It was therefore thought wise to make use of other means, and
I procured the assistance of a young German-American of my
acquaintance, who, in the guise of a vaudeville artist seeking
a job, went to the blackmailer's boarding-house and pretended
to be looking for an actor friend with a name not unlike that
of the criminal.
After two or three visits he managed to scrape an acquaintance
with the blackmailer and thereafter spent much time with him.
Both were out of work, both were German, and both liked beer.
My friend had just enough money to satisfy this latter
craving. In a month or so they were intimate friends and used
to go fishing together down the bay. At last, after many
months, the criminal disclosed to the detective his plan of
blackmailing my client, and suggested that as two heads were
better than one they had better make it a joint venture. The
detective pretended to balk at the idea at first, but was
finally persuaded, and at the other's request undertook the
delivery of the blackmailing letters to my client! Inside of
three weeks he had in his possession enough evidence in the
criminal's own handwriting to send him to a prison for the
rest of his life.
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