Show True Detective Stories I 1 I know h roes MIll II a Inn Thal a I r frequented t T lj riI E M ll A N W H o 0 C A L L E D A T N I G H T b by The and A I Im I hilt y hP It Is Id w hr h lad Inv n naom rn m auk 1111 nd ml I wn wen haled twee to In XI In tr h BY A L L DRUMMON FORMER CHIEF Of TITS THE U S 5 SECRET SER SERVICE VICE x Keenes leas IIa lIn y N A L G NM At A L aP r r 1 4 N IS 18 I wa Thief t ot of the IU of Ibi I t United nit State O On the ot of that day 1187 I 1 WI wa waI WIIl rI Il lg Illg h I my botH borne Nil Nn Wood attest w slim the t ll me The who tIN de bell 11 would not wt let t the hi She Shen rH meme we bark and aad told me a tory tJ ugly Y look me tw n na ant ont till the I went out to in a fountan old aM In hid bit M he had beets beeta one OM Or of Ort t the worst In nil Ifs mill HIli lute luteY Y with la hilt but not ant fur the IIII ot of alt them In ay any or of their ui II Ille o WI was to the 1 lit of bill Ma M and alt HIt the to 10 tilt the And ADd I 1 wt he lad had m sell jut Just all as the In time et r will VIII compensate to a treller for tor a taco rUtA re Ih the plena of Dt the tbt nemy I the man ilia Into Inlo the t and aDd naked him what t ho hi rams Idl t tell alt me fOb Oh not tie be said Id you will set Nt ears Arc about not Dot to In your line lint hilt Urn tho If gang n ire pomp slut tn to 10 do a jeb IOn somewhere lm III Jer Jec ley 1 I 1 dont dOllt know exactly wh ne II a wi woo Iw I MlP wi to tl be 1 a lot lut of In hit hid house and alMI they Intend to roast 11 ht feM feet he rk up ho 00 I In Ion Oh MIlDD 1 der Py Austin Keene Kut Ring Kin ud and a mob tamed m tt ChApman who ho Ol In hi de i iI I i had better toll atop right hI AIM tut tell about that band It was w nn nee o of tour that In the t III lenD ties tie made their In they an n In In crime They made inure mousy than wt pro In any ay city In the Stator Thoy Thol also III holdups and ao an I murder A or of an 0 farm ha bla bangle behind d hid bill beck and hi Ma rl fret together r anti petting the of lib bitt tiara ft feat It against a hit state In those days three lo lees In banks than there Ii I now and ml the ilK I o of bringing forth m 11 was to 10 r the feti t of the owner 1 The rbt of the tb hand a muck In eP mud IId bully as I Ile erht crImea tikI b bt character Sonic or of the men would Sll anywhere tiDY they were ont not known II as citizens Austin V Keene and bl his brother I Lawrence oC for tor instance fwd a good deal 1 or lit rhey R a brick block In tiro of until gambling goo It II away from them 8 even after ty Hwy le took k to crime wore good and aall k Ot lit w were idala t Jl If they were re mud n el I ranger looked hiked a I If be had at t last wo he tons to take lake a drink Isle hili w Ili tipped lipped kook Lo drAin the tiMo Ria glees his bill last boat world hi k him the lea lef and earh hIa hi 1 kI On nights when there was nothing else to 10 du do they IhlY mused with willi rook and dug O do dog too tame one or of tin outfit would yield Ieh to the ho o of hla Is friends and the allurement of 01 a III purer b by going down Into Inlo tits tho lilt hit to tight one or of orth tha th dolt doge A big once nearly W Lila human ghe was known to 10 be so l that nil 1111 rules wore were and the tho man wee Willi pen muted to kick n ns wolf as to 10 strike but th the dog caught II by mho tho throat and had to bo be beaten off with n A chub I do not know however that I 1 Mil can give any ade I ilea Ide ur of what may be called the ot of i mo or of thle wl without lont telling n a tort at 11 event III hi I 1 wits concerned that occurred OfIe ae 1 Mh nn an