St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 19, 1910

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2 9 ia » or nonuse only. ond Idght and Power Co. , boss and brother-in-law of | PAGES TODAY “FIRST IN EVERYTHING.” Pot LOUIS POST-DISPATCH VOL. 63. NO. 30. : Ouls Evening Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News Service. | : ~ PRICE ONE CENT | oT, LOUIS, N MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910. EDITION en COURT DECIDES WEST END Lith] GRANT 1S VALID Decision Holds Franchise of Union Electric Compet- stor Is Legal. FIRM President Declares Concern Is Ready for Construc- tion of Plant. DEFEAT FOR JEP HOWE Circuit-Attorney’s Relative Was Hired to Attack In- dependent Company. The validity of the franchise of the ‘West End Electric Light and Power Co. was upheld by Judge Kinsey Monday. The decision was handed down from the bench at 10 a. m. in the quo warranto ayit filed by Circuit Attorney Jones to annual the franchise and prevent the West End company from becoming a competitor of the Union Electric. Jesse D. Dana, president of the West End company, told a Post-Dispatch re- porter that he had completed arrange- ments for. financing the company, and “would proceed at once* with the con- struction of a plant in accordamce with plans drawn a year ago by Charles H. Ledlie, an electrical expert. The decision presages a-victory for the Light and Development Co., which owns a franchise ‘like the West End com- pany’s. The Light and Development Co.’s franchise was also attacked by Jones in a quo warranto suit, now pend- ing in Judge Homer's court. City Had Recognized Franchise. Judge Kinsey held that the fran- chise granted to Browning, King & Co. in 188 was a vested right, which could be forfeited because of misuse The franchise, he held, was not used by Browning, King & Co., but was transferred to the West in 1908. At that time the city could have revoked the franchise, the court held, but did not do so. It assented to the assign- ment, treated the franchise as an ob- ligation on the part of the city, de- manded and received a new bond, re- quired the payment of larger sums of money and caused the company to spend considerable money. The action of the city in these things annuls its right now to forfeit the franchise, according to the decision, Judge Kinsey held that the court would not entertain a proceeding to annul a franchise if the object was to have adjudicated the rights of private per- sons or corporations not directly con- cerned in it. This point in the decision was taken to mean that the court would not en- tertain the suit if it affected any litiga- tion between the West End company and other interests. He said it did not »enppear that there was any legal con- Roversy between the West End com- pany and any other corporation, and thei fact ‘that .a rival corporation used its Influence to set in motion the quo wartranto proceeding would not war- rant the court dismissing the case. It was announced Monday that M. Shoenberg, David May and Sidney Shoenberg, officials of the Famous, are the financial backers of the Light and Devetopment Co. If the validity of trat company’s franchise is upheld also, work will be started at once on a $500,000 plant, to be gradually enlarged ae the business increases. The Light and Development Co. now operates the electric iiglit plant in the T'amous block at Sixth street and W'ash- ington avenue, and also operates the electric light, gas and waterworks piants at Cape Girardeau, Taiequah, Ok., and Paris, Tex. The West End Co.’s franchise was originally granted to Browning. King & Co. and the Light and Development Co.'s franchise to Aloe, Hernstein & Co. Howe's Influence’ Exercised. It was through the influence of Jeptha D. Howe, former Republican Circuit Attorney Jones, that the quo war- ranto suit was filed. Howe was em- ployed by Lon O. Hocker, at the di- rection of James Campbell, financial head and president of the North Am- erican Co., as associate counsel in the case. Hocker testified that he had obligated himself to pay Howe a fee of $2500 and that James Camp- bell was to furnish the money. Because it was shown that Howe and Hocker acted for the North Am- erican Co. in instituting the suit through Howe's brother-in-law, the West End company attacked the good faith of the proceeding. Hocker admitted, on the witness stand, that he had filed an injunction *suit against the. company, for W. Hall Trigg, to prevent stringing wires and erecting poles at Newstead and wacliede avenues. This suit, it was also shown, was filed at the instance of the Union Electric interests. It was decided by Judge Grimm in favor of the West End company. City Enters the Fight. beet When Howe's suit was filed against _ was filed by City Counselor Walther - a the Light and Development Co. ;owes 8 franchise similar .to the IS CAPITALIZED JAIL DELIVERY FREES HAYRIDERS Lock on Maplewood Cell Brok- en by Companions Who Were Driven From Town. Three young men, elatideuae, of a hay- riding party of 20, which disturbed the peace of Maplewood at 2:30 a. m. Sun- day by singing as the wagon was driv- en through the suburb, have escaped from the local jail under the bank. Marshal Weigman, Night Marshal Mc- Cleod and Policeman Guinard, who con- stitute three-fourths of the guardians in Maplewood, arrested the trio of hayride offenders, locked them in the basement jail and escorted the other to the city limits, to see that they didn’t sing any more. There was a call for a policeman at the street car loup on Sutton avenue, and the three went to answer it. When they returned to the jail to take the names of the prisoners they found that the hayriders had returned, forced the padlock on the door and liberated their friends. This is the fifth escape from the jail in a year. AT AGE OF 62 TAKES HIS JHIRD WIFE, 22 YEARS OLD Illinois Farmer Marries Girl for Whom He Long Has Pur- chased Presents. STERLING, Ill, Sept. 19.—Mortimer Merrick, well-to-do farmer, and Miss Myrtle Dodd were married. here yester- day. he bridegroom is 62 years old, and th is his third marriage: He owns 160 acres close to Sterling. and a section in Traverse County, Minn. He is childless, The bride is pretty and 22 years old. She is a graduate of the rural schoo!s of Whiteside County. During the last four years she has lived with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dodd, near the Merrick farm. Merrick has for years purchased pres- ents for Miss Dodd. The bride is an only child and will inherit her ‘encsageate estate. \ POSTMISTRESS FINDS SNAKE IN MAIL SACK AND KILLS IT Postal Inspector Starts in Search of Person Who Caused Woman’s Fright. BUTLER, Pa., Sept. 19.—It became known today that for three weeks the I'ederal Government has been on the trail of a snake. Postoffice Inspector George W. Craighead of Pittsburg was assigned to the case upon complaint of Miss Winifred Turk, postmistress at Hialiards, that the reptile, 3 feet long, was in a mail sack which was thrown off the train here. Miss Turk and her young woman as- sistant fled from the office at the dis- ccvery, but later the postmistress re- turned and killed the intruders Rail- way postal clerks are being examined, but declare their innocence and say the reptile must have crawled into the bag while it lay on the station platform. SALOON COW REFUSES WATER Fractures Man’s Skull When He Leads Her to Drink. A cow which was being led to the water, but which, being a saloon cow, could not be compelled to drink water, knocked James Kelly down Monday and fractured his skull. The anti-prohibition animal is the prop- erty of James Curren, a saloonkeeper, 6048 Maple avenue. Curren had in- structed Kelly to water the co Kelly is at the City Hospital. He is 58 years old and lives in the rear of the saloon yard. AUTO HITS BULL; WOMAN HURT lowa Sheriff’s Family Thrown Out When Animal Is Struck. WATERLOO, Io., Sept. 19.—An au- tomobile driven by Sheriff Shores, containing his family, while return- ing from Cedar Rapids late last night, collided with a bull near La- perte City. All the occupants except the Sheriff were thrown out and Mrs. Shores was badly hurt about the head and shoulders, » CHORUS GIRLS AND ACTORS STRANDED: ANGELS DISAGREE Members of “Show Girl” Company Rescue Clothing -From Constables. 3). LOSE «THEIR: JOBS Troupe Lays, Woes to Mana- ger Who Closed Show and Quit City. With the fall of the curtain Saturday right at the Imperial Theater, the ‘“‘hook,’’ in the form of 79 attachments m the hands of 20 constables, darted down upon the 33 members of the “Show Girl’ troupe, stripping them of their job, of their week's salaries, save $2.29 each, and, for a time, of even their slippers, stockings and tights. The scattered troupe, including 15 cho- rus girls, is stranded in St. Louis and penniless Monday, their pittances hav- ing been spent for Sunday’s lodging and food. Most of them owe hotel bills of $10 or $12. They would have been turned adrift without a penny, had not Mana- ger Kussell of the Imperial defied the constables, who wished to seize Satur- day night’s receipts. Russell divided the} money among the weeping actresses and the actors. During the last performance, Miss Hil- da Thomas, leading woman of the company, attempted to leave the theater for a cup of coffee. She was turned back by a constable, who told her that if she left the building she coyld not return. Eyes of Constables Bulge. A band of constables then camped at the box office, while others, invading the stage and dressing rooms, took pos- session of the scenery, the