The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-19
MATRIMONIAL DETECTIVES
How Fathers Learn the Private Lives OF
Their Dang suttors.

Their Daugh ter's suitors.
From the New York Telegram.
"Of course, there are tricks In every
trade, and there are few in ours" said
q we'll known private detective, with q
smile, the other day. "The ms end
outs of the detective business are devil
Gus and many"
"Do criminal cases pay the best?"
asked the Telegram reporter.
"By no means. The bulk Of my
work is tracking private individuals and
ascertaining their daily life"
"Who are your best customers?"
"My best customers are usually wom-
en-. Tracking criminals is laborious
aud difficult, not to say dangerous. In
the first place, man with crime on
his conscience is suspicious. That fact
alone makes his capture the more diff
cult and dangerous, although lively
conscience, particularly when reflected
in mans actions, often gives him
away, and he himself furnishes the
groundwork upon which we weave the
net of convicting evidence against him.
With old crooks however, there is no
such thing as conscience, and they OF
all others are the most difficult to cap
ture. And, again, an old one at the
business is usually desperate and does
not hesitate 10 adopt desperate means
when cornered. On the other hand,
sporting reckless young men for their
sweethearts, wild sons for their fathers,
and suspected wives, and husbands is
what you would call snap You
would be surprised at the number OK
suspicious minded persons in the world.
| Only q few weeks ago had call
from house on Thirty-fourth street,
almost nnder the shadow of the Stewart
mansion. | responded in person, and
an elderly white-haired gentleman re-
ceived me in his library. After consid-
cradle beating about the bush, he mem
toned his daughters name, and surmis-
ing the rest, l said:
"'She has q suitor, and she thinks q
good deal of him, and wants to marry
him; and you want to know something
about the young gentleman said l.
"'Yes, yes. Bless my soul, how
did you know, said he, really astonish-
ed. Finally, after much talk, l sue
ceeded in getting all l wanted out OF
the old gentleman, and went away with
n parting injunction to be very careful,
the old man exclaiming. Bless my
soul, but L think he is wicked youn
man.
"That night followed the young gem
tleman after he and his betrothed had
returned from the opera and he had
left her at her fathers door. The first
place he visited was q saloon, where he
had good, stiff horn of whisky. On
top of this he visited the Haymarket,
where lie spent the best part of the night,
getting home about A in the morning.
made my report to the old gentleman.
who said, Bless my soul, just as l
thought. Try him again tonight L
did, and the young mans operations
were about the same, only varying the
Haymarket for faro bank, where he
lost heavily and went home pretty well
loaded That was enough for the old
gentleman, and when the young man
called next time, instead of the warm
welcome of his betrothed, he was met
I by the angry old gentleman. So you
see how he lost pretty wife and her
fathers well-flled money bags. The
old gentleman was deeply grateful to
me and gave me a check for 500, and
when I said it was good deal he re-
piled: why, bless my soul, you saved
my daughter, sir; you saved my daugh-
ter and the old mans eyes were filed
with tears.