Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-12-01
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aG',, loa q hotel detective, IL lie?
~. what oa Garth coed is C hotel de-
~..T2? What do hosc.5 want With DC.
Gives, arvtow2'
I..is remark, mado in 9 retutant tone,
rs uttered il tho corridor CT the Hoff-
Hsa houre tho o.her afternoon by
'cs.crn man who was on visit to tho
Nc,:ogo,is and had hce. looking at the
G.t measures CO the casc. lie eyed in
contemprrcus way the well dressed little
aaN. with slouc.l Eat. who was lean.
tlg cSainst o pile Of trunks near tho ele-
vator. a friend showing the western
n>aa tho city sights had happened Incl.
Gcn.ally to point out Detective Jacobs as
onc cf the features of big metropolitan
hotel.
Ten minutes later the wcstclncr saw
the little detective step up to well
dressed man in group Of three who
had just sauntercd into the art gallery.
ON have to ask you to move on, SIR"
tho detective said.
WHO are your growled the man,
angrily, what do you mean by talking
to me that way2"
"Just what say, and mean it," the
little man replied, undaunted, "and
here's who l am, and l know you per-
fectly we'll"
! The little detective threw open his
coat and showed his glstening detective
| shield. Tho well dressed man cut short
his bluster instantly, and walked quickly
Out into the street.
| H., l.
casually dropped into the hotel cafe with
| two out of town crooks. The converse.
ton with the little detective was anima.
ted, but not so loud that anybody in the
art gallery could understand it. The
| GothaGlite who was showing the west.
crner around knew what was up, though,
and turning to his friend said playfully
That's some good hotel detective is
That WAS confidence man that liz
talked to. Maybe he'd havo caught OF
to YOU il it hadn't been for the detec
tive"
1t was an apt illustration Of ono of the
duties of tho hotel detective. In tn,
marvellous perfection Of the equipment
Of a metropolitan hotel in tho last few
years the private detective has come tc
he an indispensable detail, and today
tho1c is not a hotel in town that enjoys
ny select patronage at all that does moi
.np.oy n guardian. who is empowered
o make arrests if II, essity arises. Some
at the detectives are men specially as
ianed from the police force, and who's,
'larT is guaranteed by the hotel in con
liberation of the po!iceman's exclusiv,
"lvice. Often, however, the specia
t,ardans are regular private detectives
hey are men well trained in detectiv
methods, and enjoy the advantage of
vide and varied acquaintance with tn
faces of metropolitan rascals and tin
confidence operators of the country.
Keeping the hotel clear of this class c
reoEs however, is only small part of tho
olcl detectives work. Upon them dc
Dives in most cases the supervision O
he porters and hall boys, and all tn
riny Of help that big Gotham inn ha
employ. If n guest loses anything i
le ho;cl, or outside of it either, he
, eat at once to the hotel detective to cor
glt about its recovery; and if chamber
lails On portcrs find articles that hay
} aaon mi,laid or lost, they are expected t
: ring them direct to tho hotel detective
> ma he, III turn, hands them over to th
aotel proprietor, or his representative,
G delivered to the owner.
i i also the detectives duty to pre-
,, , Get his employers from tho numeror
I'D persistent army cf pests known {
the hotel beat, and it is due to the Pre-.
enee of detectives, i'll every well regulate
|, city hotel, that New York has ceased
be n spot where this peculiar gentry ca
thrive. The petty thievery of guest
valuables has also come to be a rarit,
= and nowadays the man of means, sto
|, ping at any well regulated New York IL
J, til, can feel as secure as if he We're tra'
h cling with Il private station house Of Ii
$ cwn in tow. More than all, howeve
r the old time harvest Of victims that HUI
t sry Joe and his pals used to gather fro
z hotel corridors is all cut off.
:, All this the detective has to do for Il
9 regular salary, but he has legitimate pe
quisites These are the more or less Ii
II eral fees that good natured QUITO
IS toWncrs, who want to see what the Ii
; of big city really is after dark, pay f
!, straight tips on the places where the el
phant cuts up his most famboyant al
. startling shindigs.'' 1t is worth han
:. some sum 10 the hotel detective wi
/. pilots n party Of strangers through Il
0 lnultiludinous and more or less pictu
t csque maze of after dark spectacl
= known to the experienced man abo'
: town rs ..the sights" And there a
9 few more experienced men about tow
t than your quick witted hotel detective.
New York Sun.