Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-24
BUSINESS MELANG u.
something About detectives ana
Their Work.

Their Work.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-ln the once OF a
roll Unknown broker noticed the other daY
Car, Wilson, who captured Jefferson "a
els Gen. Wilson at one time since the
war was President OF the New YORK and
Now England railroad. He now lives IN
Wilmington, Del. he is about 90 years OF
40 is Of medium height, well Knit, ana
i6oRs the personidcation OF pluck ana
resolution. He is practical engineer,
man of decided abilities, ana now mas
comfortable fortune.
Wars ago il often happened that clerks
ar runners of banks we're robbed IN W an
strnet or somewhere in that region IL
MAYER happens now. The reason IS tnaC
the strictest watch is kept over the nhah-
oioI region by the shrewdest OF detectives,
rSo heva their headquarters III room set
a1art for them in the Stock Exchange.
Professional thieves are not allowed IN
WoiI street. When thief wishes to visit
that golden thOroughfare, even Tor an I'M
Questionable purpose, he mas 70 Apply
Cor permission to Superintendent Murray,
and believe it is seldom granted. rms
is rather primitive law; 1t sounds rather
Russian, but it serves the purpose.
stout, heavily built man OF 90, WIN
rather singular features and peculiar size
whIskers and a well-fed, self-satlsted air,
occasionally be seen standing near
the snb-Treasury building. He is we'll
dressed and looks like a broker, but ap-
nasrs to have plenty OF leisure and may
he one of the moneyed men OF the CITY,
who has come down to simply look around
little before going up town 10 MS clup
for dinner. He seems to see nothing In
particular. lie has careless, apparent
" distracted, air. He is not broker.
He is one of the keenest detectives III
Wall street. Inspector Byrnes mas peen
in Wall street tor seven years, ana during
that time believe there nave Deeh no Ini-
nortant robberies. Whatever robberle6
have been committed there have been
done by men OF wealth and position, and
have been, as it were, localized by GUS
tom. But, speaking of detectives, 1t IS
sometimes surprising to see how
little like detectives they look.
A broker pointed to good-na-
tured, clerkly looking young fellow,
and said to me: "Do you know VINO that
isyu | had forgotten him. "He used to
be a clerk in such and such firm, but he
is now a detective" 1t proved TO De Inc
case. He did not look at all like the ira
ditIonal .lynx.eyed" detective and was
probably good deal shrewder than the
individual Of the lynx eyes. The slouch
hat and the flTtive eye are no longer in
vogue. The detective cannot be distin-
guished from any one else, and in this
fact lies his power. Then young women
in some cases make splendid detectives,
though from the nature OF the case they
are perhaps not quite so available IN busl-
ness affairs as in purely social matters.
Some OF them are beautiful and fascinat-
ing and have the traditional keenness of
. of "a haR s1nD "a 81 a
dove. They deliver summonses in cases
where such citations are eluded, and often
times show surprising shrewdness in
what is frequently task of peculiar dit
hculty. They trace stolen property and
they watch suspected husbands. l have
heard of the victim falling in love with
the beautiful detective who had wrought
his undOing.
One of the most interesting events in
business of late has been the sudden up
ward turn in the wheat market, The
banker Seligman is said TO be backing the
bull movement here, which is being engi-
neered by Charles MinzesheImer. Moses
Fraley, of st. Louis, is running a bull
deal there and says he expects to make
Sl,0U0,000 on that side of the market on
this crop. The so-called Big Four of Chi
cago, Messrs. Ream, Cudahy, Jones and
Hutchinson, have found the market
turned against them chiefly by Mr.. Fra
ley, man with no particular following
but plenty OF solid grit. He is sO-called
Lilliputlan, who bound the Gullivers
with something besides pack thread and
brought them over to the bull camp. Bears
IN the West have done great injury TO the
grain commerce, for Europe will
never buy on a declining market
The result of bear campaigns is thus
seen 10 decreased easL-bound tonnage on
the railroads. MIR. Edward CottreIl, a
large operator of this city, has turned
bull. he Is small, slightly built. dark
compleXlOnCd man, who is shrewd enough
10 read the commercial signs of the times
ana Trim his sails accordingly. Charles
k0us, another of the New YORK specula-
i've powers, has taken the bull side, and
what Is OF more Importance, the Big -Four
nave apparently covered their shorts and
TAKEN the opposite tack. 1t was renewal
Of warfare begun long before the opening
OF The Christian era. The scene is no
iOnsef IN Asia Minor, but the fight Is still
between the Hebrew and Gentle, and the
descendants of David have smltten the
great Gentiles OF Chicago and New York
mp and thigh. In other words, Hebrews
IKE Moses Fraley and Banker Seligman
nave led their friends up Pisgah height
VI speculative venture TO view promised
hhd0t business success, and Canaanites,
IKE heam, Jones, Cudahy and Hutchln-
son, are credited with forced and very
4ulck change of front. Fraley was the
.ltIle David who went forth before the two
HssemDled armies with his sling and
.hre" stone that brought down Goliath
ana changed sneers into apprehension.
ne noids millions of bushels OF wheat and
confident Of success. In serving bis
H"n interests as Spectator he is really
penenung the agricultural interests OF the
country, inasmuch as he is waging war
vi the men who have done real injury
~ 'ne country by artitcially depressing
tne value OF Its cereals until they were
oeIoW the cost of production.
OSCAR WILLoUGHBY RIGGS.