The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-25
A DEFECTIVE ON CRIMINALS.
The Trouble in taking Them from
Part OF the Country to An
SKY other

1.-THE majority of people imagine that
because a man commits crime his
whole nature changes, and he becomes
reckless and desperate character"
said Detective Larkins.
A critical glance at the detective re-
vealed the fact that he very much re-
sembled the other men who follow his
calling in New York, at least as TO the
big moustache and general air of pros
perity. If a New York detective is
divorced from his big moustache and
/ his snug-fitting sack coat with the lapels
well turned back he is disguised.
II have in my lime made journeys a
good deal with criminals; that's. have
gone to points distant from New York.
and taken fugitives to the home author
lilies. After every trip of that sort mel.
have asked me whether | had mucl,
trouble with the prisoner, and the,
seemedSurprised to learn that men are
still sensible after they commit crimes.
The last man | Travelled with was ar
rested in Niagara Falls, and I'trayeled
from that point with him to New
Orleans. 1t is long trip, and The
prisoner was wanted for $1,000 EN-
bezzlement. If the MAN hadn't been ~
fool. he might have been ENJOYING the
money yet. He was small clerk in
New Orleans. and it was his custom Il,
make out checks for The cashier 10 sign.
Occasionally the cashier would sign
blank checks and allow the small CLERK
10 fill them out with small amounts
like 50 or 3d. for instance One dav tho
small clerk took one of these small ]
checks, filled 1T out for a nice littl,
$4,000 and took the first train for
Niagara. As an Illustration of the lax
OF manner in which business. houses
trust their clerks, l may mention the
fact that this same small clerk had
swindled another business house out of
another few thousand dollars in the
same way. The youth took his $lO.t 100
and went TO Niagara Falls and painted
the Falls pea green. He was very
popular young man around there for a
time. He gave philopena presents of
diamond lockets and the like to every
young woman of pleasing exterior on
either side of the Falls, bought out the
local jewel.r. and spent about 81. 600 in a |
week. His popularity was at its highest
when | arrived. | found the most pop |
ular man in the neighborhood, on the |
Canada side whooping her up joyously. |
l told him he was wanted in New |
Orleans. and he looked panied. Then |
he frightened up, said he was on the |
Canada side and we couldn't get him. | |
said twas: only matter of time when |
the government would give him up for |
forgery, and he might as well save the |
government needless expense. He did |
not know, you see, that he was wanted |
simply for embezz ement and not for |
forgery. Had he known it. he would |
b. We been secure on the Canada side.
~ talked with him hall an hour, and |
then he walked across the bridge. and |
we put up at hotel on the American |
side. | had him watched and went /
around to see the philopena girls. In |
less than a day | recovered all the /
jewelry, except locket, which giri in |
Port Huron had taken home with her |
Then lighted cigar and sat down by |
the bedside of that interesting young |
while he slept. He enjoved |
next morning and ate hearty be TX
fast. Meanwhile | was so tagged out |
myself that couldn't eat mouthfnl !
Then the criminal, and got into car
and started for New Orleans. All that
day he smoked and enjoyed himself.
and watched him. OF course | did
not dare to go to sleep. That night |
made HIM take all his clothes off and
get into an upper BERTH L sat on the
edge of the lower berth with my clothes
on. This made two sleepess nights.
The criminal was healthy and enjoying
himself The following night put him
to bed again. and sat on the edge of the |
berth mt we arrived at New Orleans.
When we ge. out of the rain I looked |
like an abandoned and dissipated house
and he was as fresh and rosy
as the morn. 1t just shows that it is no
trouble to take care of criminals on a
journey.