Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - July 20, 1913, Washington, District Of Columbia THE WASHINGTON JULY 20, 1913. The Noteworthy Adventures of Tierney jnr A. THE private detective agency of James re- ferred to by the police as came upon anxious days there stepped from the Mauretania one Arthur Forrester Mr. of came over first with abundant luggage and a whom catted with a drooping blond square and dressed in the pre- vailing baggy style of the day Jn Mr. Forrester passed easily as well-fed English man Scotland Yard had flashed the news of Mr. Forrester's departure from England to police headquarters in New and headquarters had informed those private detective agencies employed downtown to guard the great wealth Of money and art treasures gathered by the prosperous of Wall street Mr Forrester made a and est declaration of all the dutiable goods in his possession tipped the stewards and ordered Jorkins to look after his bags and trunks Detective Tames Tierney was an the pier TV hen the giant liner was warped Into her berth Kelley and of his were on the committee They would shadow Mr taking turns at the task installed at the Plaza Hotel were two very able who the hotel and who would cept Mr Forrester's tips as they kept upon him Jim Tierney looked over his man and whispered the one expressive word to Mr Forrester certainly had If his keen blue eyes picked out the detectives In the he did not seem to be either or worried thereby One of the Rler attendants hailed a for First Call at a. by the National Wall and William Tierney heard him direct his A whispered word from and Kelley darted through the crowd on the pier to West Jumped Into a and made a good start on the Forrester taxi for the bank named nev and Hj an took another and followed their as the person investigation called these 's mind was busy conjecturing the reason for this trip to New York by Forrester Xo had been secured of the famous Moma Lisa by da ci stolen from the Louvre ing the skill which Forrester had once brought about the discovery of a stolen Gainsborough and the payment of the ransom thought tt not Im- probable that Forrester had come to New Tork to negotiate for the sale of the stolen Mona Lisa But that was only a theory Jim nej b business was to keep in touch with the gentleman from whether he camp to steal or to sell stolen 1t was Tierney's duty to be to on him when he made a move that smacked of the criminal was thus racking his noggin the cab ahead stopped at the brose National Kellev was already there Tierney and joined him In the little throng of and the three kept close to their man Forrester asked for the cashier and presented a letter of Introduction He then opened an account with a fat ter of credit and sterling He ashed for and received In clean ican ped his deposit book In his said and returned to his He paused beside the ing his mustache and looking with In- terest at the crowds and then up at the tall buildings me to the Hotel he stepping into the taxi Twenty-third street the chauffeur made his course up Fifth ed with splendid motors and carriages If Mr Forrester knew that his taxi was being he did not bother himself about the matter He seemed to enjoy the parade of the rich and frequently turned to take a second glance at some more than ordinarily handsome At the Plaza he waited until the door of the taxi was thrown open by the paid the man and tipped and directly to the try desk Mr he said in- a pleasant drawl chief ordered reception and by Has my appeared with the Thank I shall go di- to my rooms A boy fairly plastered with brass tons escorted Mr Forrester to hla on the twelfth as James Tierney and his Kelley and took another elevator to the eleventh floor and entered a room In the center of this room two men were seated at a table with their ears cupped with little circles of gutta percha connected to telephone Before each was a pad of paper and many pencils well There were two other receivers Tierney picked up one and handed the other to They listened in silence to the record of the The Dictograph at The stenographers employed by ney to take down the record of graph picked up their pencils as they heard through the instrument the opening and closing of a door In the they heard a voice speak sir luggage all they given you a comfortable sir may unpack my afternoon I shall dress for The telephone in the suite above Voice at this is Mr. What did you Just repeat it ha. Very Just as you that's quite tory to isn't HJ good-by Tierney signaled to downstairs and get the number that called If the girt tened to the get It out of her Find out whether it was a man or woman talking to Kelley was out of the room in Voices from the asked me to get you a sir Here it Through the Jorkins could be heard opening and closing drawers and doors as he arranged his employer's Forrester must have taken a seat very close to the dictograph for the listeners below heard him click a silver cigarette case tight and scratch a They heard the newspaper rattle as he straightened it The men around the table below ed patiently They heard a chuckle of laughter and then Something In the Times had amused Mr. my what silly fellows they must these American they heard him say idea of people allowing themselves to be in so The my I It is Tierney grinned as he Forrester stifled his and the absence of