White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-11-21
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| 1NNe>e~NeS&e<NesS<e ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Police Commissioner Edward P. Null.
rooney is a rather quiet man, but,
when he Is in the mood, one Of the
most interesting takers / know. He
has keen, observing mind, thorough
understanding of police problems and
the relation between the force and the
public, tremendous knowledge of
human nature, and a grand sense of
humor. Why shouldn't he have with
name such as Mulrooney? The po-
Icing Of city such as New York
calls for commissioner with strength
and Judgment, and Mulrooney has
both. imagine he can be pretty firm
and cold on occasion; but you can't
talk to the man long without hearing
the beat of the warm Irish heart In
him. You may suspect that like Mud
rooney, and I do Maybe it Is because
we both are old-fashioned enough to
like big league baseball better than
midget golf and agree that the big
Frenchman, Larry Lajoie, was the
most graceful player we ever saw.
"Who would have supposed" says
Commissioner Mulrooney, ''that you
ever would see Tom Thumb golf
course on Fiftieth street? 1t makes
you think that Manhattan real estate
may not be so valuable after all. But
they are keeping these courses open
little late. I think an ordinance
will be passed to close them at 1 a.
m. That's late enough for any golfer
to get home. These places are get,
ting to need a little regulation"
I said that Mulrooney had. sense
of humor. He also has sense Of
drama. He can tell you stories that
would keep you listening for hours,
and he always holds his suspense and
drops his curtain on the big thrills. I
asked him whether good detective
work-he once was head Of the de-
tective bureau-was not mainly per-
severance, courage and common sense.
He said a fine detective must have
more than that, one Of his greatest
qualifications being the ability to put
himself in the other mans place and,
from that angle, figure his line Of
thought. He Illustrated his point.
1--WE got word" said Mulrooney,
that an embezzler, who was badly
wanted, was heading for New York on
a railroad with it's terminal in New
NH I,
to come in on train ferry, so we COW
cred them all. Those we're the days
Of horses; it was before taxicabs had
come in. We had received such short
notice that by the time the detective
who went to the Twenty-third street
ferry got there, the boat he wanted
to meet was in and the passengers
gone. He knew all the hackmen, but
that wasn't going to get him any
thing. They were tough lot and it
was not in their code to help a cop.
Still he asked them if they had driven
anywhere man such as he described
No, they had seen no such man. What
with handling bags and the confusion
of boat crowd, they had not time to
take note Of people they drove.
ut was then" continued Mulrooney.
"that the man showed real qualities as
detective.
"T'm sorryr he exclaimed. 4 GER
tainly did want to get that fellow.
It's shame he got away
"'What did he do?' asked one of
the hackmen.
1.-THE detective knew that if he ex-
planned the man made off with lot
of dough the hackmen would wish him
all the luck in the world, so he used
bit Of imagination.
"'The dirty skunk! said the hack
man. Now that I come to think of it,
do remember a man like that one
you describe. The driver who took
him isn't back yet, but he'll be back
In minute and We'll find out where
he went. You wait
$50 the detective waited. Sure
enough, the driver returned and all
the hackmen gathered around him.
as eager as the detective for news Of
his fare. When he heard the Details
he took the detective in his hack and
made good time to hotel. There was
the man, who soon was on his way to
the police station. The hackman Ger
tainly had done their bit in the cap
ture, but they had acted under slight
ly mistaken impression.
"You see," concluded Mulrooney,
'the detective hadn't mentioned en-
bezzlement. He told them that the
man had murdered his old mother and
cut off her head with q razor"