The evening world., 1912-05-21
AMATEUR SLEUTHS
TRAIL WIFE Of ONE,
But GET TOO NOISY
Start CutWith Mystery, Ruses
aid Wig-Wag Signals to
follow Mrs. Fordon.

rye amateur detectives. with much
mystsry. with wlgwagging signals to
each other on Broadway, with many
ruses that faild to work and with
considerable osentation and clamor,
stalxsd young and pretty Mrs. Ella
Fordon from Columbus Circle to Haf-
lem one rainy night. All their elabo-
rate sleuthing terminated in their be-
ing ordered out Of the Colonial Hotel,
at One Hundred aud Twoity-hfth
street and Highth avenue. for making
too much noise.
Now Alfred c. Fordon. vice-p,esident
If the East Orange Ampher, Land
Company. 10 endsavoring to 81 . d.
v0ece from Mrs. Fordon on thu testi-
0eny OF the squadron Of volunteer
Hawkshaws who sleuthed 1t with him
% that misty night The cae 10 on
ir1Ai to-day before supreme Court Jus
tios Ford and Jury.
The flrst Of the battalion o WIFE
shadowsss to testify was M. 7. For
s1ens, who used to be Mr.. 0rdon's
heohsssper. Mr.. Torstone remarked
thaA ne didn't want to be mixed UP In
the business" when Mr.. Fordon invited
Inn 70 join tho crowd Of detectives.
Just WENT ALoNo TO lEcIP.
RocATE A FAVOR.
On eross-sxaminatson Mr.. Frstons
admitted Mr.. Fordon had been wit
n0s for him when he was . paxy liu-
sss6 In Q divorce cass-oh. well little
favors Ike that ought TO be rcipro-
ca&sd. So Mr.. Forstone's avsrsnn to
mixing was overcome.
Mt. Forstone was dining At the Met
ropole when the invitation was efend-
a 70 him. Mr.. Forion Gale his
mother, Mrs. Matilda Fordon. a the
telephone. said Forstone. and WIN he
came out Of tho telephone boon he
said: Mother tells me that EllaNAat
Faust's restaurant with . man. Don't
you want to 60 alongf"
Fordon and Forstone sailed OF on
broadway. where the sprinklins ram
somewhat dimmed the electric dare.
They went to the vicinity Of Facts
Another friend entered the restaurant
and when he came out he wave his
hand as signal to Fordon ana the
others, who had Joined him-tw be-
sides Mr.. Forstone.
After a while Mrs. Fordon smrGed
from the restaurant. She was aeom-
panied by a man. Mr.. Fordon says
the man was Frank Freeman. rom
Faust's the chase led to Harlem via
the subway. The five detectives---ha!
were on the same train that csricd
Mrs. Fordon.
Careful not to expose thcmselvs to
view, the amateur sleuths We cheddrs
Fordon and her companion. They saw
them enter the Colonial Hotel. Steral
Of the detectives. who we're unkno'n to
Mrs. Fordon. entered and saw herman
companion register as III. c. DeMott
and wife," SO the Court was toll to-
day. mir. and Mrs. De Mott" WEE as
signed TO room No. A..
ALL FIVE sLEuTHs RICHTER
AT HOTEL.
Then all the sleuths went In an reg
istered. There were so many ofthem
that the clerk was quite busy citing
them all IN adjoining rooms.
Archibald McLinstoc9s. one OF tn i've,
related to TIE jury what ilappenetnext.
"We all went down the hail." sd no.
10 room q. Ono OF the men kpcked
a the door ana asked II q waite was
wanted. A man inside the roof said.
Ne. Then we went away
"A little while afterward we \ went
back. ! knocked on the door. There
was no answer Then knockedhgain.
The room was dark but I coul hear
voices inside. At my second knck the
rian's voice asked what was ,anted.
said wanted to set In to sut of
the water on account Of leak. There
isa't any leak In here said u man.
Thsn We went away again. little
while later the proprietor told US We
would have 70 leave because e were
making too much noise"
The Fordons have one child, .oro'hy.
sia years old, whose pretty dimpled
fsce and golden hair attraca much
attention when she was befor Justice