St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-06

lNQrS q &s%SSgSY2 muStache. round, rud-
dy face and ciOSely-trimmed Side-whiSk-
erS on each cheek, he looks like con-
tented man who lives much in the open
air.
His face is Scotch and his manners
American, says the st. Louis Chronicle.
He dresses in well-ftting but plain
clothes, and is abstemious as to drink
ing. Coffee and cider are his only
drinks, and he does not use tobacco.
Leaning against hotel counter the
othter night he spoke of the training of
detective.
1--WE can train any young man and
make good detective of him if he is
intelligent" said he. I'VE raise most
of our detectives, taking them in with
us when they are less than twenty
years old and training them. Some
times | advertise for a boOkkeeper in
New York, and from hundreds of re-
plies received l select those that please
me best and ask their writers to call.
Then | question them and choose the
ones | want for my work. In week or
so can tell if they will make good de
tectives."
What nation produces the best de-
tectiveS?"
1.-The Irish and American, and the
lrish-American, [ think, is the best de-
tective. But | have men of all nation
alitieS employed. have to have them,
because some Of our cases involve Euro
pean trips and detective work in Europe
If we are working a case which leads us
to Paris, we send a Frenchman there,
and so with any other European coun-
try. We have to employ men of various
classes also for different kinds of work
| We have to send men on race-trackS to
watch for pickpocketS, and we have to
| send others to balls to protect the Jew
elry of guests"
''ln selecting your detectives, what
| qualities of character do you look for
! eSpecially"'
''First of all, secretiveness. Not tact
| turnity, but our men mustn't talk about
their business. We discharge a man
| instantly if we find that he is making
himself known. We have good men
with us who have been detectives for
| years, and whose business has never
been suspected by the nelghbors near
whom they have lived for years.
"a detective loses his usefulness
when it becomes generally known that
he is a detective, and the detective forces
of cities would be much better if their
men were not so conspicuous. Again,
our men must be entirely reliable
| They must never lie to us. We want
"When we get good men we try to
keep them as much as possible out of
temptation, but we can't always do this,
| and they themselves must have self
cOntol enough to keep clear of the
habit. Many promising detectives are
| ruined by women and liquor; they are
the chief dangers a man in this business
has to fear.'
''Have you operatives to whom you
can trust the entire conduct of big
! case?''
'Some; but we very rarely do it,
Most of our men, when they are work.
ing on case, act directly under in
| structions, and are very rarely called
upon to use their own Judgment. The
mails and the telegraph keep us con-
stantly informed of their movements.
Occasionally an operative will find him
self obliged to take step without con-
sulting us, when he is unable to reach
us. but that does not often happen. AS
| general thing, important cases are
worked ont through the heads of our
! bureau, our superintendent, and then
| the operatives by instruction, and often
by consultation O. all engaged in the
! work.
do women make good operatives?"
| "No, they do, not. We employ some,
but never one if we can help it. Their
fault is talkativeness; they can't be
trusted with an important secret"