Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

tunity he hurried out OF the club, ant
arranged for it to be raided, but thu
anarchist had somehow got warning
and fed. The detective Immediately
! hurried round to his rooms in Soho
i and. without any preliminary warn
ing. burst open the door, fully expect
ing to be faced with fusillade O
bullets, Munier, however, evidently
alarmed by the arrest of Francois
had vanished.
On the Continent.
Months slipped by, aud, despite
every inquiry, the detectives only
learnt one thing, and that was that
the anarchist had managed to dodge
the watching detectives at the ports.
and had fled again to the continent.
To Paris went Melville. and i'll a
little Paris wine shop, the resort OF
some Of the most desperate charac-
ters i'll France, he waited patiently
for news OF the man he was after.
There, Comrades" of anarchist Or
ganizations. which were then spread
ing terror in most of the capitals OF
Europe by their bomb outragcs,
gathered, and discussed their future
movements. Here is an incident
which the detective related alter
wards that took place in the cafe.
He had apparently been overcome by
the wine he had been drinking, and
was lying half on the little table,
with. his head in his arms, asleep to
all appearance.
You see that man therc?" said d
French anarchist Il don't know
him, but | have beeir+old that he is
la German who speaks our, language.
1t will not be safe to talk in French
Or German. Let us speak English"
And Melville, who spoke all these
languages fucntly, SO fuently, in
deed, that on the continent his ma
tionality was always confused with
one of the three countries, listened
to every word! But nowhere could
the detective get the slightest clue
to the hiding place of the wanted
man.
During this time his life was more
than once attempted by the desper-
ate men he was hunting down one
by one, and once his life was at
tempted at Scotland Yard itself.
One summer day, just after he had
returned from making his continent
al inquiries, he was sitting in his Of
fee at Scotland Yard, when a visitor
asked specially to see him.
"Sit down." said the detective,
pointing to a chair beside his desk.
What is it you WANT"
''I've got some information TO give
you about the bomb explosions" an
swercd the visitor. 1t was hot day.
and as he spoke he pulled large red
handkerchief out OF his pocket with
the obvious intention of wiping his
face.
He got the surprise of his life.
With one wild leap the detective
flung himself on his visitor and the
two rolled over and over on the floor
The visitor nearly had his wrist
broken in the struggle, and the pain
of Melville's grip made him drop his
handkerchief, and the revolver it con-
cealed! But for the detectives quick
eye he would not have lived to arrest
Munier.
Exciting Scene.
At last, two years after Munier had
committed his crime at the Cafe Very
and disappeared, the detective learned
at one of the anarchist meetings he
attended that the wanted man had
been in hiding in America. But he
had become homesick and had re-
turned via London to his beloved
Paris. At the time he obtained his
information Munier was actually in
London, though Melville was unable
to find out where. He did learn the
valuable news, however, that the an
archist was going to France the fol-
lowing afternoon.
That afternoon picked detectives
were detailed to watch at every big
London terminus from which the an
archist might try to get on the con-
tinent, and in order that the an