The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-17
WILLIAM J. BURNS, NOTED DETECTIVE,
 BUNDLE OF ENERGY
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Whats your personal view about pUnishing the giver of the bribe, as we'll as the taker of the bribe, MT. Burns.'' he was asked in connection with the San Francisco conditions.
 Why. if we had been let alone in San Francisco We would have landed the public service corporations just as strongly as we did the political bosses" Then he went into history little.
 when we started our york; said he, Eve went to the public service cor porations, to men we knew had given out money to the bosses. We told them we were out to land the bosses, and wanted them to get in and help us.
 Instead of offering us help, they denied having given any money So then we told these men that we'd get them as well as the bosses. That was what we were doing when an cleo tion was held.
 we had succeeded in getting the goods on the bosses. and were starting after the bribe givers, when the cleo tion took place The people were mis- led by the sentiment that these men had worked up. It was Everyone stand together for San Francisco! That's the cry of the crook. The crook says We've got to stand togeth- err That's what they did in San Francisco. But the people were mis- led, and our District Attorney, Heney was defeated when he came up for reelection. The GleCIlOn SeII16o things. It swept out of office the peo- pie who were planning to continue in our work.
 Don't forget that" added the de- tective with emphasis. "San Francisco would have had as complete an inz vestigation as any city ever had, if we hadn't been interrupted in our work. We were not content with send- ing the politicians to Jail. We were going to land the bribe givers as well''
 AS to the progress of the Federal investigation into the dynamiting, Burns made it plain that he regards the wholesale arrests just made as merely a step.
 He reiterated the views expressed by U. s. District Attorney Miller of h. dianapolis that the arrests of the doz- ems of labor men on dynamiting indict- ments were but preliminary to the general plans of the Federal authori> ties
 Burns arrival at the Manufacturers association, last evening came at dramatic moment. He had been ex- pected all evening, but his train was delayed. He kept wiring ahead at intervals to tell when he would get to Bridgeport. but it was about mid night when he was ushered into the dining room.
 John D. Gluck who brought Burns and the other speakers here for the local manufacturers arranged with the detective to speak here several days ago. To do this. Burns had to cancel an Indianapolis engagement of a similar nature, and then he found to his surprise that a Chicago en- gagament which he had overlooked, conflfcted with the Bridgeport speak ing date. Gluck and Burns enriched the stockholders of the telegraph and telephone companies to a consid derable extent before everything was arrang- ed, but Gluck made good to the emil nent satisfaction of the Manufactur- ers' association.
 An interesting fact in connection with the visit of Detective Burns here is the presence of Peter White, the expert accountant who is looking over Bridgeport business and accounting methods. MT. White was in. San Fran cisco when Burns was smoking out the rascals.
 Mir. White never met MT. Burns 'T was on the other side.' said MT. White, speaking of the good old days of San Fra ancfsco this forenoon. "I was with the public service corpora tions at that time. handling their books. No. I never met MT. Burns"
 Richard Crane. Sd. who has been ac- quainted with the detective for sever- al years. spent some time with him in his suite at the Stratfield today. The detective left Brid 9eport early in the afternoon for Philadelphia where he has a speaking engagement for this evening.