The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-06-30

arv detective stories 70 enter the pro.
sessson. / went to an Office and asked
for employment. It happened that
man was wanted 60 SO among gang
az footpads and burglars disguised az
~ of lheir kind with view 70 learn
M certain facts concerning them Il
was 60 dangerous job that no rega'
~ dafActive would undertake 4
,rhasa men know their own sort ana
would easily recognize spy J. Delng
flIad with the romance Of detecuFe
work without having had any eApe'
y,anra tumbled to an offer OF the lop
About Ii O'Clock at night, disguised
as tough. reeled into q saloon
whare NV men were supposed to De.
found them there and invited them
70 drink. Itreated several times ana
Thought was getting in with tneM
when suddenly there was hammer.
,ng at The door, and the barkeeper
c,.,ed. DPolice, Gitr' The lights Went |
ont and we were all left in the dark
scattering Ike SO many rats Ine
doore were broken down, and the po
,sca rnahed ia. When the lights We're
t,,,,,sd on It was found that the bar
keeuer and | were the only capuVes'
How the rest got away don't know
was taken to a station. and on the
,,ov made myself known 10 the cop
svbo walked beside ME. He gaye
hroad grin and said that was the most
haautifnl device Of all that were prac-
t,nad fo the criminal profession
IA rim be would learn more about
thar in time. slept in filthy cen
for the rest of the night and the next
dav sent word to the detective agency
that would like to have them come
ana gef me out. They sent one q tne
annlovees. who had never seen me
~ course the police officers were not
} ooinc 10 discharge me on any sucn
svidence. or. rather, want Of It, and l
told the man to 90 back ana tel tne
one who had hired me to come ana
vonch for me-
ue didn't come till late in the after
. noon. and when be did he didn't recog
e nlze. me. told him | was the man
(. he had sent to the saloon for inrorma
tIon Int he looked at me contemptuous
Il IL and said that the man he had SEN
. had likely met with foul play ara
Ii was irving to get out OF bad scraps
nv nersonating him He hadn't see'
. me made Up. and my disguise was -
nerfect that be believed me 70 pc
variable villain He went away with
out being convinced o. 70 my identity
and was Obliged to spend anotne
!. night in cell
y 4 week passed. and was still prs
ne oner Then one day | was indicted q
IS one of the men in the saloon when n
u noliee made the raid, who had mao
III away with the detective that the agel
CHI cy had sent out Ia other words
n was charged with being my own mu
~ derer. Upon inquiry learned that q
man who had thus been sent out on
mission had disappeared. and IT w
'st supposed he had been dispatched
~ the gang.
be Here was pretty how-de-do. ca
ed again for the man who had Sc
me ont but he refused to come to
mo. and couldn't go 70 see him
~. doubted If il would do any good
i, he came. He had never seen me :
once. and then but for a nome
nas How could be be expected to recogn
'an me in my rough garb, especially as
ale the saloon scufte ] had been very b'
Nw ~ esuledf
sent for lawyer and toiu hin
! story. He appeared to believe
tric bur said there would be no use IN ?
- ting such story before jury
o1 was SO palpabIy false that it wo
ons prejudice my case. He said ne wo
dtf. trv 10 get up a defense that wo
- seem more probable. asked hin
there was anything more proba
than that man could not have
aared himself and be aliyc. He
pued that ! would have to prove
identity. which was impossible
would try to think Of some method
defense that would be easier 70 pI
than the truth. "We lawyers d
care anything" he said, for
truth. What we want is sometl
we can prove An alibi affords
best chance"
when came to be tried for b
implicated in my own murder I
was no proof against me except
I was known to have gone to the
loon from which had disappe
and was one of the gang Of raj
which was raided This was cons
ed prima facie evidence that ]. a
Div with others. had killed myself
was evident that would get a
term on general principles.
NV lawyers method was verl
cenious Having entered my ciai
BE- another person than myself.
1 Borland. he brought John Borl
mother into court to swear that
SON on .he night Of the supposed
der was at home ana ID bed An
ID witness. who lived in the same b
swore to the same thing Thel
The lawyer called upon the policeman
'noc had arrested me to swear that