Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-02-11
WOMEN goETecrlvEs.
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Where Ma Would lail. ~

+ WOMEN DETECTIVES.
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The manager of a well-known detec-
1--WE agency was asked by q reporter
for the Mail and Express if he ever en-
ployed women to do any work, and
whether they made good detectives.
He said he occasionally employed wo-
men. The reporter found a women's
detective agency located down town.
It is managed by a woman who has
been in the detective business for about
twelve years. She is well known to
many lawyers, and her reputation for
irst-class work is excellent. She is of
middle age, of rather stout build, and
has pleasant, attractive face. She
was dressed in black.
II called to get reply from you to
the intimation that women do not
amount to much as detectives" said
the reporter to her.
81 have no reply to make" she said.
II do not seek notoriety of any kind.
do my work as we'll and as carefully
as know how, and nv customers ap-
pear to be satisfied. I have done work
! for some of the best known lawyers of
this city, and have had some important
cases, but it would be unprOfessional
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 it except that connected with divorce
cases; such kind of work will have
nothing to do with. Do I employ wo-
men to act as detectives? Yes, several;
though as a rule do the most of it my
self. When you want work done most
to your own satisfaction you must do it
yourself. To-day there was man in
court who was, arrested through the
work of this Office, and I have an i'm
portant case on hand of which shall
be glad to give you particulars at the
proper time, hut more than this l do
not care to tell you about my work or
myself.
1.-The woman whom I will speak of
had an important case that involved
the finding of a mother and her child
who had gone West. The parties who
wanted to find the woman and child
employed her to discover their where
abouts. 1t was.very necessary to learn
this in a 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 Brook
lyn. The woman detective decided to
take the bull by the horns, as the say
ing is. She arrayed herself in deep
nd of
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 counselor 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 APP
parel. She sent telegram to her hus-
band that she was obliged to go out of
town and started for Indiana Il believe
that was the State) on the very next
train. She found the woman and
child in the place she went to and thus
accomplished her task most success
fully. Another bright operation of
hers was in obtaining information
from or about household which could
only be obtained bya person inside the
house. She affected the Irish brogue
and made application at the house 70
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, tell
ing the people that she found the work
too hard for her ~. Y. Mail and En-
press.