The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-21
Love Led SLEUTHS
ON right TRACK


WASHINGTON, ID. c., Special
EAshicSsi- year-Otd mamie Baker
IaSt night unconsCIously led de-
tccuVeS TO her fugitive fiance
ana then tainted when She saw
handcuns clicked on the wrists OF
the man, Julian III. Davis, twenty
one years old, wanted by the po-
pennsylvania STATE Insane Asy-
Iun OF nearly $1,000.
Iraiied by two sieuths, Miss
baker left a hotel I'm PennsyIya-
ma avenue, wendell her wav
through the thcater throngs. ami
sought dark spot beneath n bi0
Tree on the northern edge of the
1AalI ut Seventh and ID Streets.
northwest, where she knew Da-
us, WITH heart fun of love for
ner, was waiting TO kiss her for
the last time before fleeing from
Lhe "olice on a motorcycle.
Davis standing beneath the
tree, had just folded the girl i'm
MS arms when a startled ex-
cianation escaped his lips. He
had glanced up TO see two plain
ciotncS' men coming toward him
with long strides. There was m
tau iron fence behind him. From
his right and left the detectives
to escape.
Before Miss Baker realized the
plight I'm which she had placed
her lover Detective Sergeant
lawrence O'Dea, OF the Central
Office, and Detective Joseph w.
Ibach, of Harrisburg, Pa, had
locked handouts on his Wrists
Davis turned to his sweetheart
and in voice, broken with a sob.
said: I'm arrested as a thief,
little girl" Miss Baker reeIed
and SwOoned.
After a few seconds Miss Baker
regained her faculties with a hys-
terlcal cry. Then she cried: ooh,
4 did IL, Julian; 1 did IL. I led
them here TO you. Can YOU ever
forgive me? 1 didn't know they
were following me, boy; L didn't
know"
While the girl stood sobbinr
ana ner whole form trembling
convuiSively, the detectives led
Davis by dark and deserted
streets TO police hcadouarters.
where he was searched and
charged with being a fugitive
from justice. The girl made her
way back 10 her hotel.
Davis. chief clerk at the Penn
sylvania State Insane ASYLUM,
was discharged on October nth.
He went To- the home of Miss
Baker at 203 Harris Street. Uar-
risburg, and told her he had been
offered n job I'm Baltimore. Short
~ after ne went TO work for the
Gcncra' Electric Supply Company,
of Baltimore.
KNEW THE COMBINATION.
But as chief bOOlxLeepcr at the
insane asylum Davis knew the
combination Of the vault. and the
ease with which the vault might
be robbed kept recurring 10 him,
according 10 the police. Last Mon
day night, according to his own
admission, Davis lay I'm wait ont
side the asylum until he saw the
night Waterman leave the build
ing and start across a field TO his
nome for midnight lunch.
Davis, the police say. admits
creeping in the unSuardcd office
OF the asylum, spinning the COM
bination and stepping into the
vault, closing but not locking the
massive steel doors SO he could
not DC seen. Under the electric
light I'm the vault ne took from
his pocket several pieces OF soft
metal and file. IL is said. Then
ne easily fashioned KEY 10 un-
lock the drawer I'm which the cash
was kept. Having been i'm pos
session of n key TO the drawer for
months, the police aIlcSe, &c was
simple for him TO remember the
outline and make n key that
would open the drawer.
IL is charged he found more
than S1,2f4 I'm the drawer. OF
this money, $500 was i'm gold. and
the remainder i'm bills of large de-
nominations and pocketfuI of
silver. The police say he locked
the drawer. extracted the KEY.
and placed it in his pocket. stem
ped from the vault, locked the
big doors, arranged the combina-
ton and stole away.
In Harrisburg he chartered an
auto and made a midnight dash
across the country 20 York. "a.
paying the chauffeur S25 and then
boarding a train for Baltimore.
appearing for work i'm the office
OF the General Electric SupDIy
company at the proper hour on
tuesday morning. The police saw
Davis tclephoncd to Miss Baker,
sent her n special delivery let
ter, and forwarded her $3.50.