Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-10-25

ing a heavy forefnger to en-
A phasize his words, that the
whole tribe of American crooks
big and little-will breathe easier
when they hear that this man has quit
the detective business for good"
Superintendent Frank Froest OF
Scotland Yard, the man" in question,
smiled benignly. His name (Which is
pronounced to rhyme with "ghost")
Is almost as, well known in the United
States as it Is in this country, where
he is regarded as the greatest living
detective.
The superintendent is most famous
as the man who tracked Jabez Balfour
of ''Liberator" fame to the Argentine,
and after nearly a years hard work
finally succeeded in Turing him on
board a British vessel and there ar
resting him, but perhaps his biggest
-'coups," apart from this have been
made aginst American crooks and bad
men who will not bewail his passing.
To him also was given the job Of ar
resting Dr. Jameson for his participa-
ton in the raid on the Transvaal No
man outside the United States knows
the American brand of criminal better
or has been up against it oftener
Froest has fought the Yankee thug
hand to hand and brain against brain
and generally he has beaten him.
Debonair Is the word that best de.
scribes the superintendent. The iron
strength and bulldog grit that have
carried him-not without some nasty
stabs and slashes-through life and
death tussles with thieves, murderers
and maniacs are masked behind the
sleek, well-fed appearance Of a jovial
clubman, and this effect his dancing
blue eyes, which, however, can harden
pitilessly, his cocky little mustache
and his closely shaven Uranium com
bine to heighten. Yet 1t Is wrong to
say that frankie" Froest's air of an
out-and-out good sport" Is deceptive
except as appearing to indicate soft
living man who would be easy to get
the upper hand of, or even the big
bad men he has landed in "quod" will
tell YOU that he is one of the best.
Never Shirked Danger.
MY the fights the man has had!
The tough customers who have had tC
knock under to his Porthos-like
strength! He finally put the brace
lets on one man after a titanic strug
gle all over a first-class compartment
OF an express train, and even after
he was handcuffed this thug managed
to raise an iron foot warmer between
his manacled wrists and tried to brain
the detective with It. Perhaps the
liyeliest fight of Froest's whole life
however was against an American
cowboy who already had six murders
to his credit and who did his leve
best to make the killing of Froest con
stitute a seventh.
This bad mans name was kuhne
and he hailed from Primrose City, Wis
The murders he was wa~ted for were
particularly brutal ones. and after
committing them Kuhne signed on q
cattle boat bound for Liverpool. Al
Queenstown Froest, who then was un
known to fame, put off in small Aat
met the cattle boat and climbed VI
over her side. There were men on
deck and one of them was giant
inches taller than Froest, who is moi
much over medium height
rs your name Kuhne?' said Froes'
to the big man. drawing his bow at
venture.
"What?" was the answer. "Oh, MOI
But Froest saw that he had got his
man. I'm police officer" he
snapped. and instantly the giant DIRE"
a bowie knife and jumped at him
Over the deck they rolled, clampee
together. struggling furiously. Up and
down they went, the cowboy jabbins
his knife through the detectives cloth
ing and trying to grip his throat bu'
gradually the Scotland Yard mans
iron strength wore down his man ant
thst's why there isn't a seventh