The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-27
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s,c.ec,fves az They Are'
e.hers,s Journal.

x,-o,r ChSmbcrs's soai"
10 have read the highay-splcea Nv Nv
SOME s,,rnnrtir,g to he "reminiscences VI hain
t t,cS may take it for granteea Si nrofes
If romance o'erhangs .ns n ,ns But
siona. aa eynerience it Is not so. coptlMs
In ACHE the life Of such a man Is rather pro- s
Mise ,han otherwise; nor, in nature, uS s,S
say Sotact;ye 90 about In these wonaeii ~
t ,sn,;ses tbe Books we have referred 10 ~
enlarge upon-disguises only 70 oe , l.eS !" a
IN the stage and in novels. ne - - -" ~ nv
nlain-clothes man." and IS SO spo as ra;lroad
Tho members of the iorse, scbes and not
eop "a the outer world does; ;,ot h he
..ata.am STRAIGHTFORWARD assures me .n"s ~
SeM s,,au.r ,dented what could be legltin;a.n-
niS lila "a disguise" on any occisio on
y S INV = sa;d he. az should not nave e, 81
halfway down The street, or pas s,,id have
Enew. before one Of the coTes Wild have
twigged me" "Hoi no !serrcart got them
thousm'', ~ And then it cwouits n. ,ho
toys on 'U VI, with my little game, ioI .ne
Deen al, upnuId Mt once have been gwen,
"oiaee bird flown Not /; l never used
anu anu disguise dis went out lust az Mas -
nIain clothes, of course. NJ, u'IS . u,o e
; All w. ,,bere TO put my hand on him. In
kneT had only to 90 to his house or call at
isea .. n time. beckon him out, and he
so WI come with me rs quiet as lamb.
Ma NJ" ever have any cases of resistance or
sp,Sa,,,ts Not many. If they were saucy l
,,ssa IN nut the handboltS on them; and if
7 thought they intended q blow, gave
them one for themselves first. i can give
YOU an instance how | used to manage my
- obstropolous gents.
took one, not more than fifty miles from
hrS 1tyrSn h1Yt n t
for the thief he was. Iordered him to carry
his box before me to the station. He re-
fused till I told him if he did not, do as /
told him would hire cab, chain him be-
hind, hand-bolted, put the box inside, and
walk leisurely on the pavement behind
him. giving all his townspeople who asked
questions their full Of answers. He knew
] would keep my word, and he trotted be-
fore me to the terminus with his box on
his head as quiet as-well, as a lamb.
stI interrogate the Sergeant upon the
preventative case. a message arrives at
The police Office from Mr.. Greene Jones
saving his premises have. been broken into
and certain moneys or properties stolen.
The chief sends myself and another detec-
tive to the place. After few moments
survey we glance at each other i'll 3 pecu-
liar way, whereupon the proprietor OF the
stolen property looks uneasy and pertur6ed:
well, officers, what do you make oil II !!
The marks are plain enough, are they notH
My mate--you know Driver, slrE-Whsties
and swings from one hand to the other the
polished holly-stick he always carries with
him. kneel down, Driver having made
his inspection first, and examine some
marks on the window.sill. That says
Mr. Jones, 'was evidently done with the
seisel found in the garden
ct thought it was rather too strong that
he should talk to us who knew what was
what like that, but determined to be
even with bin by-and-bye. So went on
asking a lot of tom-fool questions. After a
bit he said We'll, What'u you take to
drinkY'. NV mate said that he thought Il
toothfnl of rum-Driyer is partial to rum
wouldn't poison him. while / gave name
to brandy hot. ] remember it quite well.
He asked US into little room behind the
shop. His wife was there, nursing a
Young child-an infant, in fact-and she
looked, Door thing, awful down in the
mouth. The husband hadn't been long
in business, and we knew that business
had been queer with him for some time.
He had to send out for the stuff, which he
did by little slatternly servant girl.
While he was away talking to the girl
NV mate was led to pump the missis /; but
stopped him, for saw how the land lay
as clear as mud. She began, however
uneasily, I could see-to talk Of it her
self, saying it was strange they had heard
no noise, that the servant hes always slept
ut her mothers, and so on. When her bus
band returned, followed soon after by the
girl, he had in hot water, and mixed the
.grogsz-stiff ones they were, too, though it
was only about noon. By the time we had
ali three finished our second tumblers our
man cot maudlin, first snivelled over his
losses. and then talked big all i'll breath,
nc the saving is. This was more than l
could stomach, though ] had had his grog ;
no when my mate and | went out, Driver
being in 'front.' / suppose said he, you
have an idea who did this"
nI can give a shrewdish guess" said /.
Ayi 1 have heard you detectives are
clever chaps and know 4 mans work, as
YOU call it, by the way he goes about the
lob. Now, who do you suppose did this 7"
"You," said l., looking him full in the
You should have seen his countenance
change, sir; first as white rs that pipe,
then as red as that bar curtain, and all OF a
minute. never saw such thing. Had l
wanted proof Of the truth of what | had
said, twas written there in red and white.
"Whatl" he blurted out, trying to gulp
down q something that seemed to stick in
his throat. "Me? How dare you say such
thing?" -.%
at dare say anything that know is true.
You asked me plain question and I gave
you a plain answer"
Calming down abt when he saw was
not cowed or taken aback at all, he says +:
"Do you think should be such born fool
as to rob myself"
'"That's another plain question SO if you
want another plain answer, here it is: Not
yourself exactly, but your creditors. That {
about the breadth of it."
Then he began to buster again. In the
midst of which left him and walked aitel
Driver, who said: "What were a!JawlnG
with the cove about? TWAS his OWL
crack"
"Rght you are" said /; "and what
more, told him So" ~.
PLANTATION. the marks on the window-sil
we're ali made from the inside" ...
It will astonish the unsophisticated reader
to learn that the proceeds of a robbery are
often not recovered because it would moi
nav to recover them. A detective is SEM
for the day following burglary. He re
ceives description Of the spoil, He know!
by what channels we shall presently
show-intelligence may be conveyed to the
present holder of the booty that the person
robbed will give SO much for the restoration
. Of mis- yaluables. But where nothing is of
fered the plate goes to the limbo of the melt.
With watches, the rogues melt the cases
and having erased name and number on tht
works. put them into fresh cases. Rings Of
bracelets they denude of stones, which the,
dispose of on the continent, or even al
home, except in some cases, when the.