The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-24
REED, THE DETECTIVE, HIS CA
REER READS LIKE \ DIME
NOVEL.
Life of the Man WHO Trapped Sam j.
Nichols Filled with Thrilling Advcn-
lures. He Has Uncovered Graft i'm
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with manner which convinces one
,of his sincerity, and personality
which is magnetic and engaging, T..
:. Reed. the detective who while pos
| ing as Henry y. Porter. a Chicago
attorney, claims to have entrapped
Sam j. Nichols, Spartanburg law
lyer. into negotiations which may in
volve Governor Blease Of South Car
olina in the charge of selling par
dons, is one of the most successful
and remarkable sleuths of the present
day.
Mr.. Reed. who is the right bower
of William j. Burns. is spending
few days in Atlanta. the guest of
Attorney Thomas b. Fielder, in whose
employ he was when he secured the
evidence against Nichols and Blease.
1t was Detective Reed who exposed
the Atlantic City grafters. 80 of
whom have been convicted by the
grand jury, and II was he who traced
Harvey Logan, the famous Montana
train robber, TO South America. A
history Of him and his work would
read like real dime novel;
Began When Sixteen.
II was back in 1889, when Mr.. Reed
then boy Of 16 years, pulled off
his first big detective stunt. He had
been assisting his father. who was
also detective, N running down
some of the criminals who infested
the Black Hills country in South
Dakota following the Sioux Indian
uprising.
| One day judge by the name of
Wood. who had learned of young
Reeds familiarity with the trails and
passes of the then wild and undevel.
oped territory. came to him and of.
fered him large sum to locate a
little girl who had been abducted
and who was believed to have been
carried into the Black Hills.
Judge Wood told Reed that the
her grandfather. an unscrupulous
Chicago millionaire had hired a dar-
Ing cowboy to kidnap her and hide
her away. 1t was explained to Reed
that the child's mother the daugh-
ter of the millionaire. had been her
fathers private secretary and in this
capacity had become familiar with
many of his crooked deals. She de-
veloped religious tendencies and her
conscience prodding her, she threat
ened to confess her fathers rascality.
Becoming alarmed. the father sought
To force her into a marriage with a
man whom he had selected, belev-
ing the marriage would close her
lips.
The ceremony was arranged and
when the prospective groom appear
ed the girl spat i'm his face and de-
clared TO the officiating minister that
she would not marry the man. Neith-
er threats nor persuasion would
cause her to relent and her father
made her prisoner i'm her own home.
One day she sought to elope with a
former sweetheart and, in jumping
out of window, broke her leg. She
was kept to her bed for months, but
finally escaped, married the sweet
heart and disappeared into South
Dakota. a little girl was born to
the woman. and when the Child was
three years old it was kidnapped. At
ter considerable search ii was locat-
ed and returned to the mother, only
TO be kidnapped again when it was
six years old
Finds The Child.
IL was the second case that Reed
was engaged To run down. He laid
In supply OF clothing and food.
purchased carriage and two mus
ltangs and traced the child to a ranch
house In the Black Hill country.
where he found she was i'm the care
OF an old woman and guarded by a
half dozen cowboys.
Reed awaited his opportunity and
one day. while the cowboys were
absent at u roundup. he came upon
the old woman and girl at spring.
lie seized the child. bore her away
In his arms To his carriage and drove
night and day until he got her to
Iankton. where he took Il train for
u city i'm Michigan. where he turned
hcr ove. to an uncle. On the wild
ride from the Black Hills, Reed was
followed by one of the cowboys. who
lovcrtook him. Breaking the glass
out Ot the rear curtain of the car