Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-09-09

clubs. He also learned that the paying
ellers chums were his brother-in- la W
/ nd soap manufacturer whose product !
hen, as now, was known from ocear, To
s,ceau little inquiry brought to light
tthat the brother-in-iaw was, operating
asbestos mines at Capleton, Ontario
When Inspector Byrnes assigned Shefi-
Ian to this case he remarked.
= ".Don,t show up here or let me heari
rom you until you have your man.
When you need money draw through the
Fank."
J Sheridan came to the conclusion thatl
e ne most natural thing for HcBAur to do !
sould be to go to the asbestos mines and |
Z ide there under an assumed name Sol
went to Canada. Now fapleton wast
Il othing but mining camp. and every
body there was employed by DeBaun's !
3rother-in-law. The detective knew that
he showed UP there the paying teller
would be notified that stranger was in !
amp, and the hunt would have to be !
egun all over again. Twenty-one miles
rom .Capleton was the town of Sher-
rookie with population of about 5000 |
obody could get from Capleton t. civil
.ation without coming through Sher-
rookie Also, a man of De Baun's luxu-
ous .ha bits would have to come to Sher-
brooke occasionally So Sheridan wentI
here and waited. He had to wait sew
Rral weeks.
In the days before sheridan went on
he police force he had been teleg-
apher This stood him in good stead in
his case Dressed in rather shabby
slothing and able to read the telegraph
Instrument, he picked up a friendship1
With the telegraph operator at the rail-
.oad staton-the only one in town-andl
5ften helped the operator in busy times.
With this excuse for loafng In the rail-
+oad station he was able to watch ALI
rains
One day big man well dressed.
s,lghted from the CapIeton train Sheril
Ian recognized him as peBaun
Who's that big felow?" he asked the
operator.
"oh, that's a New York stock broker.
dis name is Charles J. Robinson. He's
staying, up at his brotherin-law,s mines. 4
Hes an awful booze fighter and is upi
here to get off the stuff. He has to
eome down here every once in a while
% liquor up.
Then Sheridan telegraphed to Bvrnes
or requstion papers and seine help. In
ibout two weeks two detectives arrived
bearing the necessary papers sheridan
realized he and his men would not be
able to get DeBaun if they went up to
CapIeton after him. 50 they decided
to wait for something to turn up
In about two weeks more there was a
fair at Stanstead. between Capleton and
Sherbrooks. The three detectives and
the local constable went To Stanstead
expecting DeBaun would appear He did
not. however, until the last day of the
fair. Sheridan saw him coming down the
road in victoria He stopped the team
and addressed DeBaun. known there as
Robinson, in a low tone.
Good morning. Mr.. DeBaun | am
Sheridan, of Inspector Byrnes. staff. [
have warrant for your arrest for that
Park Bank affair. l don't want to make
| scene and if you'll come quietly there
will be none. You cannot get away be-
cause | have three men up the road there
| watching you
"DeBaun turned pale but he dismissed
| the victoria and came along quietly he
was put in Jail and fought extraditior
| Tor five months, employing brilliant ar
| ray of counsel Finally the Canadians
! decided against him and he was brought
| to New York. He pleaded guilty and was
sent to Sing Sing for five years
In 1925 10 years later Detective SherI-
dan took his nother-lateiy widowed-his
wife and his daughter to Washington tor
three weeks trip. When he started
away from the hotel he went to the
cashiers window and asked for his bill
II was handed to him and he paid it. As
he was about to turn away he glanced at
the man TO whom he had paid the money.
Isn't your name Charles T. DeBntin?''
he asked.
Yes"
DO you know me?'
s No
IN the road at the Stanstead Fair
DeBaun laughted and came from be-
hind his desk and chatted a while with
the detective. He said that after he get
out of Sing Sing a friend got him the iob
he was hoding.' and that he was getting
1890 year. He explained that his wife
had divorced him and had married -agafn
and had taken their children with her
DeBaun has been dead several wears
The man his wife married died leaving
her about S5,no1.oa She has since ,.,ed
and DeBaun's children now have the
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