent tasks
for about half an hour. and at the
END OF that period an hour was given
that the table should be removed TO
the rear of the room. The order was
given in a loud tene in order that all
Of the applicants should hear It dis
tinctiy.
few minutes later the table was
removed from the room altogether, and
then the men were asked TO descrihs
the articles on the table sc they ap-
peared when the table was in the
room. This was a clever test 10 as
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Farley Over Money.

And with that 1 pulled q roll of bills
cut of my pocket, about three hum
dred dollars. of which was counterfeit
and one hundred dollars genuine. ana
b.gan 10 count of eighty dollars
The arst good hnl Z handed hiIi Was
atty. on the back Of which vas
blue check mark made ~ bank
cashier.
L don't want that" said streeter'
handing it hack to me
whats the matter with it?'' said l.
ITS marked. II you were a Secret
Service man out here trying TO catch
me you would act just as you are
acting. You would siTe me marked
money ard then send somebody 10 ar
rest me.
TON" said I, take back your stuff
don.t want II. You are afraid of Inc
and I am afraid of YOU. No harm has
been done: let Things stand az they
are"
lie looked al me minute and then
thrust the roll Of counterfeit back into
my hand
''I'H take the BILL" he said even
II you are Drummond, can get away
from you if I can get half an hours
start
But I refused: it was too risky. Be
sides. / must be getting back TO Mon
roe Il would cost nae an extra dollar
for the team. / told him. if did not
return by a certain time
We'll let's drive down TO the pond
and give your horses a drink" he
said.
An right; I would do it. Then he
picked up an axe.
what are yeu going to do with the
axe" / asked.
cut hole through the ice"
{ kept d close eye on the axe on tie
way 20 the pond and also had a re-
volver IN my hand in my oVereoat
pocket. And when we reached m.
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we're doing. Tom had brought me in
20 see IL they recognized me as WIN
Hanchett.
1t was a very ticklish position for
me- I didn't know what Hanehett
looked like. II they discovered me 10
be an impostor IL meant a light
Let's 80 out 70 the barn" said Tom
after a few minutes.
After q few incOnssquential remarks
we began - tax business. I told him
understood be had $500 in counter
felt and that 1 would like to buy II.
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n II OW bad must a man be
before the woman who
has sworn 10 cherish him
viii give him up?
Since the occurrence Of
the events I am about 70
nArrate / must confess my inability
TO answer this question. / can set no
bounds to wOmans devotion, because
have seen one Of her kind turn
traitor 10 her lifelong friends for the
sake Of the man she loved. And
cannot tell what strain win snap
WOman's heaTtstrings. because this
man had committed a crime against
the United States Government for
which he was serving ten years
term in prison.
Early in December, 1873, j was sum
noned from New York 10 Washing
ton by the chief Of the Secret Service.
He gave me a letter To Allan Pinker-
ton and told me he wanted me to I'M
dertake what might become long
and dangerous mission. Wisconsin
ana Illinois were infested with coun-
tsrfeiters. Mr.. Ptnkerton knew a
woman who was willing 20 betray the
Wisconsin band. Her name was Mrs.
Napoleon Bonaparte Latta. She her
self was the wife OF a c0unterfeiter
and a convict And her home was in
the little village of Monroe.
Two days later 1 was in Mr. Pinker-
tons office in Chicago. lie read the
letter 1 brought TO him from the chief
OF the Secret Service and then looked
Up at me.
Mrs. Latta tells me. - he said. that
she has a great deal of Information
regarding the counterfeiters who are
operating in Wisconsin. She is eager
TO give this information 10 the Gov
eminent. Her husband - a Federal
prisoner. you know. She wants to ap-
ply for his pardon. and she thinks If
she can do something for the Govern
rnsnt from time to time that a white
mark will be set down for Bone a.
she calls her husband. II ol4er words,
she wants TO enforce ner pc for his
pardon by a showing of services per
formed for the Government BY her
SELF. I know nothing OF what she
may have to tell, but I Will give you
q letter to her"
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81 WAS READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY"

named DFummond Is now ont in Wis
consin looking for us. 'Clate' Robin
son saw him az Mrs. Latta's home
early IA December and came out here
the next day 10 warn as.
pretended to be astounded.
u see II all, now" j said. Mrs
I.atta sent me cut here TO buy your
stuff for the purpose Of having Drum
mond arrest me the moment / got it,"
And then I denounced both Mrs. Lat
IA ana DTuMmOBd 70 the best or my
ability
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Gould Give Information.

