Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-06 | Page 12 | Sleuths on Both Sides

r SlEUTHS ON BOTH SIDES Story Stor of ot Unusual Detective Work ork Told 1014 by b- In Lumber r Trust t n Hearing Chicago Jul July 5 A A real detectives detective i s stor tory story was told In the lumber trust truit hearing here today b by Max ax A. A mer employed by a Minneapolis a agency related that he was sas In Instructed Int In- In In 1908 to shadow certain t consignments of ot lumber to t various Chicago Chi cago mall mail order houses his particular object being to ascertain what retail lumber dealers were selling to man mall order houses WithIn two months certain retailers became suspicious that the they were being watched anti and was given this angle ansle to the case In addition to his first firs assignment He had little trouble In la discovering crinS that a detective named Kenyon Kenon was at work posing as a gypsum gypsum gyp gyp- sum salesman saw that Kenyon addressed mall mail to postoffice box Chicago Th The owner r of this box he be said he found to be a a well known detective agency which ho lie learned learnel later was enga engaged engaged en en- ga ed in gathering evidence to show that th the retail dealers wc were re In hi n n. com com- In restraint of ot trade as was subsequently subsequent charged b by the federal go government nt then obtained d a position second agency tho the as cs an operative e d for l' I whose work worl was Inimical to that of ot hi his real employer In this I ori original and ot hold o of i he lie testified he lie got way wa tand evidence gathered by employer No o. o 2 J t his agency own to and turned It over OVel