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i‘»’5l'i.lli”.'.»... ` cHARl. '.';'l.<;'i*owN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND CANADA isA'r`U_l§DA\7 JANUARY I - Aiiiginml =i'~_A1ll'>~'f”ilifiY M»-i'is1l37f~i?3»_i
_ ILLI./My J. lJi*\i‘\l;S. Nru/w‘Al\DLR or "rin: aANi{5
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The Man Wfio Replaces the Pirlkeffiions
Ist Knofwn as “ll/einer' Fa.~i'I," ered' His
Career Proves Thai He Has Eflervely
Earned the Name
ldopyrilht. 1910. by illc New York Herald Co, All “ls ll~.~'i~r\t--I ~
' NEW Y()Iil{. Siiiilrdily.
VERY morning in New York some inzin carc-
` fully scuns the daily newspl|pci‘.s column by
column and paragraph by parligzrlipb in spite
1 of his c:irci`ul search he is inlcresicii oilly will-il
ile iilids ille iinuouuceincnt ot’ the llrri-st of
some uiiforiunilte. Finally he settles back lil his
chair and to himself asks the questioilz-
“Will I be the next?" .
This man, whose identity i-lllillacs fi-oni tilllil to
time, is employed in some ont- of the iiirgc biiillts. lit- l
is robbing ills employers iiilil l»='i<ilil,\\'s it is l»i||;,~ ll
questioil of time when his ti'i--p:ls.<illq will bi- ilisiov~
ered and llc will be exposed l:| his cl'l~lli~.
This assertion was uladc lo il rcpoi-:cr for tilts ilexvs- _
naper a few days ago by tilo |ll-csiilvllt ill’ ont- of rho
greatest of New York'~x iiiiaiiiciiil lustlliitiiills. Iic
would be no more speciiic ir. his inf- :'»lll:itioil_
“'1`het'ts.” lie said. "lli~i» llaitl ;itl'.'i~rti~:i‘llli\ilts for
banks. Yet we all ltniliv tlllit ini-:l :irc coilsiiliitly
planning to rob us. Solllotlilli-s it if ilccillcil wise to
cause arrests and bring.; :iboiit st-.fiiidlils that startle the
city. Most generiilly, llll\\'t=\‘l»i'. the \\ i'oll~_'dt>ill;,' is cor-
rected iii n very quiet iuiiilllcr. So loin: :is blinks
exist men will he folinil wllo will silccccd ill robbing
Photo by Rotherlgaiter V
.iolln I-J. Wiikii- had recently been nppoiilti-ii chief.
iuliileil loose e\'ery resource lit itll commaiid.
“\\'|lile rcaiding over ‘thi-, newspaper accounts on the
ti':iiil i-oinlng Exist I was struck 'by the descriptions of
the :ii~i'iirtlc_v of the coiinterfelt. To lny inlnd illls im-
l:li»iil:ltciv lllillcliii-tl that tile process used tvil~ photo
.-i;_;i'llvia»c ililll tiiiit. the operlltcrs were highly skilled
:iilil iiltclligcilt illcn. When l reached Wusilillgton
illiil liiiil il liloi; :il one of the bills I knew that none of
llii- oiii scilniii col.inierl'ciiei's could have turned it out.
l lilitl my ideas llcfore Uillcf Wilkie and hild orders to
go iilloaid.
"'i'lic bills ilad mfille their iippeuriiilco tlrst about
.luilc of ISUT lil i‘iilllidelphia. I began ily inziking a
list of cvcry photil~eugraving firm in and around Phil-
ililclpllia that had a alan or a plant capable of such a
job. For weeks after that I and the men under me
pi~oci»cii<»tl by elilrliiliiiion. Our inquiries were directed
p1irticiill\i'ly to\\‘:ii'd discovering a iirin that had been
closed or slack during the spring, t.he time when, as I
iigurcd, thc colintcrfoits must have been made.
