Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-04-11
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Bass T,reePs Troubles Cremation the
P5lice-D Detectives and acldt they do
IhFatioa- 7emperdnc6-ti Germans

IhFdtlOR- Temp mperGnce-the Germans.
BOSS TWEED
Dosen't like his quarters at Blackwell's
Island It was expected by the burly
Buss, and his friends, that the officials
on the Island would not dare to treat the
great swindler as other criminals were
treated, but they were grievously mis- ia =
KIN. Boss was shaved and cropped, and
arrayrd like Joseph in a coat of many
colo-S, with pants to match, and he was
put 10 just suca service AS he was fit to
do. Consequently he has tir d OF it, and
invokes the law to get him out. He
wants 10 20 TO Ludlow ST. Jail, where he
nay have as many rooms and just such
living as he chooses to pay for. Judge
Davis sentenced Tweed TO Imprisonment
in he county jaip' which lie corrected
t, ''pcmtenliary" The Boss's counsel
insist that he had no right to make the
correction, and that Ludlow-st. Jail is
tne place where he must be confined
They want the Boss in quarters where he
can reOrganize his court where wine and
wassail will be as of yore, where he can
bring together the scattered hosts of Tam
many, and be once more The dictator of
New York DeEocracY For after all
they miss the great organizing ability
hr undoubtedly possesses The Boss will
get out before long, entirely. Then look
out for ring that will bs- a ring.
CREMATION.
There has been a society organized here
for The purpose of doing away with bu-
rying The dead burning ihe bodies in
stead. The members pledge themselves
To he burned as soon as they die, and. as
If to show the world the value of the idea,
one member died last Friday and was
burned. The coffin, we are told, WAS
placed in an upright position inside u
firr-proof receptacle, through which arii-
'ieiaf4y h aIed air was forced in current.
carrying ali The noxious gases up CHM
ney, and leaving after the process small
residue ofsnow white ashes only. The
process was complrted in twenty min
utes, at cost for fuel of $2.25. The
ashes were gathered and placed in an
urn in the parlor of the father of the de-
ceased. Those who are urging II say
that the cost of disposing of remains is
brought to a very small point that the
idea of consuming a body by fire Is not
so repugnant as to put them into the
ground to decay and that as cemeteries
are certain to be crowded, cremation is
better on sanitary grounds. The papers
are all discussing it. 1t will doubtless
come into general psp.
THE POLICE.
To keep such order as is kept in New
York requires an army Of policemen, to
the number of $500, which costs the city
about S3.5OO,000 per annum. This in
cludes only the regular policeman. The
DETECTIVES
are body by themselves, who while they
are regularly appointed, get no pay from
the city, but from those for Whom they
work. Thesr men seem to he necessity
but it is questionable whether they do not
make more crime than they suppress or
prevent. The first requisite is to know,
personally, every thief in the country,
their peculiarities and manner of work.
We will suppose bank has been rob bed
and detective sent for He Looks al
The work. notes how the hiet or thieves
got into the bull lding, and how the safe
was operated on, and determines in his
mind exactly who did it, He recognizes
his work as accurately as a shoemaker
would-a shoe he had made. Suppose
bonds to the amount of $50, 900 have been
taken. The bank off rs $4,000 for the
r. covery. The aslu e gentleman knows
that Jenny Dawson" Cracked the
crib" and he knows also that the find
ing of Jenny would be an impossibillty.
But he knows Jemmy's woman or one
of Jrmmy's friends, and so in his good
time he informs Jemmy's woman th;tt
the recovery of the bonds stolen from
tie Bank, of so-and-so IS in his hands,
and waits Presently Jemmy's woman
enters into negotiation with him, the
bonds are returned, the Bank pays the
$4,000 which the thief and detective di
vide, and it is all over There are very
lew arrests, and convictions of big thieves,
for the reason that the thief is necessary
to lhe detective, and the detective TO the
thief They have common interest-in
fact they work together. To arrest skill
ful. daring and industrious burglar would
be to destroy his business. Another use
these men are put to is
sHADOwING
suspected people, For instance, if bank
officer or merchant suspects an employee
oil approprialing money. detective is put
upon his track Wherever he goes, there
will be behind him Il genllemanly man,
who never loses sight of him. The num-
Der OF times he goes into drinking places
the very liquor he drinks. the kind of
money he pays for it, the gambling places
he goes into, and the houses of ill-lame
he visils-all these are recorded, and so
recorded that it can all be brought home to
him. They meyer know tnst they are be-
ing followed, for The detective is too adroil
Tor that. The result OF his observations
are given every morning to his employ
ers, who have no difficulty in coming 10
very accurate conclusions. If the sus-
pected man has salary of, $4,000 per
annum, and no other resources, and if he
is living at the rate OF $4,000. they have
no difficulty in coming TO the conclusion
that lie is stealing from them $4,000
per year. And then just when he fancies,
he is all secure, he is taken to task H.
Of course denies the charges, but the de-
tectiye, with his latal book, catches him,
and he confrsses his sins. But these are
not the only use they are put to. If
woman suspects her husband of unfaith-
fulness she resolves her doubts by the aid
of these convenient persons, and 0ice 0eTsa.
They repaid high salaries, and may b..
Of some use 10 the community, but doubt
it. They make thieving safe business,
at all events.