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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

and little girl in Eighth avenue, near
135th street We covered him night and
day for seven weeks and, seemingly,
without being able to pin anything on
him. He never took a step that we
weren't behind him and we knew every
person he met and sometimes we were
close enough to him to hear what they
talked about
''One of the men that Palmer met was
Tim Hogan. We knew a good job was
brewing. Several times this pair crossed
over to Jersey, generally going to New
ark. From the way they prowled about
we knew they were trying to locate a
job and it was only a question of time
before we would get them Some nights
they would visit other New Jersey
towns and these excursions they would
vary by trips to nearby New York towns.
Zone night soon after midnight Palm
er left his home and took a crosstOwn
car to Lenox avenue He went down
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

where he had shot at several of his
guards. He shot to kill, too.
The trio proceeded up Third avenue
and, turning into Thirty-seventh street.
tried to force an entrance through the
side door Of Mulraney's saloon. The
panel Of this door was made of zine
and somehow they failed to pry it out
They abandoned this means of entry
and went to the rear of the saloon,
where they tried to force the iron bars
that covered the window. 1t was then
that we leaped upon them. Although
we had our guns handy they were
quicker than we were, for their pistols
belched fire and just why we three bulls
weren't murdered in our tracks I don't
know. In any event We got in on them
at close quarters.
''Cassasa raped Hogan a clip on the
head with the butt of his gun and Tim
went down and out for the count He
was knocked so cold he didn't know
what hit him. Young bowled his man
over and by that time Palmer was bear
ing down on me with murder in his eye.
I managed to hit him first and he
dropped. Taking no chances with one
1 knew to be a murderer at heart, I
kept handing him the butt of my gun
until he rolled over unconscious. We
sent Palmer to the hospital, where he
stayed three weeks. When he got out
he and Hogan were convicted and
settled for a three year term. They
were characterized as habitual criminals
by Judge Rosalsky. who told them he
would send them away for life if they
ever came before him again. I think
Palmer died il jail, but Hogan is up
again and I am certain ne will be put
away for a good long stretch this time.
But trailing safe blowers" the de-
tective continued, seems to have been
my long suit, for in the old time days I
got far more than my share of it.
Some years ago there had been an
epidemic of safe blowing in and around
New York. The inspector sent for me
and asked if I knew Humpty Williams.
He gave me his photograph, saying
4 understand this fellow is somewhere
near Providence, R. / Go get him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

meet his lifelong friend and chum, Sir
Robert Balfour.
Here he encountered trouble, for at the
end of the trip his lordship found himself
"beached" on the western edge of the
South American continent Instead of
finding accommodations to which peer
of the realm is accustomed, nothing ap-
peared available but the dingy freighters
plying between the west coast ports and
Panama, which would necessitate a slow
passage amid unpleasant surroundings
and frequent changes until the canal port
was reached and direct connections made
for San Francisco via the Pacific Mail
route.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

''But they weren't of a kind
to give up without a struggle.
Binding flashes and deafening
reports told US that magazine
guns already were working, and
as the bullets sped over our
heads we could only draw our
guns and from our points Of
vantage return the fire. The
battle ragged fast and furious and
the store was so dark that we
could only concentrate our fire
IN the direction Of the flashes
from our quarry's guns. An
occasional squeal, then a groan
or a curse, told US that some of
our bullets had sped true to the
mark and that one or more of
the cracksmen had been hit. :"
Extract from an Interview Nth
Detectipe Describing, Encounter
NTH the ''Yeggs."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