“I llit nt last upon a concern run by two young
illon, Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredell. Taylor
was il ulilstol’ oi' photo-ctcillllg on steel and had ln-
vi-nicd a process of !lls_own. Bredeli wasian export
il':insi`oi'rci' and ii highly skilled mechanic. I found
tlizit they had turilcd away n lot of regular business
and closed their shop during the early months of the
,vi-nr. iiilii that was enough to make them objects of
slisplcioil. _
"l 'wanted to get into thc place and' look around
witlitlilt the cilailceof nlarmliigthe two incn. There
was' il siliirp little otllco boy employed by the tirnl
io rilll errands, and by watching I found thai: he
had ii key with which he opened up when he came
in the mornings. I stopped him on the street one
day when he was running an eunnd and give him
ii'nnil. but of the $100 cct'tli1c.'\i.‘ counterfeiting. The rivedi' DVM this I Wrote the n'aine and lliillress of tho
mimi illiti pmipiilltoa ual llirilni cami- wilell inev lnlill for whom the lim.-lilac was lnteillit-o-one or ull
aio-ovvl-so limi i-ima litem l-igill anti illiict- mi an ricll’» raid. I kllw that Ulrlvll would get into em-
otrei- or $25,000 to keep off. ' municiitlon with this mall -it ...oil an no reached New
"I was filelilla pretty comfortable our the remit York- H0 lltlltfd ll little “' "ri-i ills ni-rve and wal
ivilell Chief Wilkie sent for me lil it hurry one day llbvllf I0 tt! li lllllfl' Wil' ""li il! tbl? "tml
and showed me ll wonderful $20 c-.lnilti-rfeit that had U 'wi' ° "`M° '“" i”"""" ‘ "“m=
just Mmenred in Phllndelpllm "‘Ohi Bincil. t~ii'l‘ ilu siillii.lli~i~oti. "Weil, all right.”
,,.N0w "her, does th" como from., he uked_ We took him oi? to tl qiliob corner and I put the
._ .The only men In the count" capable of mmm' situation straight to him. ‘Uirlcllr I aniii. ‘you can tain
out such work are Tay,” .nd medeni. x nlwenm your choice-of helping nn llilil coins over to Jersey to-
_,,But' mm they me m ML. he °M9md_ morrow to face limi ilaiii-tillillll liliit‘»1 boon hanging
-' ‘Alld gtill I any tiley’ve done this: thei-e‘| ao other °"‘f" 7°” fm' “'m° -l'°"""“ If 3"“' 5'1"? °‘l‘“"“‘ *ml “l
possible conclusion.” I insisted. And I proved to be 'nfl d° “lm” "° ‘M ‘° mn” it "“"’7 fm' WU' If 7°'
right. The two prisoners had succeeded in turning dm" 7°" hm" "° "Rn 3'" ~"‘°“ “"4 9”* 7°" “'57
ot! what was undoubtedly the cieverest uit of coirl- “ 1?" ""'m' N°"' “mm i' "7
terfeiting ever attempted. N0 one known to this day 'H' “M hem new u" n""°n man" nk” N- ”“‘ “ I
just how they managed to do it. but by placing a 'med Umm* “P 5° “`“" “'|m"K ‘° ""`°"" "id “"'"¢‘i“'9°
,`.,.(.u,t much uve, them ‘" caught them in nm ng, for the sake of lanioacy. At my imliaiollt-o Ulrich
'I‘aylor’s mothei' smuggled In tools to them and they WU D0l‘mm0d If |l\l'l0 Mid BU" ff” illllld t0 will
made a plate. Then sho brought in a lot of one dollar DU? in YN .bil °°\1ll¥|f!0i!iD¥ ¢UllP‘h‘°<‘Y Wlllvb Wll
hills. . 'racy wailllea and bloat-lisa filo bill- by il tim afoot-
lnetnoa they alone nad maimed and moo the papal- “It will ll llltherlns or rho Italm of the nrllfmlw.
for printing the $20 muugqrgt-|f,_ which we woman and I knew that we would need loillo mio like Ulrich
¢]|5u~pm¢@d_ For bl-.gn and .km ,md darmz the nn. to pin convictions on the shrewd crinilililin who were
nal.. or countorfoiung have an-er allows :lla equal. ltr work Bs leur hh telezrllln. tfwll up ill# llslllcllsd
of Taylor and Bndaugl part in the scheme and was soon on the iaaiilu, Whom
»-The older counter-recon were men or amount flveryt-hills was ready we delwldfld on the num Ito
c,,m,,.,,_ thenyll ,sped the repqrtm-_ tie house in Ann street, Hoboken, which was being
“Diifercnt typo and diiferent methods," continued “"4 U the h°°d0“*"'t9l'9 °f ul” "-`°“UfP"f°“°l'l~ .
