Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-13

dropped around at the lawyers ONES
and asked him about his fair client
He laughed and told me she wanted
him to bring suit against me for or
dering her to take her choice between
the two trains. What did you tell
her? l asked. 4 told her she had bet.
ter choose the 9:40 for New York,
said the lawyer, for / knew you'd see
that she'd take the IL o'clock for the
workhouse if she stayed
The Old and the New Rich.
Thirty and forty years ago. when
was a young man in Pittsburg, a man
who had 100000 was accounted rich.
The young men of those days, even
those who had the richest parents, had
comparatively little money to spend.
And, what is more, most of them
were put to work by their parents.
Nowadays the SONS of our very rich
men not only receive enormous sums
to spend, but are not required to do
any real work. 1t Is no wonder they
cause their parents SO many heart
aches. OF course there are many ex-
ceptions to what / have said. No
generalization is wholly true~pot even
this one. But the rich young men Of
this country would be far and away
better off-mentally, physically and
morally-if their parents made them
go to work and earn their own spend
ing money. The Woodworking young
mar rarely has bad companions.
Sometimes a father realizes these
things and cuts off the sons allowance.
But mothers always take their sons
part. They will continue to send them
money without their husbands knowl-
edge. In fact, the more d~issipated the
son the more money the mother will
send him. A mother will never believe
that her son is doing wrong. The
more worthless he is the closer the
mother will stick to him. In all my
experience with black sheep | have
never known a mother to turn on her
son.
Lure Of Broadway.
broadway is the Mecca of the gild-
ed youth. A young man can get into
more trouble in New York in a day
than he can in Pittsburg in a month.
But it takes money to get into trou-
ble-don't forget that"
What precisely was your connec-
ton with the Thaw case?" was asked.
We'll, l knew Harry Thaw ever
since he was a little boy. l knew his
father well, too. So when he got into
trouble 1t was only natural that he
should send for me. / did what | could
for HIM but his lawyers spoiled all
chances of freedom. He's as sane
as anyone in America today. The
trouble with Harry is that his parents
him too much money and always
allowed him to have his own way. He
was a spoiled boy from the time of his
BIRTH"
Record Is a Distinguished One.
Few detectives have had so many
adventures and been connected with
SO many celebrated cases as Roger
O'Mara. He became a detective the
first year he joined the Pittsburg po-
lice force, back in 1857. In order to
round up a gang of crooks O'Mara,
only nineteen years of age, had
himself publicly discharged from the
police force. He then joined the
crooks and when he had obtained all
evidence he needed he placed them
Ill under arrest. He was the detective
who arrested Alexander Berkman, who
shot Henry G. Prick, and it was large
ty through his efforts that Laura Big
gar, the actress, was prevented from
the Bennett millions. It will
De remembered that Laura Biggar OF
"A Trip to Chinatown" fame, claimed
was Millionaire Benefits widow
ind the mother of his child, who had
lied. O'Mara, retained by the Ben
lett heirs, succeeded In finding evi-
lence which prevented Laura Biggar
rom establishing her claim.
Back in the eighties he captured
Shoe Box" Miller. the famous crook
Who escaped from a Pennsylvania pen
Tertiary in a shoe box. Miller had
obbed a family named Connors, liv-
ng at Catfish, near Ptttsburg, of $21,-
90. BY torturing Connors' wife Miller
ucceeded in learning the hiding place
t the money, and with 1t he fed to
O'Mara tracked him all over
he country and finally brought him
ack after one of the most remarkable
lan-hunts in recent times.
These are only a few of the cases in
yhich O'Mara has figured. Since he
esigned from the Pittsburg detective
orce nine years ago he has been In
usiness for himself. The greater part
{ his time has been spent In getting
he rich young lei of Pittsburg and
Their cities out Of trouble. This is
is speciality.
Boys will be boys" he says, but
e adds that they will be better boys
their parents give them less money.
A fine, kindly old man is Roger
Mara, the shepherd Of the black
heep.