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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

some other fashion spending money
and time in a perfectly useless fash
ion. ] began to ape his ways and
soon Mr.. Vaudeville and myself were
on fairly good terms. That is, we Of
fered one another drinks whenever we
met, and he invited me upstairs to be
trimmed by the same gang of poker
sharps that had been getting his
money for the last month In spite
of the mans absolute uselessness it
was impossible not to like him. The
more / studied him the less could |
fancy him coldbloodedly proposing to
ruin bosom friend In order to get
even so large a sum as 100000.
Vaudeville isn't the evil genius in
thiC proposition" was my decision
after associating with him for a
week" There is somebody else who
is driving him to ii"
There was nothing about the young
fellow that made any other theory
possible. He was too careless, and
too honorable, in an easy-going sort
of way, to rob friend to satisfy his
own needs. 1 could picture him be-
coming a hobo and a bum through
careless habits; and believe he would
have done that before he would go to
the length Of blackmaiL
1 began to look for another party to
the Job. This made the task all the
more delicate. because the more Deo-
pie to know Clarence Handsykes' Sc
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

in @have you heard from the old
goat?"
NO" said Mandeville mot a
word"
We'll" continued Dawson. angrily.
you write him another letter tonight
and give him Just another week to
come across II he doesn't give up
you give the story to the public"
But Dawson" protested Mande-
Vile; at which Dawson said: Either
that oryou know what happens. You
win never never know where your
wife is living"
Vaudeville almost choked at this.
Great heavens, Dawson" he pleaded.
"how can human being have such
stone for heart as you have? You
know that there is Just one thing in
this world that makes me want to
live: that's to see my wife and son
Just once more just once And you
happen to have found where they are
living
"And hidden so that you never will
find them, sneered Dawson. "She left
you because of your drinking at col
lege, Vaudeville. She thinks you're
still the half-crazy booze-fighter you
were then. She's bringing the boy up
to forget you. She's afraid you'll
turn up as you used to be-"
"And you know that I'm decent
now; that I'd be a man il / could
find them and work for them, and
you won't tell me, said Vaudeville.
II ought to kill you, Dawson"
"Then you never would find them,
would you, Manville?" laughed the
old man. NO; you know the only
way to get in touch with them is to
get this 100000 for me that L need
to keep myself from disgrace. And
that's to be got through Handsykes-
the old brute. Well, you'll get it 70.
me, don't fear, my boy know old
Handsykes; he'll give it to you"
But he wouldn't give 1t to you,
would he?" asked Vaudeville. He'd
have you killed first, wouldn't he,
Dawson?"
Dawson paled little at this, Cluf-
fer told me later He was watching
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28


for absolute integrity, Let the Bat.
terry Trust scandal become known, and
that power would be gone. or greatly
diminished. And MIR. Walter Mande-
vile had the power to make this
known, and was apparently deter
mined to use 1t. And my Job was to
make this impossible. Delicate! II
Vaudeville even SO much as got a
suspicion that he was being Swallowed
he would as likely as not spIll the
eggs.
My first move was to discover all
that / could concerning the young
man in question. / found that he was
one of type quite common in New
York, but rare in other parts Of the
country the young man who has
squandered every cent of his fortune,
but who manages to Keep up appear
ances, no one knows how Mande-
vile had run through several hundred
thousands of dollars all the way
through It was common knowledge
that he was dead broke, yet he was
living in a suite at the LeGros hotel
in a manner that no small income
could have supported He went around
in his accustomed circle and among
his old acquaintance apparently the
same as ever His fortune was gone,
and everybody knew it, but he GER
tainly did manage to keep up his
end in great fashion He must be get
ting money in some way. 4 reasoned
that it might be a good thing first Of
all to find out how he was getting It.
l went up to the LeGros hotel and
engaged a suite Of rooms as near to
Mandevilles as / could and began to
make myself part Of the hotels bar
room and club life. / reasoned that
Vaudeville would be the sort Of a
young man who would be found vast
ing his time in the way so popular
among certain hotel dwellers of Man
haitian, and was not mistaken, He
spent little time in his rooms. When
he wasn't in the barroon he was play
ing poker in one Of the many high
staked games that always run in this
hotel or was dining and wining some
body in one Of the restaurants, or in
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

