New-York tribune., 1911-10-01

and alive, the investigator next sought the
means The railway which bridges the
short distance from the mainland To Tybec
had stopped running trains for the season,
but he finally obtained access to the record
Of tickets, and he found that one cash fare
had been paid i'm on the return trip from
| the island Oh the last train TO leave Tyhce
that Sunday. 1t was an excursion train
from Columbus, the one-way fare being the
same as the special round trip-50 cents.
Bowling's return trip ticket was folnd in
his coat pocket The next step was to find
the conductor of the train. He was finally
located on a freight train running out OF
Atlanta. lie recalled the one cash fare be-
cause he had taken the man for spot
ter" His description corresponded with
! that OF Bowling. except that the man on
the train had no mustache.
/ At the government building in Savannah
he learned from the engineering records
that there is no undertow at Tybee; on
the contrary, everything washes to its
shores.
From a neighbor Of Bowling's near Co
lumbus the secret service man learned
] that Bowling had taken his razor with him.
The neighbor, being a poor man, could not
afford razor, and borrowed Bowling 5
once a week. ON the Sunday on which
Bowling was supposed 10 have been
drowned he went to his house TO borrow
the razor. but Mrs. Bowling could not
find IT.
The next thing the investigator had to
account for was where and how Bowling
. got a suit of clothes to put on after di-
/ Tvbee Beach. After many weeks search
he suddenly. remembered that Bowling and
/ Walters had gone TO Macon a day or two
, before making the excursion 10 Savannah.
| With a local officer ne visited every second
| hand store in the city, without result,
/ Finally, at the leading clothing store, he
/ found a record of one cash sale Of a sum
+ mer suit on that day. it being the end OF
/ the summer season. The clerk who sold IL
was found I'm another store and could not
: recall anything about the sale, but when
} a photograph Of Bowling was flashed on
him he identified IT as the man to whom he
| sold the suit
Having proved that Walters's sworn
stastement was false In many particulars
the investigator had a warrant sworn out
Tor MS arrest OllH kiif tlldl ~ Vi ~
from the body of Bowling, for at Macon
Bowling had flashed big roll of bills, and
in the clothes which Walters brought to
the hotel was only $6 90. He was also
armed with afiidavits, both true and
trumped up for the occasion. When he
reached Columbus he let IL be known that
he had a warrant for the arrest Of Wal
ters The news soon travelled, and Bowl
iugs brother came in 20 see about it, and
10 see what would be done to Walters. The
investigator told him he knew where Bowl
ing was hiding, and unless Walters pro-
duced him he would send them both 10 the
peuitcntary. but that if they complied-if
Bowling would come back and look out for
his wife and family-the whole matter
would be dropped.
The bluff worked. Two nights later the
conductor OF the excursion train called for
the investigator at the theatre, where he
was witnessing a play, and told him Bowl
ing had ridden up from Atlanta on his
train. and that he said he had been IN
Richmond. Va. The investigator announced
Bowling's return through the columns Of a
friendly newspaper, ana, acting on insruc-
tions from his home office dropped the en-
tire matter. But these two conspirators
did not even get the cash surrender value
of his policy in at least one company.
While this matter Of tracing persons who
/ have disappeared and unravelling consplra-
cics TO deiraud the company NAY appeal
to the general public with the glamour and
romance which seems to surround the
words detective and secret service.
the insurance companies look upon IL as a
mere matter of routine bJsiness-the pro-
lection of their policyhoidcrs and of the
company. II is as much matter of busi
ness VITA them as With tho Association 60,
National Bankers, the Consolidated New
York Stock Exchange and the wholesale
and retail merchants associations Of this
and other large cities of the country When
an insured man disappears IL saves the
company and the policyholders money 10
trace him. and he is traced with as much
dispatch as the specialized investigating
bureau is capable OF.