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Heideman swore undying friendship. To prove it, he admitted he wa^ a murderer, too. Yes, it was he who had done in little Marie Smith. Later, he repeated his confession while the district attorney, Schindler and other witnesses eavesdropped in an adjoining room. Eventually, Heideman went to the electric chair for his crime.
A MAN of the world, bon vivant, gourmet, and fancy dresser, Raymond Schindler is a colorful character who has friends in every strata of society. That is a must for any successful private eye; and Schindler frequently has used them in handling some 10,000 cases.
His career, however, started as far from sleuthing as possible. His father, a Unitarian minister in Mexico, N. Y., at the time of Ray's birth in 1882, later moved to Milwaukee, v;here he entered the insurance business. After graduating from high school, Ray went to work for his father, selling insurance in Alliance, O. He was 18-years-old, with a talent for making friends and observing the most minute details; but at the end of the year he had earned almost nothing in commissions.
Despairingly, his father packed him off to Pittsburgh, where Ray surprisingly took a new lease on life. Selling typewriters, he did so well that by the end of the year he had saved almost $2,500. Promptly, he invested the money in a California gold field. He soon went out west to work his property.
Hard luck dogged his steps, and four years later he journeyed to San Francisco with very little gold in his
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pocket. Arriving the day after tb big earthquake and fire of 1906, hi picked up a newspaper and spied ; help-wanted ad for "historical re searchers." Raymond got the job— and discovered it actually was for ; detective.
Within three months he was direct j ing a crew of 42 men, and his excep j tional ability attracted the attentioi of Hiram Johnson, then a leadinj lawyer and later U. S. Senator. John son hired Schindler to obtain evideno in a blackmail case, and was so pleasec i with the results that he recommendec j Schindler to William J. Burns, thtj famous Secret Service man, thei | cracking a San Francisco graft nn\] under orders of President Theodon' Roosevelt. Ray helped unmask thcj criminals, and two years later, wherj Burns opened his famed nationa; agency, he put young Schindler ir; charge of the New York office.
SINCE 1912 Raymond Schindle: has headed his own agency, anc now employs a large staff of operai tives all over the country. Havinj dealt with everything from political corruption to capital crimes, he goe« to almost fantastic extremes to trairi his men for their jobs. Once, for in stance, in order to prepare a ropei used to break up a murderous Blad Hand gang, Schindler first sent hi man to Italy to acquire a face scar When the operative returned tc America, he wormed his way into thf gang. Eventually, Schindler and hii men helped send seven murderers t(i the chair. ^ Like any private eye, most o;| Schindler's cases, however, are of «; non-criminal or quasi-criminal naturii