/ that might concern him or his affairs,
including everybody that called on
him, every letter or note that he re-
i ceived, every telephone call that he
answered. Naturally I didn't do all
this myself, but from the minute this
espionage was established / knew
what Vaudeville was doing about as
well as he knew himself. He didn't
move without my knowing where or
why. Therefore when he made a hur-
ried trip to Dawson's place up the
river it wasn't remarkable that knew
he did it in answer to a peremptory
call from Dawson. And Dawson's tele-
phone call didn't surprise me, either;
for had been looking up Mr.. Daw-
son.
Vaudeville went up on the New
York Central to New Rochelle, where
an automobile was waiting for him.
Dawson wasn't In the automobile at
the station; he stopped It and got in
when the car had gone out Of town
about five miles. You see, Clutter, my
partner, had taken the place Of Daw-
sons regular chauffeur, who had been
taken suddenly i'll two days previous
after Cluffer had shown him roll
Of bills. So Cluffer got all that passed
between Dawson and Vaudeville on
the road up to the Dawson house. And
that was enough to give me the lead
l sought to work on.
We'll" Dawson said as he climbed
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

them in the mirror In front OF him.
Well said Dawson, you'll get me
that money-or you'll never see your
wife"
That was the story that got from
Clutter that evening. BY piecing It
out with what / learned from Mande-
villes friends I found that the young
fellow had married a poor girl while
he was at college, that she had left
him because Of his habits, that he had
been decent for five years. trying to
find the wHe and boy, and then had
got careless through losing hope. Daw-
sons hold on him was the strongest
IN the world; It was the only thing
that would have made him do what
he was doing It was his only hold
on life; it was life itself to him, this
hope that some day he would see his
family.
I thought the thing over for a long
time. I kew 1t would be next to an
Impossible task to find the woman.
Dawson wouldn't have left any loose
threads By which she might be traced.
knew Of 70 way in which Dawson
might be scared off the Job. I thought
of Handsykes. 1t was best to go be-
fore him ard tell him all that knew.
I did. He listened, and as he heard
Of Dawson's perfidy his face changed
as / never had seen a face change
before. All the geniality- almost all
the ciYilization-left it. I wouldn't
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

cret connection with the Battery Trust
the more danger was there that the
secret would become public property.
| Went down to Handsykes' ONCE
at the end of ten days association
with Vaudeville
mr., Handsykes," I said. twill you
give me a list OF the names Of the
men who knew OF Clarence's little af-
fair with the Battery Trust?.
Certainly" said he. "Here they
are: Dawson, the president; James,
the first vice-president. and old Davis,
the cashier. Davis served year in
Jail; he's an old retainer Of the family.
as you might put it. The other two
have had their mouths stopped with
wad Of bills large enough to keep
even Wall street tinanciers silent"
"Is there any one else who might
by any chance know Of this AFFAIR.""
None"
Then one Of these gentlemen is
behind young Mandeville's artistic let
ter" said /. 'Mandevllle hasn't the
heart to hurt flea. He would rather
starve than steal a cent-for himself.
Are these other men friends Of yours,
Mr. Handsykes?"
why do you ask?"
Because it's probably one Of them
that We will have to put the screws
on"
"They are all friends Of mine" said
he. The best friends in the world
And the tighter you put the screws
on, Cornell, the better I'll be pleased
no matter how dear the friend, Is
that quite clear?"
eThank you," / said.
"And / don't care how you get the
screws on, either" said he, as he
bowed me out.
A few days work on the part Of 9TH
er men Of the agency showed me that
Of the trio in question Davis was in
England, James in q sanitarium in
South Carolina, and Dawson living in
retirement in his country home up
the Hudson. So began to watch Wal
ter Vaudeville again, BY watching
him, don't mean that I watched only
his person; watched everything
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28
Almost the Same.