Don't try to get him until you have him
right, but follow him no matter where
he takes you
"Mingling with the underworld Of
Providence soon gave me my first cleW.
I located Humpty and set to work to
trail him. He took me all through New
England, spending some time IN Boston.
Apparently he couldn't locate a job to
his liking and just ambled aimlessly
around. I had picked him up in the
general post office, where he was in
curing for mail, and from that moment
until I got him, nine weeks thence, 1
never let him out of my sight Two
men were stopping at the Providence
hotel with him and they just palled
around and, try as 1 might, I could get
nothing on them.
'.Twice they came to New York. but
only stopped here overnight. When
they boarded a train to leave was al
ways on the same train and, strange as
it may seem, they never suspected my
presence. A third trip was made to
New York and after communicating with
Headquarters I learned that Cassasa
and Young had been detailed to help me.
felt then that the net was tightening
Williams last trip to New York was
made alone. but after trailing him day
and a night I found that two men were
stopping with him at his home in Lex
ington avenue. Brooklyn. 1t took US a
day or two to locate the homes Of these
two visitors and this done we soon got
their records and found they were about
as desperate as Humpty himself. We
knew our work was cut out for us, but
it was case Of get them and get them
right. Those were the orders and every
good detective is a good soldier.
Late one afternoon the three went
over to Newark. We went along, too,
and as one of the three carried a heavy
sack we felt sure a job was in sight.
They went to a park in Broad street,
where they sat until soon after midnight
None of US knew Newark very well, 50
we had arranged to have q couple Of
Newark police detectives within call, 50
that in case Of emergency we could act
quickly.
Leaving the park they went down a
side street and entered a narrow little
alley, which was as dark as pitch, and
as we were strangers in the town we
couldn't tell where it led to. The man
with the sack dropped his burden and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

I T is not often that the Collector Of the
Port, acting as the representative Of
the President Of the United States, e1-
tends all official courtesies to a petty
officer on a grimy tank steamer, yet this
was the experience of Richard Herschell,
paymasber Of the Standard Oil tank
steamship Prometheus, which arrived in
the harbOr Of San Francisco from Talara
Bay, Peru, January 8.
But Richard HerschelI, the paymaster
of the Promotions, is in reality Lord
Richard Fsrrar Herschell, known at the
court Of St James, a familiar figure on
the boulevards Of Paris and at Monte
Carlo and a globe trotter Of world re-
nown. Lord Herschelrs arrival in San
Francisco as one Of the tanker's crew
was not unberaIded, for a spIendidly ap-
pointed limousine stood in readiness for
forty-eight hours in a remote part Of the
water front waiting to transfer his lord
ship and his valet from the cramped
quarters on the tank ship to the luxurious
apartments engaged for him in a hotel
on Mob Hill.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21
His Lordship Gets a Job.

When permission was finally granted
for tbe distinguished traveller to make
the trip to San Francisco on the tanker
it was necessary to find something for
him "to do and as polishing brasswork
and scrubbing decks carried no particular
appeal it was decided that his lordship
would make a good paymaster for the
crew. although wages were distributed at
specified times and places whether there
happened to be an official paymaster
standing around or not. Accordingly a
new office was created on the spot, while
the perplexing problem of caring for Lord
HerscheITs valet was solved by transform
ing that useful parsonage into a steward.
T1.us master and man became shipmates,
a condition which existed until San Fran
cisco was reached and the valet resumed
his usual duties Of preparing his masters
bath and arranging his clothes.
"And here we are, feeling none the
worse for our experience" said Lord
Herschen when the Prometheus reached
San Francisco. 1.-The vessel rolled and
pitched bit coming up the coast, but it
did not seem to disturb my physical being.
Captain Thalen's larder was a generous
prOvider."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

exerted in his behalf to secure him the
privilege of signing as one of the crew
Of the tank steamship Prometheus, one Of
the fleet of Standard Oil vessels plying
along the west coast and at that time
lying in Talara Bay. The maritime laws
prohibiting vessels of this type carrying
passengers are strict, and it was only the
pressure brought to bear from London
that made it possible for Lord HerschelI
to arrive at San Francisco under false
coIors, so to speak, without undergoing
the discomforts Of tedious trips on slow
going cargo boats.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

foot in the city, but by lying low and
trailing them We catch them redhanded
and then it is easy to convict them and
send them away for long terms"
Isn't that new police prOcedure?" 1
asked.
Not as new as you might think. I
have trailed safe blowers for nine weeks
before I could ger them right Then we
only captured them after we had been
shot at a score of times. wounded three
Of the yeggs and nearly beat their heads
off with the butts of cur guns before
they would give up
What recalls This case is trip I
made to Mineola, L. L, with several
other detectives = few days ago to
identity an old-time safe burglar known
as Tim Hogan, who is being held there
for trial Tim is bad yegg- He has
a long record and would shoot any one
who interfered with him as quick as a
fash.
Some years ago Inspector McCaf-
ferty, then in charge of the Detective
Bureau, called me into his office and
told me that with Detectives Cassasa and
George Young he wanted me to trail Her
man Palmer, an all round crock and bad
man. The Inspector had heard Palmer
was in the city and, as he put it, Palmer
can't stay in New York five minutes I'M
less he is working Go look him up. See
what he is about, and when you get him
be sure you have the goods On him. If
necessary, follow him out of the city, or
out Of the State for that matter, only
be sure you get him I want him put
away and beyond temptations reach
I'VE found Palmer living with his wife
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21
-, - - - coRREsP0NDENT.l

rrpoM OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT
eAFPE safe men-the bulls call
66V Ms veggs-would starve to
kkI death outside Of New York.
w This blizzard has put US on
the bum. That's why there
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21
A Picturesque Trip.

