New-York tribune., 1884-10-05
EXPERIENCE or 4 POLICE DETECIIVE q
THE ELEMENT OF CHANCE UNFAVoRADLE TO THE
CRIMISAL CLASSES.
4 GREAT deal of what passes for fine detec-

CRIMISAL CLASSES.
A great deal of what passes for fine detec-
five work is nothing less than sheer luck said
police Cepain washburn OF the Twentieth Precinct. to
TRIRr,xE reporter have had good deal OF expert
nce in that line myself I remember particularly the
case Of KankonSky who murdered Lena Muller III New
Jersey From packagc Of tobacco found AT the scene OF
the murder It wa. thought that the parties lived In my
precinct and Virgins, who had charge OF the
r,se askcd my assistance which OF course. cheer
fully given although the work d not properly belong to
me | worked hard it, but wl@ unable to gam any
cIew and other work coming up which unfortunately
demanded my attention. let the matter partly drop
one dav a German butcher Philip Emdcn. came to the
station and said that nan named hahkoSky u pce"
receiving letters addressed under the name of Kettler
and he thought he was the man VINO com
mitted the murder I at once put men to watch
the house shortly after our men got there two men
who turned ont 10 be Il Jersey City policeman ana
reporter from Jersey City paper arrived lhey hau
tracked the baggage the house and they acted IN Sch
a suspicious manner that they were arrested. IL was
solely due to the fact of that German butcher notichS
that Kankonsy was receiving letters undera false name
and having the good SENSE To report II 10 hc ''' " W
the murlcrcrs arrest
nWbcn I wns a keeper in sing Sing prisoner named
Dunn escaped The papers said there had been bribery
and all that sort of stuff Mr. Lockwood was Waiu'"
hcn and he told me that he wanted M 10 ma inc 'n
came 10 the clty and put In about month o 'he h"
agt
could ay my hands on him At last gave up tie chase
m di..t went back to the prison and reported for duty
u.c, tc warden saw me he asked me what meant by
canning back without the prisoner | tod hln that
o,,iu,t do ANYTHING more lie sl', Go to New YORK
and don't dare to come back without the prisoner ie-H'u
Mia, ,,r ,nouey aud hc gave mo order on leggrtt
ga the prov islun merchants who furnished I'll" prison
u s,,,,,lcs and came back to the city. drew 500,
and ,ad. mn my mind If the state Of Ncw.lork could
,d roying ms expcnsos could stand IT too. had no
l.n o worrying myself about Dunn went MP TO Tom
u,c,,s ul,ce and had rnttlug good breakfast nnd
h,te If vnc Then spent nfty cents fo three cigars
and l,ug one of them started ont for "a stroll. went
dov, tho Jowcry "a far ns Bnyad A. when man whom
recognized IA nm ctcou,ict came NJ to me- ana san
Hello Wnshburni Have you found Dunn y'tF No,
answrtod and don't care much whether 90 ot hpt
I'm antty for that ho sHid 'ho,huar h' nhh hiNo
cou dnlug a1ue work together nnd the BLANK 'i wont
divide nnd II youl put up enough III give NM away
cllnchod bargain WIN w" i"'iow ' ~" n When ieoL
hn prison the warden mplinoncl me- on my
perseverance, rclHolotahco y" hHhE.n s" mnu .,f'
and made me- toll n tn tho Prison iuspootdiH'
Another ease that call to MINI was wh,n WE. VIZ
pntrolmnn IN licclmsnsL My day post was 10 Mnllc,
Lane ono morning mau came to me nhd Hnld hn hhl
lost nrLn ~ huitcr could gcl 1t f9r nm '4n % , m
OF courso could, Thought then aud SUI ihlnh thr man
nun have bron fool to think could mud thb ol pni,r
that had becn nolr4 ror two hours Ito gave n1 i h
marks ON tho tab which immediately iofsot My nhn, @
po,t was 1T Fulton Market, Hnd had hardly COM "n
post when saw man with tub of hcr , 's Gun ,o
der saw that the marks were similar \" 'h"ao ~, ~ y,
,nr and stnputd him lie gave lame explanation "l
how ho got the butter aud him aud the butter 20 lug
station IL turned ont that II was the very puoI ','
h. hern stolen The owner took the recovery ~ mat
ter of course aud III bet II he ever lost Hptr w
II wasn't AT once that he accused lho pooo OF
iuconctty IcrnId i've numerous other instances, but
this is enough 10 show that giet u,n o, o I" io
fine detective work Is the result OF iuoh po 1 ap p r
don't deny though that great many ia iact al ~
percentage OF the work Il the result od ohceI uoN e"
| hard work aud keen detective ability"