.\ir Burns "Individually they were more dangerous ` Boot Un” thcd
to llailfllil, but they never threatened the lnanclal in- --Wg mmm 3400100?) wormgof ULRCG stat" F*
tcgrit_'.' of the government as did the Philadelphia cefgigute. ,t $500' and noolooo In Canadian bum
groil-~.
" -nic of the most remarkable 'lien among those who 22:: xillsghffnfiteno’ "fl ?°uute"'f:ts' Th”
follow-ni] that branch of crime regularly was Charles A th papal fm' os_p":“ any 'Nod'
Ulrlcl- He was a Germnzl by birth, u biz. due strap- Mgoniibbzesgitlirrxiifageigi Ilifsgnelil Brdmklztiz.
- , l V <. ll , an . ,
‘ the notorious Dr. O. E. Bradford. Brockway, who
them-generally from lilo inside."
‘It is to prevent such rollin-i'lcs :ind to npprt-‘-ilend the
robbers that the .fiincriciiil iianltors' Association re-
cently employed Mr. \\'llllliiil J liilrlis-\\'llo wileil lic
‘left the federal Secret Sei'\'icc wus lii».~u'i'llll=d as the
most competent. detective llli- lliliied States has pro-
duced-to prntci-t ii.<ltl0 illiilkiil,¢.; iilstitiltioiis i_i:iii:l:-t
frauds, defnlciiiiolis and roililt-l~ics. The Wiliiliill J.
Burns National Iicicclivc Agi-iicy is his orgulllzlitltln,
with lil-:\ilqulirtci's ill New Yilrit. ilr:llli~lii-s iii till parts
of thc c..;..;iry anti,l't»|li'cscili:\tl\'cs in liil parts oi' the
world] After sixteen _vi-:tins ill lllc Si‘i‘l~i~i Service lini-
'relu of tllc ’l`rcli.sllr_v lit-p;ii'inlt\llt. t°ul'ill;,: wllicil he
never disappilitlicd ills clllcfs on ti slli;,lc i.-use to which
he was assigiietl, lic luis ili:iiil_-ulviicd iiLs' ciirccr :is n
private dciccilvc ily obtiiinlui.: the one largest coin-
mission .pl'ociil':\blc. ¢
' His Two Big Cases.
Every one in the West. iind :llsil cvcr_v oiic nil_vw1lei'c
who .has i’illlowed the San l"i':iil<~isi~i\ uluilicifliil .~.ll'l:-
Ind tile tiilliler land l`rui|d |lril.<eciitioii-. itnows Williiiiil
J. Bllriis. \\'ilo is clillcd "Never l":iil." 'I‘iio.si- twil vl.:il
cases were his post g'r:illil:1lil cotli'.<:t- ill his pi'ot`cs~'io|l
and gave lilill ii i'ccol'<l that lilaiiics llilll \viiliililt ques-
ti0li unc of thi* grroiitcst dctcriives oi' iilil tlille. lint
[ew pci':~‘.o|ls hcyoiiti those \vllo have llceu directly lis-
Sodiiited wltii blln arc illlniliar willl ills pcrsoniiilty
or with tile steps that illlvc brought. lliui into niitioilill
` prominciiro,
When :i lcporicr for this newsplipcr niltercii tile
'Blues ol' the new tit-ioi'ti\‘c :i<,-'viii-_\' :i few days :igo llc
was usherril lllio :l_i'oolll ivilcrc a qilit-ily dressed busi-
ness nnlli silt ill ii slnlili ill-sit. At it-:ist the reporter
um- no piii-il'-ii? lr illfforclli~o lit-iivccn \\`iliiain J. Burns
and any pi‘o.~'|lcl-t»i;\ iii-;I:li~ss illnil ulilli he slid into ll
ueut a few feet away. it is not a,corl'ect cstinuitc il!
