Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-14

II was just thinking" said Captain
RsJ u Linden, superintendent Of Pink
AEtohss Qetectfve Agency, on his re.
81E nom Chicago, where he had been
- tef26S the Mineral pf Allan Pink.
kSft dHN6f the Wonderful will power
and dn5ffing Perseverance of the man
whose body was laid forest last Thurs.
DAY. Very few Persons unless they
Were mt RatGly associated with him,
fplihi be}3epeS that any person could
possesssssteh d patient persistence
(which sfffnipunted obstacles that to
E6rdinafY sii5eD would appear like inn
.passibze noun tains.s Major. Pinker-
ton was a mahtswith q big heart.
don't think he kHew how to do mean
tfIindk He was one tof those honora.
bic, 4aif painiied men, who, while Civ
ing everybody their due, exacted the
same for himself. In matters of BUSH
ness he insisted on getting,every PEN
:hythat belonged to him, and once
he made promise it was lived up to
if it cost him every penny he owned
i'm the world. His likes and dislikes
were intense. III he became your friend
no amount of calumny on the part OF
your enemy could change his opinion;
but if he disliked you, neither argu-
an iota.
"Major Pinkerton's perseverance
and Ingenuity were the secrets of his
success in all his undertakings. II he
could not accomplish his purpose by
one plan he Immediately resorted to
another. His mind was wonderfully
fertile in expedients, and it was rare
thing for him to fail when he had once
set his mind upon success. You can
form some idea of his ready tact and
capacity for planning in the case of
IN. SS<afored murderer, Johnson Of
Soaf f5aroltna,, who killed an enemy
undx& fheInost brutal circumstances.
was pretty positive
as to The mans guilt, but it was inn
possible to obtain q complete chain of
eyidetfce With the natural secretive-
n86f his race, johnson refused to fall
intG9y Of the man-traps laid for him
and MAKE q confession, which was
Pinkerton1s object. After weeks of
patient but abortive work, novel
plan was hft upon. The murderer was
surprised one morning when he went
to take pillow into field to find 1t
spattered with blood. In the open
field where he was to work the MUIR
derer found little pools of blood along
Tie uC was pAo"' hCh LIZ
went back ito the stable he was startled
by seeing the bloody imprint of hu-
man hand on the stable door. Every
hoe, or rake, or other farm implement
that the man picked up had blood on
il. When nightfall came the murder
er waslso paralyzed with fear that his
teeth were chattering and he was
afraid to go to bed. He believed that
4he spirit of his victim was haunting
him. The detective and his assistant
noted these symptoms, and were con-
fident that the right plan had been
struck at last. 1t had been, after a
fashion, and there was horrible proof
given the next day. Johnson was
.founfi i'm, the barn with his throat cut
from ear to ear. He had killed him.
self rather than endure the tortures of
d guilty conscience I need not ex-
plai1 that the blood marks which
frightened the smurderer's guilty soul
Uer<s the work of the detectives and
nat M spirits.
I'D was i'm that kind of detective
Nt6Sk that Major .Piukerton exeelled.
He c0sllsf change bis tAetics so thai the
4flfH 0r ul<E he Wa feek ingrsHe "a be
though % sc sds 9sss elsIae' aes s