trunks of the performers and even their shoes and hats. The constables gathered in the wings and stared with bulging eyes at their first view at close range of a chorus in action. A notice was posted by Frank Phelps, manager of the company, stating that the “‘Show Girl’ would be discontinued after Saturday night’s performance. He alleged that financial disagreements had arisen between the ‘angels’’ of the troupe., Conrad Hecker of Kansas City and “Doc” Breed of Omaha. - Telegrams attached to the notice showed that ‘Phelps was notified last Tuesday by Breed that the show was to be abandoned. He kept the informa- tion to himself, the performers assert. Wednesday was pay day, and he bor- rowed $260 from Russell to pay the sataries. ' Wardrobes Are Rescued. After tearful remonstrances the chorus girls were able to rescue their ward- robes, for which they had paid, and left the theater: with their properties wrapped in‘newspapers. Their trunks were held by the bailiffs. Even the pri- vate trunks of the principals, Miss Thomas and her husband, “Lou” Hall, were seized, and were reclaimed only efter a stormy scene. The players declare ‘that the attach- ments were filed by Phelps himself, to anticipate any proceeding by the actors to obtain their salaries. At the Mary- land Hotel they found that he had paid his bill and gone. One of the principals told a. Post-Dis- patch reporter that the show was organ- ized a month ago in Chicago by Hecker, a young Kansas City theatrical man, and Breed, who is a United States meat inspector at Omaha. Hecker’s mother, it is said, finding that his contribution of $1800 had disappeared, not only re- fused to advance him more funds, but involved Breed in a lawsuit which tied up his money. DOG TRAINED 10 STEAL HENS SPRINGFIELD, O., Sept. 19.—The cap- ture and execution of a white and black bulldog, trained to invade hen- neties, kill Ahickens and then cagryv them to his master’s wagon, has put the police in possession of a claw to two men who have been ravaging the retato patches of this county for two weeks, while their dog lIcoked after the poultry end of the game. The dog was trapped by Dr. Snyder and several farmers. Ss. &. Republic Post-Dispatch Excess Republic .... Post-Dispatch Excess Sunday advertising Bulletin 181 September 18 Total Columns all Kinds Post-Dispatch 304 Globe-Democrat Over Globe-Democrat, 62; Over Republic, 179 . ” eo Total Columns Post-Dispatch . Globe-Democrat Over Globe-Democrat, 49; fant Ads ‘ 10 Over Republic, 74. years, the Globe-Democrat and Republic; thousand ‘circulation are lower ates newspaper in America; classes of undesirable matter. For 181 consecutive Sundays, or 25 weeks more than three full Sunday Post.Dispatch has led all of its competitors in volume of advertising. - Because Its circulation Is greater than the combined circulations of the its advertising rates per line per than those of any other metro- its advertising colifmns are clean and free from all objectionable medical, fake financia] and other = = —-— = Cnn nnn nce na a — - . - - First in Everything, ae " ) LEO GARDNER AND L. St ile | ciated Press. FATHER INDICTED WITHA POLICEMAN The Son Is Accused of Man- Slaughter in William’s Auto- mobile Tragedy. PERJURY IS CHARGED Suborning Witnesses and Swearing Falsely Alleged Against Other Two. Indictments have been drawn up by the grand pury, charging Leo Gardner with manslaughter: his father, B. Gardner, with subornation of pe-- jury; and Patrolman Jacob Reinwa}i of the Page Boulevard District witn perjury. This. action developed from the killing of Jesse Williams by young Gardner's automobile at 1 a. m. April i, near Fifteenth and Olive streets. The indictments will be returned into court during the day. After four months of denials, Leo Gardner has admitted that he was driv- ing the automobile which ran Will- jams down. Harry Gardner stated to reporters two weeks ago that he ex- pected his son to be indicted and hoped that he would be, so that the strain of the family’s secret khowledge con- cerning the tragedy would be ended. The elder. Gardrfer terminated the long- standing mystery after Benjamin Schaeffer, one of the joy-riders with Leo Gardner, returned from Chicago, was arrested and was compelled to testify before the grand jury. Policeman Also Charged. Harry Gardner complained that witnesses in the case tried to mulct him of payments for their silence and for expenses to leave the city, but denied that he had consented ‘to bribe them. It’ was partly through his own statement that an investiga- tion was begun which led to the charge of suborning” witnesses. ieing Gardner is charged with pur Sing the silence of witnesses and with aiding them to flee from the jurisdiction of the St. Louis au- thorities. Policeman Retnwala, who walks