his appearance to say that Wiiililln J. Burns might bo
a lavvyer or a nlnnufacturer or il promoter or a physi.
clan. . He lnigllt, hilt thc observer would know at
lecond glance that llc is nonc oi' these things. Tilerc
is something about illlll that pats him outside the
ordinary professional or coillilielxlinl class--a sugges-
tion of keen, fearless, "detecting" intelligence in his
witia.`clelir eye; :liliiupressloll of bodily and mental
alertness lu the set of his head and shoulders; an ln-
dedniibie hint of all ulterior outlook and judgment be-
hind his frallk, ready, unbesitatliig manner. Perhaps
ond would not go up to him in a crowd and point him
out' an a detectivc, hilt having once known illm as
Inch one would ceriililliy say that he is well equipped
for hill pi\i°'ticuiar lillc oi' ciinrt.
And, still there is little of the ordinary policeman as
populhrly conceived about Mr. Burns. Ile is of
njgdihm height, with just a tendency to weight, soft
reddish hair and inustiiche, light brown cycs and small
.|,|»u'¢|'land feet. He does not' look a day over thirty-
lwenif though he is coilsidci'ably more than that, alld
Ilifclreeks are almost chubby. For the rest, he has the `
duiht 'irommand and repose ol’ the man of action who
 of himself and ills abilities, talks well and IS
without pose or ufiectlitioil.
""1 was brought up among detectives and to the busi-
tidll of catching criminals," he said easily in answer
mfg' q1u`"¢|°n_ "My father was a police commissioner
in Caitimbna, Ohio, alld while I was still a boy IT\vl1S
abt; to study police methods aild to aid in so vial!
efiinoli It attracted me. and when I became older I
diiftediiuto it naturally.
“The iirlt case of any importance on which I was
engaged was in Ohio. There was a bla \1D\`0“l` We'
oldiltiou frauds perpetrated bl' "‘"“5 °f mrged muy
obodtu. I picked up some information, and, being near
fiiivluthodties through my father, was asked to work
ou tit# deco in earnest. I accepted and obtained a PHC
ofthe evidence that uncovered the crimes and con-
victld thou responsible for thcln. After UIUC I WU'
gmplwgg by n private agency in St. Louis for a~ti:ne,
and ll 1890 I went into the Secret Service. where I
remhindd until 1906, when I took up the San Francisco
&ra"!¢‘lo'\u."
"low about your methods, Mr. Burns: d°d°°'
u¢n'*¢-l`- began the reporter. __
"Nothing no it," nm the detective vigorously- I
loo Whit you're coming to. You mean these myl'
tonic built up with a pon and solved by the °°l"' °f
eine onlin. Whenever you hear a man talk about
oledlilg up a crime the way Conan Doyl° 0*’ °3“b°"""‘
you IQ out in print you can know he’l a bunk talker.
“5.‘l6’ only thing that goes for a detective iv l\\li
bill! common sean. It'a not nearly co brilliant °!' I0
¢¢¢|-god" or man good material for iictiou as the
puitllel lheelook Holman. But it'| the w_ly tbl*
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business siniply thc ordlniiry principles of system
:ind foresight and practical ilandlilng of facts and
piitlcnl. luvestlglltion that ii illnu docs who i'un.~: il store
or li factory. And I do it without going into :l trance.
‘jl)p I start out with li' theory? Wcil, yes. When
you have enough threads in your builds you full in
with ii theory of course. But l never lei thc theory
l-lin awe; with inc. A theory is ii pretty iliinsy thing
that ‘Z I.su't safe to hang too mpch faith oil, I always
uiako my theory dt my facts, nlld not the other way
abouk if a nliiii lets himself get too fond of his the
orles ilo cl\n't give very much uubiusscd attention 90
the truth." , e
“Yon seem to have worked out most of yours fal~1y
well," observed the visitor. ,
"Thanks," said Mr. Burns. with little sinliiq;
wrinkles around his eyes. "I’ve had reasonable suc-
cess. I've never yet had to throw up a case or own
myself beaten. I dou't take any undue pride in it,"
he added, quickly. “That doesn't mean to say that
I'm never going to fail. But I expect to succeed
in this private work as I have in the government
service.”
