El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-18

| L \ Lindauer, aged S. years, crime
| beat man of the New Orleans Plea
/ yune, does not think the youngsters
/ can put anything over on him." 4
| haven't seen any of the youngsters get
away with me-" said Mr.. Lindaur and
| he smiled. The friendiiness of the smile
| and the twinkle in his eyes explained
I It
Mr.. Lindauer broke into the game
when there We're no telephone ex-
changes and when all copy was written
out in long hand and sent I'D to the
printer, who did the editing.
Many youngsters now star report
ers. partly owe their success to Mr..
Lindauer, who is known in the news
paper circles of New Orleans as the
| dean" OF all the youngsters" he
brike into the game; Mr. Ltndauer best
remembers Johnny Hart Johnny was
a messenger boy before Mr.. Lindauer
took him in hand, but after that he
himself became a police reporter. Snort
" afterWard he died of smallpox In
return for the interest that Mr..
Lindauer took in him Johnny soon be-
came his faithful friend and apt pupil.
If Mr. Iindauer took a little time off,
could get back on the job if needed
Johnny was the only one in the office
who knew the number of the partic-
lar" phone
About IS years ago, the time of Mis-
sissippi valley railroad wreck some ,
distance from New Orleans. Mr.. Lin
particular phone was. He left Johnny
on the job with instructions to call him
IL anything turned up Mr.. Lindauer
had not been there long before Johnny
called up and told him about the wreck.
There was just time to catch the train
leaving the station so that he could get
to the wreck, get the story, and get
back with ii. Mr.. Lindauer got to the
station just as the train was leaving
it. On the rear coach was George w
NandervOOrt, now secretary TO the su-
perintendent of police, of New Orleans,
James w Reynolds Mr. VandervOOrt
was then on the Times Democrat and
his rival VandervOOrt smiled and Mr..
Lindaeur shook his fist. The train dis
But this is where I had it on him.
said Mr.. Lindauer. I am a telegraph
operator After the train left the sta
ton I went into the telegraph office
and hung around. It wasn't long be-
fore the operator on the other end Of
the line called the local operator and |
told him to get on the line as Mr.
...... was sending in his report of the (
wreck. I walked out of the office to /
the window, which was open As the /
report came in I wrote ii down I got {
back to the office just as the city edi- 4
tor was leaving.
'I have the story of the Mississippi |
Valley wreck" I said to him.
Send it on up: 1 am going home /
up and the printer edited it. I had 1
about column and a half. If I had 4
not been a telegraph OPERATOR WOulu 3
never have got the story.
What became of VandervoortF
HE never did get the story. The |
train he was on never reached the I
it over another line. VandervoOrt did /
not get back to town until the next /
day. He never got a line on the !
wreck"
Mr.. Lindauer is here visiting his son. i
W. A Lindauer, who is in the auditors !
office of the Southwestern His grand 1
son, W T, Ingram. is in the mailing
department of the FL PasO Herald. Mrs |
NJ. G. Poole, of Las Cruces, n. NJ, is /
Mr.. Lindauer's daughter. Before he re-
turns to New Orleans he will visit her. E,
Since he has been here, Mr.. Lindauer I
has met every member of the local po-
lice department.
about 16 years ago I was an assayer
at the smelter here" said Charles E. /
van Barneveld, chief of the department i
of mines and metallurgy of the Panama
international exposition
This is my first visit to FL Paso5
continued van Barneveld and was
greatly surprised and impressed with
the growth and Improvement Of 81
Paso was known as a wide open"
town, with its tough saloons and dance /
halls.
''To my mind the Fl Paso of today
is more pleasing, with its orderly
aspect and principal asset, in its local
laws, that the saloon is closed at $3.50
p. m and on Sundays.
q am on my way to attend the Ma
tional Mining congress which is being
held in Philadelphia. The Panama eX-
position is progressing rapidly and
many of the exhibition palaces are fill
ing up with exhibits.
THE dull season is beginning to give
way to Hvelier business said william |
G. Wall. general manager of the W q. !
WaIz company. The tightness of
money has had a noticeable effect on !
all lines of business judge, but with /
the approach of winter. there seems to /
be an easing of conditions from a fl
nancial standpoint. Our dealers in the
southwest are placing their winter
orders for stock and we are being
kept busy filling them"
1--WE are planning to give the people |
of Ell Paso the best there is in the |
theatrical line this season at the El |
Paso theater. besides keeping up the
standard at the Crawford" said Frank
s. Frickelton, manager of the Tri-State
Eltinge. comes Officer $685. at the FL
Paso. The few shows which have al
ready played here have pleased local /
theater goers, I believe, and we are
going to keep the ball rolling"
st have been reading the troubles of
Helen and Warren in the Herald for
the past three years" said Mrs. V. Car
rothers, of Fairview, Mexico, who is
spending a few days in FL PasO. Il
think it is the best piece of character
portrayal that have read, but what
has become of their little girl? 7 don't
want anything to happen to the little
girl without being told about it. and 1
haven't read a word about the little
girl or Pussy New for the longest time
Has the author forgotten she gave a
why has she dropped her out of the
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