After an arduous season at ccurN Lord
Herschell, seeking rest and recuperahon.
embarked on world tour lest October,
making his first stop in BuenOs Ayres.
After a prolonged period Of sightseeing
and touring in and about the capital Of
Argentina his lordship made the piet-
uresque trip over the backbone Of the
South American continent via the Trans
andean Railway to Lobitos, Peru, ex-
pecting to make direct connections there
and travel north by. steamship to San
Francisco, where he had arranged to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

Lexington avenue to Seventy sixth
street and walked east to Second ave
nue., where he met Tim Hogan and an
other man. Tim had only recently es-
capped from Jail in Cleveland, Ohio
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21
A Yexing Problem.

It vas here that the advantage of being
a friend of royalty assisted in the solution
Of a vexing problem, for when Lord
Herschell made known his unexpected
situation to friends at home the influence
of one Of England's greatest SHIPPING
firms with the Standard Oil Company vas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-21

Sc ~ Ms yeggs-would starve to
kAI death outside of New York.
w This blizzard has put us on
the bum. That's why there
are so many Of US here now"
The speaker was seated at one of the
Tttle round tables N the rear Of a saloon
in the BOwery whose proprietor has been
suspected for years of being the most
notorious fence for post office robbers
in this country. His saloon is the haven
for every well known yeggman in the
country while stopping in New York
Here the stamps stolen from shattered
rural post office safes are brought and
this man buys them at big discount
and readily dispOses of them to dishonest
clerks and even merchants who do not
strain a point where pennies can be
saved
The writer had drifted into this ''crib"
In search of a yeggman known to be in
New York. It was his intention to
gain hrst-hand knowledge as to the cpl
demic Of safe robberies that have been
perpetrated, or attempted, here of late.
In nearly every instance these burglars
have opened fire on the detectives and
policemen who surprised them at their
work and in one case a policeman was
shot to death in performance Of his duty.
"I have been IL New York now a
week" said this seggman- Il have not
attempted to put over any JOB, for I am
50 well known that am sure the bulls
are trailing me. : shall stay here until
I can pick up a stake. Then I'll pull my
freight and 90 South, where the pickings
are easy and the bulls not so fly"
Are there many post office yeggs here
now?" the writer asked.
Lots Of 'em. have met a couple
dozen of my old pals. Many of these
men have been upstate. or in New Eng
land. But the storm hit them and they
hustled for the Gig town, for there is
little chance Of pulling off a trick in the
country now. when there is no chance
for a getaway The trains are not run
ming regular and VIXEN we blow a safe
under those conditions we are caught
"a a
job nowadays tho most important Of all
things to be considered is the chance Of
getting away. I wouldn't touch a job
anywhere unless ! was sure could be
twenty-five miles away an hour after
the till was tapped"
The contention Of this yeggman that
the city is overrun with safe blowers was
not taken seriously at Police Headquar-
tiers. Detective McKenna, who is in
charge Of the strong arm squad" and
whose chief mission it is just now to
round up these burglars, had this to
say
There are no more safe burglars at
work here now than there were a year
ago. We are getting more Of them, that's
the reason this chap makes his squeal.
Very few safe blowers known to the
police have set foot IN She city within
the last month who haven't been trailed
from the moment they arrived. We
never let them out Of our sight. Of
course, we could arrest them as sus-
plcious persons as soon as they touch
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