“What kind of work did .you handle after you
joined the secret service?" i
“I had a hand- ln every big case that came up and
I make a kind of specialty of counterfeiting. ,For
some years I was in charge of the Bt. Louis division,
covering tllo South Middle West, but I was sent to
nil parts of the country on important; stairs. Later
I was promoted to Washington, with a roving com-
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a ililliille to carry to il certain hotci. ~'iDlJlD§ Ulm 8
quilrtcr. He was ready enough to Like the com-
illisslon. I told bini the. package contained a bo!'l
tileatrlcai costume.
"‘Say, sonny, why dou't 1011 B0 011 H10 STREET' I
lisked. ‘You'd get along; tins and make big money)
"ills eyes bulged al: that md I went: on to D111!"
tile llctor's life in glowéag colors..- Befare.Inng..I had...
captured his interest and he begun to clk questions.
Impression of the Key.
" ‘Why_. _von could mens- tim costume in that bundle/
I said. ‘Would you iike- to come along to IDI’ MKG!
and try it on 7’
"He was eager and accompanied me. While he
' was trying on the--costinne I got bold of his trousers.
,Tho key was in the-pocket and I made a wax impres-
sion of it without attracting' his notice. That night
I was able to- inspect Taylor and Bredail'a promises,
and no one connected with the dum had the slightest
suspicion than such was the case.
"While I was-getting my facts together the govern-
ment foundtheisituntion in regard to elle counterfelts
more and more serious. ecretury Gale flDl\l|¥
adopted theheroiclmeaaure-of withdrawing the entire
‘Monroe head' issue. That meant taking $26,000,000
from circuiatlolm It was the first time in history that
a counteriieit u_-tive the genuine original from the held,
but no other course was open. ,
“I shadowed Taylor and Bredeii .to Lancaster, Pa..
and discovered that they had close relations with
two wealthy cigar manufacturers. All tour ivere
mls. nn.
- b t lil-- m r suggestive
"'I‘ili- |lri~iiiesl counterfeiting case I was ever onf “ °“ t° start “ mp" m ‘me 0 en I be un
and rl:i~ liliwl _serious problem lu that line that ever' Rink' N°w mme a que" tum to the nn” ' g
confronted tile government was the Monroe head
to investigate the cigar men and stumbled up°l1 N1*
,wo silver “mac-te mann I Wu away from pfuct that although they sold millions oi' cigars a year.
Washington at the time that George Cramer, aasort-. "'u""" p“"°h“° °f |“'¥""“ "“'°““° “wmv” was ‘Zia
in( teller of the Philadelphia Sub-Treasury, discov-lf-xsman' I determined 'enuyi emmgh that "Tyr wa
“ed n counts,-f¢|¢ M00 bm gm; all but duped ¢|¢.,1ualng thousands of dollars worth of coun erterléh
tectiou. The bills had been accepted as genuine by_'».»Jstnmpa. By opellllls 'DIICKBEGS "nl Nick “"4 :mt
every bank in Philadelphia, and some of them hsdirtbetlveen Philadelphia argllLaa§ut»:-ntfnfogadkhem'
even found their way into the United Stages Treasv/ TlY|°\‘ ind N909" W0” ° “Fx hsdpw ‘grated the
dry. Secretary of the Treasury Gage was greatly.; when “mf m‘“`l’ WM F!"*°" °
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A Policeman Gi-abbed Him Before He
Could Mako a Move arid Put.I-Iim Out
ping lcilow, well educated and polished. in 1895 he
completed a term in a German prison, but we were
nc: uotidcd of his release until three months later
by some mischailce. When we did get the \vord the
order was ‘Find Ulrich.'
On the Trail.
"After long inquiry I discovered what steamer
he had conlc over on and traced him foot by foot to
`(J`inc`inaati. He was living in a quiet street and had
a front room. There was an empty dat across the
way and I rented it. Of course, he knew that if any-
one was after him that fiat would be taken lls the
post of observation. And I knew he knew it. I saw
him watching the place from behind his curtains,
waiting to see who should go in or out.
