The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-10-07
RENDERS BAD BREAK.
A Chimney Sweep in the Role
Of a Detective
Arrested.
He Claimed TO be a Pinkerton
Man, but was Spotted.

For some days past a chimney sweep
has been plying his vocation in this city,
and his Ianc.:ul Costume and sonor0us
voice announcing his business have attract
cons;d. ribie attention On the street, tn, he
was gwen a passirg notice ard fOr.o ten.
Within tie past few days however, the am
bilious sxeep has gained more Dotoriety
than be desires, and in consequence 6ncs
himself beh nd p ison bars, and all bee ause
he immagined himself a detective and
as sGch I'd he. inn T. IDENTITY announced him.
sell 20 several police officers. He claimed
to be member OF Pink rIon's agency, in
the city ON special duty. Like all snide
&c ec,ives, his statements did not hang to-
geiher very We ], and he officers regarding
him with spIcioD, have since oteu watch
ing m very ca sely. Yesterday Mr. Jno.
Cooper, a member of PIN er;on's agency,
assigned to duty with BarnuB's circus, ar
rived in he city, ard as such officis Is
naturally do, al once sought police iead-
quarters. He was informed th,t tEe-e
vas chimney sweep in the ely
claiming 10 e Pinkert d tective, a
at once pronounced him a fraud. as he was
soquai ted with Every nan L. tire employ Of
that agency, and r, qusted that he be lot kei
up. This Was enough for the officers, who
never had any confidence in the festive
chimney s1e p's pretentions regarding his
profession rs a dereo tive and he was at occa
srre-t by Officer Ge ssaee and locked up
on the charge, Of vsgrsIcy and personating
an officer. He gave his name as Henry
Bender, and q search OF bis clothing failed
to reveal cent. He wore BADGE, which
he claims, is The insignia Of authority of
Pinkerton detectives, but Mr.. Cooper, who
wore genuine badge, said that more of
the kind worn by Bender were ever issued
by the Pipk-rton agency. So it set ms that
Mr.. lenders career as detective is liable
to be cut shOr, by term of service on the
rock pile.
Mr. Cooper, who is a very intelligent gen.
tlemsn, in conversation with BAzoo man,
said that the crop OF sEide detectives
was constantly increasing. "Bui" said he,
"of6c-Ts should have no difficulty in
spotting them, as they well know
tuat a genuine detective never announces
himself as such, nor proclaims the nature
of hi. business. / have no hesit4ncy in
doing so, because am assigned to duty
with this show and it is policy for me to
le' my busiLess be koowD."
"You are frequently ANNOYED, then, by
sride detectives, Mr.. "copper"" queried the |
reporter.
We find them 10 almost every town,
but we u,u ally make shor: work OF them
Ju.t IS We have in this case"
Many crooks on the road now, Mr..
Cooper?'
yes, lots of them, but you bet they give
our. show a wide r;h. | do not believe |
that a single one followed US ID your town.
Ii he did he came out of Kansas CITY, and |
we will &c! him before night. You bet |
Kansas City is hard town and the para
disc Of crooks"
Mr.. Cooper has been with the Barnum |
show for six seasons, and seams to have |
been remarkably successful in gettirg rid of |
pick ockets and thieves who usually follow
cireuses in shoals, and are the terror of the
innocent and unsuspecting.
Bender, the snide detective, was visited
in bis cell at the calaboose by BAzoo re
porter last evening. He claimed th-t hi.
personstion of Get 'ctsve was only In fun,
and that he followed chimney sweeping as
a legitimate means of support.