Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-17

he should be- CrOOkS don't refuSe S4000 when proffered to them. But evidently things turned out differ entity because before the end of the next day the youth, still using his forged letter, had visited all three banks here. And some time late on Feb. l6 he left Manhattan with a to- tai haul of $2S,COO in his suit case less the $500 which he had used to make good his cmbezzlemcnt in Seattle.
 When the banks in Manhattan learned they had been dcfrauded they told their troubles to the. Pin kerton agency. The police depart mcnt also was notified. While De- tcctivcs Haskins and Kelly of the First Branch Detective bureau were trying to locate Frye in the general ncighborhood of Manhattan the Pinkertons set their operatives in many cities to work on simple plan Of campaign which "the Pinks" have found by long experience often works effectively
 lAs explained at the local offices of the Pinkerton agency at @ Liberty street yesterday, one of the first things which comes 10 the mind of detective who has had experience with crooked bank employees is that, if they run true to form, they i'm mediatcly will seek bank or safe deposit vault in the place in which they decide 10 hide and deposit the cash in the bank or safe deposit box
 Send Photograph Broadcast
 Consequently one Of the first things the Pinkerton men did here was to send photographs and descriptions of the Frye lad broadcast, with instruc- tions to their operatives in all cities to look out for 20-year-old youth who had fondncs for dcpositing bigger sums than boys of that age usually lay claim to.
 Early in the present week tho Pinkerton agency at Providence, R. l., learned that recently youth an swering the description of Frye had come to town and had deposited moro than S25.0OO in a local bank to the account of Charles Bantum" Supt. Packard, head of the Pinkerton of flee in Providence, looked up young "Alr. Bantum" and found that he and the youth photographed as Frye were identical. All that Supt Packard could learn about 'Bantum" was that he had the sizablc bank account and was living quietly in an apartment at POO Broad street, Providence. The lad was preparing. so Packard learned, to go to France to try to get into some branch of the army.
 At / o'clock yesterday morning Supt. Packard and a Providence po- liccman knocked at the door of E'ryc's apartment. He called to them 10 come in. They found him sitting up in bed trying to rub the sleep out of his eyes Supt. Packard ac- cused him Of dcirauding the banks here and let him look upon a photo graph of himself
 You win said Frye. calmly. as he saw the picture in the Pinkcrton mans hand. Most Of the money IS on deposit here, so the Inks in New York will not lose much. And there S40O in the top drawer Of the bureau here. I paid back the $500 I took from the Seattle bank I'll dress and go with you
 | He threw down the bed clothes, his right hand pressed beneath the edge of the pillow as he turned about, and sat on the edge of the bed thoughtfully for moment, his bare feet on the floor And then his right hand and arm moved quickly, From beneath the pillow suddenly came his hand.
 The officers jumped forward as they saw the quick movement. Be fore they could reach his side he placed the muzzlc of an automatic pistol to his head and blew his brains out.