Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-05-28


lars.
Accompanied by one of the inspec-
tors Johnny" took the rubber bag
] to a nearby sink and gingerly and
| carefully poured out the solution,
drop by drop, until the bag had
been emptied of it's deadly contents.
Then he remarked to the inspector
at his side:
Enough soup in that bag to blow
up the post office, city hall and court
house, too, If necessary"
That was one time "Johnny'' was
OF real service to the post office men,
| but they soon tired of him as a han
ger-on and warned him to keep
away. He disappeared for a time
| and returned to Philadelphia. Much
to the amazement of the postal au-
thorities, there appeared in a Phila-
| delphia newspaper photograph OF
Johnny" accompanying a long ar
ticle, in which he was represented
Taft Johnny" told his inter
viewer, evidently some credulous
cub reporter, that he had been espe-
cially detailed by the Secret Service
to shadow the President, and in re-
ality he was employed to keep watch
on the Secret Service meu and see
that they maintained the proper
vigilance over the nations Chief.
In discussing this Post Office In
spector Jacobs, OF New York city,
remarked day or two ago: "Of all
the impudence | ever heard, that
Philadelphia episode was the limit.
Can you imagine any one as brazen
and foolhardy as that? Here is a
man notoriously crooked who knows
he is despised by his fellow crooks
and realizes that the police of the
New World are constantly watching
him, yet his love of the bizarre is
such that he cannot resist the TEMP
tation Of breaking into print. In or
der to see his name and features en-
blazoned in newspaper he ever re-
sorts to putting over a fake story
which involves the President of the
United States! Can you beat it,"
But Philadelphia evidently was
not remunerative field, for John
n.y. was once more noticed hanging
around his old haunts in New York.
To be sure, he was never within the
vicinity of those cribs where yeggs
are Wont to ircpuent.
New York to tempt johnny to ap-
pear along the Bowery," said Inspec-
tor Jacobs. "He knows there arc
scores of men hanging out there and
afraid to leave it's confines who
would take pop shot at HIM on
sight. His haunts are far removed
from those of fellow-yeggs, and
there never will come a time when
he can operate with them again.
despite the fact that he is one of the
most expert safe blowers in the
world. He is 'squealer," and even
yegg won't stand for that"
1t was not surprising that "John-
ny" should again enter the field of
trailing criminals. Next that was
heard OF him in New York, John
n.y. was in the employ Of a private
detective agency. This was not good
news for post office men and police
generally, for they knew Johnny"
too well to be deceived by his avow-
ed sincerity of purpose or that he
would overlook any chance to turn
trick" should it come his way.
Every few days he would reap pear
at the post office to leave word that
this or that yegg was either in the
city or headed this way. Invariably
the post office inspectors interpreted
this to mean that Johnny" had
either just been mixed up in some
deal he should not have been in or
else he was contemplating some
thing Of the sort and his appearance
at headquarters" was alone for the
purpose of establishing an alibi if
needed. Not for a minute we're
these men fooled by the nimble wit
ted Johnny" and after each visit
they invariably remarked: Wonder
what Johnny is up to now?"
That their suspicious were well
founded was proved few weeks
ago. For some months the news
papers have carried columns each
day telling of the band OF taxicab
bandits who were robbing and loot
ing stores of all descriptions