The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-22

walked away, leaving the dishonest one standing
Of tnese men Knew that their conversation vas
overheard. else It could not have been repeated
bogus securities were maos An excuse Tor "rgan-
icing wall street branch, and the detective VINO
Der Of me squad. The ' reader can draw MIS- own
inference, for 1t tells it, own moral. This man Is
sved BY those VINO Know his ana Mnen
reporters hear MIN say that there Is nothing gong
up ss Be-
missed.
EARNING AN EASY LIVING.
In o former article allusion was made to black
mail, and the method OF bleeding thieves was de-
scri0ed. As In the past 80 It IL to-day. Que de-
spicuous Tor the lack Of original business. he
scarcely ever appears on the record as arresttng
poor wretch. wnom ne or the victim~usuaIy the
iatter-has caught IN the act OF picking q pocket;
out a piece OF work, this man Is content with
standing in 'front.' OF some Broadway hotel ana
fellow ana who has time TO spare to watch viii
soon notice that ne suddenly becomes alert, then
MS post o. ana sa nuns
IN the photograph albums at the Central once.
the watcher Will soon detect the quarry, for there
IL q look OF terror In his face, and he attempts to
escape as hare tries to avoid the hounds. 1t is
useless, however and tribute is paid before the
State Prison for theft. Tho ex-convict recognized
chow long have you been out,'' was the quos.
ton asked by the reporter.
'Just six weeks" was the reply
Gong on the square PIT e., be honest-was
"I'M trying TO-" said the convict. with weary
mounds alter me-"
"W nat do you mean p,
"Why, I've just met one OF the squad giving
tns nsme ana .D he MADE me give him the last SO
That man aiterward committed larceny and
the reporter told what ne mad heard to one Of
the Police commissioners ana was laughed at Tor
"Shy,'' said the o,a,ncial 81 wouldns believe
'Perhaps not" was tho reJoinder. "But arc
you going TO allow one Of your ge!ectives to lie
dismiss every detective who stanas accused Of
such things we would have TO dismiss them am
The Commissioner was pretty near the truth.
'eThere is lottery concern In this city that has
paid money to detectives Tor no service w6aIever,
ofcers make for the So, 500 thus receved.S '''0
This statement was recently made IN the open
his tone, either. VINO the detectives were is of
not to tine but the stem
even an air OF plausibillty needs revision. II.
4 SOURCE OF DANGER.
The general reader. no doubt remembers that
the land that Spence Petts, the celebrated 1Orger
had been refused pardon. Few knew why the
There are men IN the police force not far from
Mulberry street. who do know. and there are
tec,1ves-who trembled in their shoes and Drew .
long breath OF relief on reading the news that
dpned criminal When he does leave prison his
evidence cannot be received. AS Dardoned man
IT might have some weigne and pettis knowsa
those most concerned. This 10 not the only In
stance Of the KIND.
ARBITRARY ARRESTS.
detectives-good and pad-that Is . shameful
abuse OF power. We allude to the arbitrary and
secret arrests sometimes made to secure infor-
nation or clews. In the latter case 1t Is Dad
Of exped:ency. but there is good reason for be-
lievng that SUCH arrests are frequently made not
Of te capors Men suspected Of crime been
confined in police cells for weeks and months
without trial or examination, denied the rights OF
tremity they have surrendered their plunder or
betrayed confederate to secure the favor and
done in the past and is done in the present.
case occurrel few years ago where man was
the downtown station houses or two monthS He
WAS we'll leo, and slept on blankets which covered
been detected In one ernie was at length forced
TO act as stool pigeon to catch another offender,
wao "as poilcs captain apt and
Jour ofncers; yet Il was not dlyulged BY any Of
the Newspapers rang With praises OF the oficers
VINO had ostensibly ferreted ont most my sterlous
imprisoned for his crime but the lesser criminal
was released, unknown to the Judge ana the Dis
s % ike s es
crime, aud 1t must lower the standard OF our
police honor. AproissMonal criminal thus used
and grows holder, because he thinks the secret
gives him power. Thus the morale OF our detec.
tive system Is broken and destroyed.
To show now terribly detectives sometimes use
the machinery OF justice against criminals whose
dangerous to the SAFETY Of the officer, single case
need ony be narrated. A picKpocket was once
for trial The asS ssni
though the Jury rendered verdict against the
n sd the se %as to
sdmOnition. In less than an hour ne was again
arrested in q Broadway omnibus by the same ofn:
not quite sure that an attempt had been
cr Ms s e 81 sas
Of . magistrate run into the Court be bad only
PRISON on the old charge and CONVICTION. Tho
case made some st!r at the time among those IA
n:ce 81 IN 5
detective, who iaiied 10 deny It. Thus bIacAmail-
ere can carry On their oPeratons With ,mpun.y
OF the kind for the benefit ana disgrace
OF hated rival. There are cases OF this Kind on
rSppei and trapped are sill living Ai Men nav.
before now been placed in the peril OF their lives
men now living carry MARKS Of wounds received
a. the insugation OF these men. THIS Is no idle
statements, and scores Of cstxens bensve such
WHAT A DETECTIVE SHOULD. BIZ.
The readers OF Dickens and Wilkie Collins Der.
haps imagine that the detectives portrayed By
these authors do not exist in everyday life. The
character In fiction is, OF course, overdrawn, bus
there question that the ideal detective as no
STANDS In "Bieak house" or "rhe M0onst0nen IL
found ~ real life The records OF Scotland Yard
were drawn upon BY these nOvelists .or their
characters, and nero In New YORK such men do
exist. Some are In the headquarters squad, and 1t
pieces through very rottenness. We could men.
ton i've or SIX names winch are now and have
ever been above reproxcn. and IL Ii the remark.
able tact that all OF the dark and guilty stOree
that gain currency are invariably levelled against
those lew who are styled ring detectives which
renders the subject the more startling. When
Supern tendent J0urdan sent for well known
ward detective, who had for years kept his pre-
cinct free from the cepredati0ns OF professional
thieves. and informed him that ne was to 20 on
the headquarters squad the detective remon-
ma mol ha M d0 han