q Can tel YOU" he said. where
you can find some rolls with which
counterfeit plate are made, and per
hRps the bedpiece OF the press.
"Cau you tell me where can find
the plates from which the notes are
printer"
No. never. saw them"
who owns the rolls and the bed
piece Of the press ''
~ don't know"
Z knew he was lying. but ] kept
AZ him. He chung as persistently TO
his statement, experimenting it only
70 the extent OF saying that tine rolls
were buried in the woods. Finally
said 20 him.
You and your aunt want 20 do
something 90 help your uncle who IS
IN prison. II would do him absolutely
no good 10 turn these things over TO
me without telling me who owns them.
IN fact II YOU we're TO tell me where
the rolls are buried without revealing
the name of their owner I should
be compelled to arrest YOU The
Government would take the ground
that any man who knew where coun-
terfeiting material was secreted also
knew TO whom they belonged. What
] want to get is not so much things
as persons. I want the men who are
making counterfeit money"
We threshed the matter over for
hours. Mrs. Latta sometimes joining
In the conversation, bat the best
could get out of Clate was a promise
that he would try TO find out that
night who owned the rolls And. as
evening had drawn on, / made an ap-
Pointment for II o'clocl, the next
morning and returned TO my hotel.
When 7 went to the house tae npxt
SSy Mrs. Latts was greatly ssaated.
u don't know what has become II
Clats," she said. TIE got up Al :
O'Clock this morning ana drove away.
He didn't tel me he vas going. ana
! don't know where he has gone"
She suspected however. that he had
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pond 1 grabbed the axe and said
would cut the hole through the lee.
also pulled the axe IN after me when
we started to drive hack 70 the hOusa
Again he insisted that We 60 20 the
barn. and finally / went. He renewed
his argument about the safety OF buy
ing his bad money. and finally I
bought Il. Then he said.
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Tells State Secrets.

1t isn't safe 80 have any counter
felt out here nov Don't you know
Mrs. L.atta has gone over TO the Secret
Service? SH has told the Government
ali about Is out here, and a man
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gone to the little town or BoscobeI.
where he had relatives. II he o'd not
come home by night, she said che
would so TO Boscobel and see if he
had been there
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lie said ne did not believe there was
$50 worth OF the stun In the State.
All the while he was talking he was
jabbing coTncobs and coTnstalks on
long pronged pitchfOrk.
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stranger-rnls Is a dry IoWn. isn't it9
Native-Yep.
stranger-But see there's a orug
store,
Native cD-
stranger-Anem, eouia Sc, you TO
Introduce me thereg
Native-Yep.
s,ranger-Well, TX II ror me- ana Ifi
treat
Give minutes ialer.s
Natis e-Efey, Mr.. Pestie fne'eu' this
Teller war; drink. ri take vanilla.
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Perhaps one reason So many women
insist upon their families eating bakers
bread is that so many exciting things
happen on the street when a woman has
bread in the oven.-Atchison Globe.
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As usual thing when a body Of wom-
en- organize TO do Great Things for the
town, they wind up by holding a fair
ana coming out short
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FACTS

II you make a statement while being
shaved, YOU can always bank on ii that
the man in the next chair viii dispute it,.
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STUNG

CCopyrisht 1905. by A J. Drummoud aad
A. I. Benson
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W ALTER b. WILLIAMS & CO.. AUCTIoNEER

C. c. SLOAN & co. uNC). AUCTIoNEERs.
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ADAM a. WEsCHLER. AUCrIONEER.
TRUSTEES SALE IN BANKRUPTCY OF TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING. NO. SOC TT

TRUSTEES SALE IN BANKRUPTCY OF TWO
STORY BRICK DWELLING NO. SOC 1TH
STREET NORTHEAST.
Ry virtue Of decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District OF Columbia. holding a Bankruptcy
Court in re Martin Bros. bankrupt, No. 496, the
auction. In front OF the premises. on TUESDAY,
THE TWENTY-FOIFRTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
D. 1908. AT FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM,
the following described real estate. to wit Part
Of lot one hundred and six 106I in the National
Capitol Investment Company's subdivision Of
city OF Washington District of Columbia, de-
scribed as said subdivision Is recorded In Book
IS. page 1885, Of the records Of the office of the
surveyor for the said District, beginning for the
at the northeast corner of said lot and
running thence south 18th street 1880 feet,
and thence east 80 feet to the place OF be-
ginning. with right CT way over the following
described part of lot one hundred and six COG.
beginning In the north line of said lot g. 81 feet
west of the northeast corner of said lot and
running thence west 81 6S feet TO fye-foot
alley, thence south said alley three feet,
thence east 81 6S feet. and thence north three
feet to the place OF beginning. together with
the improvements thereon.
Terms: One-thrd Of the purchase money to
he paid in cash and the balance in two equal
instaIlments payable in one and two years. with
interest Mt six per .centum per annum payable
semi arnually, from date of sale. secured by
deed Of trust upon the property sold. all cash.
at the option Of the purchaser. All conveyance
ing and recording al the cost of the purcha ser.
A deposit OF 100000 required at the time of sale.
Terms to be complied with within fifteen days
from day Of SALE
A. COULTER WELLS,
Trustee of Martin Bros.
Century building
JOSEPH D. SULLIVAN. Attorney for Trustee.
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FOR LEE AND GRANT.
Have Plan for Memorial
Shaft to Both.

