The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-09-19
aST CASE
ao...Inav the Man VIC HUNG Jury

Up to the day that the manager Of
the New York Office Of the Burns De
tectiye Agency handed mo an order
for $50 expense money and started me
up the Hudson river on my first man
hunt, / had never done anything in
my life that might have been suspect
ed of even remotely resembling detec-
tive work. / probably knew as little
about the business as anybody in the
country and / had never had any
yearning or intention to become a de-
tective. But was SO years old, out
Of work, almost broke-in New York;
had a family to support and, most
important OF all, happened to have
met the celebrated detective who is
the head Of the agency by which I
came to be employed the largest rep
utable private detective agency in the
country That was why | became,
and am, private detective.
One morning / found myself at 42d
street and Broadway, looking at the
newspaper bulletins and wondering
how long my money would last and
where in the world should turn for
a job One of the bulletins read;
Detective Burns Nabs More Bri.
hers"
That bulletin did the trick
"He may remember me- | thought,
and he may know Of Job to fit me /"
went straight down town to the
Office of the agency of which the big
man is the head and asked IL he was
In.
What do you want Of him?" asked
the Office manager
was desperate. / said: q know
him, and want a job"
He looked me over, went into an
inner Office for a while, and reap.
peared, bearing an application blank.
The office, and everything in 1t, was
just as 1t would be In an up-to.date
business office. The business Of the
place might as we'll have been selling
insurance as hunting criminals. The
application blank had all the conven-
tional questions Of such a paper, and
in addition these:
Were you ever connected with
any police force, or any detective
agency? Are you acquainted with
any police officials, or any one EN-.
ployed by detective agencies?
Were you ever employed by any
railroad?
DO you know anything about the
newspaper business?
Have you a large number Of ac-
duaintances. and can you keep your
occupation from your friends and &C.
quaintanees?"
"Fill that out, said the Office man.
ager. He had not even asked me II |
wanted to become a detective, and
but for the last questions on the blank
! would not have known that he was
considering me as an applicant for
such a position
i've never done any detective work
in my life" / said.
Good, he said. IF you had, we
wouldn't have you. Fill out the
blank"
When It was filled out he took 1t
and disappeared again. He was back
In three minutes.
"All right" he said, sitting down at
his desk and picking up some papers,
There's man up In Peeksville "a
small town on the Hudson river near
New York;, who hung the jury in a
damage suit, Want you to go up and
get him. Here's the DOPE
He began to read from the papers
in his hand The gist Of it was that
one Kellner, q New York contractor,
had done 100000 worth of work on
the water supply system Of the town
of Peeksville When the time came
for him to render his bill he had been
approached by one of the towns DO.
itlcal powers, Bruley by name, and
commissioner Of public works, who
let it be known that If he would make
out a bin for $4,000, 1t would be al
lowed in full without protest or ques.
ton. and that $4,000 Of the $4,000
overcharge would go to him as a re-
ward for placing certain officials in
the way Of lingering $4,000 Of the
peoples money.
Kellner had refused. When he rem
dered his rightful bin for 100000 the
powers in the city hall calmly cut it
to $4,000, claiming that portions Of
the work We're poorly done; that parts
OF the contract had been awarded
illegally, but in reality merely get
ing even with Kellner for refusing to
assist them to some easy graft
Kellner promptly sued. He had
case so strong, and public opinion
was so strongly aroused over the ex-
posed scandal, that recovery OF his
$4,000 seemed a foregone conclusion.
But the would-be grafters had manag-
ed to place the Niger in the woodpile
In the shape Of one Of their clan on
the jury. Eleven of the jurymen on
the first ballot had voted for 3 full
judgment for KellneE The twelfth
man had voted mo" on that ballot.
and on the second, and the third, and
on every ballot for the next twenty
four hours. He had hung the Jury.
and the case was q mis-trial The
mans name was Harry Donlin, q real
estate agent
That's the man you've got to get, +"
said the ONCE manager. He did the
trick, and he's been spending money
ever cfra, FFr.ls-- - - 49,, - r..sf