voices from the suite above told Tierney and his associates that he was interested in the day's Wrath Kelley returned from the telephone operator's call was from a booth In the he told his handsomely dressed woman was the She came in a machine and went away you get a chance to lamp asked Tierney she waa gone The girl she is a big ture and all Voices from dictograph go over my linen carefully and see that my evening clothes are all right s plenty of fat V 'n Kelley mounted his for a swift glance at the reception room of Mr. the Be- of the that guy joshing Tierney de- manded of his Kelley held UP a warning Heard the door open and They held the cups close to their get whispered a third party In the The 33oor one else has But the dictograph recorded no That the Instrument was working and working finely was evident from the fact that the noises made by those moving about the suite above were Occasionally would come In the most tantalizing manner possible the ical laughter of but not a word was Tierney's wrath grew gradually to the point of He waited in vain Tor word of the conversation that might be in progress Finally he tore off the receiver and left the table he said to Foiled by Covered In the corridor he whispered to his gotta see what kind of steer we're up against That guy Is putting one over on I feel It in my He's either grot some device putting the dictograph on bum doing all his talking with pencil we pass his you jump on Jny and get a quick slide and we'll for the stairs and back down got I They hurried over the floor of the corridor and slipped Tierney clasped his hands behind and Kellev mounted his shoulders for a swift glance at the re- ception room of Mr In a second or two he waa back on the soft carpet of the The two de- hurried to the floor what did you demanded Tierney when they in their own the inside of the transom glass is covered with a white curtain or it is Tierney's men able to get of the two male to suite of Mr. In the who had called at the hut had con- tented herself with telephoning Forrester from one of the public was still to be Kelley Ryan entered Tierney's office In a downtown skyscraper to re- port got the two Forrester callers said spoke for himself and of 'em lives at the Cumberland and the other one at the One seems to be a adian and maybe the other ona Is from They're both and we can't place 'em as crooks do they do for their How do they get the asked ney work downtown In re- plied Kelley grunted Tierney of a bank messenger for the Ambrose added Ryan exclaimed the bank Forrester put his money In the day he arrived keeping a shadow on reported hangs around the stock offices and seems to be gambling in the He goes to the bank every day and puts In or draws according to the way his luck The Dictograph the last ordered Kelley handed him a dozen sheets of typewritten Tierney read every line with gathering disgust and a grand report and a great to Jim he said with a snort of it says that Mr Forrester asks Jorkins for his gray vest and his striped pants and that Mr. Forrester would like to have his walking of English Tierney laid the sheets of paper on his desk and threw his heels up beside them He pulled savagely at the butt of a he knows there's a dictograph transmitter in his why don't he just cut the wires and let it go at asked Kelley of Ms he ain't any ordinary replied fs a regular man and he's got If he keyed with the dictograph we'd know It and it would be evidence that he had something to As It he acts just as Innocent as a presidential can't dope said wagging his head he's clever enough to get along without cutting the dictograph Tierney pretty sure he wouldn't carry on a conversation by ing pencil and That would be Forrester had been In New York two weeks when this report was made to He had done nothing that would give the detectives reason to believe that he was planning a criminal and Tierney's two men in the livery of the Plaza could only report that he was living the usual life of a man with who killed time by playing the market In the day and loafing about In the By means of a pass key they had en- tered the Forrester suite a number of while Jorkins and his master were and they had found no scrap of paper that gave any clew as to the sion for Forrester's visit to New nor did they find any trace of paper having been The a round disk three Inches in diameter by a half inch in was found within the clock on the where It had been originally placed by It had not been with and worked perfectly under every test. Tierney pondered the mystery of the unreliable dictograph until he finally ad- mitted himself he pulling himself to his and Ryan just keep owing Keep them two men In the hotel close to the job and have another man assigned to shadow kins I'm gonna go back to old detective What's the name of this guy who works in the Ambrose National replied Kelley Tierney straightened out his picked up nis for the door back to your he ordered the two men as he for the gonna get In ten minutes he was in the private office of President of the bank where Harrison was inquired Mr. got a man employed by the name of asked Tierney his is both clerk and We use him to accompany Mr. Bronson when the latter is sent to other banks get cash for us Mr Bronson has been with us a quarter of a and Is getting on in years We can trust him with any we send Harrison