“I gave him his chance next morning by saun-
tering out the front door in rough \vorkinan’s garb,
swinging a dinner bucket. Late in the afternoon I
came back the some way in the same disguise. I kept
that up for tive months, plllyllliz the Diff- °f U1"
factory hand twice a day and watching his mail nlld
his movemenh the rent of the tliue. He kept close
for a week, being pretty suspicious of ms, but ilnnlly
he became convinced thlt I W8! D0 DNN llllll 1
seemed to be and he went ahead with his plana.
When he was ready to act I knew as much about his
intentions as ho did himself.
“He hopped out of Cincinnati dually and came
on in New York to get in the game that was hatch-
ing. Chief Hazen met me and we followed lllin to
a little telegraph otlice in the lower part of the city.
We entered close after him. He took o blank and a
pencil and began to write.
"I meant to arrest him an_v\\-ay, so I made no
attempt at concealment when I moved up behind
him and looked over his shoulder. He turned in lur~
prise, but did not know me.
" 'Are you ludercsded in tJais?' he asked, with
lifted brows, waving toward the telegram.
" ‘Why-yes. I lim.‘ I answered.
“ ‘We|l.’ be said, ‘then maybe you add butter llnl.ib
id, if _vnu would be ao kind.' `
" ‘Certainly to oblige you.” I said, and took the pes-
cii fron_l hiul. aii_he_§Ad written,wa_a,_ 'Have just ar-
wns a very slippery and Intelligent old man, had given
the government ouicials trouble and served various
prison terms since the '70's. When it ciiine to trial we
had nothing on him at first except the testimony of
Ulrich. who gave stares cviu.-lice. 1 had tae only bu
of corroborative evidence. ,
“When we searched tho .\iln .-li-i~t~i utilise 1 Cam.
IPOD A bit Of oliclotii i!::ii il:-,il liceu use-ii as 3
Pri-uter'a apron. The uint--= intl! iiii-oivil it aside.
but Isavegit. Wllcii l 1--1. . 1, -li 1:;-.»i~i;wuy's rooinv
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in Avenue I found till- t . i .-limi ib that the apron
had been cut from. 'rho i-;i-~t~ litimi lop. ip.. gmc.
Dérfectly, and that wits t!.l- :ating tilt: i~-~ li-it,-ted old
Brockway. -
"Another of the hlillii uno  »~ _v pt-ft.,-E gym
thing broke was .Iiln t‘i»~ii‘lili~_»-_ ii;~ specialty was
filling in the |li-:-tor1lt..~.- of tirnfl-=. ri-pi-r!`oi'ating
9-'ld T51-‘llllg them. l til; _tlii't iililtl ill ll on anything
else. so I dug up a v1nri'aillt for illin l.l llctroit thirty
years before, brought on two \viLucsst».- who identi-
lled him. and sent hiiil \\'cst. 3ie was tried and
coili l<-ted on thc old c-iiiilt."
llilring Clcvcland’s sl,-coiid tr-rni. ivhcil John G.
Carlisle was Secri~tiiry of the 'l`rcnstlr_v, .\lr. Burns
hiilliiit-d ii reul;il~i\:illic little case. lt cailic to the
cars of the Trcll.~ill'_\- Department tllzii lilc State of
Mississippi was i.<.-iliilg di-bf wflr-i':lilt~=, or notes that
had been made til rcsflmtilc it-;_~:il ciil-l~clli-_v -md we.-,
passing as such. 'i`llc til-'iii-tlvo.~ \\~»i~~ .wilt to inves-
tigate and began ily roulltiili; tip .1 iirllili-r of por.
