The Elbert County tribune., 1909-04-01
R. j. X. HERES. JR.. o.

mustache with dropping ends of which
he was excessively proud. BY profes-
sion he was school teacher, and his
father kept country store and was re-
puted to be well-to-do. When the young
er HERES was not engaged in impart-
ing knowledge in juveniles. or singing
German songs, he was fond of fitting
about the country in search of amor
GUS adventures. being what is gen.
orally known as ladies man." He
was by no means a favorite with the
male contingent, for his effeminate,
lackadaisical manners were not calcu-
lated to endear him to the average
man.
Indeed he was SO much of fop in
appearance that one would never i'm
/agine him to be marked for the central
4gure in stirring event where a
Whole town turned out to rescue him,
while bis 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 his sons man.
ner of enjoying himself, and. the pa
ternal purse-strings were not loosened
to any great extent in order to pro-
vide the black-haired Lothario with
funds. Yet the pleasures to which
Mr.. HERES, Jr., was devoted called for
constant supply of the roo: 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 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 totalled
5000, and Mr.. Cavers discounted them.
HERES vanished with the money and
shortly afterwards old man HERES and
Peter Leweller pronounced their sig
natures to be forgeries. No trace could
pe found of the fascinating ]. K.
eHerres, who had presumably sought
fresh fields and pastures new as soon
as he had secured the necessary cash.
The officials of the Imperial bank i'm
lmediately took steps to hunt down
sthe fugitive, and Detective John VIII
son Murray was sent for anG the case
placed in his hands.
After an interview with Manager
Cavers, Murray proceeded to Berlin,
the county seat of Waterloo, and pre-
pared extradition papers, for from in
quiries he had made he felt certain
that HERES had sought asylum in the
United States. He also held counsel
with John Klippert, the chief constable
of Waterloo, a shrewd old German who
was 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 Klippert impressively,
''you will 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 flow down like Niagara Falls.
and they too are chet black"
But it's altogether likely that he
has shaved them off," remarked Muir
ray.
Den you will know them by the
place they used to be-" said Klippert.
"And remember-they are chet black. :"
He went to Little Falls. place
OF about 1000 inhabitants, and made
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 school-teaching 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 ac-
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 were 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 a companion who knew the coun-
try round about in order that there
might be as little delay as possible in
making the trip.
There was big fellow named Rich
ardson in the town. who held q sort OF
commission as town policeman or con-