along as a guard in case of trouble or in case he should fall ill long have you had a year seems all and had good old man Bronson carry very large sums between w eek he probably will be for In cash for us in the matter of the purchase of some first-class bonds we said Mr Harding hundred thousand dollars asked Tierney day next Tierney Weaves Bis and four of Tierney's entered hie of- hat in Tierney left chair and sat on the edge of his swinging one leg and leaning over with his elbow on thigh as he looked them over the old man there's going to be something doing In a little he twisting his cigar far into a corner of his I want yuh to The four men ain't no case for around with a dictograph what won't work when you want it to he want Thia guy Forrester is a regular fellow in the crook He ain't going to do any at the coarse work In thle but he's going to have his do that and turn the money to him for get The four nodded an old Methuselah going oat from the Ambrose National Bank today to collect In cold he went gent what Is the president of the bank sends along with him a er man to protect him That young man knows When the old whiskers has got all this money in his handbag the young gent is going to choke the gizzard out of grab the and hop into a taxi that will run alongside the one the bank Got All the Lines said the four in chorus young guy has a chauffeur for a Tierney resumed ain't been a big taxicab robbery pulled off in six but the last one was so easy that I feel sure somebody is Ing to take a chance for this big wad day I've got all the lines laid to land the bunch that tries to pull off this and we want to be sure to get For- rester He's the one we want for he plans the big jobs When the guy sticks a gag in the face of old whiskers and makes a break for the away with the we'll be around with a 60 horsepower closed car to Tierney reached into a drawer of his picked up a billy and a and stuck them in handy corners of his fellows he asked smiled as if the question were and then the five men left the and piled into a machine at the It was 11 o'clock when old with his empty stepped into a taxi In front of his with Harrison lowing As the taxi got a underslung machine swung behind it from William street and lowed west on Wall The taxi pulled up at the Eagle tional and Bronson and his young escort entered the in a minutes they returned to proceed to the Attme National In a radius of flve making up the heart of the business section of New the old bank messenger collected and dered the chauffeur to return to the brose National At Barclay the taxi stopped for a second and Harrison jumped from carrying a big handbag He hopped into a machine as the car moved In the old man Bronson lay stunned by a blow on the head Harrison's new chauffeur was as ful as he was His machine jumped into the tangle of traffic and ped through It. He jockeyed otear of the heavy vehicular traffic he reached West when turned north In a few minutes thle car the car following were I ing up West street at dangerous Mounted policemen were and record time waa made to Pennsylvania Aa the machines pulled piled from the pursuing of them jumped to the running board of the first car ae left it. Ryan flashed a and held the chauffeur helpless in hia his hands joined the throng entering the almost elbowing Harrison aa he li ahead with the An express train was to start for Philadelphia In three minutes turned to one of the leading to the trains Forrester waa watting for Mm He held in his right hand two He signaled to and extended the tickets ao that the might punch them Not stopping to show their Tierney and his men bowled over the and fell upon and Harrison When the two thieves got to their the bracelets were on and Jim was .to charge of the money got Mr. he I got yuh In the Sign When Forrester and Harrison and their chauffeur had submitted to the camera and measurements and finger prints of the Bertillon at police they were placed In the the same being a eell where prisoners are not afforded the station of Tombs privilege of talking with counsel or once the etolen money was in charge of the police and sat down for a little chat with the In- spector in command the plain clothes men of iNew police guy Forrester has given me a lot of worry he explained to the successor of hla old Jim like to know just what he's telling the other two down In the Barrel be no trouble about the Informed hfm you left the force we have adopted many new and valuable modern aids in inquired tf bored the inspector want on with an Indulgent take this and He held out a dictograph re- doing on the Tierney know yuh might sit here for two weeks and yuh wouldn't pick up nothing from them guys in the Barrel they wise to the the Inspector asked replied Tierney as any one finds a wav to catch the thief he gets to work to find a w ay to beat you at It I want to get a place where I can watch Forrester and is two pals without being seen a peep hole in the elde of the replied the inspector me to said got something on my mind I got to get off or I'll go bug pretty Tierney went down to the found the peep and glued his eyes to It. if For a minute he watched Not a sound came from him He stuck to his point of vantage over the crooks for another and for a. third minute Beads of perspiration spangled his knobby brow At last he drew av. ay and tiptoed up