St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-27
a SIMPLE lay-An egg.-7he Judge.
a DETECTIVES EXPERIENCE.
Els Successful Undertaking and Escape
from an Impending Fate.
buffalo, N. Y, News,

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she dull gray light was beginning to show
itself in the East, small band of men
might have been seen dep1oyed about
house on Ferry street. in Buffalo. There
was nothing special either in the dress or
appearance of the men to Indicate their in
tention, but it was plain that tley had
business of Importance on hand. Sudden
w man appeared at one of the windows,
took in the situation at 6 glance, and,
swinging himself outward with wonderful
uuickness, scaled the roof of the house.
This man was Tom Ballard, the notorious
counterfeiter; and, armed to the teeth ana
fully realizing his situation, he defied JUS
tice and the officials below him. Some of
the officers, knowing the desperate charac-
ter of the man, proposed to shoot him I'M
til he was killed, but one of the numoer
promptly protested, and declared that 1t
his brother officers would assist him to as
cend he would capture the man alive. Ac-
cordingly he began the difficult and dan
gerous task. and succeeded in bringing his
prisoner to the ground in safety.
The man who accomplished this task
was Mr.. Thomas Curtin, the present Super
intendent of City Police of Buffalo, n. <.
Mr.. Curtin is a man who is known by
every prominent detective and policeman
in America, and he stands pre-eminently
in the front rank Of tais profession. Quiet
and gentlemanly in appearance and man
ners, he possesses a courage, combined
With marked pDyStCl poHsiiS, tli1e ihtaEAo
| him the terror of evlt-doers snd the prlde
! OF law -abiding citizens Few people can
realize, however, the trials, exposures, and
| even privations, to which the members OF
every municipal police and fire depart
| ment are exposed. Compelled to be ON
duty at uncertain hours, subjected to the
| most inclement weather, and often neces-
STATED by the nature of their duties to pro-
| tracted undertakings, they 'endure nerv-
| GUS and physical strain that us terrible
Such was the expeTienee'of Mr.. Curtin IN
former days; and Il Is not surprising tnao
| he found himself suffering from mysterl'
| GUS physical trouble I'm relating his ex-
perience to a representative of this paper,
| he said:
CAT times when was ON duty Ii would
| feel an unaccountable WEAKNESS and lack
| of energy. My appetite was also uncertain,
and my head seemed duli ana a hea9I, qua
| not fully understand these troubies,bu sup
posed, as most people suppose, that was
| suffering from malaria. tried TO throw
| off the feeling, but it would not go. l
| thought might overcome ut: but ffound 1
was mistaken. and u hnaliy became so
| badly off that it was almost Impossible TO
| attend to my duties. u have known any
number Of men in the police and fire de-
| partments of this country VINO nave Deen
/ afflicted as was, and i doubt NOT there
are to-day hundreds similarly troubled
who, like myself, did not know the cause,
or really what allied Them"
"Your present appearance, Mr. Cd!rt1n:
toes not indicate much physical debility"
said the interviewer As 1,e looked at the 22o
| pounds Of bone and muscle standing nearly
/ Eve feet eleven inches ia heaght:before him.
0, no; that is altogether thing OF the
'pagt, and am happy to say that Tor more
| than year have enjoyed almost perfect
heath, although now realize that was
ON the road to certain death by ,brlghts
disease of the kidneys and travelling &C "a
very rapid pace"
/ .'How did you come to recover SO conn
nletely.'
.sThat is just what want to tell you, for
Hibelieve it may be of great service to many
others in my profession, who may possibly
hear of it. began the use of a popular
remedy at the earnest solicitation of a
number of friends in this city, and found
TO my great qualification that l began feel,
ing better. This feeling continued, and |
| gained in strength AMI vigor until now
| am perfectly well--and wholly Through the