The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-06

one OF their kind with n view to learn,
ing certain facts concerning them. 1t
WAS 50 dangerous job that no regu.
lar detective would undertake II.
These men know their own sort and
wonId easily recognize a spy, |, being
Oiled with the romance OF detective
work without having had ~ expe
rience, tumbied 10 an offer OF the job
at once.
About II o'clock at night. disguised
as Il tough, reeed into a saloon
where my men We're supposed 70 be.
found them there and invited them
to drink. treated several times and
thought | WAS getting in with them
when suddenly there was a hammer.
ing at the door, and the barkeeper
cried Police. Ctr The lights went
out, and we were all left in the dark,
scattering like so many rats. The
doors were broken down. and HE po-
lice rushed in. When HE lights were
turned Oh II was found that the bar
Keeper and | We're the only eaptives
How the rest got away | don't know
was taken toa stutlon and on tha
way | made myself known 10 the COP
who walked beside me. He gave
broad grin and said that was the most
beautiful device of all that We're prae-
tieed in the criminal profession. i
told him be would learn more about
that in time | slept In n filthy cell
for the rest Of the night and the next
day sent word to the detective agency
that | would like to have them come
and get me out. They sent one of the
employees. who had never seen me.
OF course the police officers were not
going to discharge me on any such
evidence, or, rather, want of it, and
told the man to so back and tell the
one who had hired me to come and
vouch for me.
He didn't come till late In the after.
noon, and when lie did he didn't recog
nize me. told him | was the man
he had sent to the saloon for informa
ton, but he looked at me contemptuous
~ and said that the man he had sent
had likely met with foul play and
was trying to get out OF a bad scrape
by personuting him. He hadn't seen
me made up. and my disguise was so
perfect that he believed me 10 be
yeritable villain He went away with
out being convinced rs to my identity,
and was obliged TO spend another
night III a cell
a week passed, and was still prls
oner. Then one day was indicted us
one OF the men in the saloen when the
police made the raid, who had made
away with the detective that the agen.
cy had sent out In other words, l
was charged with being my own muir
defer Upon inquiry / learned that the
man who had thus been sent out OF
mission had disappeared. ana it way
supposed be lad been dispatched by
the gang.
Here was a pretty how de-do. ! call
ed again for the man who mad sent
me out, but he refused to come to see
me, and / couldn't go TO see him.
doubted If it would do any good If
be came lie tad never seen me but
once, ana then but for moment
How could lie be expected to recognize
me In my rough garb especially as in
the saloon seattle had been very bad
ly mauledG
sent for q lawyer and told him MY
story. Hu appeared to believe me,
bat said there would be no use in pat.
ting such story before a jury, II
was so palpaDiy false that it would
prejudice my case. He said he would
try 70 get up defense that would
Seem more probable asked him it
there was anything more probable
than that a man could not have MIR
Gered himself and be alive. He re-
Piled that / would have TO prove my
identity which was impossible. He
would try TO think OF some method al
defense that would he easier to prove
tnau the truth. I'VE lawyers don't
care anything he said, for thu
truth. What we want is something
we can prove An alibi affords the
best chance"
When | came 10 be tried for belnl
implicated In my own murder there
was no proof against me except that
was known to have gone to the sa
loon from which / had disappeared
ana was one Of the gang Of rnscals
which was raided This was consider
ed prima facie evidence that !, proba-
bly, with others, had Killed myself. II
was evident that | would get long
term on general principles.
My lawyers method was very in
genious Having entered my claim to
be another person than myself, John
Borland, be brought John Borlands
mother into court to swear that her
son on the night of the supposed muir
der was at home and IN bed Another