the winding stairs to the inspector s office The inspector was at his desk holding the dictograph receiver to his right ear that thing in the Junk gested with a broad grin troubling tha inspector asked the junk pile for the replied the Bonehead crooks is doing all their talking In the deaf and dumb their digits get using their fingers If yuh got a. cop what's deaf and dumb and Understands this talk make him beat It to the peep hole and we'll get what we're if he keeps his eyes sharp 19H by McClure 8yn- CAPTAIN ROALD AMUNDSEN After Careful the Party of Five Selected to Make the Dash For the Pole Gets Away Four in AT last we got on Octo- ber 19 The weather for the past few days had not been altogether new now now regular spring la other words That day It continued un- it was misty and thick In the morning and did not promise well for the day but by 9 30 there was a light from the and at the same it cleared There was no need for a prolonged in- into the sentiments of the party do Shall we of let's be jogging on There was only one opinion about it. Our coursers were harnessed In a and a little much as to jou were off. I don't be- lieve Lindstrom even came out of doors to see us start an everyday fair what s the use of making a fuss about There were five of and We had four with thirteen dogs to each At the start our were very as we were only taking supplies foi the trip to 80 where all our cases were waiting for we therefore sit on the and our whips with a jaunty 1 sat astride on and any one who had seen us would no doubt have thought a. polar journey looked very In- viting Down on the stood Prestrud with the turning the crank as fast aa he could go aa we went we came up onto the rier on the other side he Waa there turning incessantly The last thing I as we went over tha top of the ridge and everything familiar was a it waa coming inland at full speed The Going I had been engaged in looking out and turned round to throw a last glance Jn the direction pf the spot that to MS stood far all that was beautiful en I caught eight do yeu think? A can't be taking thing but air now can that The cinematograph vanished be- low the horizon The going was but the at- became thicker as we went For the first 12 miles from tha edge of the Barrier I had been sitting with seeing that dogs could manage two on the sledge better than the I sel drove he had to steer by compass as the weather had got thicker After him came then and Wisting and I. We had just gone up a little when we saw that it dropped rather steeply on the other the descent could not be more than 20 yards long I sat with my back to the looking and was enjoying the brisk Then suddenly the surface by the aide of the sledge dropped and showed a yawning black large enough to have swallowed us and a little more A few inches more to one and we should have taken no more part in the polar journey We guessed from the broken surface that we had come too far to the and altered our course more westerly j When we had reached safer I took the opportunity of putting on my ski and driving in thla way the waight waa more Before very long it cleared a and we saw ona of our straight up to many to the and slaughter pf It was there we had killed three plea on Hie Ittai The First We covered 17 we well pleased with the day of our long journey My belief with all in ona we manage our ing and preparations much better than before was fully The tant went up as tf it arose out of the and thing was done aa if we had had long found we had ample room in the and oar worked splendidly the whole They were as follows As soon as wa a hand at the in valance the tent driven and Wisting crept inside and planted the poler while the rest of ua Stretched the guy ropes When this was I want and all the things that were to go inside were handed in to bags kit Everything wag put in Its the Primus and the cooker filled with snow the others fed their dogs and let them loose Instead of the we shoveled loose anow around the this proved to dogs re- It. The bindings Were taken on all our and either stowed with other loose articles in a provision case or hung up together with the harness on the top of the which were lashed upright to the front of the The tent proved excellent In every the dark color subdued the light and made It The Dogs That a fine was let loose when we had come 6 miles over the he so fat that he could not keep We felt certain that he would follow but he did act We then supposed that lie had turned back and made for the flesh strangely he did not do He never arrived at the It la quite a what became of another fine was also set she was not fit for the and she afterward ar- rived at Ulrik began by having a ride on the he picked up Bjarn went limping after the Peary was he was let loose and followed for a but then When the eastern party after- ward visited the depot In 80 degrees south they him there in good He was at but by degrees let them near him and put the harness He dfd very good service after Uranus Fucha were out of This was pretty bad for the first but the were all worth weight In the night it blew a gale from tha but 11 moderated In the 89 that we got away at 10 TMe weather did for the wind came again with renewed force from the same thick ing we went along and paused flag after After miles wa came to a beacon that had been erected at the beginning of