Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-22
The Detective En the Grand Jury
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The detective officer shines brilliantly eefoEs the Grand Jury. There was now zz1 then a man of this profession who was qRiet and unpretending. but he form cd an exception t0 the rule The detect Eve had Ee1er2lly done wonderful things "a the discovery of crimes already com Eitted, CT in the prevention of crimes SU@keZPIate1 or progressing. Some de- tsctSvSr told their story with admirable 1Errc<nssS, vhile others were evidently 4eSzroas Of gIyiEg condensed histories of t@eGr pFU3css01Al careers. Did you ar- rSS& John Joaess" askes the foreman x&ez detective Is called Tn. sFYes sir" ss the reply. Why did you arrest him ?'' --kec@zze Iheard he had robbed Browns ssaze- --sSDd you find any thing in his pszsezzsoag--aTessi sir" What did you S@3g-S~The articles named in the com P2xzl6 That wll do. officer; you can ssS~ and the osscer bows and departs.
 TAss IS all thzs the jury want to know tEs2 tAe o&osx in regard to the perform s@cs oG JoAn Jones. who is charged on cSZra&zz4 of Brown. with burglary h the Er<& degree But Responsibilities are two ss c@e thz4 when the foreman asks ssDid yN1 arrest John Jones s- the officer will sE> 1 w@s waking along Broadway and saw ksowz. who looked as if he had been raaAcas went t0 his store. and saw the aEzxk 0f . eAlSl near the lock. and asked ESvw1 If be had lost anything: Brown to&4 me he had. but did not know who AA1 rnhhS3 him: looked at the chisel- zSkKk- and thought it was Jones's work :: then wezk down Canal street. and saw @enes ssan4iIRg talking with two men, one st wAo1 remember seeing seven years zSo az the California State Prison. when ! ssok the great stage-robber Smith up there fOH robhing the Petaluma mail, and slxA1enzng laiy passenger so that she aaae1 1exx week. and left two girls, three @oyS and one husband Jones looked so lz11Sself that knew he was guilty. and ~o followed him all the afternoon. and arrested hHm when saw him go into a HaS1zs ca the Boxery; searched the Ac1se. and found BrOwn's goods conceal s1 wAsre II was not likely anohody could GzaA them and thcre was lot of other E~oS4S that recognsscd as coming from a sS0ES oa Broadway that was robbed six Seeks bexcre And so he goes on. in a say caIc1lated tO impress his hearers with the belief that he IS man of genius and ps<zecSly st home among theives. He Az0wS 2M the movements of the gentry tk=t one does not like to be intimate with
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 O1s o&cer. who was a witness in sever a eAs@A. w2s faTozite with the jury, for cSe r@@ssA that he always gave his testi- Ezy "a tAe dearest and most direct man EaE I ao1bt If he used a dozen super 92szs voxsfs h any instance, and I could s1za1SG saT that he did not use dozen of s&e2 a1A1gekneE. His statements were @-aaxxs zAAzR aad decisive. and it is my -9 .srsaaanm that he is far more efficient in S@xw4N@ AAaAm nonne of his .,ynfazo;n,,ol
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