Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-27
E. w. HANKS, MANAGER

II IS said that no man is indispensa-
HE. Probably that is true. But the
retirement of this Superintendent Of
The L. | =" viii leave Il gap which
only biz man can I'LL Frocst is Il
big man physically as well as men
tally, fer what he lacks in height Che
stands about five feet eighO he makes
W in breadth. His close cropped white
haired head. his shoIt, thick neck. his
deep chest massive shoulders. burlv
frame and slightly bowed legs all suG-
seet strength Of the bulldog kind.
which when once it fastens on its
quarry Will moi lei go. He is Il born
fighter. but he is also "A diplomat
RE WIS responsible for one Of the
greatest reforms ever accomplished at
THE Asrd" ~ breaking down the
RUE IF maintaining an obdurate 81
leuce toward The press. AT one time
newspaper men were received with
sCanf courtesy at She Yard, 1t was
FrAnk Froesl who showed that this
poHey Was all wrong. and his reform
WIS more than Vindicutcd at the time
Of the Crippeu ease. The first day the
story OF The crime Was published he
wrote for the press an official sum
mary of the details of the crime 50
far as they had been discovered,
proceeding whjeh would have caused
tire authorities ten years ago to gasp.
His action was justified by the accu-
lacy which characterized all the
newspaper stories. and his originality
of method was further displayed III
| thu same ease when ne utilized wire
| less teIegraphy Tor the arrest Of inc
| criminal
| Frank Ffoest. hrwcN.ct. recalls with
1 a ehuckic ont occasion on which he
| successful avoided newspaper men
i primed with questions for him to an
swer. That was in ohi,ago. when the
4 headlines announced: England
| great sleuth from Scotland Yard ar
lfipcs But they never tracked hrn
| desSn. thoueh he was in The Windy
CITY" for "a week. ilc had made up
Ills mind not Ia b,.. caught and inter-
1 Viewed.
i His sanctum at scotland Yard IS u
| plainly bat comfortably furnished
Groom on Tire ENTRANCE floor of the DIG
red brick and stone building when
1 lies between Whitehall ana the
Thaniiss Embaukmcnt, almost unucr
/ The SHADOW of the Victoria Tower Vt
the House Of commons a large
bookcase which stanGs against one 81
i tho walls il filed with all the latest
directorics and reference books ueas-
mr. Will pcrsons residents ana oHi-
4 cps. while on the three outer "a.S
i hang photographs OF lfiehus'
| leagues ana superior officials H'i
i aat topped desk. on when an .''
paraphernalia for writing are "le'''o-
IDEALLY placed, three or four c''''lis' d
couple OF cupboards and Il screen az
lthe door constitute the rest OF the lui =
niture. Tim,
To The visitor the most Interest," ing
Objects are the three reviewers ""'I''
] adoru the mantelpiece Each mas q
history. The large black slN-chain
bered colt originally came from Am
erica and is a relic of a Visit 10 t'V
s. 5Tr,ted states. 1t was taken from Il
Il man named Tom O'Brien, VINO IN
{ tended to shoot him with 1t. NIto-
gather F'roest has a fine arsenal OF
yeyol,ers and pistols. Some OF them
he keeps at his own house, hotap'S
nc resented by a grateful donor
1 which has a mother-of- pearl stoch
and a silver barrel.
The visit 10 the United States WHICH
he remembers with the greatest sal
! |, isfaction lasted five months ah'
. brought him the thanks of the Amer
4 can Government for his services. Inn
was in 1892 when he helped conVic'
| William Lord Moore for using th'
/ 'tITnitcd states mails for frauouien
,,,,,,nses Moores method was u
|, ,rr,te ia credulous people in Ensline
and France telling them he couia lll.,l
,bom 10 get their shares OF uhcialine'
,n,,lions lying in banks. Moore wa
tried at Jackson. Tenn. The jury ois
',aree. twice. but the third time !
feand him guilty and sentenced MN =
, nine years penal servitude.
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