The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-15
In1e(aSehOOkOf PrivateDeteCtiye
True Narratives of Interesting Cases by Former
Operative of the William j. Burns Detective Agency
DAVID
iCopyli.ht by tho international Press Dureau)


thing that might be said about Car
berry, and Clutter did the same We
discovered that ne was universally
disiiked by about everybody i'll town
except old Bronson. but beyond thai
there wasn't much said about tim. He
kept to himself entirely living IN An
old stone house Oh the side hill with
only an old housekeeper for company
Hc was a bscAelor and had neither
KIN nor friends IN he town. He went
from his house 70 the Office, from the
once bacl, 10 the house, 'fhis was
abodt all that anybody but his house
keeper saw of him.
You'll never yet anything on that
old bird" said Clutter, after Il month
of il. He's a CROOK all right; any
body in the business would pick him
out as being wrong, and there ought
TO be something to get on him; but
he's been too foxy to leave any loose
ropes dangling, LEI nc ell You that
IN set him III Il takes a year |
said. And that ~ Just about what It
aid take II get Car5eery.
had tc locate myself - Bronson
vile. 1t was impossible to Keep up
the pretezt OF purchasing engines
week alter week, so | went away Tor a
while, then chne back as an applicant
gor a position WITH the RIonson com.
plny. Young Eroneua save me a
place as salesman on probation and
while ! was around the place pretend.
ing to learn the business | had good
chance 10 poke my nose into all sorts
OF corners.
i also tried TO get into Carberry's
house and have a look around, but
failed. He kept the place as closely
. guarded rs II it had becu citadel.
The town pu, this up to his eccen'
tricity. but 1t wasn't; 1t was the IN
stinctive fear OF crooked man,
In the meantime Carherry was ruin
ing Bronson's reputation as man.
! ager. The young man was being made
TO anpear more and more IN the light
OF An incompetent. Things went
wrong In the sales department and It
was due TO orders which Carherry
forced Bronson to put through The
manufacturing department. began to
40 to pieces, due to The same reason.
Ever once in while Calberry would
steD in and do the right thing at the
right moment, and the whole place
would ring with his praises-though
nobody liked him--and with pity tor
poor Bronson
AS the weeks went by It looked as
II poor Bronson was bound to be
forced out and Carberry finally put in
his place.
Bronson himself began to feel this
way about 1t, too
Il guess It's all or - he said. You
were mistaken; yca coaldnt deliver
the goods. dou't think It's worth
while trying auy longet" ....
"Wen" said, you would be a
darn fcol to ran up this bill without
seeing il through. | tell you that I'm
going 10 get that man. ! know 1t.
It's taking long because he's 80 smart.
But sooner or later the raw spot Will
show, and he'll be ours
oh, well, keep on them he said.
II don't believe It's much use, but /
| might as well keep on paying you now
| that I've handed you so much
He was dissatisfied with my failure
to accomplish anything, and Justly so,
| But / would have told him long ago to
| discharge me If hadn't felt as sure
as breathing that I'd land Carberry
! sooner or later | was sure that Car
| berry had not confined his crooked
| ness to the unique feat OF terrorizing
Bronson. And any piece of crooked
| work can be found by amy good de
tective II he Is only given time.
had been on the road for couple
of months when called upon a pros
/ pecttye customer in Albany, He nae
written TO the firm that he had beef
/ using another engine. that It had bro
| ken down, and that he wanted to lOof
/ at some Of our stock
Glad to see you, he said, when
| introduced myself Come and Sc,
why I'm scrapping the other engine.
| He took me into The engine room
| ana showed me dismantled engine
Dorler. it WAS .caiIed---and SHOWED
me how II was broken pretended
i 10 be interested. but / wasn't. AT mrs
| glance | had noticed two iniectors 81
! that engine which had. been made Il
!. me HsonSen plant u nzansoaf|I|