The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-02


mustachc with dropping ends Of which
he was excessively proud By profes.
sion he was a school teacher and his
father kept country store and was re.
pulcd TO be wellto.dD. When the young.
ur HERES was not engaged in impart,
ing knowledge in juveniles, or singing
German songs. he was fond OF Hitting
about the country In search Of amor.
Gus adventures, being what is gen.
orally known as 2 ladies man He
was by no means fayorite with the
male contingent, for his eftominate,
lackadaiscal manners were not calcu-
lated to cndcar him to the average
man
Indeed he was so much OF a fop in
appearance that one would never i'm,
agine him to be marked for the central
figure in a stirring event where a
whole town turned out TO rcscu" him.
while his Captor, with drawn guns.
backed against wall with Heres at
his feet stood prepared to sell his
life as dearly as possible. His father
did not sympathizc with his sons man.
ner Of enjoying himself, and the pa.
tcrnal purse-strings were not loosened
TO any great extent in order to pro.
vide the black.halred Lothario with
funds Yet the pleasures to which
Mir HERES, Jr., was devoted called for
a constant supply OF the root Of all
evil. and an annoying tightness in the
money market at certain stage OF his
love affairs was the stumbling block
over which his feet were destined to
trip.
On n fine summers day in 1887
young Mr. HERES sauntcred into the
office of John Cavcrs. manager OF the
Imperial Bank of Gait. Ontario. and
presented two notes to be discounted.
One was signed by Peter Lewellcr, a
neighbor Of the HERES family. and the
other by HERES father They totalled
$500. and Mr. Cayers discounted them.
HERES vanished with the money and
shortly afterwards old man HERES and
Peter Leweller pronounced their sig
natures 20 be forgerics. No trace could
be found Of the fascinating J. X.
HERES, who had presumably sought
fresh fields and pastures new as soon
IS he had secured the necessary cash.
The officials Of the Imperial bank i'm
mcdiately took steps to hunt down
The fugitive, and Detective John VIII
son Murray was sent for ana the case
placed in his hands.
After an interview with Manager
Cayers Murray proceeded to Berlin.
pared cXtradition papers. for from in
luiries he had made he felt certain
that HERES had sought asylum in the
United States. He also held counsel
with John Klippcrt. the chief constable
81 Waterloo, n shrcwd old German who
vas considered one of the best police
officers in the Dominion klippert
knew the missing man well by sight
and was able TO give the detective
good description Of him.
Shon," said Kllppert impressiyely.
you will know him two ways; one
BY his chct black hair and one by his
dingdong mustacheB. He has some OF
the Hottest mustaches you efer see.
They flow down like Niagara Falls.
and they too are chet black"
But it's altogether likely that he
has shaved them of" remarked Muir.
ray
Den you will know them by the
place they used to be- said Klippcrt.
And remember-they are chet black"
lie went to Little Falls. place
pf about 900 inhabitants, and made q
house TO house canvass In search of
his quarry but found no trace of HERES.
He was about to return to White Cloud
when the schoolteaching side OF
Heres came again to his mind and he
proceeded to visit the schools The re
suit was unsatisfactory; HERES was
not engaged in educating the younger
generation of Little Falls. But there
were several country schools, and Muir.
ray paid visit to a storekeeper who
was one of the school trustees This
man informed him that there had been
some new teachers recently hired for
country schools and suggested that
the detective should interview the
clerk of the school board, who lived
close by. The latter official proved &C.
commodating. and enquired the names
of the teachers whom the stranger
sought. Murray said that he did not
know their names. The clerk stated
that two new teachers had been ap-
pointed TO little rural schools about
40 miles out in the country, both of
whom we're new arrivals in that sec
ton of the state, but neither was
named HERES.
Murray decided TO visit the two new
teachers, and also determined to OBJ
tain companion who knew the coun.
try round about in order that there
might be as little delay as possible in
the trip.
There was big fellow named Rich.
ardson In the town. who held sort OF
commission as town policeman or con
stable, and the detective. without dis.
closing the real object of his journey.
asked him to accompany him on a
hunt for prairie chickens of which