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CAREER OF DETI READS LIKE Life of the Man Who T: Filled With Thrilling J Uncovered Graft Atlanta, July 20.?Original in his | < methods, resourceful to an unusual! degree, shrewd, cunning, quiet with j i a manner which convinces one of his i sincerity, and a personality which!: is magnetic and engaging, E. S. Reed, the detective who while posing ] as Henry N. Porter, a Chicago attor-! 3 ney, claims to have entrapped Sam J. | < Nichols, a Spartanburg lawyer, into ; < negotiations which may involve Gov. j Blease, of South Carolina, in the charge of selling pardons, is one of 1 the most successful and remarkable sleuths of the present day. 1 Mr. Reed, who is the right bower j of William J. Burns, is spending a j < few days in Atlanta, the guest of At- j j torney Thomas B. Felder, in whose j employ he was when he secured the j J evidence against Nichols and Blease. j, It was Detective Reed who exposed j j the Atlantic City grafters, 80 ofj j whom have been convicted by the j grand jury, and it was he who traced j -Harvey Logan, the famous Montana\l ( train robber, to South America. A !, ! V history of him and his work would : t read like a real dime novel. Began When Sixteen. i It was back in 18S9, when Mr. ( Reed, then a boy of 16 years, pulled j off his first big detective stunt. He ^ had been assisting his father, who ^ was also a detective, in running down j i some of the criminals who infested I ( the Black Hills country in South i ] Dakota following the Sioux Indian j uprising. I , One day a judge by the name of Wood, who had learned of young Reed's familiarity with the trails and j passes of the then wild and undeveloped territory, came to him and offered him a large sum to locate a little girl who had been abducted and who was believed to have been carried into the Black Hills. ? Judge Wood told Reed that the child's name was Mary Chase; that her grandfather, an . unscrupulous Chicago millionaire, had hired a daring cowboy to kidnap her and hide* her away. It was explained to Reed that the child's mother, the daughter of the millionaire, had been her father's private secretary and in this \ capacity had become familiar withj many of his crooked deals. She de- j veloped religious tendencies and her j conscience prodding her, she threat- j ened to confess her father's rascality. Becoming alarmed, the father sought to force her into a marriage with a man whom he had selected, believing ^ the marriage would close her lips. t The ceremony was arranged and T when the prospective groom appear- j ed the girl spat in his face and de- r clared to the officiating minister that T she would not marry the man. Neither threats nor persuasion would T cause her to relent and her father ( made her a prisoner in her own ( home. One day she sought to elope j with a former sweetheart and, in ^ jumping out of a window, broke her j ] leg. She was keift to her bed for |, months, but finally escaped, married ; the sweetheart ^nd disappeared into | j South Dakota. A little girl was born 1 to the woman, and when the child < was three years old it was kidnap- ( ped. After considerable search it ( was located and returned to the { mother, only to be kidnapped again ^ when it was six years old. Finds the Child. < It was the second case that Reed was engaged to run down. He laid i in a supply of clothing and food, ; purchased a carriage and two mus- 1 tangs and traced the child to a ranch ] house in the Black Hills country, < where he found she was in the care1 < of an old woman and guarded by a half dozen cowboys. i Reed awaited his opportunity and one day, while the cowboys were i ? " absent at a round-up, ie came upon the old woman and girl at a spring. He seized the child, bore her away in his arms to his carriage and drove x. night and day until he got her to Yankton, where he took a train for a city in Michigan, where he turned her over to an uncle. On the wild ride from the Black Hills, Reed was followed by one of the cowboys, who overtook him. Breaking the glass out of the rear curtain of the carriage, the detective took deliberate aim with a Winchester and shot the horse from under his pursuer. He says the rescued girl is now married j and has a small family of her own. I Detective Reed was. employed by the Great Northern Railroad to run j down Harvey Logan, whose gang had | held up and robbed an express train | near Wagner, Mont., in 1902. The j: robbers secured about $50,000 in un-j' signed bills, -which were en route by < experss to a bank in Helena. Logan i was traced all over the country, finally being captured in Tennessee, af- i ter shooting down three police offi- < ACTIVE REED A