The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-06
MORE DETECTIVES WORK.
sHiLL THE CRY HIVE A FORCE OF
SECRET DETECTIYESY
John MorrisseY's Two Coats in Airlca-Ths
Ease Of the Old Miscr-A Brave Dctec-
1.-Two SOmeIhing that VI I'm mny Think OF.


tive Something that VI en- may Think of.
Now, them" said the ex-oficcr OF po-
lice, whose criticism on the detective system
WIS printed in THE Sun two weeks ago, II
have read your stories about the clever work
done by certain members Of the force, and am
only strengthened In my position that we need
secret service division. The csses you
lcctcd to show that the detectives had done
good work were by no means the best that
might have been cited; but was there a single
one whose successful wind-up could be credited
absolutely and entirely to the detective In
every case had not bungling thief, or a treach-
erous burglar, or a malicious and spteful pal. or
an accidental witness given tho information
which led TO the capture Of the malefactor2
When Tom Acton, thu best Police Commissioner
that ever served. was President OF the Board he
employed few men to do the detectives real
duty. that IL, 10 detect. Not only detect crimes
that had been committed, but to detect the
crimln Il IN the act OF preparing &c commit the
crimes. They also had the working detectives
under surveillance, and kept an eye, too on the
police captains and sergeants. They were
known only to tho superintendent Of Police and
to the Commissioners; but, for various reasons,
they were not so useful as they might have been
Nv the way, did YOU obtain any facts in regard
to the detective work In the Burdell case p"
81 did not nor could I nrd out what had
~.
Bent ,min Nlthan-"
For heavens sake. don't mention that case
II YOU wish to know what detectives have done
toward discovering VINO murdered poor Mr..
Nath N. you must 90 to then-and come back
"A well supplied with facts "a YOU are now. DO
YOU remember tho Coroner's inqucst2 Yes
Well eau YOU give any reason why thnt bloody
shirt WAS not shown to the jury2 Was your
mind ever puzzled In its attempts to reconcile
the existence. one and the same Il me- I'm the de-
te tive force, Of 80 much shrewduess and 30
much childnke simplicity and innocent croduli-
70 NfI1I o. a "A
suspicion that Mr.. Nathan's murderer may he
well known to certain members OF the old force
does IL strike Won that necessarily the sober cit-
zen u a unItcf'
Was ANYTHING done in tho Durdell case to in
dictate that the detectives were cficientl"
THE stcRrT SERVICE AGAIN.
Yes and NJ. They worked upon tho clues
that had cen furnished. ard they worlSe well
M to certain point' nd then stoned. nut.
~ every intelligent man whp has .tuded the
subicc'. that Thorough detective work cannot
vantage OF the officer 81 the law. Every dctec-
| tive IL known to every thief ana bursl r ~ tie
| city; and WHOM a skilled c~1cksran comes here
| from ahroad his first care Is to photograph upon
! lis memory the Taco 81 every member 80 tho
/ force. All he has to do TO hang around Police
lie ldqu 7. rs f.r daN or iw a"d Ills ohJ 90 Is
! attained. NV detective would never e sen
| ne..r the Mnlh rry street na,a'e re y nld re
| not ONLY acquainted VITA M. crooked peoole.
: hui would actt llV be On Intimate ter us with
/ them; Vet whom, thro sh his agency. their
/ plans wcre AIDE known 10 tine ~uperut endeut.
aud frustrated ~ the m % assigned To- that
duty, they would never know WHO had given
| thcm away. BIt You've hai enough Of NY the
/ ories. L. : come down t. facts. or missed
! tuat would give Won from mv no'c-h sok a few
particulars in reg ri to sore very beverly
work d at by members OF the present force,
| md here they are;
| You know that the Hon. John Norri .s,c once
| hid a prly'te tank at 3 Wc-t Tw,uty-fn iih
| street. n was a bark whercon no wild fhyfre
! WINS permitted to grow e.ts 4 .liy al ri,ht wnrn
/ ev nv minute was fully occupied. Mr. l. ar WAS
/ one of his managers. On the h n December,
~. two valuable coats w.r' missing ff,g the
were Diet He'd ty the Superintendent 4 Police
| L. nud The thief They visited nearly all ~ the
three DAYS found the coats. Thev n d been
ri dyed hy negro for so apiece. No de~crip-
! ton of the thif htu been obtained bit "A ' ting
! On the siuele clue, namcl that the thief wa, a
negro, the detec ives went DOWN INTO that part
q Africa lrins about the centre Of the Eishth
" ard. a, after many days succeeded In over
hauling theirnan. In w1rl,in. NJ the case they
nice the discovery that tire snme tni,f had.
some months before. taken from the same
house " ich gnd 5000 va ~ AMI silver. lie
was tried. ana sentenced 10 ten wears imirisOn-
ment al stng sing.
riiE MISERY'S com.
