The Ordway new era., 1911-07-14

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?' asked. I told her she had bet
ter choose the $40 for New York
said the lawyer. for I knew you'd see
that she'd take the II o'clock for the
workhouse II she stayed
The Old and the New Rich.
Thirty and forty years ago. when
was 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. or course there are many ex.
ceptions to what l have said. No
generalization Is wholly true-not 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 hard.working young
man 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 dissipated 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 1t 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. knew Harry Thaw ever
since he was a little boy. knew his
father we'll. 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
his chances OF freedom. He's as sane
as anyone in America today. The
trouble with Harry Is that his parents
gave him too much money and always
allowed him to have his own way. He
was n 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 detective the
first year he Joined the Pittsburg po
lice force. back in 1867. In order to
round up a gang Of crooks O'Mara,
then only nineteen years OF age. had
himself publicly discharged from the
police force. He then joined the
crooks and when he had obtained all
the evidence he needed he placed them
all under arrest. He was the detective
who arrested Alexander Berkman. who
shot Henry c. Frick. and 1t was large
ly through his efforts that Laura Big
gar. the actress. was prevented from
getting the Bennett millions. 1t will
be remembered that Laura Biggar of
"A Trip to Chinatown" fame. claimed
she was Millionaire Benefits widow
and the mother Of his child. who had
died. O'Mara. retained by the Ben
nett heirs. succeeded in finding evil
dence which prevented Laura Biggar
from establishing her claim.
Back in the eighties he captured
Shoe Box" Miller. the famous crook
who escaped from Pennsylvania PEN
itentiary in a shoe box. Miller had
robbed a family named Connors, liv-
ing at Catfish. near Pittsburg. Of s21,-
OOO BY torturing Connors' wife Miller
succeeded in learning the hiding place
of the money. and with 1t he fed to
Canada. O'Mara tracked him all over
the country and finally brought him
back after one Of the most remarkable
man-hunts in recent times.
These are only a few Of the cases in
which O'Mara has figured. Since he
resigned from the Pittsburg detective
force nine years ago he has been in
business for himself The greater part
Of his time has been spent in getting
the rich young men Of Pittsburg and
other cities out of trouble. This is
his specially.
Boys will be boys" he says, but
he adds that they will be better boys
if their parents give them less money.
A fine, kindly old man is Roger
O'Mara, the shepherd of the black
sheep.