Italian I man ball hod seen 11 A thief snatch a ghi watch and nd had turned Uw title over to the The rhe girls fattier to buy office gad wanted to gin Dick pi p It h would be Would hI ha bate t to did When Ii 1 he w t two till e I the to tell 11 him to toI toI I thou peak k kJ Just J be tat 1 crowd Its fit d Oft of tM the bitI tAkeR taken wp nit I a fI p when we I es w toward u one knew they If four yearn J i III at that line had tJ boon mII f freel reel depends do doa a till for s I Hta lid on 11 mild ald and wi w sharply and ti tido 1 do the saner lit nit nitI I f they nil m front man mall I 1 1 All 11 right The tw t meant to 10 them was U t whom I hAd lag and 1141 our flag rs o 01 I thA h When lit the frt f both 1 I 1 r t tl ti or t I h ward wAni that Ihal lb Ib Our quick ti II II as the r they t gave Jre I theta 11 Five FI then MIl t tj j toller 1 18 S 1 Their who lived nl n reached 11 bb out ot of I Ike be b to ra rel the IIII theman man maa laud id II t hear b u uto to 0 bore I lly t he through J In Ii u loe lock II a that tI Pots waa lit ho lIe had Ills bla dO d to t the Hlf noise e I and let go 10 W few holS un W wo l 1114 w lM It II if IC hAU h hAll o All AU these f ii iia 1 a tamed tit Ibl e lagI had g gor or of lt Police of I declined the gift that against Ua law to It and that hat lie he lieD D himself the twit pay day 1111 If be went home the following I ton or of roll ID fn his hili II and Wf we w wets II tb the home hoDIe of Die k pend ent nt friend to Move th the most when the Ihl event of nf o place I we reached the hon house we w saw AW a round around saloon at EI It streets which Max M the Ihl ot of one oat Tb man was not III at and we bid bad t to walt wait to for him to tn return r two twe of the t of t till the band tart start t the other and nd I bah coming to make kp trouble 1 tilt wu in ID Philadelphia I was w the mean of off f fellows into Inlo the penitentiary and andI I had ten so many that threats threat 1 matt made In t my life Dirk wan II a able Wi ble fellow however and I felt w we we wets liT U two or of them the or of the flIk I ihen hen IMn the they Nr sin within ten len fret t o of n us turn luro luroe turnce ce e then until th have passed I will aka III do flu yet 1111 kith do kill da d bark 11 said I Iles I Ibl sni m wore swinging lo n Its if I II hey rep lane Inlo ux U start n II III ot of ofIs Is bro IH or of f 1 n nhi sent hi to III Ih is 1 r I had bId our lIr revolvers in iii our I u un n a Ih the o 11 we 11 b a right loth n rent fit one came m within tn fen I of I in wr with military l Ilon and feMI till UP hIli Ia was all 11 that 1111 Mind war I i ices Lawrence Komar add I I m atIl atIle n nI e two I Wf teen had net t ont cut In 1 vin do III up rn Barr lA them II a walked on n less end HII hn tl to saloon h rot of nf the I h 1811 M of t till this kind out on lilt Ihl night of nt SiT to In roast the Ibl dent old Id farmers hot f t td eel d purred to 10 tift be Joseph oth car r Mount Sf trI a bOil I got lCt them hen It and began work tried with a hit I the h old Ro need d a lit I over each bash lIh t 1 or break lien 01 Coogen the front door near Ih the lock loeth together r he made an II b ht hr could t I t his lie wan reach the too the key 1 In the ch r Ib tile the dour door took IOk orr Isla hie right arm not NO o dent ne 08 the they had him to 10 beard Coogan baring II away wa at t the roar dor Ible barrelled shotgun from hid hll he sitting room and tired In the dark at 1 moment later luler he opened tile the wIndow Its the other barrel this time putting 1 a ader ler der the skin of Austin Keene not DOt him The hand lied