, 1879-07-14
REPORTERS rs DETECTIVES.
Why knights Of the Pencil Make
SkiIIful Trailers.
The Work n Newspaper Dohe-
tninn llns to Do.
A Parallel to the Chastfno Cox
Capture.
Tho Murderer Of an Athlete Cloverly
Taken into Custody,

| Tho Murderer Of an Ath1ete C1over1v
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NEW YOUR, July l0.-ilc recent arrcat OF
ChassInc Cox In Boston for the murder of Mrs.
Dr. ilull, uf this city, has brought out with
r,cornrss I'm fact thnt rnw.ns,,r ron,-tnrs ~
t.s.s.,. -. .s.'' ~" ~
neqaumtly auapteu, 'nsoaen traia''e and h"suf-
ae mh IT, do ' nest satsss s Of stssyS
so1ver. nf rrimira, myst.r,cs. Mr.. palrh. thc
,o,,r,.r ~ H. 1,a,.1,,, 1,..a,, ,h.,,at, s...o
aepol.st VI a"c noe1,m He1@ ~ .".oukn "aoao
restetl attor alt thc detectives bad bean ballcd,
| js but oua Of ihe r,ony nuwapancr men who
| hayc ncrformct, aIrnttnr asrvIcc. AID. wheo onc
cor,os =. ,hnt ~ ~. ,,st,a. ~ ~. =, III
eoilee " ln'aA u .no MsItes, ~ 1sh't III III
strange that Journalists should Mt t!mcs provo
themselves quicker and more accurate on tho
scent than the regular officials. Your ordinary
police detective Ia used to dealing with prufes-
sipnal cr,utnala. uear,v ali of whom hayo cer-
tain ,nc,,,o.1a ~ l,a,rr t,,o,r trock. c.r,
TAIN haolts OF utspossng of their pinndcr, anu
certain llaunts which, by bo!ne closely watched,
| nro sure In time to give up the persons sought.
~. ,,r,Lo,t. nnJ hnh,,s ~ t,n m,tn r,,n ~
s ."1s, ""u "asy " nu , a.n , a,naa, .mn -
S''n"al" asc VASTLY s'u''1''it al.' t"e ol''ce!S,
therefore, kno" no" to successfully follow the
ones they seek. But, give them au original sort
] OF an Offender, and tho. havo .roublo In cap
turInr him. becsmsc bo .tr;kea mi ncw natha,
ri.n Ia inIrnoi,.t ,sko tIo css. ar H. r.
rrn,+r nortr;s ~ .mn"nn,, fnr %nr,nns ,nusoa tr
ts'fh tc rst niace y t, maj, who de-. rencra re,or
snr.ai wnris % ior '1aiIv nrxs,,ansr m,t,t hc n
nav ~ nnsck sf.termi,a % ,o,, ~ clror sisc"rn.
,nr,,t If ,,nt,mi,sd rc.n,,rtrs nn,l nf ,ctvn in.
|, tniincit. snmn ~ tSe mat. nratnnry itcms
Which snpcar in The columns % Of % iii neYspsuers ]
hn nns uay 70 aay req1rS Inc =, n tS 20 70
H. pt r-1 a H. ~ p rt t'ea aI,,r,, ~
rcnnTtcr freonent,y work. ont m Sccurate md
ontesteiaiuE story Tic elaboration Of which may ,
I"ts,i !. covnr.f, anh1 hr,"y,t ~ vtn~ w,tt,
~ n oroeen 70 ~ ye .%os" w's
knn,r III" n,cans atr n;n.oJ ota aimntr ms morwai.
wsn taken o IL shaIrn Nv u sn euoT.
ectI in'rnas, nnno,e1w "as,',n a''I dcni,o
sSan sSn1 n ~ nn' sitira nt ~ usAn'o
'""p'' 49, 1u ~,msru IHs"", nr "xsrrn'o,s c.avs
develops sktll a'nopg persons WHO wrlte wh!cl,
peculiarly tits them Tor the work Of detection iu
MI It's branehes lhey are men, too, Or broader
culture and greater natural g'fta tl,an, thoso
too Often pushed tnto their positions through
layor4ttsln of ohc kind q another.