sous ready to suear that tilcy i'i»:iil_v ll.lil been im-
posed upon by tile i°o.soi:lill:liii'i‘-. 'l`iil<, iecllllically,
was counterfeiting, rind Mr, liurils wcilt to the Uni-
ted States District Attorni-,v
"I want warrants for till- .»li'i»t-..i .tr lilo i:tl\~i\rni-lr,
the State 'I`reiisurer iinii thi- `illi.»-iz ' il - -.iiii
The District Atloriley -' if . .il 1 all zilllilulililce
and have Burns i-xailii .. ~:iilii_\-, iiilrils
thanked him :ind ivitilfi li icw hours the
District Attorney rccci\... - .tit tclcgi-iinl from
\Vashington ordering hilll to l lil-Al tho Si-crct Service
agent. Mr. Burns got his \\;ilr.li:t.~ and tile tlruild
Jury was on the verge oi' ilil ilu: iiliilriilli-ills will-il ina
Brin that had made the pillti-~ pil-:itlcii guilty. returned
the plates and the cast- was ilroppi-ti.
When Secretary Hitchcock. of tho Iletlartlnent of
the Interior, first received intilllatioll ol the iniizc of
land frauds in 1903 he sent for Chief Wilkie iilld aslted
for aid. Wilkie replied that hc would rlctilli him the
best man he had. That meant nothing to the Sec-
retary.
“Can he get proof, tbat‘s what I want to ltilo\v?"
"if he can't no one can, .\lr. Soi-l-i»t:il'_v,' :iilswercd
,Wiikie. and l\Zr. Burns was given tile mission.
After he had been at work oil tile iiiiiicuit problem
for a few weeks Mr. Burns was called into Secretary
Hitchcock’s odlce.
"Have you made any progress?" asked Mr.
Hitchcock.
"\'9S." Silld the -other. "I`ve gone t`;i:~ i~niiil'_'ll to
know that _- is taking graft illitl il.i.~ hi-on cllioily
instrumental in protecting the i‘riiilils," iii- ilalill-ti ii
man high in the depnrtnlcilt in wil-.lil lili-_:<t-cwtliry
had believed implicitly. h).\piilllaiii.ii was tit-illtluderi.
"Well," began Mr. Burns, "uccoi'iiillg to my the-i
cry"-
"Stop right there." liltcrrupti~d Mr. llilciicock. "You
can’t accuse a iuan like that of such ii 'crime on
theory."
Mr. Burns bowed himself out and rt-tiiriloil ill ii
short time with the man to whom he hild referred.
They sat down with the Secretary. “Now .\lr, -__ _"
said the Secret service agent, "just tell thi- Secretary
the some story you told inc." A full confession was
the result ulid the tix-at real-step-~h1~-tile'investigniiil'a""
had been taken. It was solely through the work dune
by Mr. Burns that Seliiitor Mitchell, oi' Oregon; i»‘. A.
Hyde aild otllers were dually convicted in tile land
fraud cases that attracted so much attention.
In 1908 Mr. Bilrils gave up his position with the
government and went to San Francisco to hclp Prose-
cutor Heney in his tight against the corrupt nlulliclplil
l-i‘~_:. He obtained the confessions from members oi
illc Board of Supervisors and all the important evi.
dence that brought about the conviction of Mayoi
Schmitz, “Boss Abe" Ruef and others. He it was,
also, who discovered that the defence had managed
to get a former convict, Morris Haas, on the Jury at
the Ruef trial. y `
“Haas stole into the court room one fifty," said Mi-_
Burns, in relating his more recent iillvciltlircs, "aild
got behind Honey and myself. A policeman
grabbed him before he could make a move and put
him out. He got back a few days later and shot
Haney thiiaugh the head. Bt-fore Hans committed
suicide in jail he confessed that he ilnd meant to
kill both of us. But that was a detail. It was touch
and gn all the way through, and when they offered
me $500,000 as a bribe to get out I wacu't ovoi sur-
pr sc .“
So this. in brief. is William J. Burns. who h ;
tackled the biggest single private detective Job in
the world and stands ready to undertake any other
that offers. Whether or not he will still be “l\'ovi~r
I-`nii" Burns after he has llloasilred against his liiti-sl
venture remains to be seen. Whether bc can re
place the effective structure built up .iy thc Pinker-
ions through generations ia a qilestlon for r...-,tits to
decide. Ile has the quiiritlos. ilii~ i~i-iil~.li:i- ililil the
experience to dt him for the lui-ul-st lli-.»pi.,isib.iitiea.
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