and had stood for seven it was still quite food and Thin gave ua a good deal to think so we could depend upon these they would not fall On Dangerous From the experience thus gained we afterward erected the whole of our ex- system of on the way The wind went to the southeast during the It but luckily it had stopped The temperature waa degrees and bitter enough against the When we stepped In the and set our tent had Just found our tracks from tha they were sharp and six weeks old We were glad to them as we had seen no flag for pome time and were beginning to get near the uglv trap miles from the that had been feund on the last depot so we had to be careful The next the 21st. brought very thick a strong breeze from the with thick driving It would not have been a day for crossing the trap If we had not found our old It was true that we could not see them but we could still see the direction they So as to be quite I now set our course northeast by points east was the original And compared with our old this looked as the new course was con- more easterly than thp direction of the One last glance over the camping ground to see whether anything waa and then the It was really vile snowing front and drifting from so that one waa quite We could not see very often we on the last aledge had difficulty in seeing the Bjaaland waa next in front of For a long time we been going markedly and this was not in accordance with our but In that weather one could not make much of a We had several times passed over but none of any Suddenly we saw sledge sink He jumped off and seized the The sledge lay on its side for a few then began to sink more and finally disappeared Bjaaland hud got a good purchase in the and the dogs lay down dug their claws in. The sledge sank more and this happened in a few moments I can't It ing and just come He waa holding on and resisting with all hia but It was no by Inch the The seemed to understand the gravity of the stretched out in the they dug olawa and resisted with all strength But inoh by slowly and it went down into tha Bjaaland was right enough when said he couldn't on any A few seconds and hla aledge and dogs would never have seen the light of day Help came at the last Hansgen and who Uttle In advance when It snatched an Alpine rope from a and came to hia assistance They made the rope fast to the and two of now bv getting a good to hold the sledge First the dogs were taken then aledge was drawn and placed the part of the Where we could see that the edges were bv our combined the Which dangling far was hoisted up as far as we could get and made fast to sledge bv tlie traces Now we could slack and let one sledge hung enough bv the Wa could breathe a mere The next thing to be done was to get the aledge right and before we could had to be A man would have to go down on the cast off lashings of the and them for drawing They all wanted this but Wisting had he fastened the Alpine rope round his body and went Bjaaland and I took up our former positions and as meanwhile Wisting reported he down The case with the cooker was hanging by its last it was and again saw the light of and Hanssen attended to the hauling up of the as Wisting had them These two fellows moved about on the brink of the chasm with a coolness that I at first with approving I and have contempt for But the length to which they ried it at last waa too much of a good they were simply playing with tion from the cornice they were standing on was only a few Inches not seem to have the slightest effect on on the they seemed to stand all the more securely been said is the only place where the crevasse Is narrow enough to put a aledge If we had gone a more to the looked eagerly In that of us would have escaped There is no surface only a crust as thin as It doesn't look very inviting down Immense spikes of Ice sticking up which would split you before you got very far This description waa not It waa well we had found a good Meanwhile had hla and was hauled When whether he pot glad to be on the surface ha answered with a smile that waa nice and warm down then the and for the time being all waa must be ful going along because I was just on the point of going in when and I wera bringing up the sledge He smiled aa though at a happy memory has that It was beat to be careful There waa no need to look for there waa literally nothing else to be seen There could be no question of going farther into the for we had long ago come the conclusion in spite W our we had arrived at this ugly We should have to look about for a place the but that waa easier said than There was no bility of finding a place large enough for both the tent and the the tent was set up on a small ly and the guvs sti etched across crevasses in all directions We were beginning to be quite familiar with the That crevasse ran there and and it had a eide that went so and like schoolboys learning a Meanwhile we had brought all our things as far as possible Into a place of the dogs lay harnessed to reduce the risk of losing them ins was just going over to his he had gone the same way several times suddenly I saw nothing but his shoulders and amis above the He hag fallen but saved himself by stretching his arms out he The was the Wo went into the tent and cooked Leaving the weather to take care of we made ourselves as com- aa we It waa then 1 o'clock in