DIME NOVEL rapped Sam J. Nicholls Adventures. He Has in All Sections. cers in a South Knoxville pool room. He was convicted in Knoxville and sentenced to 20 years. While awaiting his transfer to the penitentiary, Logan made his escape from jail and Reed again took the trail, following him through the mountains of Tennessee, Kentucky, North and South Carolina, being in the saddle for 47 lays. Located in South America. He learned that Logan had come to Atlanta, and here he found the Dutlaw had bribed a Pullman porter md had been hidden in a berth, hoots and all. Following the trail, Reed pursued Logan to Texas, then into Mexico, and from there to South America, locating him in the Argen:ine Republic. The Great Northern lad expended $40,000 in an effort to land Logan and kept a standing offer of $10,000 for him dead or alive, lut the expense was so great and the -ed tape of extradition from Argen;ine Republic so difficult that the ;hase was abandoned and Logan is till supposed to be in that country. The most recent and perhaps the nost important piece of work ever lone by Detective Reed was the ounding up of the Atlantic City jrafters, which he completed a few veeks ago. After opening offices on vVall street, New York, securing elaborate apartments at the Waldorf rlotel in that city, Reed, posing as r. K. Harris, a millionaire contractor, vent to Atlantic City, ostensibly for ecreation. He took a suite of rooms n the Marlborough-Blenheim, which le connected up with dictagraphs. Ascertaining that the city was .pending $40,000 a year for repairs ;o the famous boardwalk, of which >30,000 was divided in graft to the ;ity officials and bosses, Reed gave >ut an interview sugesting that the )ld boardwalk should be replaced vith a concrete walk; that in the end t would be cheaper and more satisactory. He studiously avoided the dty officials and his interest appeared to be that of an disinterested but experienced contractor. The concrete walk suggestion at:racted attention immediately, and ;he trade bodies and civic associa:ions invited him to address them lpon the project. After he had cretted an almost universal demand for he new walk, one of the leaders n the council called on him at his lotel and adroitly negotiated a deal vhereby 13 members of the council, ;he city attorney and other officials vere to be paid certain sums for put;ing through the concrete walk ordilance. Seventy-five thousand dollars vas to be divided among them. One by one the other councilmen vere drawn into the negotiations and conversations were had with various )fficials at the Marlborough-Blenleim, the Waldorf in New York and ;he Continental Hotel in New York. Sach of these conversations were recorded by the dictagraph. The ordinance which was passed Dy the grafters, provided that Reed was to receive 7 per cent, of the ?1,500,000 to be expended on the concrete walk for engineering services, 7 per cent, for his own personal supervision and $80,000 for his plans, etc. This last mentioned sum was under the agreement to be divided among the grafters. So skittish were the grafters that they would not accept the money at any of the hotels, but insisted that it be paid over in a back room of Maiia's combination saloon and hotel, a dive run by an alderman by the name of Malia, who was one of the gang. It was necessary for Reed to install his dictagraph in this dive. He must do this without creating suspicion, so he hit upon the idea of send ing a crew 01 linemen irom i>ew York to Atlantic City who were ostensibly in - the employ of a local power company. These linemen, one of whom was an expert dictagraph man, secured quarters in Malia's hotel and was seen about the streets working at the tops of poles for days. The dictagraph man spent the entire night preceding the day when the money was to be paid over in drilling a concrete floor over the gang's assembly room, and before he completed the job so that the dictagraph could be installed in the ceiling of the assembly room some one heard the drilling and he was compelled to stop. Not to be outdone, Reed had the wires thrown out of a window, and a few minutes before the gang assembled he skillfully pinned the dictagraph behind a curtain. The operator, working upstairs, recorded all that transpired. Such a complete record was obtained that when confronted with the evidence the gangsters owned up and refunded practically all of the bribe money. MOSQUITO RITES FATAL. Charleston Man Dies as Result of Ini sects' Attack. Charleston, July 17.?As a result of numerous mosquito bites, which ; he received in the marshes behind the Isle of Palms about two weeks ago, .Air. John Von Oven, the King street grocer, died yesterday morning