It was a local concert, and all the
swells Of the neighborhood had turn
ed out. The second turn" was Mr..
Pipeclay Cramon, and he had a large
number Of songs for the ediacation Of
the company But that was not all.
Mr.. Cramon was also Of ample pro-
portions.
my dear" exclaimed one fashion
able to her friend, hasn't Mr.. Pipe
clay Cramon an extensive, repertory p
"Well, shouldn't like 70 say thai. .
said her friend. "but he certainly ID
getting rather fatg"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

have liked to meet him as an enemy
at that moment
"All right, Cornell he said. You've
done a good job. Now you come with
me and wen go up the river and meet
Mr.. Dawson.
shall never forget that ride up TO
Dawson's home. We went in Hand
sykes big touring car with the cur
tains pulled down and the electric
lights turned on. He never spoke
word during the whole trip. He Just
sat and looked straight ahead OF him
with that ugly, set expression on his
face. and no more movement about
him that a craven image. When we
got into the open country past New
Rochelle he ordered the curtains pull
ed up and the lights turned of. We
were near Dawson's home then When
we rolled up the driveway and stopped
Handsykes said grufIiy Follow me-"
and entered the house.
He seemed perfectly at home.
! Send for Dawson he said to the
, butler. We went into a reception
room and waited standing.
| Dawson came in and found himself
face to face with Handsykes, whose
expression had not changed. For sew
eral seconds, long ugly seconds, they
faced one another, and Dawson wilted
like boy before an angry parent.
you curl" said Handsykes Ia
whisper. $50 it is you, is it? It's YOU
who made the Vaudeville boy write
that letter?''
Dawson never spoke a word. His
head hung down on his chest and his
under lip was trembling.
Dawson, came Handsykes' voice,
more like rasp from some mechan-
ical instrument than human voice.
Eyes, sir" said Dawson, coming to
life. yes. sir"
Go abroad, Dawson" Kissed Hand
sykes. Hide yourself away where
you can't be found. If you're within
finding distance in another week,
Dawson, I'll
YES, sir" whimpered Dawson,
trembling. "Tll 60, Mr.. Handsykes;
you'll never hear Of me again as long
as / i've
"Or after" said Handsykes.
"Or after" repeated Dawson, quite
humbly.
And that was all I had to do with
the Handsykes blackmail case.
never found out what Handsykes
would say to Dawson what he would
have done If he saw him again.
Don't worry about It, said the Of
fee manager. Il told you Handsykes
was name to remember And Daw-
son knew it better than did"
''But how could Handsykes place
such secret in my hands SO care
lessly?p / asked. How did he know
! might not use 1t some timer
cry II" grinned the manager.
"You saw what happened to Dawson"
Later on happened to do another
small job for Handsykes. met Mr..
Vaudeville in the Office. He was one
of Handsykes' trusted men. And he
had his family back In New York with
him.
How in the world can that man
Handsykes do these things?" asked
the manager after this visit
Il do not know" said he. Nobody
does, / guess. That's what makes him
| Handsykes."
was rather proud Of my work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1912-11-28

Here was as delicate task as ever
had faced. The name Of Handsykes
must be protected beyond all else. As
# stood now, it was a power in New
YORK finance because Of its reputation
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
1888-I912
Protects Wilmington Merchants

THE EVENING JOURNAL. wilmingtons
great home newspaper gained 1926 agate
lines OF paid advertising OF all kinds in De.
cember 1911, over December 1910.
THE JOURNALS daily average circulation
10 December l9l0 was 122S5. The daily
average in December 1911, was l4,i74, Show
ing daily average gain Of 1889 in ciroula.
tion.
THE JOURNALS gain in volume OF ads
vertising was made possible by the increased
patronage of local merchants.
THE JOURNAL does not carry the adver.
tising of Philadelphia merchants who are
competitors Of the Wilmington merchants.
THE JOURNAL has declined all Philadelphia
store advertising.
THE. JOURNAL believes in DOING some.
thing for Wilmingto onsmerchsnts--not talk.
ing about il.
Advertisers are beginning TO realize thaa
greatest results come through CONCENTRA-
TI0N and are selecting the medium that is
read by nearly 10000 people daily.
Paper Reaches the People
THE JOURNAL is read by more people
daily than any other Wilmington newspaper
and 80 per cent. of its circulation is delivered
into Wilmington homes.
THE JOURNAL sells more copies daily
in each Ward in the City of Wilmington than
any other Wilmington newspaper.
THE JOURNAL goes each day into tho
buying homes of this CITY,
THE JOURNAL constantly and effec lively
reaches the result-producing population in
Wilmington and surrounding sections. II
goes into more than $4,000 homes of people
who pay one cent copy for it and IS delv-
cred by system of agents that permits the
reader TO stop any minute the paper is no
longer welcome. Can you beat that for high
class live circulation?
THE JOURNAL does not give its paper
away or cut the rate already established. THE
JOURNAL is well worth one cent copy, 8
cents a week and 25 cents a month. 1t can
not be bought for less.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

