, 1881-05-08
DETECTIVE RIVALRY.
Stupid Thief Catcher Prefers

a stupid Ehtc{-Ca tcICr Ife&cr9 a
Charge yylatc1, He Fails to Prove.
Il case OF alleged attempted burglary, where
in tho defendant was one of the officers EN-
ptoycd in pinkerton's Detective Agency, was
examined before Justice Summcrticld yester-
day afternoon and proved to be made UP OF
r1ther singular and interesting details The
prosecuting witness was Mr.. Salisbury, Of the
firm of Salisbury & Cline. dealers i'll xossa1uer
goods at No. 100 Madison street. For number
Of months, ever since lust July, in fact, Messrs.
Salisbury s. Cline hAve been repeatedly mlde
the victim of some thlef,-of sumo trusted but
faithless cnplnyc or agent possessed Of u key to
the store. Last July II lot of gossancr coats
were stolen from the store, and at one time SlUo
il, gold cslrccsly left i'll drawer by the cashier
was stolen. Bur tho store was always foutnl
locked in the morning just rs it had been left
the night before. Finally q porter who had Il
key IL the store WAS detected in Il little irrcgu-
iuritt and discharged, it beng the SUPPOSE
tfon ut that tinlc tiAt he WAS the thief Although
his key WIS, of course, taken from him tne may
hays s Vent a hrea aepts 'nSs t a
lot OF gt'ssamcr hats were stolen from the store,
and thcn Mr. Salisbury went to lntte.s Detect
Ge iSe c!s vorkea sd rp ID rcar sIye
On tho JOB: ead Thursday afternoon
son street, opposit tho store, and watched until
the place hnA been locked nud the last MIN
gone AWAY. Then, having been provided with Il
there u!! night without discovering anything
unusual. lie saw tho front door tried several
times during the night BY
SOME MAN IN UNIFORM,
hut that was uorhin4, to excite suspicion. FRI
lny night, however. while he WAS In tho office ut
the buck OF tho stoic. he s'sw the front door
tried at regular intervals BY an officer and
NJ, officer enter What followed Gun be gathered
from brief synopsis OF tho testimony. the c:sc
tlrst being called before Justice Wallace at the
Ar1nory and nfterward sent to Justice Summer
fields Court on II change OF venue.
Uull testified that when the officer entered the
store he ca'nc directly to the. Office. Witness
business. and tho officer only stantnercd IN i,-
coherent explanation and drew his revolver;
Witness lo htn Put away m the weapon @ and and
nit to being tnade Il. prisoner The prisoner
complained that "a it was bard. he WIS work
ing on small salary; had wife and children s to
finally turned him over to Il policeman, and had
him taken to tho Arnory.
Pinkcrton's men, Cbnrlcs J. Markham. lie swore
that j. he found the d1o: @ open open it s!l esng
in the store. He found l}ull lying on Il lounge
in tho office, and the latter cl,.ilnetl to bc Il
and as the men were always very particular not
TO offend subscribers consented to 60 II the
+ArnlOry, feeling confH1cDt that AIl would Dc cN-
planned. He did not talk with Bull about ch1l-
drcn to support, because he hnd no children.
The whole case hinged on the question as to
how Markham came to enter the store, Bull
said the door was locked, and that Mark
ham unlocked IT,, Markham said he found
it unlocked, and, as proof that he
found on his person: and it was not denied that
it WIS his business to try the door regularly OH
his rounds Of his beat Another important fact
was that tho stcal,1lgs begun before Markham
went into Pilkcrtons employ. Mr.. \. S. rr.11e,
tho defendants attorney. tried tn show that the
whole case the result Ut rivalry between he
two detective agencies; that Bull h:ltl left the
door unlocked plrposiy To catch Markham. The
Court declared that there was moi the slightest
evidence against the defendant, who WAS -ac-
<ortlIngsy discharged. Tho Court further c:iti
oisel the detective ability displayed hy Bull, ur-
ellins that he Should hnye concea!cd himself
and waited for tho intruder to demonstrate his
intentions.