The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-07
4 B.
THE HUNTING OF HERES.

j. X. Heres. jr.. Of the town of Ell
mira, county of Waterloo, Canada, was
q dapper young man of sanctimonious
countenance, and the possessor Of a
long silken, black mustache with
dropping ends of which he was excess
lively proud. By profession he was
school teacher, and his father kept
country store and was reputed TO be
well-to-do. When the younger Heres
was not engaged in imparting knowl-
edge to Juveniles, or singing German
songs. he was fond of fitting about the
Asuntry in search of amorous adven-
lures, being what is generally known as
ladies man." He was by no means
q favorite with the male contingent,
for his effeminate, lackadaisical man
ners were not calculated to eDdear him
10 the average man.
Indeed he was 50 much of TOP in
appearance that one would never i'm
agine him TO be marked for the CEN
trail figure in a stirring event where
whole town turned out to rescue him,
while his captor, with drawn guns,
backed against a wall with HERES at
his feet. stood prepared to sell his life
as dearly as possible. His father did
not sympathize with the sons manner
of enjoying himself, and the paternal
purse-strings were not 1oosened to any
great extent in order TO provide the
black haired Lothario with funds. Yet
the pleasures to which Mr.. Heres, jr.,
was devoted called for q constant sup
ply of the root of all evil. and an an
noying 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 a fine summers day in 1887 young
Mr.. HERES sauntered into the office Of
John Cavers. manager of the Imperial
bank Of Gait Ontario. and presented
two notes to be discounted. One was
signed by Peter Leweller. neighbor Of
the HERES family, and the other by
HERES father. They totaled $500. and
Mr.. Covers discounted them. HERES
vanished with the money and shortly
sfterward old man HERES and Peter
Lcwellcr pronounced their Signatures
To be forgeries. No trace could be found
If the fascinating J. K Herres. who
had presumably sought fresh fields and
pastures new as soon as he had secured
the necessary cash. The officials of the
Imperial bank Immediately took steps
10 hunt down the fugitive. and Detec-
tive John Wilson Murray was sent for
and the case placed in his hands.
After an interview with Manager Ca
vers, Murray proceeded to Berlin. the
county seat OF Waterloo. and prepared
extTadition papers. for from inquiries he
had made he felt certain that HERES
had sought asylum in the United States.
He also held counsel with John Kip
pert the chief cOnsta bic of Waterloo. a
>hreWd old German who was considered
one OF the best police officers in the
Dominion. KHppeTt knew the missing
man well 10y sight. and was able to give
The detective a good description Of him.
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you viii know him two ways: one by
his chet black hair and one by his ding
dong mustaches. He has some Of the
loftiest muStaches YOU efer see. They
Tow down like Niagara Falls. and they.
loo. are Chef black"
But it's altogether likely that he has
40 them of" remarked Murray.
FDcu YOU will know them by the
place they used to be" said Klippert.
And TemembeT-they are chet black"
Murray set the telegraph wires work
ing all over the country for a trace Of
his man. At length he learned that the
fugitive had cousin who was a law
yer at White Cloud. in Minnesota. and
that Heres had been in correspondence
with this man. whose address was found
in an old coat belonging to HERES. 4
visit to White Cloud was plainly in or
der for Murray. and on Sept IS he
~rsrted for st. Paul. On arrival in the
'Ster city he went to police headquar-
tefs interviewed Commissioner Spen-
Ger and prepared the necessary warrant
for Heres arrest. provided that he was
10 he found. He also called upon an old
acquaintance. United States Marshal
Campbell of White Cloud a prominent
man in that part Of the country. Camp
bell gave the Canadian officer a letter
20 Congressman c. F. Mcdonald OF
White Cloud, whom the marshal said
would be able to render his friend val
liable assistance in locating the fugitive
Armed with this document. Murray
went TO White Cloud and looked up the
cousin Of HERES.
He learned from neighbors that the
cousin had a visitor some time before,
4 dapper fellow with a remarkably fine
lnusta-hc. The stranger had tarried
only sew days and then driven away.
Murray called on Congressman Melon
aid. and was given letters of introduc-
ton to prominent people within a "a
dius of 200 miles. Part of the surround /
ing country was but thinly settled at !
that time. and the detective began a |
careful, systematic search throughout /
the region for the gentleman with the |
luxurisnt mustache.
For two days and nights Murray
made flying trips from point to point |
Snatching an occasional hours rest as 1
best he might. For there We're clues in 1
plenty, tales Of men with black mus |
taches and ebony-colored boards in diff /
ferent parts of the country: but none of 1
these turned out to be the much-desired 1
HERES. Yet the silken adornment or /
the fugitives upper lip was unquestiOn- |
ably safe sign TO Identify him by, for |
as Murray reasoned, If HERES had not |
shaved IL OFF during the earlier days of |
his fight when concealment was so de- /
sirable his vanity would prevent its /
sacrifice at a stage wen he was begin |
ming to feel toierably safe. At length, /
however. Murray found himself back at /
his original starting point of White /
Cloud, without having located his man. /
Then he learned of settlement of Ger |
mans at a place called Little Falls. and 4
remembered what he had heard regard
j1k< HERES fOndness for German songs. |
A1sO there was man in White Cloud 1
who asserted that HERES had a relative i
IN the settlement in question. Deter
mined not to overlook the slightest clue 1
20 the defaulter's hiding place, Murray /
set out for Little Falls which is several |
hundred miles distant from St Paul. /
and arrived there on Oct. T.
He found Little Falls to be place OF
about 1000 inha b. tants. and made /
house to house canvass in search of his /
quarry, but found no trace Of him. He /
oh ~cf4 yn