in the place that didn't glare at his
wife across the table and feel that she
was keeping him ont Of small fortune
By living on. He encouraged his chill
dren 10 climb. trees. buy gunpowder
and play around the mill pond, and
when they came safely through it all
he realized that he had been defraud-
ed OF hisarights.
This state Of affairs could not go on
forever" j. Parsons Watson didn't In
tend that It should. He thought six
weeks would turn the trick. it took
ten. During this time he paid out sew
eral hundred dollars. and how many
thousands he took i'm was only to be
guessed at. 'rhe rush rushed itself out,
and people began inquiring about the
Universal in a way that seemed to ex-
press a doubt and one night the man
picked up bis grip and vanished In the
darkness. Only the next day three Of
his insured died Of old age. and seven
others we're badly hurt at the same
time by the fall of a scaffold. He had
sloped in time.
And there was no Universal Insur-
ance company. ]. Parsons Watson was
It. He had simply got the blanks print
ed and done business on his cheek.
Stratford wanted something for moth
ing and got it.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
BRIDGEVILLE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL ,
BRIDGEVILLE. Del. Feb. 15-Clay~l
ton Elliott attended the reception aud
ball given at Wilmington on Monday
in honor of Governor Pennewill-Mrs.l
E. Price and Mrs. J. c. Thawlcy were
recent visitors Of Miss Flo Greer,
at Salisbury Richard Thawley. oil
Laurel, has been visiting his sister.
Mrs. j r. Vandenburg-Mr Bessie
Price is visiting friends at Snow Hill
Miss Flo Greer, of Salisbury, Md,
was entertained by Mrs. J. c. Thaw-
ley for the week-end--Miss Bertha
Jones is visiting friends in Philadel-
phia and Wilmington--A class OF
thirty is taking dancing lessons here
under the tuition Of Miss Riggin. OF
Seaford-Mrs. Levin Moore, of Sails
bury has been visiting relatives hero
Edward Elliott spent the weekend
in Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

great interest. He was brought from
Dannemora prison on a writ of ha-
beas corpus on application Of Attorn-
ey Mirabeau l.. Towns. who was' en-
ployed by a newspaper The Brandt
case. because of the wealth Of Schin,
his accuser, is attracting wide atten'
tios Brandt was found in tho Schifi
home one night by Mr.. Schin, and the
former valet assaulted the million
aire with an Indian club. Then the
two had a conversation lasting an
hour or $50. and Brandt was let out
of the front door by Schin. who gave
him a considerable sum Of money.
TWO or three days later when Brandt
appeared at Schiff's Office in response
20 an appointments he was arrested
Indictments charging burglary and
assault we're found. and later Brandt
who was twenty years old, pleaded
guilty to burglary i'm the first de-
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
Read by All Classes

THE JOURNALS strength is now double
strength. Subscriber for subscriber, reader
for reader. THE JOURNAL has for FIVE
years produced splendid results. Now, THE
JOURNAL not only reaches all the wealthy
homes in Wilmington and vicinity, it not only
is read by all the leading influential citizens
in every business, industry and profession,
but it also reaches tbs workers It is the one
newspaper in Wilmington which can thor
oughly cover the field for the local merchant
and insure him enough readers of enough
classes to maintain sufficient trade in all the
grades Of his merchandise.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
MILFORD

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
MILFORD. Del. Feb. 15.-The Mil
ford New Century Club met on Mon
day. Much necessary business was dis
posed Of. which shortened the planned
observance of the 103rd birthday an
niversary OF Abraham Lincoln Mrs.
John G. Sharp was made chairman Of
Arts and Crafts.
The program over which Mrs Rob-
ert P. Davis presided. was piano
solo. "Song OF the Brooks by Mis-.
Hettie Latchum; vocal solo, 20 Dry
Those Tears" by Miss Gertrude At
kins; "The Perfect Tribute by Mrs
Robert G. Hall.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
HIMANE SOCIETY WORN.

