The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-16
now DETECTIVES WORK.
bOME NOTABLE ARRESTS M1DE ny
IHE PRESENT TORCE.

ponce ffrlfTuANs nut ! lllNN YOU VIII hilN VI
Investigation that the I'm wish element n s been
piett, well Wocded oIt. Some Of the detective
Talent O. missing. too, to he sure; yet the men
pow empl ed. although laborlng under distd-
Vantage that the average citizen cannot apprc-
tiato, have done excellent work. n only one
tenth Of what they have done could be made
known TO the public, the much-malisncd de-
Dectives would receive but little Of the I'M
meritcd abuse that s now hoapcd upon them
"Cnder what disadvantages do they lahorF
"1n the Grst place, their pay Is small 1t ia
not adequate to the amount Of Labor they per-
form. and 1t certainly does not compensate them
Tor the hardships they und, rgoat times, and the
hsks they run In enecting the capture Of des-
perate men"
"Yet YOU never hear Of a dead detective"
"You mean that they never get shot or stabbed
10 death2 That's simply because they are vide
awake aud bold enough TO cIcumvent the
nesperadoes. There are men on the force TO.
Gay who have more than once held their lives in
their hands, az II we're. when taking burglars,
river thieves. and murderers into custody. and
arc ready and willing and indeed anxious. to do
Bhe same thing again at a minutes notice.
do YOU think that the system In operation
perc Is as thorough aud complete as II might
be-"
by no means Yet what are you going to do
about ~ We are all growing nbout expenses,
extravagance In running the CITY government.
taxes city debt county debt. and what not and
70 make an Improvement IN the detective sys-
tenn would cost more money. The people will
MT stand any additional expense. I'll tell YOU
directly what ! should prouOso az an improve
ment; tut first let me mention some more Of tie
Disadvantages under which the detectives labor.
nnd hen you nut TINS ana that together you
will clearly that MY suggestion l. one that
ought some day 20 lie ac ed upon.
Now. detective Is riding ~ n Third avenue
car. He sees party Of pitkp1csc's who have
doubtless oecn WORKING ia" line all winter.
lie arrests them and takes them to headqnnr-
tiers. Having read that John NMith Il Tusmu-
ton street was robbed IN one OF the Third avenue
car on the evening bcturo, lac sends FOR Mr..
Smith to take look ~ tue PRISONERS. MI.
with him. Mr.. smiths friend thinks he tecog-
nizes one Of the prisoners, but Is not sure. At
any rate no charge Is entered and the pick
pockets go out into the world again 10 continue
the nefaiious business witch the law prevents
the detectives from breaking up.
"Whv how Is that
wHrhE THb TROUBLE LlEs.
Because the Law will not punish the habituM
criminal unless he Is caught In the very act of
committing crime, or unless crime Tor which
nitely nxed upon him. When the detective
nlrests a known thief he does It on sns-
new job, and In nincty.nin- eases IN a
hundred the detective IS rlsht. but lie
cannot get the evidence necessary to place
the fellow on trial There should he a law pro-
Wiling for the iucarc ration at hard labor for a
certain pelibu OF every hhi llhdl HttL III
tie streets of New ork.
p" hut would not this be persecution in the
case Of the man who DC ir. Il t. refurmf
" TIE rcpcutant criminal let y tell YOU ne IS
rarer than tho black swan might he protected
w ms waNi ne o9Md tahr ~ u- nci IRE iio
ing to give M his wicked wa,- and 10 live
thencefortn the life OF u Nhiu'u, 'iu4'n. Inc
Warden could give hiW a.- prepared acc nd
ing to prescribe 4 r,n. amt al the same tine
give notice t. the police autholitie' that \. b.
alias Igpickct. was ON his way o. the ,iN o.
begln a career Of u -iulhc-s. iisiit net could
report t. the SUPERINTENDENT tie rHieilnith;
dent could endorse the e@-tonNcts q. hid
until he WIS known t. h. We violate. lis plcuEc
he y, uld te 9 free maa, ana, loo tlc police az
leist. ever afterward known. not as lig-
picket b,t a. MIR. \. -.
