The evening world., 1909-02-03


ways. Now the fugitive has far m
Wireless has wrecked the old crooks
haven. Maroon Is the greatest detective
10 the world. His arrests alone more
than repay him for the eager years
spent In developing his system. No dis
suiss has been too thick to penstrate
and no mask Incapable Of being peered
Into. Murderers, suspected murderers-
such ~ Slater-card sharps, "oon" men.
thisfs, smbeszlers and malefactors OF
all kinda must pass the muster OF wire.
lesa Wireless y the unssen sentinel
OF two continents whose sorutiny you
can't escape.
Tracing the Criminal.
Briefly. the method OF ocean capture
Is this: The Captain gets u message
from New York. London, Liverpool or
any other city, II may read;
'rMgs for n z 0 Captains mes
sage for RspubNc)-Thinf COW
rim, smbsxsler 100000 and dis-
mond thief, aboard. American.
thIrty-nvs, heavy, dark hair, eyes,
mustaohs; index finger right hand
rome. o. r, CLIFTON"
Probably fifteen minutes after the
Captain and his officers hsye discovered
the man wanted" &c. F." ID 90 In
formed. Word comes back to detain
him few hours before docking and
meet Mulberry street officers down tho
bay Or II the Captain fears his as
ISOLATION with his passengers, he IL
promptly put IN irons. Thus the wire
less detective has worked silently,
speedily and efrectually
will never forget one trip | made
aboard the Bluecher. 1t was the tirst
time had ever seen the swift clutch
Of the wireless, but It came none too
quickly, for II Just nIpped marriage
In the bud witch would have forever
d!sgraced a prominent Missouri family,
and probably have thrown tender
! slip OF sri. sentimental and foolish,
bu, very beautiful. into an eternity Of
misery.
The ships Idol,
Ono " these tall. splenddly dressed
strangegs whom YOU always see aboard
liner had become the idol OF the trip,
You may recall this story American
Grl European papers gave II much
space about a year ago. ! think the
fellow was the hsndsomest specimen OF
physical man I ever saw,
with a finished manner he readily won
the friendship OF nearly every woman
aboard. lie was suaye, deferenual,
gallant and conversationalist OF
marked ability. Every time I saw him
a group Of the prett!est women aboard
we're about him, laughing and Joining
in his well-told stories OF months on his
fathers ranches in Texas. Mono sus-
pected him.
Among the passengers was tho daush-
ter OF a very influential Missouri poiiti'
clan, who had rolled up his million and
was on his way to Europe aftsr twenty
six years OF steady work 1t was to be
his first vacation. His VITA still young
and pretty, and his daughter, not more
than twenty and full OF senseless
Prince Charming Ideas, accompanied
him.
II was not long before the passengers
observed the girl and the dashing Texan
stranger frequently together. He would
usually be sitting in the plush cushions
of the library debating q letter for her
or promenadIng the upper deck arm and
arm. Each day his attire was faultless
in cut and color. His eyes were flashing
and alert and his manner OF speech was
rapid Often I thought him nervous.
Tho TeIltaIe Scar.
Al times | noticed q deep scar over
his right eye, which he had apparently
attempted to conceal with long locks OF
brown hair az fine and silky as those OF
woman.
We were four days out OF New York
when a rumor spread that the girl was
to marry the big youth on landing. We
heard hat she had gone TO her parents,
told o. her love for him" and that HI
had been able 70 pass the fathers mus.
ter He dlned with the family. wat
constantly at the girls side and seemed
80 perfectly depOrted and refined that
not one passenger Of all the 65 on board
suspected he was not what he claimed.
When not with the young woman w
saw him strollng with the captain. The
seamen DOTTED their caps and stewards
bowed and kowtowed as he passed
Even the men passengers chded him fol
keeping away from their tables ano
games, To all he smiled most engag-
fngly but declined. He was "bount
across on business"
Well. I guess We might have been ~