The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-01-20
SMART WOMEN DETECTIVES.
Clever Work which They Do Where
NIuu Would Fail.

The manager of q well-known detective
agency was asked recently by reporter il
he ever employed women to do any work
and whether they made good detectives,
He said he occasionally employed women.
The reporter found n women's detective
agency, located downtown. 1t is managed
by woman who has been in the detective
business for about twelve years. She is
we'll known to many lawyers and her repu-
tation for 6rst-class work is excellent She
is of middle age, of rather stout build, and
has pleasant, attractive face. She was
dressed in black
. | called to get reply from you to the
much as detectives" said the reporter to
her
have no reply TO make, /" she said. 81
do not seek notoriety of any kind. / do my
work as well and as carefully as / know
how, and my customers appear to be salts.
fed. have done work for some of the best
known lawyers of this city and have had
some important cases, but it would be un.
professional for me to tell you about them.
am not afraid to take hold of any work in
my line, and have done most all kinds of il
except that connected with divorce cases /;
such kind of work will have nothing to
do with. Do employ women TO act as de-
tectives? Yes, several; though as q rule
l do the most of it myself. When you want
work done most to your own satisfaction
you must do it yourself To-day there was
man in court who wal arrested through
the work of this office, and have an I'M
portant case on hand of which shall be
glad to give you particulars at the proper
time, but more than this do not care te
tell you about my work or myself.
The woman whom will speak of had
an important case that involved the finding
Of mother and her child who had gone
West, The parties who wanted to find the
woman and child employed her to discover
their whereabouts. 1t was very necessary
TO learn this in suit that was pending.
The opponents to the suit knew where they
had gone to and had as their counsel two
of the leading lawyers of Brooklyn. The
woman detective decided to take the bull
by the horns, as the saying is. She arrnyed
herself in deep mourning and called on one
of these lawyers, representing herself as the
widowed sister of the woman who had left
for parts unknown. She told them that she
had important papers TO send to her sister.
and talked SO plausibly to the counsellor
that he gave the whole thing away, telling
her the place to which the woman and child
had gone and all about his side of the case.
No sooner had our detective got out of sight
of this lawyers Office than she started in all
haste TO find the woman, not even going
home to change her apparel. She sent a
telegram to her husband that she was oblig-
ed TO go ont of town and started for Indiana
q believe that was the State) on the very
next train. She found the woman and
child in the place she went to and thus nc.
complshed her task most successfully. An
other bright operation of hers was in OBJ
tanning information from or about house.
hold which could only be obtained by a
person inside the honse She affected the
Irish brogue and made application at the
house to be engaged as cook. Her services
as such were accepted and she remained in
the household several days, long enough to
obtain all the information that was desired.
Then she quit, telling the people that she
found the work too hard for herr