Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-06-04
>rrrcTIVE ON CRIMINALS.
0Ie in taking Them From
rne cne Part Of the Go"n'ry I"
New York Sum-

New loIA "NH'J
,o;oritv of people imagine that
"lhe in"' man commits a crime his
because s,t = changes, and he becomes a
sboIie n" end desperate character" said
ethical glance at the detective re-
j cI. .bS fact that he very much re-
lealteia y ~ the other men who follow his
8llOe%;n New York, at least as to the
caIlnS 3,,s 81 and general air of prosper
big DlT - New York detective is divorced
IT,. Z; I; " biC moustache and his snug
nom D' Sacl, coat, with the lapels well
fiIIp5i hack, he is disguised.
nT2Is%% ,re in nv time made journeys a
! tal with criminals; that is, have
gool ~ an noints distant from New York,
folg .s y lugitives to the home authori-
SD ate Alter every trip of that sort men
te,' asked me whether l had much
pave .ble with the prisoner, and they
Hvn L,ad surprised to learn that men are
'eS Ell assaTnsible after they commit crimes.
gu 81, last last man travelled with was arrested
D y"gara Falls, and l travelled from that
~ with him to New Orleans. 1t is a
U.s. rim and the prisoner was wanted for
$4,000 embezzlement. Ii the man
.in't been a fool he might have been
wing the money yet. He was a small
": in New Orleans, and it was his Gus
W. 70 make out checks for the cashier to
IN occasionally the cashier signed
5nk checks and allowed the clerk to fill
am ont with small amounts, like So or
ior instance. One day the small
,-L took one of these small checks.
sai if out for a nice little $4,000 and
n,k the first train for Niagara. As an
srstration OF the laxity OF manner in
rbrb business houses trust their clerks,
may mention that this same small
lsrk had swindled another business
Sa1sa out of another few thousand dol
lar, in the same way. The youth took
Ts $1,000 and went to Niagara Falls
,ri PAINTED the Falls pea green. He
Tls a very popular young man around
5sre for a time. He gave philopena
Desents OF diamond lockets and the like
3 every young woman of pleasing ex-
tp-or on either side of the Falls, bought
rIt the local jeweler, and spent about
gOlOin a week. His popularity was at
ID highest when | arrived. | found the
most popular man in the neighborhood
n the Canada side whooping her up
rously. | told him he was wanted in
kew Orleans, and he looked panied.
Then he frightened up, said he was on
hp Canada side and we couldn't get him.
Iaid it was only a matter of time when
he government would give him up for
.wery, and he might as well save the
gTernment needless expense. He didn't
know, you see, that he was wanted
simply for embezzlement and not for
M!ery Had he known it he would have
hn secure on the Canada side.
talked with him half an hour, and
ben he walked across the bridge, and we
rup at hotel on the American side.
dhim watched and went to see the
E1ena girls. In less than a day l re-
rzsd all the jewelry, except locket,
Jh a girl in Port Huron had taken
I've with her. Then 1 lighted a cigar
sat down by the bedside of that in
sting young criminal while he slept.
enjoyed his sleep with calm repose.
arose next morning and ate a hearty
akfast. Meanwhile l was so tagged
myself that [ couldn't eat a mouth
Then the criminal and l got into
and started for New Orleans. All
At day he smoked and enjoyed himself,
a watched him. OF course [ did not
re to 90 to sleep. That night l made
m take all his clothes off and get into
upper berth. L sat on the edge of a
wer berth with my clothes on. This
ale two sleepless nights. The criminal
as healthy and enjoying himself. The
lowing night 1 put him to bed again,
ID sat on the edge Of the berth until we
rived at New Orleans. When we got
It Of the train l looked like an aban-
med aud dissipated house-breaker, and
was as fresh and rosy as the morn. 1t
st shows that it is no trouble to take
ire of criminals on a Journey"