the The wind had fallen considerably since we came and before we knew what was happening it was perfectly It began to brighten up a little about and we went out to look at it. A The weather was evidently and on the northern horizon there was a sign of blue On the south It was thick Far in the densest part of the we could vaguely see the out- line of a and Ing and Hanssen went off to examine it. The dome turned out to be one of the small haycock formations that we had seen before in this They struck at It with their as they was hollow and revealed the darkest Hanssen was positively chuckling with delight when he told us about it. Hassel sent him an envious By 4 p m It cleared and a email re- composed of started to a way out of thla I waa one of the so we had a long pine rope between I don't like bling if I can avoid It by simple means We set out to tha di- rection that had brought us out of the broken ground we had not gone more than a few paces when we were quite out of it. It was now clear enough to look about Our tent stood at the northeastern cor- ner of a tract that waa full of could decide beyond a doubt that this was the dreaded trap con- a little way to the east until we eaw our course and then re- turned to camp We did not waste much time in getting things ready and leaving the place It waa a genuine relief to find ourselves once more on good and we resumed our journey southward at a brisk Braving the That we were not quite out of the gerous aone was shown bv number of small hummocks to the south of us extended across our course at right an- gles We could also see from some long but narrow crevasses we crossed that we must keep a good lookout When we came into the of the Una of that lay la our Each Sledge Is Drawn By 13 The Gravest Danger Minimized By the Cheerful Author of the we stopped and our prospects shall save a Jot of time by going straight on through here instead of going said Hanssen I had to admit on the other the risk was much greater let's try he went we can't do we can't I was and allowed to be and away we went among the I could see how was enjoying this was just what he wanted We went faster and faster Curiously we passed several of these tions without noticing and be- gan to hope that we should get through Then suddenly three leading dogs and the others abruptly He got them hauled up without much trouble and came We who were crossed without but our further progress seemed for after a few more paces the same three dogs fell in again We were now in exactly the same kind of place as be- crevasses ran In every direction like a broken pane of glass 1 had had would take no part In this death Leader Calls a I announced decisively that we must turn follow our trucks and go round it all looked quite dis- appointed he we shall be over it directly dare say we I wa must go back first This was evidently hard on there was one formation in lar that attracted and he wanted to try his strength with it It was a ure mass far as appearance might just as well have been ed out in the drift ice It looked as If it formed of four huge lumps of Ice raised on and against each other We knew what it contained without yawning chasm Hanssen cast a last regretful glance upon it and then turned We could now see all our ings This place as we had remarked in a we lowed it round and came up the rise on the south without accident Here caught sight of one of our it stood to the east of us and our suspicion that we had been mB too far to the weft We had one more contact with the broken having to aome crevasses and pass a big but then it was done and we could once more rejoice in having solid ice beneath not satisfied till he had been to look into the In the evening we reached tfic two mow huts we had built on the last and we camped miles frem the The huts weW drifted up with so we left them in and as the er was now so mild and fine we preferred the tent Finding the It had been an eventful day and we had reason to be satisfied that we had come off so easily The going had been and it had all gone like a When we started the next morning It was overcast and and before bad gone very far we were in the midst a with snow so thick that we could hardly see ten sledge lengths ahead of ua We had intended to reach the depot that but if this continued was more than doubtful whether we should find it. Meanwhile we put on the It waa a long way on so there was rio danger of driving past it. During this while it had remained clear in the and we had been hoping that the wind and snow would but we had no such It rather than dropped Our best we know we could depend on ing's therefore he had to check the distance At l 30 p m he turned round to me and pointed out that we had gone the exact 1 I called out to to use 1 his eyes at that very the depot showed up a few lengths to the left of looking Ilka a regular palace of snow in the thick air This was a good test both for the sledge meter and the compass We drove up to it and halted There weie three tant points to be picked up on way and one of them was we were all glad and in good Ninety-nine Miles From The 89 miles from Framheim to this point had been covered In four and we could now rest our dogs and them as much veals flesh as they nere capable of eating Thug far the trip had been a good one for the with one they were all in the beet Thia exception
