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that his wife was as fine a lady as
lived and she appeared on the
stage every night in tights, etc.
Liked Her Looks.
Bristow said he liked her appear
ance and thought everything would
be all right, but he would, Of course,
have to call up Mr.. Van Burean" in
Atlanta and see what he had to say
about it. He explained that he had
put in a call for his partner earlier in
the evening but Mr.. Van Bureau was
not at the Bijou theatre at that time
and central Informed him that At
lanta instructed that he would have
to call later If he wished to talk.
The time came for him to go down
to telephone to his partner In Atlanta
and he would come back and let
Miss Dow" know what he had to
say about it. But he Iidn t so down
and he has done no 'phoning yet.
Just as he was preparing to leave the
room he was confronted by Inspec-
tor Gregory and his assistant, the
former appearing at the door laading
from room 16 to the hallway and
the latter through the connecting
door that leads from room Is to l6.
To say that Bristow was taken by
surprised and was completely non
plussed expresses it but mildly. 1t
we're as If the earth had opened up
and these men had appeared out OF
its centre.
He admitted his connection with
the scheme and turned over to In
spector Gregory letters, etc., In his
possession and Informed him where
others could be found. While he ad-
mitted his connection with this
scheme he insisted that Mr.. Van
Bureau" devised it and was the prin-
cipal operator, he (Bristow) being
merely on agent"
He was questioned at length and
detailed how he met Ivan Buren,
and how he was led into this scheme
and how they had worked it togeth-
er. He said the letter to Miss Dow
was written by himself but that ivan
Bureau" dictated most Of 1t and told
him in a general way what to say
to her. Later he answered other re-
plies that were received as a result
of the advertisement, without the as
~sistance Of his alleged friend.
Other Girls Had Answered.
, .oooI,yioo ronlior from
girls in the city and from others than
Miss Dow" outside Of the city. 1t
was arranged for two of the girls to
meet the agent" at the Congaree ho-
tel and on Sunday night, March ~,
he went there and stayed all night.
He said that Ivan Bureau" was to
have met the girls expected at the
Congaree and went there himself and
registered but later Ivan Bureau
told him that he had to go to Sum-
ter on the next atrin and asked him
(Bistow) to go to the hotel) and
meet the girls. He said that the girls
had failed to come and he left word
with the proprietor that If they called
after that night that he was suddenly
called out Of the city and would be
back in a day or two.
He talked with the proprietor OF
the Congaree, he said, about being In
the show business and to prove to
him that he was no fake showed
them some of the letters that he had
received addressed to the wallace
Amusement Co." and left them with
him. He had not been back since to
that hotel and did not know whether
any Of the girls e went there to
meet Ivan Bureau" after Sunday
night.
ivan Burean"-Where?
Bristow insisted that Miss Dow
was the only one of the girls whom he
had met, but Ivan Bureau" had met
several, mentioning n in Brookkand
and one on Banding street, etc., He
gave the names of four or five girls
living in the factory district whom
they had planned to get into the COM
pany but he had left it to Van
Bureau" so see them and make the ar
engagements.
He denied that he placed the ad in
The State and said that he had never
gone to the %postoflce and called for
the mail. On being shown an order
sent to the postmaster directing that
the mail for he Wallace Amusement
Co., be delivered to hoy" he ad-
mitted that he wrote it. The order
was signed "Char.es Van Bureau"
and was written on a piece OF yellow
paper. He also admitted that he had
sent the same boy to the Office on
several occasions for the mail. When
Bristow was taken In charge by In
spector. Gregory he had just $1.2O Cd
his person and that is the amount
with which he had planned to take
Miss Dow" out and give her a good
time. He said that this was Ivan
Bureaus" money. and that $3.50 was
given to him by the latter just as he
IVAN Burean) was fixing to leave
Columbia for Atlanta Monday
He also had a new tape line in his
pocket and the money was to be used
in paying for telephone message. His
attention was directed to the fact that
if $3.50 was given to him for that
purpose he had already spent 20
Gems OF 1t for something else and
was planning to spend more Of it in
taking Miss Dow" out for a good
time about the city. Well, he could fix