The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-29
TEse Detective in she Grand jury
ttrCns.

The detective officer shines brilliant II
before the Grand jury. There was now
and then a man Of this profession who was
quiet and unPretending, but he formed an
exception to the rule. The detective had
generally done wonderful things in the dis
covery Of crimes already committed, or in
the prevention Of crimes contemplated or
progressing. Some detectives told their
story with admirable directness, while
others were evidently desirious Of giving
condensed histories Of their professional
careers Odd you arrest john Jones ? "
asks lie foreman when detective IS called
in " Yes, sir" is the reply. .'Why did
you arrest him 20 Because heard he
had robbed Browns store Did YOU
find anything in his possession ?" Yes,
sir "What lid YOU find p" ~ The ar
tic'es named i'll the complaint" .'That
will do, officer; you can go; E" and tie Off
Ger bows and departs.
This is all that the jury wants to know
from the officer in regard to the perform
ance of John Jones, who is charged, on
complaint of Brown, with burglary in the
first degree. But the probabilities are two
to one that when the foreman asks = Did
YOU arrest John Jones 7? the officer will
say: q was walking along Broadway AMI
saw Brown, who looked as if he hal been
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mark of chisel near the lock, AMI aske I
him if he had lost anything; Brown told
me he hal, bat did not know who had
robbed him; looked at the chisel mark.
and thought 1t was Jones work, then |
went down Canal street, and saw Jones
standing talking with two men, one of
whom | remembered seeing seven wears
ago a the California State Prison, when
took the great stage-robber Smith up there
for robbing the Petaluma mail, AMI fright
enIng lady passenger so that she died
next week, and left two girls, three bows
and one husband. Jones looked 20 'ouo-
cent that 1 knew he was guilty, and so l
followed him all the afternoon. and arrest
ed him when | saw him 20 into a house on
the Bowery: | searched the house and
found Browns goods concealed where it
was not likely anybody could find them;
and there was lot Of other goods that
recognized as coming from store on
Broadway that was robbed six weeks be-
fore" And so he goes on in a wav caIcu-
lated to impress his hearers with the belief
that he is man of genius and perfectly at
home among thieves. He knows all the
movements Of th- gentry that one does not
ike to be intimate with. and when he
finishes his narrative, you contemplate him
Ito use the language of a certain celebrated
orator about another) as the East Indian
contemplates his favorite idol; you know
that he is ugly, but you feel tina. be is
great. The story Of detective will fire.
quently convey the idea that the move
ments and actions Of professional thieves
can be studied, ike those of the robin or
beaver and have sometimes thought that
the burglar and pickpocket should occupy
places IN natural history along with the
birds, beasts, and reptiles that inhabit the
earth and make things lively.
One officer, who was witness in ..va-sI
cases. was favorite with the jury, for the
reason that he always gave his testimony
IN the clearest and most direct manner. i
doubt If he used any superfuous words in
any instance, and could almost say that he