The Columbus journal., 1885-12-16
SPYING N SPIES.
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Department.
..You think our business aquser one"
remarked . Central Station detective
yesterday. Ea E~
I'VE have 10 do al kinds a tasks"
he continued; risk our lives one day
capturias come Aist, cad the very next
perhaps assume Ill the delicate tact and
nice behavior required to convince
lady thAf she has absolutely no cause
to be Jealous of her husband. Than
the worst Of it 10 We have to b - nys-
ferrous in everything We do. MOI
syllsbse dare We urter foe faaeot Spea..
ing the Job. Sometimes fairly ache to
ted of the funny things I SEQ. but il
won't do; the story might contain some
sceao Of informatioa-Wh1oh~ thought
lessly repeated by others. would afford
outsider . due = the ,buGinAss I he'd
In hand.
II remember an incident Of the kind
in question. showing tho bed policy OF
talk ng too much shout Q casa SOme
four years 40 the confidential clark q
. certain big Ersin house in this city
was found 70 b a embezziec. Tais
discovery Wa made oue Sunday after-
noea by the proprietor himself who do
vsted tho entire day 70 tho work OF
everhaulinS the accounts Of the CON-
earn. He chose Sunday for this work.
50 - not 10 exotic tho susp;cions Of his
maa and about four in the afternoon
had abundant evidence that the young
fellow was several thousand dollars
short. Naturally The old man was
excited. He jumped around his Office
and tore his hair. and then resolved to
have the embezaler arrested forthwith.
His eye at that moment caught sight
of q young bootbisck on tho Opposite
side Of tho streetraad he salisd he lad
over and gave him . dollar to go TO the
house where his clsrk boarded and in
quire if he was there. The boy knew
tho young man very we'll, and when no
appeared at the door told him evefJ-
thing that was going on at tho Office.
":Mr. - is pulling his hair out by
the roots said the boy. and the young
man took the hint and left the city
within half an hour. W. got track Of
him and autographed to q town farther
on his description. and asked the police
TO arrest him on tho cars But the
fugitive knew . thing or two himself.
and left tho cars ii . small station. and
boarded q train going In another direo-
ton. That young man gsvo tho depart
mont moro trouble than l care to tell.
He was tracked to Kansas City. thence
to Quebec. and finally. six months later.
he wa located in st. Louis. An officer
wa dispatched to bring him back. but
tho bird had flown. How Is it, We
asked, that this man Is able to escape
Us right along; he seems to forestau all
our actions. and il would appear he was
beng advised Of our inteatidas right
along!
.'Such proved to be the case. and
some Of our men talked . little too
freely. The fugitive wa . member of
. powerful society. and all our talk
concerning him. We found out after
ward, had been autographed him direct.
and he knew beforehand what We in
tended to do. We captured him atlast.
however. and he Il now doing his bit ct
Joliet
Tint casa taught the department q
valuable lesson. Ii would be impossi-
bio now for . case like that to be re-
peated. and that il why I first said you
might possibly think our business
queer. II you'll allow that we have
many odd jobs to do, what do you
think Of the men who arc hired to
watch US! You see . detective keeps
his eye on thieves. but there are de-
tectives whose only business it is to
watch other detectives. Spying on
spies is their work. and If I am any
Judge 1 should think it rather ticklish
work to do"
".Who are they"
Il don't know. All 1 know Is that
every detective in this department, and
every uniformed officer as well. is un-
der surveillance, and that these secret
agents report only to the Snperintend-
ont"
What do they report?"
Well. various things. In tho first
place, the Chief of Police is constantly
IN receipt of complaints against patrol
mon and others ON the force. Some
times q Lieutenant 10 said to bo work
lag his district for a gold watch, .
horse and buggy. or some expensive
present. which generally takes tho form
Of . testimonial. There 10 . rule in the
department prohibiting IN officer OF
police fr0nAFeceiving ANY present. Now,
this rule 10 not often enforced, but, to
make sure that it won't be. your. ambi.
tious copper tells tho chief that the
diamond star no Is about to receive. or
the horse and buggy. or the gold watch.
or whatever 1t may be, is the unsolicited
gift of the residents of his district who
open their pocket books and buy him
What he gets in order to express their
sense Of his fitness for Office. Of course
that is all tosh; the Lieutenant il always
1t the bottom Of such . scheme. and one
Of tho jobs your mysterious fly bobs'
has to do is TO look up the extent to
which he il . party to the dodge.
Again. any detective who dresses
vol or wears diamonds Is a sure work
for the .lv bob l ought to explain
that these secret officers arc called fly
bobs' in the department. They arc
= put on the track Of any and all police
officers who are known to be addicted
TO fast living. II the officer thus
singled out happens to be doing . quiet
oOtS o. UA0CAuAeiAux' % Olson tuO
case. it isn't . great while before his
head goes into the basket Even the
corner cop who takes too many pea
nuts from the dako fruit merchant 10
under the vatchful eye Of the fly bob
Its . ticklish business - I said
before, but Id enhances discipline in
the department and for that reason I
suppose the scheme h all right
CHiedCO NesCs.
MOUNTSTUART.
L0ea 0ats's Aagniil cent New Ralaso Near
l. RotAeaay.
The rebuilding Of M%ountstuart. Lord
Bute's palace. near Rothessy. has been
completed. and it 10 one Of the most
magnificent mansions In Great Britain.
| The house covers an acre, and 10 In the