Many OF t'o most aiillcu!t cascs to solve in
all classes q criu'ina! history have bern iiual!y
cleared up through hints given by journalists
| who were detailed to 'wotk up" sfr cases by
the Dapers they represented. can easily recall
nt this moment a dozen crimes whele tho the
| cries Of the police and those advanced by news-
! paper men were W.deiy a'FerEent, aud ut
wGse .ai "nrrcnt ia 'n0 enu
" AZ IT, Wa,., ~ Hnstnn ,p1o,,,t.a,, 11 war;
,,sl.i w., ie st. " s srim', rnus.siIa ~ ~ wy
nerv toasn ']carntin, ~ ia nnrsn,;ot - oor'
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t,'. IL .,in - ~. ,Inc" rnnra I,.u T..
.rps .sm ~. rantrrSi v,fn,t 1tvjnw ia noert' ~
WIS WIS .n,'nI ~ ,naat,G~ lIi .i,,. "ce.n
sms moa EHn,inr .nrv,,,,anrr sna '""e nsronns ms
ss,. 80 msax,.,a. saHaIt ,,ns ,tt, r.. o',so ~
OF tnat pos!ornenes' ; rsGa1 another yhirh ,e &C.
thn,,h " fer;nr f,on lin Hnst,n ri" sfft,r Il, =.
satnya rancts nn1ni rr.i,t rnnn ths inrnn,,.t ~.
t, u 9 sssa'' up' Sno
i" son,ctS!ng Il over @ year nqo a mnr was stabbed
~ ~ s" sy.s w ~ f"1 hcps w ue
H voa ~ tp pnSJ nts rcsnr. of eae
ters. tn muls and ieniaie. On lie nirht % Of tl,o
"sS .;,arn ,,n T., H. snio,' "s H., n,n.,o ~
fninw ,xn,sn "'u a,cti II nT',ra ur nIas,tto
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ranaiI III ,,nn,, ~, this ,,nn,",t Fh,t ,1,o svas
III dnntrsa s he "o.iv. bercd bu .o VIII
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s.ro,n, @ 'r rorD l',t ta ,,i.aa r,,,,s,, ~
ai ns,y s<, ..,s ,w ro ~ III ~
ftaIiforna 1;o'r~r Il" wos = tsamhi"r wi,,, no1 IL
fnrmrrir RI hcnn f., intsmmt., frsnI NJ ko,nitama "
.oao.s s g"u ~. ,.' st,'t t.' ~ Nat"h1ui s
',s'' -, ME- ,rE eey,rsl ranr. nsarn.j,. a,'i
.1'.c .o. ~ hoi'cvn1 tnnt nu nnu,s wnr" "irnan.
st,,1o,i with hunu,, hn,d t,"t,f,,rna I;nn%,n
asaHe, & ~, IL fi1',,. ,e,'non, 49,, usset1tH ~.
nd ny og 9 rsii0w 1'Gnpen M 'to
1ic M,tor Sones"" a @ "; , III. att's,u"a na u, ~
NJ" o"a t'o"ssa o wv ~ s's... a's .A'A "ss '"'s
1hE TWO BEGAN 10 "hhsTLs,
| tho bic chm using acorgo with cxtre1ne rough
aesa. Both tnen beeamo auEry, utld George
| !luallY plunged lsnlfo Up to ine hilt in hiB
aIltaEoulst's abdomen. lAc wolntleu nan Mndt
is VA to tha Can'oers Street ,p m1splhtal; wacre
~ waa takeu ~ M! eatca 1ol WING Caillolnia
| tioorEo anrilptlY aisaopealea' INC po'lca sotEnt
Glin h,En Mna io", o"t ~ ~ uu.posc. nss n!I-
| inE pasn was secure, anu he WA VITA" enouEh
not TO come out
l., - Tug tieanntnS msWounaeo aovefsary fap!1.
la.eo. nila iiiaallJ aa uln pGna!ty u hla loly
WIN Ills late. lhe euosss o. the bnico 10 trace
ny stats1 welG ~ ~isaouoisu' NV without elGet, ~
alla tApt: hleCMllagh, III WHOSE zpfeeanct, oe.
| itese, thG altray Hao tceuafou, Was aI
w wis ena. Mo Wnua laaVo 1et