The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-07-26

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How . DespAeobao 0laas Oasl
Nets For ~ 0uilo3eoD. r
Doingo Of the Graft In the 0outh.
Ttading Upon Family and DE-
sraoefal Secrets.
What . Knowing Detective says.
uev York Psess.
"There r one thing that the ,nini.
tiatesl know very lit
though they talk about 1t - great deal.
and that Is blacknsaii.
This sage remark WAS made 10 . re-
porter Of the Chicago Nesrs BY +. ID.
Raymony, . private detective, who
has been making his headquarters in-
diaerently In st. Louis and Chicago
fer years pest.
"And Whist - there to know about
IT," quesied the knight Of the quilt,
''larther than that everybody admits
Il b IN industry given over entirely
to the private detective"
"And 10 the newspaper man. Sc
riously, however, I have been Agur-
ing on this subject lately, and I tell
you that I believe there Is more than
$j0. 0oO changing hands In st. Louis
every year, Wherein the considera-
tion is blackmail pure and simple.
And I believe II you go into any
gathering Of ladies and gentlemen
such ~ your Yelled Prophets' halls,
or your grand entertainments Of the
Xerchants' Exchange, I could pick
yoa out dozens, aye scores, Of pretty
women and gallant men Ut whose
throat the grip Of the shadswy tax
gatherer IL present always. There Is
no ease I 90 into with 20 much earn
estness ~ these blackmailing ones.
It does me more genuine pleasure to
down one Of these people Who make
their living by trailing ON the ir
knowledge Of other l'eople's secrets,
than any other part Of my work."
"And do you get much for III"
"a great deal. I have just closed
up case this morning that was Of
that class. A lady living in . nice
house on Glasgow avenue sent for me
. couple Of weeks since In great dis
tress. Put briefly, her story was this:
About . year ago, her husband being
out Of the city. she was out riding
rather late with a gen tlcn,an to whom
she had been engaged before her pres
ent marriage. The couple had . tol-
erably gay time, never thinking that
Ne,nesis, in the person Of the hack
driver was on the trail. A few days
after this ill-etarred ride the lady re-
ccivcd badly-spclled note from the
driver announcing that now her hus-
hand had returned it would take SO
to keep him from giving her little aai-
venture away. The fifty was forth
coming. The demand was made
again and again, each time SUCCESS
fully. Two weeks since the Jchu, in
spirei by his previous SUCCESS, de-
mandesl s.jo. The las,y's friend was
absent, and sl,c could not get the
money from her husband. In de-
srnir she sent TOR lle. In y short
time had Mr.. Hackdriver In y Il
which h. was glad to leave town 10
get out Of. Those hack driverS are,
or ut least q part Of then are, the
worst blackn,aiiers in the business.
Thcy are exceedingly shrcwd in
knowing just when la'ly IL going
where she has no business to 20, aud
rs soon as they ascertain that She has
enough character to l,e able to lose
any, they clskc in on hes for money.
The lady's eourse should be 10 go ut
once to the police, hut few women
know that. They imagine that one
payment will end the matter, little
that they are fastening u
leech to themselves who will blcsl
then, numerically for every obtain
able cent"
"But tlle hack drivers do not d. all
the blacSmaiIing:"
mo: will admit that tbs private
have thu business almost
in their own hands, hut you
see the private detective In four cases
nut Of live IL anything ,lait M up
right, honest man. There j. s";,Ie-
thing In the calling itself which ia
Ivsilsarixes one will. the sea,ny side
of life. and unconAcio,,>!y many men
are lesl away who would not steal,
perhaps, Int who certainly do not
hesitate to exact money from victims
A. the price Of keeping lmck disgrace
full SECRETS. There are few people
who have not some shady part III
their lives which they d" not want
the world to know an. thing about.
The proportion Of people having
shameful secrets is greater than you
Dr anyone hut a detective wOul'l be-
|ieve In the course of our business.
these secrets are cOnfitlesl to u, are
learned hy us, are guessed by severy
lay. Every one Of these secrets j.
with it. weight In gold, and how Is
IN unprincirled man t. Be prevented
bon using It: Ricll men and wo-
mcn are delivered over 10 him. bound
hand and foot, for him to do as he
pleases with. They are his slaves.
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