la confusion I feat teet nare lre not roasted nl Ills I h lad any allY IlIJ not ea cum out in 10 the Ute the next nest The however coin oon coing r g to tit the of tI those woo who had hut before the tH evening ne news oft the ln het early In 10 th the mono Llano tit to the lit of Jonah and lad hd him the lIa of be gyp m mr told me wet 11 t liD to tin do the ltd jb James l Ingo their haunts and ad within I a few bairn III hid bad ow Irene XI Klug and nd Clasp Chap ChapP man P 7 w waa Itol Ind arm Irm was 11 KeeMe lied Itt shirt 1 wounds on I his hi All 11 their rl I mill were IP and pili fin on trial at t Mount TIM The bad its II a smi the d defence had begun when one n till day I Jm Jones canto cantoIn I In tn my office Tin IYo you yon know William of t I he be asked I I I know be h b I l 1 know he ix is I nil and he run rua a low Iw saloon I II le I hI rl r of rt ud nl hll Nell n the hug bull Just tl sworn that thaI on oft UH tiro of r till the attempted robbery At Pot iota hOIl louse Keene was wall In hale hili saloon Irl ht WU ou ill III the evening They are to setup no alibi for hIm Carroll hen bu so HO ewo detectives who know knoy he Is I lying that they dare not Dot to the trul truth h W VIM you IJO go t to Mount holly and tell teU what you know about pub Uon H 1 will It 00 my chief clde will me to In More than that I will wID ask h lot Hie goI HO go HOI I to Chief 10 Ih the saute an day and Ind before night had to tb the trip The next Ita I 1 was WR on the eland by br tit prue s I I F IDo Do you MI know MOW William J for or truth and amt ell I 1 wa VIII asked HI Ida do What lit Is It Itry ry hid INUI WO you beUf turn ua I 1 would Hot S Do you know what his 1111 k r or of HolI Holly whom I lad never but hilI with wilt whom I 1 sh well acquainted Iu I Rely said R fr von m serer In 10 lIw So n about Mr 11 Ir yn on can 11 tell 1111 I anti jury u hi Ills n for b and nm Ity h is INI I as I I 1 ran c an I saki In 11 this Ihl rase I know knI It I In lad bd because let the night he bP swore 0 that Keno X was 1111 In hi his saloon In Wilmington all the I 1 saw hint lu III Wh Where did you see him I 1 saw W him la In 1011 n al the I center ut of utI I T ws t to r II f 1 f f r r t a t I 9 a Cooper Austin W Keene TWO Of A HAND I nF If CRIMINAL i ji lENS lI I IS ADELPHIA WHICH DE MORE t MONEY THAN TUAN WAS Lb IN AN Ill ITY IN TilE IlIE UN Ui HE SaTES I and d Jill ilow did you I ItA harped to 10 tie be lu III K r I went with S a man maD whom J 1 had to tory try ry to In btty n money trout Kee he bt bought sonic Deacon DeIOn dropped like a hot bot My t for foe the h Ion huh 1 hurt art his bitt client lithe in III coin with willi he bl eU bud UtI It out ri 5 lon We IYe often laughed about Mut It In after Why IPhy said b Lie Iliad I had no Ion or of what wa coming Keene had bad told lold mot lit be bad near seen MOn yon ou 1 Keene coil Aud Chapman were wIrt and sentenced to hi ten t Inh In the Trenton emit t Iri another r ot of the found hart went Pt to the lotta farts house was still UI Nt at la large tine came the year ear lie Ito WAIt waa a I char bar actor l luau tie lad about Nit as w tIM all as l I ever saw Ita in any human being hated hed Such women R as IK he met 1111 In III liked lie U was Wl year ohl but hul the I or of gray lie 11 hiM hia hair did not I I hint biDI there was woman to be found woo who would swear tur that Coper Wit was all rI right 1 know ho WAlt waa all wrung but I prove prot It I IMY knew MY lie hI w watt A r because meet whom I had convicted or of counterfeit haul told the I they lIP pet theft stiff frets him lint tilt the Ill hill n nant py wu