the beat im.the vicinity of the Gardner Harry jhome at 5000 Raymond avenue, is ac- cused of perjury, because he swore be- fore the grand jury that he saw Leo Gardner putting his machine in the ga- rage half an hour before the time of the accident. The Post-Dispatch Supplied Clews The Post-Dispatch supplid the clews which led to the identification of Leo Gardner’s automobile as the one which killed Williams. Its reporters discov- ered that the machine, one of the many red Dorris touring cars in the city, was out of its garage on the night of the eccident, and that its crank was dis- abled the next morning, as if from a collision. Leo's mother asserted in many inter- views that her son was in his bed at the hour of the tragedy. The following morning he left on a hunting trip and was gone several days. On his return, he corroborated his mother’s statement. But the police discovered several witnesses who swore to seeing Leo and a party of friends in the Amer- ican Hote] Rathskeller, which they left in an automobile 15 minutes be- fore the death of Williams. Piper Proved Alibi. With Gardner were Schaeffer, George Bohn and George Cornelius. Cornelius, like Schaeffer, left*st. Louis after the accident and was taken before the grand jury on his return. Bohn is under in- dictment for perjury in connection with the case, as is also Herbert Piper, Gardner's cousin, who was at first thought to have been a member of the party. He has proved an alibi, and the indictment against him will be nolle prosged. Gardner was anxious to have his son, who is 17 years old, testify be- fore the grand jury, but permission was refused by the Circuit Attor- ney’s office. TAFT GIVES JOB TO PROGRESSIVE Postmaster Appointed on Day President Announced He Would Be Impartial. SALINA, Kan., Sept. 19.—George M. Hull, a progressive Republican, today received a letter from the First Assist- ant Postmaster-General, notifying him of his appointment by President Taft to the position of postmaster here. The appointment was dated Sept. 15, the day a letter was issued from Bever- ly to the effect that the President in- tended to be impartial in his attitude towards progressives and regulars in the matter of patronage. The President had reappointed T. bp. Fitzpatrick, the presetn incumbent, as postmaster, but the Senate failed to confirm the appointment. Congressman W. A. Calderhead, who recommended Fitzgerald for the place, was defeated for re-nomination’ by a progressive at the RepuBiican primaries. This is the home of United States Sen- attor -Bristow, who recommended the appointment of Hull. The’ Post-Dispatch is the only evening newspaper in St. Louis that receives or |H AV LINS’ THEATER MANAGER WHO 1S ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT a WILL TAME GAREN. ROOSEVELT OFF IN POWER ‘BUAT Colonel Asks and Obtains President’s Consent to a Political Conference. Special to the Pest-Dispatch. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 19. —Presi- dent Taft and Col. ‘Theodore Roosevelt will hold an important’ conference here this afternoon, presumably on the New York political situation. The conference was arranged at the request of Col. Roosevelt. He arrived at the home of Mr. White at 2 o’clock having made a quick run by automobile over from Bridgeport, with Mr. and Mrs. Griscom. He stopped a moment to say to those gathered out- side the house that the Sound was too rough for the motor boat to have come directly to this city without a consid- erable loss of time. Lloyd C. Griscom, president of the New York County Republican Commit- tee, and Otto T. Bannard, the Repub- lican candidate for mayor of New York City last fall, also will take part in the conference. The meeting was arranged on Satur- dzy last; when Secretary Norton was visiting his family. Mr. Griscom and Mr. Bannard telephoned Secretary Norton and asked that an arrangement be made by which Col. Roosevelt might hald a conference with the President during his New Haven visit. This the President, it is said, was glad to do. He said that he expected to lunch as usual with President Ar- thur A. Hadley, after the Yale cor- poration meeting this morning. President Hadley was advised of this and acc@dingly invited the President, Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Griscom, Mr. Ban- nard and Secretary Norton to take luncheon together. President Hadley’s house having been dismantled during the summer holiday, the luncheon was arranged at the home of Henry C. White, a neighbor and friend of President Hadley. When askei this morning to state the subject of .the conference, Secretary Norton said he knew nothing about it, except that an arrangement had been made for the meeting in response to a request from Mr. Griscom. The latter presumably’ war atting as the repre- sentative of Col. Roosevelt. Just what development in the New York situation caused the request for a conference with the President at this time could only be conjectured here to- day. Since the Sherman episode President Taft has been disposed to keep entire- ly out of the New York situation. He had been reluctantly drawn into it in the first place, and after making his po- sition clear, during the entanglement which followed the turndown of Col. Roosevelt for temporary chairman of the State convention, he felt he could leave the handling of the State's affairs to the leaders in the State, including Col. Roosevel?. SHERMAN’S BROTHER CANDIDATE. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 128.—Word was received in local Democratic cir- cles today that Richard W. Sherman o£ Utica, brother of Vice-President Sher- man, will be a candidate for nomina- tion for state engineer and surveyor at TO MEET TAFT! ~ (DYING, TELEPHONES FRIENDS GOOD-BY FROM nls BEDSIDE William H. McLaran_ Has Howe: Line Extended in Order to Make Adieux. With hope for his recovery given up by physicians, William H. McLaran has had the telephone line in his mother’s home, 4335 Lindell boulevard, his bedside, that he might bid his friends a last good-by. During the last two days friends who have called up the McLaran home to inquire as to his condition have been connected with his bedside if he was awake and able to talk to them, and he has’ given a farewell message tv each. McLaran is the son of Mrs. Annie Mc- Laran and a brother of Robert L. and Charles J. McLaran and of the late Mrs. Joseph D. Lucas. The Lucas fortune was bequeathed by Mrs. Lucas to her own family, and her will has been up- held in spite of a bitter contest by the Lucas ‘heirs. Physicians ‘said Monday that Mc Laran, who suffers from kidney dis- ease, might not live: through the day. He is 39 years old ard is unmarried. He was formerly associated with his brothers in the insurance and surety ‘business. He has been heavily interest- ed in moving picture shuws. COOLER WEATHER COMING, TUESDAY WILL BE FAIR; SUNDAY MAXIMUM 87 THE a RE. Yesterday’s Temperatures. Maximum 87 at 4 p. m. Minimum 6 a. m. “Tt must have taken a lot of sand to do it,”” ob- served the Strap- hanger, pausirg in his perusal of the paper. “Yes, it showed a lot of grit,’ agreed the End Seat Hog. “] wouldn't have cared to under- take it.’’ “But i{t muat have been funny to see Bianke and Stuever work- ing like day la- borers at the In- dianapolis balloon ascension.” “T thought you wer talking about Capt. Larsen's trip through the rapids at Niagare.” “No, indeed. But what I am wonder- ing is’’-—- “What?” “What the next census would show} if the Million Club worked that way te get ‘more factories here.” Official forecast: Cloudy and cooler weather tonight; Tuesddy fair. Stage of the river: 5.5 feet; a fall of 5. POLICE DON’T SEEM TO CARAMEL FOR THE CANDY BURGLAR. / a ee Se lapenet—--Gensenily ‘fair tonight and Tuesa- ¥: cooler eae oats in east "and en por- publishes news gathered by the da a Ser the Democratic State convention this | 7 > . an ee sa Aticnanmee sdteinlle i ee ee ee tion: ] extended to] HAVLIN’S MANAGER HELD; 3 MEN TEL OF $27,840 THEFT Theater Employes Declare Tickets Were Resold, and ThatGaren . Had Record Falsified. $5000 ANNUAL DEFICIENCY FOR FIVE YEARS SUSPECTED Wife Defends Man Who Was Known as Spender, After His Arrest Through Marked Bill Trap—Suit Ties Up His $7500 Bank Deposits. While William Garen, manager of Havlin’s Theater, was & prisoner in Police Headquarters holdover Monday, pending formal application for an indictment charging him with embezzlement, money deposited in his name in five St. Louis banks was attached by the St. (Louis Theater Co. It is charged that there is a dis- crepancy of $27,840 in Garen’s accounts, The attachments followed the filing of a suit in the Circuit Court to recover the money. The petition was presented at 6:30 a. m., eight hours after Garen’s arrest by headquarters detectives. It is alleged in this petition that the embezzlements have been going on for ‘Ifive years, the specific allegation being that Garen received and converted to his own use $5000 in the season of 1906- 1906; $5000. in 1906-07; $6000 in 1907-08; $5000 in 1908-09; $5000 in 1909-10, and $2840 so far in the season of 1910. The suit was filed by Jeptha D. Howe, : Frank Tate is named as co-plaintiff. Garen was released at 2 p. m. on $5000 bond; signed by John P. Collins and Samuel Epstein. Manager Many Years. The theater properties of John H., Havlin of Cincinnati were incorporated as the St. Louis Theater Co. in 1900. Prior to that time Garen, who had been manager of the theater for many years, | made his reports direct to Haviin, who seldom visited St. Louis. At the Four Courts it