The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-06-01
MEN WHO NEVER SLEEP.


the Denver (Col) Times, consented to talk about
the business.
"There is all the difference in the world" he
said, "between the methods used by the secret
vice agents of different countries People who
read French novels have an idea that the DISCUSSES
spoken of in them as being worn by the Lecoqs of
the different stories something utterly untrue.
Strange as it may seem, however, it is true.
"a French detective who cannot so disguise him.
self that his superior cannot recognize him could
not find employment in any detective bureau. The
DISCUSSES wonderful, too, and even the strong
light of day shows no imperfection in them.
"There are two sorts of detectives in France
state detectives and the municipal city force.
Among the former one knows who his fellow
detectives are, and as they never work in pairs the
necessity for knowing each other is not so great.
The workings of the French bureau is very thor
ough and more like the American method than the
English.
"The latter never think of Disgusting themselves
and go to work openly. If bank is robbed in
France new assistant teller or clerk appears in
the bank day or so afterward. He is 8 detective,
of course, and where in England the detective
would be called in in front of all the employees and
ask them all manner OF questions the French would
say nothing, and nothing more would probably be
heard of the robbery until the thief was caught.
1.-THE English have great system of stool pig
cons. Among the vicious of all classes, male and
female, are always those to be found who, for the
sake of being protected in certain way, carry all
the news of the crooked work done among the
swell mobsmen as high-class thieves called, to
Scotland Yard, where is situated the criminal
investigation bureau. II Harry, the SWELL is
flashing q great deal of money about the fact is at
once reported to the police, and if any large for
gerry or robbery has recently occurred, Harry the
Swell is liable to prove alibi. Inside the great
portico OF Scotland Yard is large containing
the photographs of all the detectives employed by
the bureau, and the crooks thieves have free
access at any time to study the faces of those who
are liable to be after them at some future time
This stool-pigeon system is not used much in
America as the police do not put much faith in it.
"In France England, if the employe of big
banking house Is suspected OF irregularities his
habits watched and the facts ascertaned, while
In America man will be set on the track of the
supposed thief, make his acquaintance and ingra-
tate himself into the suspected mans confidence
He will spend much or more money than the
suspect, and will go into any dissipation with him.
In the event of irregularities in any large concern
the American detective becomes employee of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a porter or director of
q bank. The clew and the working up of it is
made much more of by an American than by any
one else. He will jump at conclusions from faint
something, and frequently hit the mark; whence
the stolid Britsher would be stumbling in the dark
"To be good detective man must be possessed
of courage, brains and GOODNESS There is no mys-
terry, however impenetrabe it may appear, but
what can be solved if the right methods are en-
ployed. There was a case l remember in Chicago.
ga well-known business man was found MUIR
dered one morning in his Office. The crime had
evidently been committed the night before, for the
body had been cold long time, and the mans
family had waited for him to come to his home the
evening previous His vauables had been taken,
the safe had been rifed, and beyond the CHASTITY
bulletin in the mans head, there was nothing to
indicate with what the crime had been committed
No pistol was found.
81 was put on the case, and, reasoned that as the
robbery was evidently committed for gain the
murderer must be in poor circumstances visited
all the pawnshops in the city, and found that five
previous evening and the morning. Three were
forty-fve caliber the size evidently used to kill
the man. Two of the men were well dressed and
the other wasn't. The latter was described to me,
and took the pawnbroker down to the different