Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-03-23
A Scene in the Detective Pole. Office,

expert at his business, feels il % be his du-
" not only TO berome perfectly familiar with
The cuuntenance of all detected offend r,
i against the majesty OF the law. but also to
familiaIize himself with Il various modes
in which II ieveS perform their work. Al
though the old saying of ''Stt thief to
catch thief" is utterly repudiatcd by the
/ Police Department, still theee are many o.
the detectives who know how 10 lnnllc
every tool used 10y burglars or thieves, Who
can show you "where tie little Joker is"
who can work the patent safe or pocket
book dropping game, or pick a pocket. as
/ dextcrou>ly as the most expert operator in
either lire OF business. If you have been
robbed in any manner. tell ore of them the
circumstances attending the case, and he
will tell you where, when and how the theft
was p' 'rpetrttrd, and not unfrequcnly
shrewdly guess the name of the offender.
Being in the Detective Office few DAYS
since. We Observed curious scene, which
we will describe.
| The captain, sergeanis and laifa-dozrn
detectives were sitting about the fire, bnsily
engaged in coloring their respective meer-
schaums, and canrassing the prospects of
this or that ticf, or relating how "Corkie
.Iake" "did" this countryman, or how Cock
ney BilP' got five years for appropriating
gentleman's watch, when heavy-whisker-
ed, broad-shouldered, rough-look ing person
age enters. A single glance satisfied all
hands that he is conntryman, and has
! been robbed of a pocket-book containing
$500 in gold. lie is asked to relate how
] ! and ial hu ti,u i,s,
/ left the Astor House in the morning for
Jersey City; went down TO the ferry boat,
where he bought ticket for Philadelphia.
paying for it from roll of bills which lie
afterwards put back in his pocket and when
he landed in Jeysey city the money was
gone. Having given this simple statement,
one Of the detectives questions him closely.
and elcts the further facts that he stopred
at tile railroad ticket-office, in the ferry
house, and bought ticket Tor Philadelphia,
that in paying for the same he exhibited
| roll of bank bills, which he again put in his
/ pocket; that the boat was crowded that
in his hurry to be first on the shore he had
forced his way to the boat that he had
bundle in his hand which he clasped tight
! ly across his breast with his left hand and
I
a light moustache, addressed several remarks
TO him, and stood by him in the crowd;
that when the boat struck the bridge, he
stepped over the chain, left foot first, and
went ashore, and when he got into the de-
pot he missed his money.
| The detective having got all the infor-
nation he desired, then said TO the stranger.
Fancy Charley has got your money, and
I'll tell you how he did it. When you
bought your ticket, Charley saw how much
money you put in your pocket he stuck
close to you while crossing The river, and
he was the well-dressed man who spoke TO
you. The bundle you held so tightly KEEP,
your left arm occupied, just as lie would
have fixed it If he had the placing Of it.
! He kept jostling against you, 50 that you
would not notice him when he took the
money. When you lifted your left leg TO
get over the chain, his right-hand went into
your lcft-hand pocket, and the money waS
his. The act of stepping over the chan
eased your pantaloons, SO that you could
not feel his touch"
] The detective then points TO a crack in
/ the floor, places the mans arm across bis
breast, and tells him TO imagine the ctack
10 be the boats chain, and requests him to
step over il. The coun.ryman walks II few
/ steps forward, lifts his leg 10 step over the
/ imaginary chain, when in twinkling the
detectives hand slides unperceived into lii
pocket, and draws forth jack-kni!e with
out exciting tlie slightest suspico on on the
part of the stranger. When shown the
trick. the couniryman "allows its pretty
cute" and is satisfied where his money has
grne He was then shown picture cf
4 Charley, which graces the Rocurs' Gal
/ lery, and in il recognized the man who had
addressed him on the boa. But how TO
get his money hack, i'that's the question"
Fancy Charley is too smart 10 show him
self in New York for some time. but is rus
ica,ing in the interior of New Jersey. and
the codntryirian eannot rcn'ain fili fcqui-
silion is procured and Charley arrested.
consequently he departs for home minus
his $500. In few days "Fancy Charley
reitirns 10 the city. wicrt he lives a ftsi
! life ill his money is gone, and then wa'ch-
IS for a chance TO prey upon some one else.
In the same way the officer vi explain
how burglary WAS committed. how some
female customer stole piece OF six from
y0ur store, or what became of the family
silver. 1t is absolutely necessary that they
should be able 10 see at a glance low d
Thing was doae. before they are a'nle to tell
" no did it, and 10 acduire this knowle,lgr
they necessarily brcomc experts in the va
rous tricks ol the trade. - Tribune.