mother Of Mrs. s. B. Rohrer, who for
merly lived in Topeka.
Paid in Full" at tie Iris. and you
will be, too, when you have seen it!-
Adv.
Mrs. George Emmett Rfgby and her
two sons, Loehr and Millard. OF 7OS
Harrison street, left today for Kansas
City to visit Mrs. Rigby's sister. Mrs.
Tom D. Costello, and her brother. Mr..
Lawrence w. Hayes
Mrs. Louis Van Dorp and Mrs. How
ard Van Dorp will leave the first Of
the week for two weeks visit In
Brannor, Mo.
New hats are arriving almost daily
at Courtney's. See them.-Adv.
Mrs. G. o. Smith IN visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Irving Platt, Of junction
City.
Mr. Lewis Sawyer, Of Kansas City,
IL visiting his parents. Mr.. and Mrs..
Charles Sawyer.
Miss Dorothy At GOD OF Kansas City.
and Miss Jean Elliott Of Emporia, viii
arrive Saturday. to be guests over Sum
day Of Mrs w. 81. Eastman.
Mrs.. J. e. Gossett II whiting friends
In Atchison q few days.
Topeka people who went to 1lanha&-
tan this week to attend the state meet
ing Of the r. n. Of A.. are: Mr.. J. w.
walker, Mr.. Charles LAcknane. Dr.. and
NrA y. r. 6OudeFs. Dr.. Elnora whit
more 1lrsL Nellie Runneal4 Mr.. Anna
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20


Mrs. Robert Steele was at home in
formally Thursday afternoon In hon
or of her sister, Mrs. Annie Adams
Baird, a mission worker In Pyeng
Pang. Korea. who is visiting her peo-
pie in the states. Friends of Mrs.
Baird called during the afternoon
Mrs. Steele had the assistance of her
daughter, Miss Miriam Steele, and II
Miss Isabel Mills.
Mrs. Baird will leave Tuesday of
next week for Mansfield, Mass, to
visit her sons, Mr.. Don Baird, Mr.
William Baird and Mr. Richard Baird,
who are students in Mt Harmon col
lege, and she will be in the east all
summer.
.
The A. r.. o. s. of the high school
will be guests at a party tonight at
the home of Mr.. George Mann. 709 Fill
more street. at which the members Of
. the B. o. w. g. will be hosts.
Mrs. T. W. Todd was hostess at an
informal afternoon party Thursday for
the senior girls Of Washburn college.
The guests were: Miss Mary Fergu-
son, Miss Rosa Barber. Miss Helen
johnson. Miss Marjorie Rodgers, 4isl
Juliet Pettjohn, Miss Harriet Markham,
Miss Violet Kirkner, Miss Irene Dean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

Houser. Mrs. Grace Stallens, Mrs
Lavina Worstell and Mrs J. 81. Kountx.
Leave orders early in the week and
early in the day for spring millinery
at Courtneys.-Adv.
Miss Leila James. who teaches in
Buffalo, KAN. IL spending q few days
with her people in Topeka. She went
to Lawrence today to attend the teach
ers' conference. and will go to Bu6alo
Monday.
Miss Nina Gillette, . teacher in the
Topeka high school. IL visiting the
Kansas City schools, and IL the s-uest
Of friends during her stay there.
Mr.. John CLANCY. who il recovering
from an injury received in an autorno-
bile accident. has been moved from
Stormont hospital to his home In Clay
street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

Pa, arrived Thursday night, called by
the serious illness Of her mother. Mrs.
J. F. Lyle.
Fort Wayne, Ind. paper: Mrs. Eliza
beth Cutshal. mother Of Mrs Nellie
Fee, who makes her home with the
latter at 14z5 Fairfield avenue, is at the
Lutheran hospital suffering from a
broken collar bone as the result OF an
accident sustained yesterday when she
became partly paralyxed and fell from
the top Of a flight of stairs to the floor
below. Owing to the fact that Mrs.
Cutshall II nearly 80 years of age her
condition 10 serious. Her right side IL
paralyxed." Mrs. Cutshall Is the grand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

baseball and the members of the clubs
will be compelled to abide by such de-
cisions. This is done to enforce dis
cfpline.
The following churches will be rep
resented by clubs in this league: First
Presbyterian, Second United Presby-
terrain, First Methodist, North Topeka
Methodist, First Christian, Walnut
Grove Methodist, North Topeka Bap-
fist and First Congregational.
A league for senior players also is
planned with ages unlimited and the
following teams have been registered:
Central Park Christian, Auburndale,
Walnut Grove Methodist, First Bap-
fist, Third Presbyterian. Prairie Home
Union.
Games in these two leagues will be
played Saturdays
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
FOR CHURCH LEAGUE.
Eight Clubs Representative Players
Under IS Years Old.

