Telegram-herald., 1886-05-09
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What does that badge Indicate SAID a
reporter SD a rather -sssiy hooking individual
Who sai su the reading raom Of the raelae
hofei lae badge referred ie was square
bii Of sllk. ou which wa- thr representation
OF woman jraaiug aside a eurisia Nhich
gave psr,aai ,ies - young meu Il
gaming table il va ts,tyned by a cla .a 70
ihe wsarsr. and ouiy ..siue to yiew Wheo IT,
owner leanins bAek ln bis biz sfm chair,
placed bis thamhs in The arm oolss of h.s
yes The question seemed Ga wake the mau
np. Tie removed bis hands. brought the
'front.' legs oi the chair down on the marble
floor and SAT straight up a. he looked al The
quesuoner
lirg pardon. said the inquisigive. half
frightened reporter "nut 7 Thought You
belonged Go some order and might be- a
visitor from some other city, and thought
% make note OF e.
No said the tuan. Il belong to 10
order, and am no stranger Ia Chicago. l.
like YOU, make nay living oy minding other
peoples business No Oilense intended
bat now ii yon will draw back from the
window a httle way / will give YOU such
facts as are good for you and the public 10
know without iniuring my business.
You see those young fellows on the walk
Just near the hotel entrance he continued.
nodding, bat neither looking nor pointing
toward them.
The reporter took in the group, and the
stranger went on. That tall, slim. sleepy
looking fellow is my meat and drink just
nov. lie recently came from the East and
got responsible place IN prominent gran
ana stock brokers office. His uncle hives
IN Chicago, on the North Side and through
him the firm of -- agreed 10 give
the young man deck at good salary.
Now, you see, business men do not have
time to get acquainted with their employees.
They see them SIX or eight hours while they
are at work. bat where they are or what
they do the other sixteen ear eighteen hours
of the twenty-four that make up Chicago
day. they know not
so YOU cultivate the Young man 5 ac-
Quainiance. broke in the reporter
Not bit oft never meet him. That
young fellow is now on his way 10 his
employers office | shall act the part of
satellite 10 him until he reaches his desk,
" ben l will 20 TO my private quarters and
prepare written statement of his dOings
since he left his employers office al p IN.
Yesterday. | know when he lunched at
well-knOwn restaurant on Monroe street
last night, what he ate and what he drank.
resorts he attended after the theater was
out. know the street and number where
he spent the night and what his companions
have been since he showed himself on the
street this morning. / can approximate
within 4 doll ar or TWO how much money he
spent in the last twenty hours You
think it would be mean of me 10 tell his
employers? Why that is what | was hired
for"
II hon.
by the firm which pays that young man
his salary and whose business IS intrusted
10 his haLds.'
'You are a detective them"
NO, not exactly. Not such as the pub
lie knows as members of any agency. a
woman is the organizer and manager of our
secret escort service. She has many attrac-
tive ladies in her employ. Ii is their bust
ness 10 visit public meetings and theatres.
get up hirtations with the man they are
spotung. make appointments and never
keep them but tn know whether they are
kept by the observed young men,
How do these business men know where
10 get such services
They are furnished with information in
a way that those in their employ know
nothing about. and that the interests We
serve require me to say nothing about"
Is this system of espionage carried on
very much?" was asked.
Yes; many a smart young man who
imagines he is having a wild, gay time
when he is off duty without any one know
ing H. is regularly reported to his employ
ers, and if he suddenly leaves his place the
papers will never be able To say why"
"On what class of employees Is tins secret
watch kept Mostly
well. principally on bank employees and
trusted clerks and in tact on any person
filling a responsible position where the en-
ployer wants full knowledge of the habits
OF the person engaged.
While the seedy IN disguised talker was
telling this much the watched" young man
outside parted with his companions and
sought his employers office on La Salle-st.,
and the escort, as he chose TO call him
self, parted with the inquisitive reporter TO
seek a spot where he could make up the
record of that he had lost a nights sleep to
see and hear Chicago Journal.