was said that a specific charge to be “nade at @ spe- c'al session of the grand jury Monday . afternoon, will be that gallery tickets were resold and that false returns were made on the sales of parquet and. bal- cony tickets. Confessions of three employes of the theater have been obtained, .Wh their evidence will be used as basis for the prosecution of Garen, no one at the City Attorney's office will say. : The opening day’s performance of the prohibition play, “The Curse of Drink;” was being given when Garen was ar- rested in the lobby of the theater Sun- day night. Assistant Circuit: Attorney Tells | How Confession of Plot Was Nade Cleveland A. Newton, assistant to Cir- cult Attorney Jones, gave out this statement: “The case was presented to the Cir- cuit Attorney’s office by Frank R. Tate, secretary of the St. Louis Theater Co. For some time Tate had suspected that there was a plot to rob the Havlin’s Theater boxoffice. Six weeks ago he sent for William 8S. Hutchison, treas- urer of the theater. At first Hutchinson said that he knew nothing of the plot, but later he confessed that he and Garen were diverting to their own uses a portion of the receipts. “He agreed to continue to work in the plot with Garen, so that the company might obtain evidence. Since then both have been under surveillance, but this office was not called into the case until «a week ago. “Ags Hutchison explained the plot, he would make cut what is technically known as a “rough sheet’ after the close of ticket sales for each perform- ance. This sheet he wou'd lay on Garen’s desk. At the beginning of each Gay's business Hutchison would know the exact number of tickets in his racks. The number lefi in the racks after the performance commenced would show him how many he had sold. These were the figures which he put on the rough sheet. “According to Hutchison’s statement, which he will repeat before the grand jury, Garen would scribLie a number . on the back of the rough sheet. This number would indicate to Hutchison the extent to which he was to falsify the final report which went to the St. Louis Theater Co. " Reselling of ‘Tiekets Charged. “If, for instance, 1200 tickets had been sold and the rough sheet came back from Garen with the number 100 scrib- bied on it, Hutchison fn his final report would say that 1100 tickets had been sold. The cash value of 100 tickets would be abstracted from the day’s re- ceipts and shared by Hutchison and Garen. “Investigation by detectives and by this office showed that other em- ployes were in similar plots with Garen. The gallery ticket taker and a negro employe of the theater will also testify before tne grand jury. They have confessed that they aided in reselling gallery tickets in collu- ; sion with Garen. “After a hundred tickets had been | taken in by the ticket taker he would abstract them from the box and give s them to the negro employe who would take them to Garen in his office on the ground floor. them back to the gallery ticket sell- er, who would sell them a second time. The money thus realized would be divided between Garen and ticket seller and ticket taker. received a small tip for his services, Charge Is Made That Garen Lived — Far Beyond Salary of $40 Weekly — “The close surveillance under which Garen has been kept for several weexs led to the discovery ‘that he lived far beyond the means of a $40-a-week man. He bet on horse races and in other ways spent money lavishly. A defenve that the marked bills found in Garen’s pocket were paid to him as salary wiil not stand, as there is no record to show that it was paid to him as sal- ary, and there is evidence to show that in addition to his #0 a week, Garen has received $2840 of the theater funds since the opening of the present ses- son in August.” Detectives Have Marked Money. Sunday night a squad of plain-clothes men. consisting of Defectives Peter Wells, Ca@mpbell, Grady, nion, Mur- phy and Doyle, went to the theater. Each detective purchased a parquet ticket and paid for it with a $1@ biil. The five bills were marked so that they could be identified by the — and the Circuit Attorney. After they had purchased the tickets they saw Garen enter the box office. When he came out they arrested him and took him to Police Héadquarters, where three of the marked hills were found in his pocket. He protested his innocence, but would make no further statement at the time. | hurried to headquarters and instructed the police, that if Garen sheuld attempt to obtain bond they should tefl the — Judge that the charge invaives at Teast. $12,006. ‘ The case against Garen was workel up by Desmond's National Secret Sers- ice and Information Agency, of whic. former Chief of Detectives DesmonJ is the head. It was Desmond who a-- The negro ' Garen would slip ~