The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-02-23
SH! WHO ARE YOU?
I'm HAWKSAAW,
THE DETEC|TOR!"
Sixteen Year-Old Youth Grad.
yates From Correspondence
School Into a Cell.
GETS POLICE GOING.
Takes Them on Wild Goose
Chase and Then Plays Role
of Prisoner.
GETS POLICE GOING.

The only trouble with Julius Sam
uels was that he ended badly. He be-
gan all right. He was sixteen yenrs
old and perhaps that had something
TO do with II. Hut even al sixteen he
had vidocq. Monsieur Iecoq. Sher-
lock Holmes. Byrnes and all the rest
Of them holding on to their laurels
with both hands. oh. II was great
work. fellows.
But, gentle reader. turn back three
years and meet our hero at the bud
ding age Of thirteen. Then II was. IN
his fathers palatiai home In Gutten-
berg. N. j.. that he first felt stirring
within hts breast the overpowerinR
determination TO become a detective.
Father was In the furniture business
and Julius began his career stalking
the rockers and armchairs In the
store room. He learned how to creep
up on an unsuspecting chair and
throttle II with his bare hands.
But this became tiresome altar =
while. julius wanted to get out into
the open. lie had arrested all the
chairs in the warehouse and they all
knew him. 40 what good was II to
put on n beard and sneak up on
rocker when tho rocker knew your
first name?
julius DECIDED TO WORK FAN
AFielO.
Gutenberg. too. was not much OF q
place to gather laurel leaves. 10 Julius
decided to branch out, 20 adventure
far aheid. Then he'd come back some
day and put Gutenberg on the map.
Now va PASSOVER tho intervening
years. gentle reader. pausins only \
moment to say that Julius got In
entered for the course In detectivol.
oGy and just ate II UP. He received .
nice badge with Detective No. "a"
on It. . pair Of handouts and several
pamphlets telling him just how to do
this and that. They made a real sure
enough detective Of him. nothing
friiiy, you know. but practical stun.
II hadn't anything to do with the
rockers and things-it was the real
thing.
Now the plot thickens'
II In afternoon In the East One
Hundred and Twenty.sixth street po-
lice station. This afternoon. to be
exact. The brave bluecoats are there.
CAS- much Of this sort Of stun an you
like)
suddenly the door In hung open.
There Ia a rush OF feet. Also rush
| Of cold air. And. 10. on the threshold
stands Julius Samuels. Indeed. II In
none other than he! tTara-ra-ra RAJ
HERE WAS A REAL DETECTIVE
ON THE JOB.
Come on. brave mani" he cries to
| the desk lieutenant. There 10 bloody
| work afoot! I've Just seen a burly
man choking a fair woman to death
dred and Eighteenth street. Come
follow me and let's hurl ourselves
upon him. Better still. give mo two
| OF your best Detectives and I'll taxa
| Il on myself to deliver tho girl"
The lieutenant gritted his teeth II
tho outrage and summoned Detectives
Conray and Enright TO him. Hers
are two of my trustiest men," he
cried. Take them and sally forth"
But Julius was not for sallying
until he had seen the shields Of his
cOnfreres. Then he brought forth his
own and the trio set their faces
| against the storm.
Now the narrative shortens. Thare
wasn't any burly man at the One
Hundred and Eighteenth street place,
there wasn't any prosecuted maiden,
but In a very few minutes there was
a young fellow from Gutenberg on
his way to Harlem Police Court.
Why? Because with the Ohandcuffs
and the literature they 'f0uHA q
blackjack. And that was ono thing
| the Sullivan law wouldn't stand for.
julius. having no $1,000 In hts pocket
| to give bail. had to be content with
| waiting In care Of the police until his
| casa could I've tried dOWntown