Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-04

fTiminal Hunting Has Charms for the
Youth from the Country.

Youth from the Country.
From the Sun Francisco Chronicle.
DO you have many applications for po-
sitiens on your force% was asked of a
manager Or a Kearny street detective
agency recently.
so many" was the reply, s'that some
times think that half the population is
anxious to place itself in a position TO
ferret out the crimes of the other half.
The seIErecommended candidates for the
empty h0nors Of detective lite are chiefly
from the country. Some of them have
read the thrilling tales to which the name
OF Allan Pinkerton has been attached by
unknown dissemlnators of blOod-and-
thunder literature, and have become in-
latuated by the glamour thrown around
the heroes Of bank burglary captures, the
shad0Wing Of suspected murderers and
their detection by means Of button or
suspender buckle. receive Il good many
lellefs from the rural districts. Here IS
one from man at Woodland, who says
he has been schooling himself in shadow
ih2 people up there, and his success has
Oetn so iattering that he has come to the
conclusion That be ia possessed OF detec-
1--WE abllity OF no mean order. He IL anX-
i.us 20 Try his hand at the real business.
a there are any safe rObberies or muir
urIs on hand TO work up. he would gladly
accept a position ON my force at nomi-
nai salary. ] have written back inform
iNe hiin that ! am very sorry not to be able
20 aNail myself of his valuable services,
out mere IS no vacancy in my force at
present. ! have several letters from
ANAEUA OF from "a WI n an i'm
pressed with the idea that they are young
ia"hshaWs of the first grade. Some Of
tnciH nave visited the Office and urged me
give tnem a trial, but have never yet
t0"9'uHred 10 wise 10 encourage them in
uVeHlllug detectives. Some people have
wuat | call attacks of detective fever.
10y near Of some robbery o. other crime
N proceed 20 work up the ease without
pe knowledge of tae officers or the rcgu-
-. detectives. These cranks often shadow
one innocent person for days at a time,
n'aAlhg careful note of every suspicious
aeAoh' This class 0i would-be detectives
a'e harmless enough. never yet heard
oie OIL Them being OF the slightest use
~ use or ailOrding the least clue. al-
'."-u luey sometimes otier volumluOus
~ ~ 81 The cOmings and gOings of their
2i'ecls. Nothing, however, can make
,opie on whom The detective mania has
49, d. ~ hold believe that they are not en-
f1"' veg 10y nature with "a special qualifea-
in,, lhsplrational or otherwise, for hunt
"oWn criminals"
~ employment ever given TO the applf-
,.t from the country ?"
or, wy very often. Sometimes l send
NV. these verdant customers out on
& nv. tilNial case, and then detail another
e .,ea - watch his proceedings. ! have
Uut myself aud IL Is often as good rs
n w. us. The fellow viii hunt up his
n ana shadow him up and down the
- Judging behind corners and posts.
han.tneumes attracting a great deal Of
"a fsiph rom people along the way, II
i'A ihe man he Is shadowing. Occa-
however. the apprentice detec-
WI take hold OF IA case In good
III IL, anu work It up with such dispatch
,leale surprise among the older men
tgree. Probably the worst cranks
.'', eia's Of which | am speaking are
- VINO often get the detective fever
nofat form. l have often had ns
80 as six applications aday from ladies'
"efe sure they could 30 d great