The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-09-20

Auly.
It is not so much a detectives
business to catch criminal, accord
ing to my theories, as it is to make
a criminal catch himself. And SO
friendly with Brewers and had re-
fused to talk to him at all, in fact,
we became rather hopefully sus-
picious of him. We determined to
test him further, and accordingly
halted for the time being the inYesti7
cation of the remaining ten suspects.
After he had rebuffed Brewers we
tried to get one of our men placed
in a job with Kruschka, but the
florist did not need any more help.
I had been quite frank in question
ing him. He knew I was working
on the Marie Smith case. Moreover,
he was aware that Heidemann had
been the principal suspect.
Kruschka looked upon me as
meddler He believed I was trying
to prosecute Heidemann, and he was
quite sure that his gardener was the
most innocent of men.
Day after day we tried to arrange
a test for Heidemann, and each day
our work grew harder. We couldn't
get him off the Kruschka property.
He would speak to no man except
his employer. We did not know
what to do about him, but at last
we worked out plan which on it's
face seemed foolishly theoretical. Tt
was like the widest sort. of fiction,
but we hoped it would work.
In our goings about the Kruschka
place we had learned the location Of
Heidemann's bedroom. His open
window was facing and only short
distance away from the kennel where
the. florists watchdog spent his
nights.
Every night Just after midnight
Brewers would go out to the little
thicket across the fence from the
Kruschka property and about TWEEN
ty yards from it, and would throw
stones at the dog kennel. A heavy
stone would strike the roof, and the
hound would come out and begin to
howl. Brewers would wait until he
finished his mournful yelping, and
then would chuck another stone. The
dog would set up bowling again.
Our hope was that Heidemann>
\ hn
Of dog at night is supposed to be a
bad omen-to be significant Of death,
I think-and we wanted very badly
to unnerve the gardener.
Maybe that seems like a wild
scheme. Well, it had it's practical
side. 1t disturbed Heidemann's rest,
and where man can't rest he won't
live. We wanted to get him out of
that house-out of Asbury Park, if
possible.
Brewers would stand over in the
thicket and set the hound to bowling.
After a while he would see the light
flash on in the gardeners. room. He
would see Heidemann begin to pace
back and forth and back and forth.
Curiously he never made any effort
to calm the dog. Now. and then he
would move his lips and seem to be
muttering to himself. The dog would
stop bowling after an hour or So but
after that long into the night Heide-
mann would pass back and forth.
~ at DIV
unnerved. One morning he went up
to Kruschka's room before the hour
for beginning work and told his en-
ployer hat he wanted a months
leave, that he was going to New
York to get married. Kruschka
granted him the vacation, and he
started that day for New York. We
were right behind him, and we
trailed him to room in the city.
Then I assigned a detective Of
German descent, Charles Neimeister.
to the case. Neimeister could speak
German f1uently. I gave him COM
plete instructions. He found the
restaurant-a German place-where
Heidemann took all his meals, and
every day he went there. His in
structions were to particularly avoid
thrusting himself upon the gar
dener; to always arrive first and to
be sitting at table eating or pre-
pairing to eat his meal whenever
Heidemann came in. Neimeister
was told to persist in this until by
pure accident the gardener should
sit down at the same table with him.
We had found out the city in Ger
many from which Heidemann had
originally come. and one evening
at dinner the detective sat at
his table reading a newspaper of
that city. Heidemann sat at Mel
meisters table that evening for the
first time, and when he saw the
paper he addressed the detective. A
conversation ensued in which the
detective told Heidemann that he
was native of the town. Heide-
mann asked his name. Carl Mel
meister," the operative replied.
Mine is Frank Heidemann." Of
fered the erstwhile gardener.
They found congeniality; and
within a week they were eating all
their meals together. Every day
they grew more friendly: they went