membership in the Church Baseball
league held a meeting Thursday night
to complete arrangements for the or
ganization. The players in this league
will be limited to Is years or under
and each club will deposit the sum of
IS as a guarantee to finish the season
and comply with the rules and regu-
1ations.
Each club will be represented by
some member from the respective
church. who will select and designate
umpire to be used in the various
contests. These umpires will have
full authority to fine or suspend play
ers just the same as in professional
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
SORE, ACHING JOINTS, STIFFNESS
RUB RHEUMATISM PAIN RIGHT OUT

and sciatica cure which never disap-
points and can not burn the skin.
Timber up! Quit complaining! Get
a small trial bottle from your drug
gist, and in just moment you'll be
free from rheumatic pain. soreness,
stiffness and swelling. DLn't suffer!
Relief and a cure awaits you. est
Jacobs Or has cured millions of
rheumatism sufferers in the last half
century, and is just as good for SCI
atica. neuralgia. lumbago, backache,
sprains and swellings.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
Get q small trial bottle OF old time,
penetrating "St. Jacobs
OIL"

What's rheumatism? Pain only!
Stop drugging! Not one case in
nifty requires internal treatment. Rub
soothing, penetrating est. Jacobs
Or directly upon the tender spot
and relief comes instantly. "St. ia
cobs Oip' is a harmless rheumatism
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20

What does the committee on foreign
relations have to do?' II can't say But
If it has to keep track Of the foreign rela-
tons that our rich girls acquire by mar
rage, 1t has some responsibilities
Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20
We Sen ior Cash O.ly

Conducting our business
on q strictly cash basis
enables US to sell our
merchandise for less
money than stores that
do q credit business. In
vestigate our prices and
you will SEQ the great ad-
vantage Of trading here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-03-20


Miss Helen McClintock and Miss Ger
trude McClintock will go to Kansas City
Saturday to see Otis Skinner In 'Kie-
met at the Schubert.
Mr.. John Francis RASTER who il at
tending college in Howe. Ind. will ar
rive Sunday to spend the spring vaca-
ton with his parents, DIR and Mrs. ].
p. Raster.
Mr.. Fay Mowers Of Emporia is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Mowers. this week He will leave in
q few days for Notre Dame, Ind, to
visit his brother. Mr.. Paul Mowers. who
Is a student in NOtre Dame university.
Miss Lotta Johnston, who teaches
domestic science in Holton, Kan, will
arrive tonight to spend the weekend
with her sisters, Mrs. r. +. Hayden
and Mrs w p. Montgomery.
See the vanity wells and other latest
ideas in yelling at Courtney's, COS Kan
sas avenue, upetairs.-Adv.
Miss Agnes Walsh returned today
from q trip to Warrington, D. c., and
q visit to her sister, Miss Frances
Walsh, in Baltimore, Nd.
Mr.. and Mr.. J. n Luthy Of Albu-
QuerQue. n. II, have returned home
after a visit to Dr.. and Ars. J. p. Kas-
ter. Miss Estella Luthy. who accom-
panied them to Topeka. win remain N
q guest OF the Raster family about =
month longer.
Mr.. Joseph Bowers Of Lansdowns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-02-12
+ rance Trains Nurses
for Public Hospitals
By ]. 3. RICE. New York

welfare of children the aged has found necessary
recruit of for its public hospitals we'll Accordingly
about five opened of the city schools
fer under charge Today the profession of nursing bids fair
excel that Of elementary teaching opening for the daughters of
the petite bourgeoise.
The largest and best equipped of these schools for PEoe
middle class for 1900 old people, who share the ancient
gardens with their wmmed hedges neat flower beds and weather.
beaten statues with the girls who studying the nurses school,
The big classroom where the meet assembly oveooks favor
lite walk of the old who hobb and out all day long, their
predecessors have generations The 200 fresaced girls within
their white bachd muslin dresses and with fr
flowing blue ribbons they sit listening dgned doctor
bewkeed professor striking contrast these ancient danes below
In contrast the agebgrmed dwellings of the old people
the beautifully equipped building which is their home well their
school The training includes lodging food clothing and small allow
the There beautiful dormtoes with
convenience spacious salon and dining rOom besides the big class
and gymnasium After the years study including anatomy
hygiene and medicine the girls into of the city hospitals
for three years practice in nursing.
When the five years completed the qualified for
position hospitals She holds this for life
after retirement
proportion to the salary she has earned