East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-08-10
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the witness stand In the Mlngo county
court house. He had obtained them
while running q restaurant, cultlyat-
ing the patronage OF all of the ac-
cused, catering TO their tastes. posing
as their friend and the friend of the
unioA II there was any evidence that
might haSe CONVICTED the accused mi
ners 1t was Llvely'sl But 1t was dis
credited BY the fact that he had play
ed both ends TO the middle" He was
pillorled as traitor" and "lnfofmer''
and "union spy by attorneys for the
defense, whose eloquent pleas turned
his evidence into boomerang for the
prosecution.
The Soul OF Detective.
Y 1.ivelys identity as Felts detective
was so cleverly hidden that no one ex-
cept the prosecution knew Of II until
he revealed himself on the Witness
stand. The bombshell effect this reve-
lation had on the courtroom crowd is
one never to be forgotten.
IAvely, too, IL fanatic. But his
fdhaticlsm has little II anything to do
with the union or anu-union opera
tions. These things are side-issues to
him; they happen to figure in the
course of his duty; they interest him
but little. His one obesslon is-~his
work. He is a detective and wants to
be the best detective m the country.
| in the world. Success In his work is
his one thought, his One heal Men
and women are pawns on This chess
board- which is sieuth-work. He is
filled with fiery ambition. He will
suffer hunger. pain. humiliation
everything make good on whats
ever assignment he gets.
my work is my love-" he said one
night, in a rare hour OF talkatiyenesas-
When 1 made friends with Sid Hat
field and his bunch | put my whole
heart and soul in ii. Ny work IL
chiefly "a matter Of anto-suggestfon.
| When | talk to and associate with peo-
ple from whom want information, or
ON whom i want to get something l.
talk myself into rOck-like c0nyic-
tlon that | actually am their friend.
l forgot all about being detective. 1
clear my mind, my whole conscious
lself, of every atom OF realization OF
my real identity. Thus l qu uckly be-
gin to sympathize with them, earnest-
lly and sincerely. share their joys and
sorrows, l am for them heart and
soul.
"Not until my day--or night. for
do much night works. all ended
and am alone in my room do | re-
imember that / had an ullerior mo-
tive, that have been working. Then"
i---nere he smiled shrewdly-'I lock
the door. pull down the shade. take
lmy pad and pencil and write my ro-
port TO headquarters enf er
| Lively has literally flrtcd with
death every moment Of every day and
night for ten years. But he knows no
fear. To look at hfin superflcially otie
would think him the Inst man IN tho
lworM capable of doing what he has
done. He is an uhdersised man of
slight build but alive with nervous ens
iergy. He Is never without HIS two
tguns: that he can handle them needs
no confirmation here. His gaze IL uii-
steady; he ooks at you when you are
not looking which may be matter OF
training. HIS blue eyes are shrcwd.
lNpGt NtEHtAiAs Altr dfiuHittt HOeG klNG1
his 'facc hawk like touch ~ e
Lively NIay BE Acquitted.
1 When Hatfield and Chambers went
! to Welch, w. Va, they went into an
''unfrlendIy" county. Mcdowell where
the Fclts men are strong II itiis true,
as Tom Felts said, that no jury in
Mingo Will ever convict the Matcwan
accused it ls~equally safe TO say that
IL will be difficult To- find jury In
Mcdowell county to convict Lively IL
Besldes there is the plea--all- pow
erful IN that section OF the country
where Apys are experts With The 'gat'
long before they put on their first long
lppnts--
II beat Min to the drawn'