The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-24

Logan made his escape from jail
AID Reed again took the trail, fol-
lowing him through the mountains
of tennessee, Kentucky, North and
South Carolina, being N the saddle
for II days.
Located in South America.
lie learned that Logan had come to
Atlanta, and here he found the out
law had robbed Pullman porter and
had been hidden in berth, boots
and all Following the trail Reed
pursued Logan to Texas, then into
Mexico and from there 70 South
America. locating him in the Argen-
tine Republic. The Great Northern
had expended $4,000 in an effort to
land Logan and kept a standing Of
fer of $4,000 for him dead Or alive,
but the expense was so great and
the red tape of eXtradition from Ar
gentne Republic so difficult that the
chase was abandoned and Logan is
still supposed 20 be in that country.
=. Atlantic City Case.
The most recent and perhaps the
most important piece Of work ever
done by Detective Reed was the
rounding up Of the Atlantic City
grafters. which he completed a few
weeks ago. After opening offices on
Wall Street, New York, securing elab-
crate apartments at the Waldorf Ho-
tel in that city Reed, posing as ]. K.
Harris, millionaire contractor, went
to Atlantic City, ostensibly for recre-
alton. He took suite of rooms in
the Marlborough -Blenheim, which he
connected up with dictagraphs.
Ascertaining that the city was
spending $4,000 a year for repairs
to the famous boardwalk, Of which
$4,000 was divided in graft to the
city officials and bosses Reed gave
out an interview suggesting that the
old boardwalk should be replaced
with concrete walk; that in the
end it would be cheaper and more
satisfactory. He studiously avoided
the city officials and his interest ap-
peared to be that of a disnterested
but experienced contractor
The concrete walk suggestion at
cd of Il, n
the trade bodies and civic associa-
tions invited him to address them
upon the project. After he had
created an almost universal demand
for the new walk, one of the leaders
In the council called on him at his
hotel and adroitly negotiated a deal
whereby Ii members Of the council,
the city attorney and other officials
were to be paid certain sums for put
ting through the concrete walk or
dinance. Seventy-five thousand dol
lars was TO be divided among them.
One by one the other councilmen
were drawn into the negotiations and
conversations were had with various
officials at the Marlborough -Blen-
helm, the Waldorf in New York and
the Continental Hotel in New York.
Each Of these conversations was re-
corded by the dictagraph.
The "Divvy' Planned.
ich 4
by the grafters. provided that Reed
was to receive per cent of the
|N.5OO.O00 to be expended on the
concrete walk for engineering servi-
'es, per cent for his own personal
supervision and $4,000 for his plans
etc. This last mentioned sum was
under the agreement to be divided
among the grafters.
So skttish were the grafters tha,
they would not accept the money a,
any of the hotels, but insisted that il
be paid over in hack room OF Ma
las combination saloon and hotel
dive run by an alderman by the
name of Malta, who was one of the
gang.
1T was necessary for Reed to in
stall his dictagraph in this dive. He
must do this without creating suspi-
cion. so he hit upon the idea of send
Ing crew of linemen from New
York to Atlantic City who were os-
tensibly in the employ of local pow
er company. These linemen, one of
"hom was an expert dictagraph man
secured quarters in Malia's hotel and
was seen about the streets working
at the top Of poles for days
The dictagraph man spent the en-
tire night preceding the day when the