The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-26
A DETECTIVES STORY.
Ose Of These Sleu,h.H0unds Of Justice
Talks.
Some Queer Personal Experiences and
Startling Incidents.
The Criminal and His Methods.

the HERALD'h thonsinus OF feauefs' Inc
reporter introduced himteli tod MN ne
had heard no was II detective, and therefore
he had come TO him 10 see II no could yet
an item for tue HERALD. He greeted our
reno,ter cordially, smiled, and
ssid ''youne man. t'ke my
advice aud don't believe al you hear
At our reporters invitation TO take some
hing he grunted again ana going with
him into nm hosielry near by he again
smiled. taking beer The refreshme
finished he said. Take u chair al this Ia
BILE" After seating himself comfortably he
proceeded: you have said you were In.
formed was detective aud you would
like 10 get an item tor your paper. i Will
give you little sketch, on episode as 10
were, In my life, which caused me to adopt
the avoontlon OF deceive
am one and am here IN Dallas In pursuit
of a quarry that IL almost In reach OF my
fingers. IL doesn't matter whore live.
sutucing it to say that am not resident
Of Texas. The game / am after 10 OF con-
siderable dimensions. Along side Of your
lutle cotton case. about which hear 30
much said, II is like hunting for a lion or
a Bengal tiger in his jungle. l am thus
candid with you because my expert
enoe has taught me that 1t Is better to to
outspoken with newspaper reporters,
spd give them what you know
|
amen and such FACTS public until the time
comes when Ill may come out. | have
| never had one deceive ms get, but on the
| contrary, have by this course iound them
valuable assistants aud 10 many case
have worked out to asuccessiul issue, II was
due t. clues and material aid they have
given me. An
YOU. When was just past my majority, l
haa not fully determined on tho path OF
lie | would follow. | had no particular
bert OF mind OF inclination for any special
calling that was aware OF, but mad from
my earliest youth had tendency
OF mind toward ana lysis. 1t was my greatest
pleasure TO put this and that together and
re- ason them out to n natural sequence. |
always asked myself when ] heard IN en-
preston, an idea or a thought advanced.
what motive led to tbisr This came to be
a habit with ma and IL was my greatest de-
light 70 read Edgar Allen Pope'a stories :, =.
account of Marie Rogat' fascinated me, and
, thew stimulated the train Of thought which
lmy mind was constantly pursuing
One day happened to be
in bank in the little city
, whore was porn and raised and there
cav a gen tlenan / well knew IN conversn
D bat u few weeks, u stranger. heard my
acquaintance ask the stranger: How muct
r oi that money have Won gol'' This quts
ton, seemingly simple one, irritaiec ia,
r stranger--in fact tire. him into rage, anc
he cJarsely and angrily replied: That II
r none of your d--n business. Well, ho'
much do you want To sep replied my nc
= auaintance. Il want to sell one thousan,
dollars WORTH, was the answer. They
a made n trade as it turned out. Not ont
! man in a thousand. probably, woult
have noticed this conversation
= afterwards, but not so With me. II put m
at once to studying. to reason with myself
Why did that man get so angry whe
asked how much of that money he mao
He is evidently not familiar with the bank
!, ing business. What was IL and when was
: read ng about bauk being robbed and
large amount OF money OF = Ger ain kips
heing stoleu2 rnus ! reasoned and re
, fec cd until finally i remembered abou
: TIE robbery which | had only read an &c
count OF a few days previously, 1t havin,
= taken place some weeks previously II
}, a dieiant state. From the bank robbed
q some S28 900 OF notes Of another banI
had been stolen, and determined
-, to find out II the money this stranger bat
/, sold to my acquaintance, the banker, wa
ON the bank mentioned in the account o
|. the robbery. Ga inquiry learned that l
Wac. Iremem bered then, 100, that thi
stranger had first made bis Appearance II
our city but II short while eter TITS rob
b.ry, Putting all these things together,
/ knew in my own mind this ,trahRer wa
4 the robber. l at once wrote to the ofiicia
, ! of the robbed bank, telling them | woul,
8 point out the rOober 10 their agent II tnrN
a would send one on, for certain considern
@ ton. In due time "A stranger came on an'
n presenting letter of autnonty from tn
:: hank in question, | showed HIM the man
{ Zoe agent knew him a. once He ha'
: hsen "A resident of the city in which th'
) hank robbed was located a1d had leiL ther,
II shortly afterwards, Ont he was oisu d me-
standing and his family cchpeouOns B.
good that no one had ever thought OF sus
.. picioning him, and the banks agent wa
W 10th 10 believe he WAC thC g3a7-- ana wa
- inclined TO have nothing further 10 do VIII
II the matter induced bin, 'weger, to IA
} least wait aud keep in the BECK ground an
:. | would take tho risk oil the matter.
b sought an interview with nv suspecte
l. roboer, and told him boldly that b
e was the robber OF tue pau
l. the niopey. He was indgnan. ana Unreal
sned my life. | told him all righ' l Shout
have him arrested anyhow, anu maxim
r. the necessary affidavit | had him take
& into custody. He had some veal h
| relatives in the n-ighblIhood and the
oi were very indignant, hut | remained CO.
vi and Eel possessed aud assured them IN
q money he TO come. vented hum 10 SUI
!, nit 10 a search OF his person to see u i
: had any OF the monev in question on hiu
but no demurrej. then wanted him
have a QUIET search Of his house mao
sr but he refused to consent to this Ian
rs gotten ous a search warrant IN tho inen'
pr time, and The oflicer9 searching h
a. n ,us. found several inous4nd q
re of the money This frightened him and b
y. friends. ana he AT leseth agreed 10 give
id all OF the money IL allowed to 90 irse.
r. asked him how much he mad aud he sa
S2l. 900, IN sde him deliver that TO me
fore would treat with hin IN bis prooos
nj ton When / got the s2l 600 t,li him
ID he would return the other $1,000 or none
We to that rmoubt l would t,Ra no furth
re steps to detain him, and II the next day
IS b al q good horse COT venisntiy near ~
IN saould mans2e to eludc the sher Ms 9
ne beers. which | thought he could 10,
ig might go his ways He paid the mon'
I'd and escaped. Tue reason be escaped
,y easily was because the hank did ~
wait to prosecute him on sccon
OF his family. l got INV reward aud Z
's bank got oil its money. This one cue
&c. m,de me become detective. And ! u
I'd you now young m On ths; Il IL o'tsntim
lis the simples, things that furnish the bs
in clues In the Diet sction OF crime. 1 trr
be- this item Is Satisfactory 10 you. l sh
snare the pird l am after when ! g., rest
To do 80, ant return him 20 cage s~aitil
!, him, aud Vt Is possible shall never see Js
% as again. out II strikes me detect We "
" knows his business would strike bonai
In these parts. I don't mean by this t.
the woods are full OF criminals. but simT
- that there 10 O woiul dearth OF detectv
vi Billiard tournament OF local expe -fs
~ the st. George h,tel billiard ball. COZ
mencug Tuesday evening, Fectus
26th. seven promising players tqnal Q
OF tore. FIVE prizes 10 be awarded. Free
bv tendance.
GOAL, Coal.