The San Francisco call., 1909-04-27
Letters To Female DctectNe
How Broker Muir Was Traced
FUGITIVE WAS
IN Dire NEED
Dashing Fay Wilson Appears
As Sort Of Affinity in
Financial Dilemma

The affinity inevitable. in the person
of Miss Fay Wilson, a dashing female
detective, loomed up yesterday to add
to the sorrows of w. A Muir, broker,
now in the city prison on charges of
embezzlement. "Cherchez la femme"
repeated the police officials when Muir
! first fed the city, and the hunt revealed
Miss Wilson, tall, handsome, fascinat-
ing, keen of brain and earning a haz-
ardous livelihood as detective in the
employ of a large local corporation
1t was to her that Muir wrote when
the hue and cry followed his disappear
ance, asking for money. The letter was
intercepted and from that time on his
every move was known by Detectives
Bunner and Freel.
Miss Wilson is professionally mystic
rious. She first came to notice in San
Francisco during the excitement fol-
lowing the ink singers craze. She
appeared before the late Chief Biggy,
bearing with her several recommends
tions of a startling character. and such
was her undeniable ability as a sleuth
that she was engaged on the spot and
put to work ferretirg out inside secrets
the kind of which even the greater
majority of the detective force are in
entire ignorance.
Companion of Muir
The work finished, she departed on
her own way and then suddenly
| sprang to the front again as the com
panion of w. A. Muir. What her busi-
ness was with him provided another
mystery.
Simply business" said she, with an
linscrutable smile.
Whatever it was, it brought them to-
! gether great deal. She dined with
him, lunched with him and was at his
the intimacy between them that Mrs,
Muir, becoming suspicious. complained
to the police that the woman had some
kind of hold over her husband and was
matchmaking him.
i Whereupon IA male detective from
headquarters was sent to interview the
female detective in her boudoir. 1t was
a case of wheels within wheels. A COM
mon suspicion is that the affinity was
pursuing her calling and simply keep
ing very close watch on Muir, it even
being hinted that she was then still in
the employ of the city police depart
ment. Another theory is that she was
working for a private agency. But even
police records will not show any note
of her employment.
Tangle of Suspicion
In the midst of the tangle of sus-
picion, gossip and rumor Muir fled, and
the silent, systematic hunt for him
across the country followed. From Los
Angeles he went to Ell Paso and then
to Denver, with the police following
him at every step. His letter to the
woman detective ran:
January Q, 1903.
| Dear Fay: am in Los Angeles and leave for
El Paso tomorrow. Send me all the money you
can in care of general delivery at El Paso.
w. A. M.
81 turned the letter over the the
police said Miss Wilson coolly.
Wife Charges BlackmaiI
According to the police Mrs Muir
again complained about Miss Wilson,
accusing her of blackmail 'She said,
declared Detective Gaughran, who has
been one of the men on the case, that
she feared all was not proper between
Miss Wilson and her husband and that
should she find this to be so she in
tended to let him fight his battles
| himself"
Mrs. Muir denied having made such
statements to the police. "rhey ema-
nate from Detective Freel." said She
/ because he had difficult job taking
my husband away from Colorado L
wish to state emphatically that / in
tend to stay by my husband and do
all that is demanded by a high sense
of wifely duties. / do not know any
thing about this so called affinity"
Though she did not, her 16 year old
son, Paxton Muir, had fairly large
knowledge OF the matter
"Of course / have heard of this Miss
Wilson before" said he. she came
pretty near breaking up our home We
all thought she had some hold on my
father and was trying to blackmail
him. AS / understand it father let
her have a great deal of money. Per-
haps that is why he ran short at the
end. None of us knew anything about
this Miss Wilson business until the
very last"
Miss wilson's statement regarding
the affair was mysteriously ambiguous.
Il am sure / did not know was so
very fascinating as to captivate hard
headed businessman like Muir said
she. "a short time ago a detective
came to me from headquarters, saying
Mrs. Muir had accused me of attempt
ing to blackmail her husband. / sat-
isfed him there was nothing in the
report and he went away. Ny dealings
with Muir were purely business in
character. let him have some money
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