ant ml than he Irr time I I ps nv t b Stitt nt to tn grab him I found that be had en tt JIlt still III I 1 kept an 11 eye rr for him and th the year r r hie midnight else to tn the Potts I x Id that w lIte as liming In a lark mom of r II a h H ll 1 Ii t 1 or of m I fits wisse fl I W was In Philadelphia d h iw I town when 1 I waa wa ready d t Ili make t the raid n ni 11 rn with 1 h hIt ua It was n n II frosty night I II I I to Ix IH occupying n ft room on tI time 1 t II oui lIf III at the foot of lr the 1 x 10 ands Ih the ot of th the II I rm In the Ih these ahem I an the bright light III l II nM Thill wax It a 14 promising Indication rent I t rt to III melt tilt the flint F on when 1111 1111 III at work the II I hI he ha fIr of s n TIM Tie l I hmM r only undershirts troll trousers th the blot with 1111 Ih the man III at for f f t I stale Alno I went up to tn the Ihl n nn and kilo d Ft fh door doo fh was no response nor was n I I hale I knocked again In at time i Slut nut kiln b t ll this door In time of th lh r I will knock it II down grill IIII th them was It n 11 I 1 bark hak Ih three took n a n r o othe tb the don door striking It II with uty III shoulder our I III d dIt It II in III l I hers futo III to the my 1 eye 1111 I two sit of n 1 sit were east hl bronse and that ot of p pmt mt me with n a III n C clasped In hi his hand I 1 toy r oj iI brad old told him t I 1 or 01 I 1 would kii Ioli Ib II ln 11 I Ids with sit In t t I Iw Is fure t I sink ne neI I In it Ih 1111 neot I mud left down Ii nil M I ePs I II Ithe the I h h of r rho Ih sl dales Ir thin I did Ihl Ih the thief I kt slid Ili h I Wit it II Ir I In tin the Ihl floor 1111 1010 I 11 Ito In III 1 I knife 11 if 11 I was WI all 1111 inn lu III n II IS 11 III my port mud I for II a Ere r h it I Ii 1 h dir dirl 1 iI l 11 nd 1 slit lIt Ih the which l I I iP P ihn In I Irs Um limn thull lu It In I and th other who had Ml II pC of I Ilu h tills the 11 Ill Ih win h Ih thrush 1 a t r with wilh a to III first Ir II ur liu lung his hiM bend nn nfl the 1111 II Ids his mold nil nn tilt knife and AmI it II till I II III I p It II Ili old hr It II Behind is II horl 11 1 hy yaw III I iii hi I 1 t 1 II risk 1 Ilk that The Th was a Surat 14 t o olf to 10 jail Pad hen I went lark I o I moth was wa the II I d 1111 and 1111 ne will butt caught them lu III th r I III h r II toys work rk Ills HIM wax wa III hi It buy I I melt them up 1111 run 1110 the aI II 11 aul with an n battery pot I 1 of iI 1 over 11 Ih the composition i Si 1 tI II tIto to silver to 10 plate flee and as 1111 was Willi Will IL J gent Slide tU h he sold h his I tit o sr I I cents on the 1110 I think we ire II a bushel of alM about the room Dud and perhaps i I melting IK ion moulds metal b 10 1 was end and given hell U a lung I is Ii Ii years Ia It I remember correctly TIIe Ih wm a Ie a acquitted Tit file last t or of till the series of lel 1 I I II h ringing I or of my 1 doorbell Ih the tilts II i i 01 I m let my caller laUr III a a 41 seer ur or two ti II Carroll had tracer r forgiven for tOl Ih the I Fa him the time n wax UM to 10 lix up j i tr fw lustin Keefe In tite Ihl Potts 1011 owes aAl I hod met 5 the afterward null Iw III mad 11 i iI r to 10 rue IU but hUl hoe hote knew new hilD him hotter I 1 II 11 advised JUt me always to 10 keep may ewes nil on him o n o IJ Iri waa I 1 never saw laW him again 1111 on was next directed to 10 him when a I d wrote mt me that he was VMS dead deall lip its hd I kite n It saloon text door u II hi his own fired aI a I I If hInt him mud till the barkeeper iii JI through his bill brain 11 Ile tiled with hI his boot bool w |