New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

window while playing ball in the alley,
that the ball was his and that he was
willing 70 pay for the broken window
if the factory would give him back his
ball. Tic owner was so pleased with
The boy honesty that he found the
ball for him, patted him on the head
and sent him of happy without charg-
ing him for the window.
That was Larry's first case.
After the great detective had en-
ployed "the kid" ne was used frequent
~ by the men Of the Secret Service 10
climb through transoms, to watch
houses in the disguise of a newsboy
on street corners and to act as a
shadow in many circumstance where
an older person would have been sus-
pected.
In short time he was on the regu-
lar payroll of the Secret Service, and
for years he served as one Of the gov
ernment's operatives, taking his part
IN many of the most important cases
dealt with By the Secret Service during
that time
1t was on the recommendation OF
Chief Wilkic Of tn secret Service that
John O'Hara CosGrave, editor of "Ev-
erybody's Magazine" selected Larry.
then in mis- twenties, TO make investlga-
tiOns for the magazine. which was then
crusading against judicial corruption.
Here Harvey O'Higgins first met the
original of the Barney, the Boy
Detective" who was 10 figure IN Amer
lean detective fiction as another Nick
Carter among the heroes OF boyho ID.
sir. O'Higgins was at work in Den
yer with Judge Ben b. Lindsey, on
Judge Lindsey's series Of exposures of
corruption, which were published in
the magazine under the title of "Tne
Beast and the Jungle
Larry arrived in Denver ostenslbly
as the son of wealthy parents, who had
sent him to Colorado to get away from
bad companions in the East. He had
credentials in the way of forged letters
of various sorts. He was looking Tor
an opportunity to set himself up IN
business in some gentlemanly invest
ment, either in buying ranch or d
fruit farm or mining claim, or some
thing OF the kind.
"He amused himself around Denver.
making friends, looking over business
opportunities relates Mr.. O'Higglns.
"and insnucting himself into the so
cial and official circles against winch
Judge I.indsey's exposure was directed
lie worked so well and 30 quickly that
within a week mis- typewriter reports
were corroborating Judge Lindsey
story in every way, and before nc Icit
Denver he was IN position to protect
Judge Lindsey and the magazine from
the frequent conspiracies that were
hatched out TO frame up Judge Lind
sey and discredit his story"
Larry worked with Mr. O'Higgins IN
Denver letter on the series of exposures
OF Mormon polygamy, which Mr.. O'liiP-
gins wrote in collaboration with Sena-
tor Frank j. Cannon. When Mr.. O'Hlg-
gins was sent by "McClure's Magazine
to write the series Of stories about
William j. Burns which that maya
zine published IN 1912 he found Larry
helping Burns, and it was then that nc
began TO make notes for the series OF
Barney" stories which were publ shed
in Golfers" and which Mr.. O'Hig-
gins and Miss Harriet Ford made into
the play "The Dummy"
"LarIy's stories Of his adventures IN
the Secret Service while he was the
boy that Barney appears 20 be in The
Dummy would make Barney's dongs
in the play seem like the baldcst com
monplacc," says Mr.. OHiggins. AS Il
genuine boy detective Larry was not
10 be surpassed by any story book Nick
Carter"
All critics of Barney, the boy detec-
tive in "The Dummy" will hereby take
notice. Barney is not only possible q
hos sol