The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-10-10
These Bright Sleuths
Found Trouble Trail
from thursdays Daily.
Especial, to Tne Free Press.l

st. Peter, October I'm thas. yel-
iow.backs the Hawkshaws and Nick
Carriers always triumph. II ZEAL
me. however, even the sslickAst
|sieuths occasionally fall down hard,
The two st. Paul detectives can testi.
|fy to the truth of this, for they. came
to ST. Peter last week and found old
Man Trouble waiting Them sat
every corner ft 20 So
it IAN started over I'M WISCONSIN.
when "a young woman ran awag FROM
her country home and started TOR,
the cities. On, the adjoining fHrn
lived the. parents of Edward Schulz,
who is employed by o'Hrteir Pros
oe this city. They wrote To their
son and asked him to undeftsb Q thp
search for the missing SILT lie
scanned the want ads of asslnetrpppl
itan daily, and when lie found the
advertisement Of the Acme Detective
agency he wrote them a letter sof
inquiry. They replied as follows: =
So Reply of the Detectives. K 4
1 IN. reply to your letter Of the
goth inst, we wish to state that we
would be only too glad to take. UP
your case and locate the party or
parties as YOU desire. OF course you
understand that, not knowing in what
state or county they are located, It
would take us a week or ten days
to find them.
THE expenses in this case also,
would be considerable high owing
to the fact that her whereabouts
have been SO long unknown, but if
you forward US $2J by return mail
we will Immediately send all agent
to- ST. Peter who win consult with
you and follow your Instructions. In
the meantime. we win make a thor
ough search of the twin cities, as
there is a slight possibility OF. her
being in service in either place. You
would also render us considerable
help. In finding her by forwarding to
us Immediately, her name, photo
graph, and disposition generally, and
whether she could be Identified by
scars OF any kind, BY forwarding to
us this information, you can rest
assured, that dead Or alive, we will
within two weeks time, return her
to her parents
They trusted to hear from him by
return mail. and when they did not
the, two alleged Detectives, W.. S., Nc
Donald and George Paulson, climbed
on a train and came TO ST. Peter. ar.
irving here shortly before midnight.
At the Hotel Nicollet they profoundly
impressed the night CLERK by ex-
hibitiiRRg bright tin Stars and by
asking sf9o cPes PVT in communication
with theToaisht yalaAmap. +. When
the latter Masg inform ofitheir visit
he VENT 10 at#e room laof Henry
C'Bneh, and stiil later s'the two
slenths and the policeman visited
that, of, will O'Brien. The Messrs.
O'Briel were not particularly. pleas.
ed when their rest was disturbed, and
it: soon became evident to the st.
Paul detectives that there would, be
no fdemand for their services in atrac-
Ing the missing girl.
/ Hotel Man Becomes Interested.
AT noon the following day McDen.
aid returned to the cities without
going through the Formally Of bay.
ing his board bill, and from that
moment Colonel o. r. Mayes took an
acute interest in the proceedings. He
descended upon Detective iPautson
and demanded the money that was
due. Mr.. Panlson was willing, eTen
anxious, to pay. but bewaiIed tire
fact that HIS assets consisted of only
two copper pennies. Thereupeh the
irate colonel collected his 1figerso1l
overcoat ana travelling bag, as well
as other articles of PERSONAL prop.
i,erty, and Informed him that failure
| to redeem the security would land
him in a. cozy cell at the county
|. Jail, <.f 81 ,z
- 81 y Paid The Eili -
On the following day paulsofl re.
cciyed So from Ifs comrade, and
he was allowed to spend, part of III
: fh paying for q telephone message
to Mcdonald, Over the wire. Pauispn
told his. brother, detective that money
fmust be sent to st. Peter by q stat
ed time or he had best meet, Sheriff
Olson in the office of the sheriff Of
: Ramsey county, The nfonty did, hot
come and Thursday noon Sheriff Oh
son went to st. Paul. He found Me
Dcnald waiting for him DIT the sher
IFS Office, as directed, and the latter
paid tho board bin and costs. amount
ing to $22.5D. This released Paul
son. and the sleutbs doubtless have
, had time to reflect upon the, dire
CONSEQUENCES or i trip that promised
SO well and resulted so unprofitabIy
! Washington, October Frank A
/ Day OF Minnesota is a candidate for
governor of Porto Rico, itsR was
learned {. today, following "a confer
] endc between the president and Sec.
rotary OF Wars Garrison relating
ito this appointment and that Of the
Philippines commissioner. Z, !.
The secretary, said no conclusions
had been reached Arthur Eager ol
Georgetown. Kys former president OF
the college there, is candidate for
the Porto Rico position. He; was (,
classmates of President Wilson at