The Detroit times., 1910-03-24
HARK|Ns PREDICTS.
LIVELY O0|NGs.
Detroit Detective To "Tel Things
Just as They Were" When Wood
liff Case Comes Up in Jackson.

Interesting revelations are predicted
by William Harkins. the private de-
tective Of this city who has figured
prominently on both side of the wet
and dry" controversy In Jackson.
when the hearing of the case against
Attorney Woodliff, OF the prison city,
In taken up, Thursday. He intimates
strongly that an effort will be made
ct the hearing to bring out some OF tho
inside history OF the Morrow investi-
CATION, TO show just what influenced
tie Anti-Saloon i~ague In generating
the superintendent.
Harkins has been subpened as a
witness In the case. and thereby hangs
az interesting little tale. Harkins
went out to jackson last Saturday, as
he explains, to collect his bill against
| the "drys" for the work he had done
in their behalf in that city. 1t was on
this occasion that the subpoena was
served on him, much to his surprise
But that's only minor incident in the
story, which has TO do with Harkins
recent negotiations with j. K. Bartlett,
leader OF the "drys" In Jackson.
Harkins says that when he first pre-
scented his bill to Bartlett. several days
ago, the latter objected to it as being
90 high, although he had charged only
| for the actual time put in and the ex'
penses he had been put to But Bart
lett promised to check 1t over and Ha''
kins went home. The matter dragged
on and Harkins became impatient, ~
lie wcs in need Of the money, he ex.
plains. He happened to mention the
matter to G. X. Mabee, OF Detroit, an
cid antagonist of the "drys," who. Har-
kins says, is the complaining witness
against Woodliff, and the latter Is al
,eged to have replied:
Let me have your bill; I'll make
them SETTLE"
shortly after that l went out to
Jackson again to see Bartlett and find
out what he was going to do about the
bill" says Harkins. Il was told he
was In Detroit. That afternoon |
got long -distance telephone call from
Detroit TO come right home, as my
wife had been seriously injured In an
accident. | hurried back to Detroit on
the first train and found the house
locked up. When my wife came home
| realized that the telephone call was
merely a ruse TO get me back to De
troit. My wife told me that Bartlett
had been up to the house and was
very anxious TO see me. | don't know
whether he had heard what Mabee
had said or not. but. anyway. he came
up to the house that night and told
me that my bill would be taken care
Of SO | went out to Jackson last
Saturday to settle up, and that's when
was served with the subpoena.
How much did l get?f Well. abort
S95 In cash. They insisted on deduct
ing $35 for Woodliff's services I'm de-
Tending me when l was arrested out
there. didn't think that was quite
right, but stood for 1t, for | was glad
to get the thing cleared up. am
neither q wet nor dry now, but
Just plain Harkins, and when / get on
the stand I'll tell things just as they
were without attempting to favor
either side. Better be on hano,
though. There's likely to be some
lively dolngs."
Harkins denies story that is going
around to the effect that he was Of
fered large sum OF money down, and
SO a day for two years 20 get out OF
Michigan and stay out for that length
Of time.
IF any such proposition had been
made to me l will tell you. frankly,
that I would have accepted 1t under
the circumstances" he saidc