Members Of the two humane so
cieties " the city held their monthly
meetings. on Tuesday afternoon and
received reports from Special Agent
Frank Stout as follows:
The S. 2. c. A. report: Number OF
complaints, "a; on agents sight, 25;
number OF investigations. 80; warm
ings, 80.
S. p. c. c. report: Number of com.
plants, 40; investigations 40; white
children involved. &c; colored children
involved, %; total number of chill
dren. So.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
HAVE YOU BEEN
MARRIED 30 YEARS

II so. there are two boxe seats COM
ing to you at the matinee perform
ance at the Garrick Theatre tomor-
row. The presentation Of the dra-
matte sketch "Sweethearts" which
Mr.. and Mrs Connolly so successfully
offer this week. has suggested to Man
ager Dockstader that the courtesy OF
the house be extended to all cou-
pies In Wilmington who have beer
married for two score years, and 4
you come under the classification al
YOU have to do is TO call up the box
Office OF the theatre and arrange fol
the seats for tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
Has Confidence of Patrons

Every advertiser knows that no competitor
Of his can secure better rate for an equal
amount of space in THE EVENING JOUR-
NAL than he himself pays. Under this policy
q confidence is established between THE
JOURNAL and its advertising patrons that
is vastly more satisfactory than a lurking
suspicion that, Because the advertiser him
self is securing Confidential" favors, some
competitor Of his may be favored TO an even
greater degree.
The circulation of THE EVENING JOUR-
MAI. is examined and certified to by The AS
sociation of American Advertisers.
THE EVENING JOURNALS public rate
card contains all its advertising rates.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

gree. He says he was promised a
sentence of a year but Judge Rosal-
sky gave him the limit. thirty years.
His recent application for a pardon
was denied by Governor Dix who or
dered the papers In the case sealed
and announced that the case was
closed. but the Governor has reopen
ed the case. as has Judge Rosalsky.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-Folke e.
Brandt, who has served five years Of
"A sentence Of thirty years may gain
his liberty since habeas corpus pro-
ceedings have been taken in his be-
half and Justice Gerard has been
designated by Governor Dix to inves-
tigate his case. which has aroused
Evening journal., 1912-02-15
Iournal's Family of Readers

THE EVENING JOURNAL was established
in 1885, Since March T. 1907, it has been
owned and operated by four Wilmington
ians-Robert s. Baird, Albert w. Cummins,
Clement B. Hsilam and Gilbert S. Jones.
When the owners purchased this newspaper
It had a drily average circulation Of 1000.
THE JOURNALS family OF readers has
grown in less than FIVE years in accordance
with the following figures:
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

John H. Short the talking machine man, of No.
West Third Street. says:
During the past five six weeks in
which time | have been advertising in The
Star my business has increased consider
ably l feel that my advertising has brought
splendid results and l am going to continue.
While many other merchants considered Janu-
airy slow month and stopped advertising Mr.
Short ran an adv in the Star each week and got the
business. Last, week was the biggest week he has
ever had.
Evening journal., 1912-02-15

Are you advertising in The Starr If not-and
you want more business-'phone tor our adv man
to CALL
, 1912-06-12

The Daily Mail does not believe the Anglo
French entente has altered, questions the
wisdom of dividing authority, and declares
that some think it preferable that England
alone should create Il special Mediterranean
fleet with the budget surplus of SIX and Il
half million pounds. The Government does
not contemplate this, although the surplus
may be used partially for new naval cun-
struction.
The Judges of the Aerial Derby of eighty
one miles within the limits of London dis
qualified the first, Sopwith, who cut corners,
and declared the second, Hamel, the winner.
On Sunday twenty thousand lockers de
monstrated on Tower Hill The leaders
speeches declared the alternatives were Il
national strike or acceptance of the pending
proposal by the employers. Ii the employ
ers do not accept, it is believed the Govern
mont will introduce n bill for establishing
a Joint Board of Arbitration.
Lord Haldone has been appointed Lord
High Chancellor, vice the Earl Of Loreburn,
retired.
In the second test match of the TRAN
gulnr Tournament, England versus South
Africa, at Lords yesterday, the latter scosed
fifty eight for their FIRST innings, Foster took
five for sixteen, Barnes five for Twenty-Five.
England scored one hundred and twenty
two for one.
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The Temp REVIEWING the history of French
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