at the Riverside Infirmary. Mr. Clarence Fairchild, who was with Mr. Von Oven, was also badly bitten, and is ill at the Riverside Infirmary, . though his condition is said not to be serious. The two men spent the night in a launch near the Isle of Palms two weeks, or more ago, it is . said, but did not feel seriously the effects of the attacks of the mosqui- J toes until a few days ago. Mr. Von j Oven's death is ascribed to a severe i malarial infection. Mr. Von Oven's death . was a source of sorrow and regret to his numerous friends and business associates in this city. He was only 29 years of age, and was a man of attractive personality and sterling character. He was unmarried. Surviving are an uncle, Mr. Theodore Von Oven; an aunt, Mrs. George W. Jatho, and four cousins. It was not by previously made plans, but through seemingly accidental circumstances that Messrs. \Tn-n rttr^rt ond TTflirphilH RPPTlt the ? VU V* VU uuu A % ?? - ? night in the launch behind the Isle of Palms. The two < men, together with some ladies, had gone to the Isle of Palms to attend one of the hops at the pavilion. They made the trip in a launch, tying the vessel in one of the small creeks back of the island. After the dance it was found that the tide had ebbed, and left the boat aground. It was impossible to get the craft off at that hour, under the circumstances, and the ladies spent the night at the hotel, the men staying aboard to take care of the vessel, and to get her afloat at the first possible opportunity. During the night the mosquitoes attacked them in droves, and both men were badly bitten. The serious results of +he bites did not become apparent until a few days ago, when the men became ill, and were taken to the Riverside Infirmary for treatment. In spite of all that could be done for him Mr. Von Oven died y.esterday. The cause of death is said to be a severe melarial infection, received from the bites of these mosquitoes. It is now a generally accepted belief of the medical profession that malaria can only be taken into the human system through the bite of mosquitoes of a certain species. The mosquitoes probably came from the fresh water swamps in the interior of the island rather than from the salt marshes themselves. At last reports, Mr. Fairchild wa? stated to be getting along nicely, and it is thought he will be out again in the near future. The Campaign Meetings. I attended the two campaign meetings at Barnwell and Bamberg, and I desire offering some comment on what I heard and saw. It is to be deplored by the entire people of the glorious Palmetto State at the manner in which the venerable old gentleman, Judge Jones, was jeered, scoffed and derided in his attempt to speak at Barnwell. In this reception we see a manifestation of the deepest ingratitude, and disre spect for veneration, and in it a mark of degeneracy from the once high standard of this county's high morals, devotion and tradition. This treatment to Judge Jones naturally reflects the entire people of Barnwell, and this is not fair", for there were many, I am sure, present, being Blease supporters, besides Judge Jones supporters, who desired to hear him. I must say in behalf of Bamberg, my county, that the people heard his speech entirely, with due credit to this county. Now and then there were a few outbreaks of applause from the Blease supporters, but not enough to deserve criticism. Also there was some Jones applause. WILLIE HAY, JR. Govan, S. C., July 15, 1912. While in the Bath Tub. Woodrow Wilson was in the bath tub when the news that Illinois had gone for him was brought to him. Important news has a habit of catching a man in the bath tub. T71 + ?.X,*l.n. ,-T, + X^ Vi?+V +ii X rur m&leljuuc, nunc 111 uic uam luu yesterday we were: ! Wanted at the telephone twice. Told that a man at the front door had an important message for us; two collectors requested an audience with us; a neighbor came over to borrow the lawn mower, and three times we were asked if we wouldn't please hurry and go out to stop two dogs that were fighting on the front lawn. Woodrow Wilson isn't the first man to be in the bath tub when great events are happening.?Detroit Free Press. Read The Herald, $1.50 a year. - . . l/'-v' '' . ' NO JOKE, DECLARES TILLMAN. Senator Seems Serious Regarding His "Terror" Battleship Resolution. Washington, July 21.?Senator Tillman resents the suggestion that his battleship Terror resolution, calling on the naval committee of the senate to ascertain from the proper authorities the cost of building the biggest and most powerful ship of war that has ever been built, or that can be built under conditions now known, was offered in any sarcastic or flippant spirit. He