El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24

volve himself in a federal prosecution.
He had been receiving the silver
precipitate he said, from stranger
. who usually brought il TO the pawn
shop on a Saturday night, accepted
Z small advance on its value, ana re-
\ turned on the following Saturday to
Z get the rest of his mOney-atter the
] pawnbroker had disposed of the metal
/ TO the dealer who had been having it
( smelted by the Cooley company
when IS he due here aga1nE 1
! asked.
The pawnbroker consulted his rec
: ords. It appeared that the man ought
I TO arrive on the following saturday.
! All right I said. III be here, from
now on. to watch for him. I have a
| man outside shadoWing the place III
I sit inside and have look az your
I customer when he comes You go
/ ahead and buy the stuff and give him
I whatever advance he asks on it
Expected Customer arrives
1 spent the remainder Of the week
Z in the paWnshOp. waiting patiently
talking the gossip Of local politics
On Saturday night the expected Gus
toner arrived with a Tallse In Wnlcn
he had $3.50 worth of silver preclpl-
I tate. He did not notice me, and went
outside as soon as / was sure what
7 was in the valise and Joined the op-
erative who had been shadOWlng the
shop. Together we followed our sub
iect' when he came Out-and traileC
him to a dry goods shop, where ne
was Joined by woman Then we
went with the pair TO a VauueEllle
theater; and then watched all night
outside a rOOmtng house, Wnere the
couple spent the night
At 10 o'clock the next morning, We
were all out on the street again re
dined in the same restaurant anu
walked around till ?, and enjoyed an
( other vaudeville entertainment Till D.
The 5.15 train took US all to Cooley,
where the man and woman separated
/ 7 trailed the man home. Ny assistant
I followed the woman
TraiIed to Cooley Plant.
That night reported to the super
iutendent of the mint that i had lOcat-
ed the employee of the Cooley company
who had been stealing precipitate Of
wen FIeischman said. I'm salts
fled from the chemical analysis that
the stuffs not ours But I'm free 10
say that it's hard to tell They were
and acted in good faith
mo doubt" I said, but let me have
the pleasure Of breaking the glad
news for the eager way he didn't help
me when he thought it was silver
When ] appeared next morning in
Callingham's office. the president rose
to shake hands with me cordially
eve got your man. said His
name is William Champion"
Callingham pressed a button Bring
me the payroll" he ordered the clerk,
and his voice was thick He took the
sheets with an agltated hand and
glanced over them IN apprehension
Hes here" he said; "and in that
He has sold about $4,000 worth Of
silver precipitate TO date reported
cheerfully, and he has $500 worth
more in the paWnshOp-
CaIIingham Is Puzzled.
told the whole story, from the time
had left the presidents office with
the samples until / had trailed Cham
pion TO his home.
Mr.. Burns" Caliingham inquired,
would you mind telling me, now, how
you knew that IL was our precipitate
when you first came IN hereE'
Yes" I answered; that matter is
confidential with the government
"Oh-' Callingham thought it over.
Then tell me who told you that those
samples were still at the works ] was
certainly given to understand that
they had been returned
That too" 1 replied gravely, I'm
not in a position TO divulge."
Callingham cleared his throat I've
forgotten to ask you what IS your
charge for your work on this case"
You can't pay me a cent" an
swered- Pm paid by the government
Then" Callingham plunged. what
do YOU think we ought to do neXt2'
Wen" I cautioned him, you want
to be careful If you arrest that man
on insufficient evidence, and his
=
came from the mint, Champion viii
stand a good chance in a suit for dam
ages against you"
That's true" Callingham agreed
There was a case like that In Idaho!
Tell US what we ought to do
Suspect Is Caught.
We'll in the first place, Champion
steals this stuff when you have your
cleanup. He takes it CIT 0f the works
either in his pail or in his pocket Let
him go ahead. Let him come back TO
it. Don't do anything different from
what you have been dong right along
1H3nediately after the next cleanup
search his bucket without his knowing
it. If the stuff isn't there, have two
men lying in wait for him under the
can accuse him of stealing a pocket
book. and search him for It, If he
hasn't anything on him. he'll not know
what you're after. If you find any on
him. search his house"
Without a warrant"
"If YOU find stolen goods on him you
don't need a search warrant Go get
a, constable"
left town for a week on another
case. While I was away, 1 read in the
newspapers OF the arrest of William
from the smelling company. He plead
ed guilty and got 80 days in jail for
stealing $4,000 and they recovered the
$3.50 worth of stuff that / had traced
to the paWnshOp.
Copyright, 1913, by ". J. Burns.)
Next Week detective Burns viii tell
of a Case of Corruption"