The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-09

did you see that film entitled
A Fool There VASE" asked Wise
of newspaperman. We'll, that's
me, true to life"
Wise then took off his hat aud
pointed to his head. The re-
porter saw many gray hairs, all
o. which were coal black when
Wise went away few weeks ago.
Had Good Record.
Wise had been a member Of
the moral squad for about two
years and a half, he said. Other
officers speak well of his record
until he met the vampire, as he
calls Mrs. Gooding.
"When 1 arrested Babe
GoOding's husband last fall
for white slavery" said
Wise, 81 found IL necessary
to call his wife as witness.
GoOding was convicted Oct.
81, 1914, and sentenced to
do three years at McNeil's
island.
after that | used Babe Good
ing as a stool pigeon to catch the
men who prey upon women. /
swear l was straight as die un-
til December. / never drank.
Then she got me. / began to
drink. was with Babe Good
ing day after day
Wife Tries to Rouse Him.
Then my wife seemed suspi-
cious. Babe talked to me and
didn't seem to care what hap
pened. / told my wife that / was
crazy about the Gooding woman
and she wouldn't believe me. The
night l told my wife about the
other woman she grabbed lie by
the shoulder and shook me.
joint she screamed, you
are not yourself. Something s
wrong with you. l won't bAlieve
it,
81 promised my wife then that
I would try to get away from the
GoOding woman. But | couldn T..
Something held me. On Feb. 3 l
felt as II l didn't care what haL-
pened. Babe and l decided to
leave and Feb. 10 we boarded a
train for San Francisco. We were
in separate cars and we each
paid our own fare.
I'm San Francisco, away
from my wife and babe, be-
gan to feel sorry. / wanted
to go back and one night
when i told the woman how
felt she went into a wild
rage. Catching up a pearl
handled revolver she pointed
1t at my breast and threat
ened to kill us both right
there. l quieted her. A few
days later l hooked my gun
and watch and went on the
steamer willamette, bound
for Seattle. The woman fol-
lowed and we landed in Sc :.
attic almost side by side.
went alone to the Metropole
hotel. The woman lived else
where, but / met her on the
street.
81 didn't try to hide and walk
ed the streets as boldly as any
man. Saturday night In Seattle,
Detective Mcclellan stepped up TO
me and said, Hello, Wise l an
swered that my name wasn't
Wise. He smiled. Then laugh
ed and said. Sure, I'm Wise"
When Wise was told he would
be taken to his home after bail
formailities were attended to his
Joy knew no bounds.
The four men left the auto five
blocks from the Wise home at So
West Prescott street. Wise fairly
jumped from the auto. The 9TH
ers could not keep up with i'm,
he walked SO fast.
Wise reached the doof. Some.
one from inside opened 1t. Mrs
Wise stepped into the rays of the
dim hall light. She saw her hus-
band, then fell weakly back to
the wall as II she were to faint,
With an eager love cry the erring
husband stepped quickly forward
and the two were in each Other 8
arms.
Z In the morning Wise, tears in
his eyes, spoke Of his 4-yeer-o'd
daughter. do you think that
little rascal could sleep after I
came home," he said hoarseiy.
why, that kid had her arms
around my neck all night ana
was calling me papa, papa.