is not inclined to let the naval authorities escape by replying that all the information he desires could be given only by a prophet. The senator received several days ago the following letter from a very distinguished naval officer: "My Dear Senator: I think you have hit the nail on the head. Your ship would render obsolete every thing built to date and cause nations to begin all over again in building up their navies, or pursue a policy of arbitration in settling their differences. Instead of 'The Terror,' however, she might be called 'The Peacemaker,' as a more powerful influence for peace cannot be imagined. With thirty knots speed, impenetrable armor and a battery of 16-inch guns, she could sweep the seas. Your proposition created much interest here." Senator Tillman's long service on the naval committee has brought him much in contact with naval officers and he is a great favorite among them. As he himself says, he has never voted against building a battleship before, but "considering the fact that a modern battleship, fully equipped, costs $13,000,000 or more," he thinks ''we ought to know what we are doing before we agree to the construction of two more." It will be seen that the gentleman who wrote the letter which has just Deen quoted is mucn interested in me proposed battleship, and Senator Till| man says that the idea grows- upon him the more he thinks about it. He has asked the navy department to submit his resolution to the naval board, now in session at Newport, and hopes to have an authoritative : answer in time for consideration by the naval committee next Monday. "The brilliant record of the naval officer who wrote the letter, and his thorough familiarity with the whole subject," remarks Senator Tillman, "gives great weight to what he says." This would be admitted by anyone j familiar with the recent naval history of the country if the name of -the writer of the letter were published. A statement was made in the Washington papers and in one of the New York papers this morning that Senator Tillman had left the meeti ing of the house and senate conferees on the naval bill in a huff because his colleagues would not stand with him in demanding an appropriation of $300,000 for the better accommodation of torpedo boats and destroyers at-the Charleston Navy Yard, and that he declared that he would not " i + nrtnfArATirtA rAPnrt Tha CZin 01511 lliu ^UULU1CUV/C 1 UJ^Vl C* M XAV/ wv** tor asserts that this report is entirely without foundation; that he did not leave the session of the coferees because of anger, and that he does not regard his fight for the $3(10,000 not leave the session of the conferees have not reached a decision as to this item, and that if they should decide against it he will carry the fight further. DIAMONDS FROM SKY. "Blue Stuff" said to be Remains of a Vast Meteor. It is perhaps not generally known that the "blue stuff" in which diamonds are found in South Africa is . the disintegrated and . disorganized mass of a vast meteor that once fell from the sky. A decomposed meteor of immense size is reported to have been found in Arizona. It contains iron, nickel, platinum and diamonds. It is supposed to have been, before it decomposed, 500 feet in diameter and to have weighed several hundred million tons. They may be fragments of comets and finding themselves under the influence of the attraction of gravitation of our earth fall upon it. nnVn-w 4- V? AAntr io +V10+ TTiO V x no tucui j is tuai men muj be as high as forty or fifty miles a second. If it be a stony meteor it may be crushed into dust by the air pressure in front of it. Even if of iron it may be torn into fragments as if an explosion had ocurred in front. If, however, it is a rounded piece of iron like this lump, then it would take a tremendous pressure of the air to crush it, and there is no doubt whatever that most iron meteors of rounded form would escape fracture unless they were moving at the very highest speeds. At such speeds the air pressure developed in front of them may blow thorn trv nionoc hut if thov arp mnv ing, say one-third as fast, they may, and probably will, survive unless they succumb to another action, which takes place with iron?namely, combustion.?New Orleans Picayune. || THIS IS THE CITY |u||? M known the counbyooer {or the pecdtH | goodness of its coffee. Its French* speaking population developed the alt H ' ']$% perfect coffee making more than a hundred yean ago. in Idle best of all so-called New gfijf lllll Orleans codecs. It is a peculiarly rich, smooth, doubly strong, flarorful BE Bj coffee; pleasing to die palate and jjj bracing, to the whole system. 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