The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-23

| Hudson 20 miles ar hour. With o,
eyes on the lookout for It launch tha
might be the Nadine ~ The sam
time we notified all police chiefs Q
the towns along the river 10 be o
the lookout for such boat and 70
Gerber and his engineer. -Four day
Of this sort Of work coupled with In
efforts Of, the various police depart
ments, showed us that no boat OF thi
description was on the Hudson TIL
Nadine had disappeared.
| went back to the slip in Hoboko'
| and began to work among the hans
els-on along the docks The Nadine
mad been under their eyes constauut
and finally one Of them let drop tht
remark that put me on the scent.
Wherever she went, she ddn'; Ct
far said this man "'The~ ddn
have gasoene in her enough TO ruI
, five miles, and there vas no chanc,
to get any when they qlippd out
night"
II this was true the Nadine mus
have put in at some nearby dock t.
purchase gasoleNe if she intended, L
make a long trip. So far as we coul,
find, she had not done this. Their,
was o chance that the boat still was
in the vicinity.
4 x Working on this chance we hegal
to search the neT oy boatyards Or
the second day we ound her. Sb
was up high and dry, having her kce
refaiied, under the name of the Gui
Q But for the waterman who had on
served the depletion Of her fuel sul
ply the boat might have lain ther
till it rotted before we noticed it. 20
the work Of disgu. Ing her had beer
We'll done, and boat on the block,
in drydock is Of different appearance
than a boat in the water.
| was forced to smile in admiration
Of Gerber when | found the Nadine
lie had fooled rs, and fooled US artis
tically. We had thought it a certain
thing that he had flown away no
down inc river He mad worked arts
tically to this end But he had done
nothing Of Inc )rt All he had done
AS discovered hen ! located the
engineer--was TO telephone the la.
ter to take the Nadine out at night
and lay her up for repairs in the
boatyard Then he, Gerber, had fit
ted otherwbere, leaving us to chase
away on his false. watery tracks II
was well done 1t was better done
than most crooked pieces Of work. But
like all crooks he had not stopped to
consider the absolute certainty Gf be-
ing caught when there is plenty CT
money willing to be spent to effect d
capture.
Get him directed Brundage. 81
don't care how high the bills run; get
that man"
After that it was only a question of
time.
How Is the ret woven with such
ccrtai2tY around tho hiding criminal?
In Gas5ers case, ten days after his
defalcation was discovered, 10000 cir
cuIars, containing his description and
history and two cuts of him, were in
The hands Of as many trained men in
all parts OF the country A thousand
men, in all the large ports of the
world, had these circulars three
weeks later
Gerber was not caught, however,
until after three months had elapsed.
Then one of his intimate friends
whom | was watching as the first per.
son Gerber would be likely to COM
municato with-received . letter post,
marked New Orleans, and addressed
in discussed hand ! had possession
of the letter before the friend ever
say Through a secret arrangement
with the postal authorities, ! opened
it--8nd it was from Gerber Copying
the letter word by word. sealed it
again and sent it along to its destin.
alton But before he ever received
the letter / was on my way TO New
Orleans. went straight to the gem
,eral delivery window at the post Of.
flee and waited Gerber had directed
his mail to be sent there got him
that night He came in with his hat
over his eyes, and asked for letter.
When he turned away from the win
dow | was standing before him.
Hello, Gerber | said Il came
down 10 bring you back to Hohoken."
He stood dumb for ten seconds
Then he burted How in--did You
ever do It? Haven't been out of my
room in daylight since ! came here
"Oh, we'll" said you come back
like a nice hoy and I'll tell you all
about IT en- the train"
Brundage didn't prosecute Gerber
He said, Fifteen thousand dollars is a
big sum to lose. But It would be
harder for me had | lost faith in my
sense OF intuition
The Captain OF His Soul.