You remember he case II Luther Rrvan.. the
eccentric odd mi-er2 Wei, needn't reWind
| you IN " lie Gee was ip tho r'iul., on Ga RE
| - tnvnG { 'n hostage -ianrs from boy, he
/ 10 tnei thgt ms rooms had teen "p,nrd and
/ 'hed. mi " nfuuf tlr "a Gdlc 90 Oc'orcr.
/ 1874. A mule sin uel9ngins 20 the h"u-e. For
/ syih street, where he lodged. came tn the
Iomhs and t"l' the Old man that the locks +
/ BIS door had been broken on. lirvant was near.
! Is frantic. Tie tore his h IT, md walked up ard
I down ms cell floor CT Ing that he W rum. i.
! In answer TO questions he sud that under his
re- n he had soc-cted Sls,,Cn more thnn
| bali II mat amount IN "a gold pi"ces, and the
! remainder IA bonds and oth r. valuable -ecHri-
| tics. \; frs his story was not believed, tu; tte
! District Attorney liter a N hiie W cred ne
TO ~. ana Bf, mt was permitted to O. To- his
] rooms with tie oiilrers. fli- ipsftmen's tx
/ pensiyelv nd iasieiuliv furnished. were olnd
! 10 DISORDER livery nrhwer IA the rWm@ had
! found come ~ the gu res ~ tissue p per in
when the rouleans # gold mad been packed.
Ia ALL Lei.
! the case. Williamson and Riley found thai
1 Robert Mnrray, uhas " 30 b, the Wcl~hman."
! had been spending money with extraordinary
/ lNlshne-s, ana that female assoc iic " Tier
/ IN an uneersr. UNI saloon un broadway q left
| her II nation, and had recently pure A. q an
! 'Nprneivc .ael,ki cap. Following up tins slight
clue. they Uncovered that in one ~ MS c4rrlrss
moments Bobby hat shown a silver mounted
] pistol. Here was something dtnuite and ~
nihc mt. Mr.. Bryant had lost a silyer-mouni.
/ pistol. and Boob lived oily u Few bIoc.s from
a ho, was employed 10 How the weishm
an lind out VINO were ii4 iuiilsto-. lie MS
Rilr,, ala RAJ i'iIcy lrning him IN. he de-
| toctvr- discovered that &c, too, vs. sp@rting
ttpDs and pcnuri 'us man, ana thi cxhthi ION Of
uncralib was sn picious.
II was now deemed test to :. lSe both ineu.
! williamson and Riley watcac BOBBY the Nelsh
mans house, g. = ,nt0n sire It. from \. v. t.
J.. NJ. on the SO'h Of october. and at tho 81
| named hour arrested him ~ he was cnnipg out.
Just before thi- they htd put M "a job " with
view 20 hnding nut whether Rat mad displayed
BoDnY was taken to headquarters and his
ouse searched. In his room was found "A six
umbrella -ecrrted behind a woman's dress. Ia
| match ne on The maptoncC. the detectives
| found a pawn ticket Tor pistol. Both articles
! were entitled ~ BRYANT ~ his property Tao
| umnrcllas he hrd IN mace expressly for him by
| Cook, OF the Bowery.
The, next c,lled unon Rat Riley. 1T 252 West
| Eighteenth street, and TOOK him into custody. In
! searching his room they camc across the other
uii-slps uW rIel!a. Whlcn, as ia the case OF the
| first was snugly hidden behind n woman's dress
| hanging on the wall. Alarso number Of postage
| stamps were alsO found.
Rat was tried Dec. ~ and sentenced to twenty
! yeIrs imprisonment, but was immediately 10
! tried and sentenced 10 ten years, because. ,s
| there was no nerson I'm Brv1nt's room when il
! was entered, the thieves could not be sentcnce ID
| for burglary IN the Inst degree. Bobby the
| Weshman WIS sentenced to a ike ilnLri5on-
ment on the following day.
VERY CROOKED TWIST
on or about January 49, last year James O.
| Twist, VINO, as his name would seem to denote
! Il a very crooked member of society, won't into
! EWald BUhenius's saloon, 2O7 Eist Houston
street, ostensibly 10 wet his whste, bur really
! 10 whet his appetite for otnCr peoplo's good
| things by prospecting on She landlords claim.
| by trick that was BY no means vain, he man.
aged to discover that the unsuspectiug tayerner
! hai IN his pockets large gun OF money IN
greenb9cks. lie watched outside until Bo-