RICHMOND. Va. November 90
movement has been set on foot in Spott-
sylvania county for the erection Of
handsome monument at Bloody Angle in
the memory jointly OF Gen. Robert p.
Lee commander-in-chief of the Confed-
crate army, and Gen. L. S. Grant, COM
mander-in-chief of the Union forces dur
ing the civil war. and there is every Ike
lihood the Confederates of the entire
south will approve the plan.
The entire affair is as yet in embryo.
although some funds have been raised by
private individuals. and interviews with
veterans OF both sides show that there
will be no opposition to the movement.
Among those interviewed last night upon
this subject is Judge George l.. Christian.
Confederate and one of the most prom-
nent attorneys in this city.
II see no especial reason why monu-
ment should not be erected at Bloody
Angle jointly to the memory of Gems.
.ee and Grant. They were both great
men Confederates and Unionists conced-
ing this point.
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DARWIN r. JAMES DIES.
Retired Brooklyn Banker and Repre-
sentative in Congress Two Terms.

NEW YORK, November o0.-Darwin X.
James. retired merchant and banker
of Brooklyn, and formerly representa-
tive in Congress. died suddenly Of heart
disease in his home. No. 226 Gates
avenue, Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon
Mr.. James had worried for several
months over the continued illness OF ms
wife, who has been confined 10 her bed
since July. and who is also suffering
from heart trouble. So serious Is her
condition that members of her family.
have refraincd from informing her of tho
death of her husband.
Mr.. James. although suffering from lille,
ness. last Saturday attended with Gen. +
o. o. Howard the unveiling of the monu- /
ment to the prison ship martyrs, in Fort
Green Park, Brooklyn. Since then ne
had been confined to his home Iester-
day, while conversing with his daughter.
Mrs. II. NJ. Adams, he collapsed and died
before a physician could be summoned.
Mr.. James was born in williamsburg. ,
Mass, in 1884. When he was sixteen
years old he began his business career
as a clerk in wholesale silk house In
Manhattan. With Mitchell V. Packard
he formed a co-partnership in 1858. en-
gaging in business under the firm name
of Packard & James. During almost his
whole life. Mr.. James was interested in
church mission work. His first labors
homes of poor residents Of Brooklyn when
he was eighteen years old. For forty
years he continued the practice. For
several years he was vice president or
the board of foreign missions OF the
Presbyterian Church.
Mr. James was prominent in republican
politics in Brooklyn and from lSS; 10
1887 was representative in Congress.
taking an active part in the debate on
the free coinage bill. He was instru-
mental in obtaining from the govern.
ment the land upon which now stands
the Wallabout market. During the adj
ministration of President Harrison he was
a member of the board of Indian conf
missoners.
He returned last April from a tour
around the world, on which he was ac-
companied by Mrs. James. and whlcn
occupied one and a half years. Untl
lie left Brooklyn on that trip he was
president of the East Brooklyn Savings
Bank and was also connected with sew
erai financial and commercial enterprises.
He retired from active business three
years ago. For six years Mr.. James
was a park commissioner in Brooklyn.
He is survived by: six daughters and one
son. Darwin r. James, u.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE FRAME
NORTHWEST
BY virtue of a certain deed of trust duly re-
corded In liber No. 2256 folio 800 ct seq, Of
the land records of the District of Columbia. and
at the request Of the party secured thereby. the
undersigned trustees will sell at public auction.
in II J., front 'front.' Of the premises, ON TUESDAY, THE
1908, AT HALF-PAS'r FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the
following described land and premises, situate in
the city Of Washington. District Of Columbia,
and designated and being part of lot 300 in
numbered 50 In said Georgetown now known
square numbered 1889 in the city OF Washington.
described by metes and bounds follows: Be
ginning on the south side Of West street. dis
tant II feet l y inches from west side of Mont
gomery street, being Mt northeast corner Of par
eel of ground conveyed to Mannaker by deed
bia in lber T. n. II. Il. folio :s,, and running
thence west said West street 10 feet 111s
inches to point distant not less than 33 feet
inches east from northwest corner of said lot
street 112 feet inches to an alley thence
east said alley 10 feet liz inches to south
west corner of said Mannaker's lot. thence north
with said Maunaker's west line 1l2 feet 3 inch
to beginning. together with improvements.
Terms Of sale: One third of the purchase money
to be paid In cash, balance in two equal install
ments, payable in one and two years. with In
terest at per centum per annum. payable semi
annually, from day of sale. secured by deed Of
trust upon the property sold. all cash. at the
option of the purchaser. A deposit of 800 will
recording: etc. at cost Of purchaser: Terms Of
sale be complied with within fifteen days
from day OF sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right TO resell the property at the risk and
vertisement OF such resale in newspaper
WALTER H. ACKER.
]. TARBELL DYER.
no12-d&ds eySu Trustees