The main obstacic IN the way Of the COMPLETE
tucce-. ~ the depnrttneut g. tine fact thai cyerS
detective iSknONu - every thieL lhcie should
be a force Of secret detectives kupwn 'hly u
the Superintendent II Police These .li be
employed to act in all cases Ia which the real
art oil the detective l. l. quireG tu get Al mint,
Of crime. 10 unfold plan, ana to Locate ever,
participant va thc Intended trlouy So That al the
moment the work q nj chleft tn BEGIN every
one OF the law less 6 NJ NAV Toe bne-ed hN ol cf-
detailed for that purpose. These secret d"tec'
lVc- nLodld never bc seen near headquarters
Nhey III luid not be known To any member At
thc force cXccat the Superintendent, ANA thel
Conmunic ,tion with him Oh 4uld J. c hy letter.
am sat ned tnat q We had had such force
carefully selected ana well uuu, as thci
should lie De, th" murderer cor murder
srs OF Dr. Burdell would long oso hav,
der fixed where II belonged. the Nathan muir
ncrer captured and hanged 10y ths time, TAI
the poor litte fellows abductor' punished. Bu
force oi secret detectives woud cost a srea
do of money.
A. Police Headquarters there are only te'
regular detectives, tut There are several ether
O. the len resuars, nine are ssisncd 10 out.ia
duty "a emergencies arise. the tenth hayu
chatgt 4 the detectives office. The records 90
lhc uri' rune i -l NV tI.'t ~ re 10 lrl euulN
De-. 81 The detectives made torty-liue arrest
for Nhiiuus crimes, and that tn lVfsOhs con
Ncted were sentenced to inptw' nmcnt 10
teriu- a. .tc -atitl tllntN-iuuf years. la the pre-
Npu- qtt4r ci tue itrcrts Wtrr about Inc san
In mum Ger. nut tine t'rihs ui sentence aggregate
80 LE,s THAN loO YEARS.
This record Ices not deal with cases OF foi
gerry, euih, l1incni, peut larceny ana gRihniinl
sre ulno-t numnerc.s s. ana not beng tabulate
are not used Ia tui5 article. Ina' the detective
work hard l. proved by toe records; tn the
have sometime been inefficient cannot be dc
MED; bus that they are deserving OF more Irals
IMAM Is q helalN hctuIucu theh WIZ NC uunli
ted by every far minded person VINO reads Il!
following accounts Of remarkable Arrests mad
IL the members Of the present, force:
refer Gcriu0nd. a farmer. living at New linr
ford, near / tica. 50 visited by band uf nssko
burglars un the night OF the 0tn Of August, ~
~ robbed tue hOI,e al their leisure, aud mad
oil with their piunder. Information was sent I
police headquarters. ana TO Detectives w
Ger. h'en aud IL Rue WAS assigned tie duty
ierrettlng cut and capturing such Of the ho
rubOors a. might nave come 10 New York. 1W
Malone and " elsh, e me to the CITY, and II
fact was soon discovered by the detectives. Th'
never be found together. Ether could ha
been taken, but his cauture would at once hn
been made public by the paueTs, and the rest
the gang would have cautiously kept out
geach. Waiting and watching patiently the d
tectiYts had their reward on the night OF II
.sl,h o. September. hey were on the corner
IAN street nd Third avenue looking out f.
thieves vino might be working the crowds col
in- from the th, aires near 10y, when thcy Clug
eight Of We'-h, whom they had previously reco
nlzed Dy "a PHOTOGRAPH that had been sent
them from Ltlcd, where he had once served NJ
policeman. with INN was man whom tn
knew 70 he Malone. Inc detectives sprang I
their men, both OF whom mad pistols drawn IN
instant. After hard struggle with the d speI
does tNey we're disarmed, hundcuileu, and tax
g. hcadq Iurtcrs They were tried bctOre Jud
Bliss, uf The Oneida County Court, and sentenc
20 eighteen YEAR each.
After tnr burglars had left his house, Mr.. Go
mond appeared nj police headquarters In utit
viii the handouts still on his wrists. He "a
what Information he cOuld, and IN the cOui
Of the night one of the gang Bill Conroy, "
arrested ON suspicion. lie afLerward turn
States oNdeLce Al his nCcomplice iBuc
Malone, elias "Swcctman; = John Welsh, ali
Jack Wallace; Tom scott, George Ellis, Lu
bard aud lie ry were captured, and are n,
serving the state. Malone Is one Of the bC
cTack-men m the world, aud II Is said that
ran oUtu Hny sale In twenty minute. Eilis "
captured AT Fourteenth street and Nm b "a,
nue. 10y Can't. Mangn, ot Yunkers. Tom So,
was a re ted in Philadelphia, and tho othe
az MAJ. mad A.l.t,