Telegram-herald., 1889-04-21
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@etectlse a.zk. s1l-s com giste success
c41Eot De attained sltLolE llss-r1rs-s
are stnsas and zssn ability - pas oas
anu sassLar sallS together 41d arrive ~
= eorEec4 F=s1ls are ~ the greatest necss-
zllF. ELlls Dll poor rst1Els ~e4la
come frL1 these qualities however isill-
flliF sgpilsd without tie a4f aAtass or
Ps1C1efllu4 slosz certAia IenAlto lines
1n.41 have beea previously arranged "a
sy4IsL14ti1 order. I- - herein tlAl thu
sE3rfs ~ pTisats detectives seldom ca
eom1Ars Win those II thoroughly or
gained public f0rce. Tie individual
worker 1ay SIR sboas vita al the eau
si0n. energy aat s1rssdaess Ia che ~oFll,
knd somssimes llay accomplish surprisils
resalts. bus a. a rule hs viii lnd himself
defeated from iack N general kno~ edge
about erinll a.Als Lhzs IL not Ia rs way 81
laaFu. talL uo aue eau iear1 Iale-s he acts
as ths heal of a large force. every mem Der
% which reports - him free queatly what
As haa discovered. IAs individual Is ham
oered because hs cannot draw ou The in-
FORMATION N many others As himself
The guDllc detective, besides his own
kn0Niel<s, may avail himself " yast
deal that others have acquired, anf bsss
or al 40 works under = System developed
from the observations or long experiences.
The success Or the New York detectlvs
bu- Is verY largely dus % uuceas-u4
adherence - plan ot survsil.Auce- lt
kz1gs Ihs force busy al the tine, for ~
Do nct propose Il Ne can help II, TO iet any
erook gsE he start " Us by committing
= crime iL - orr purpose 20 prevent
crime So~. in a great city ike New York
taere are more men snd women With es1l
propeusi-ies and tendencies 20 criminal
lie taAa forty nlea can Keep constantly IN
view Ihe situation - further complica-
tssi and r-41-red difficult - the constant
tnrux ~ crirain inais from other cities and
countries. Very few crimes are commit
Led ia theso days ~ the 20
fessional crock u te. years a-o. They
have learned taeir lesson and either Keep
themselves straight, or 20 % Europe IL ls
TIE new men. fresh arrivals and young
SEES that keep the criminal calendar fuA
asd bother the detectives; nevertheless
tae new comers are discovered with a
promptuess thai would probably surprise
tae pnbuc. unacQuainted - it is. with the
most approved methods OF good detective
wogk
Thc inportancs OF getting acquainted
win Incoming criminals j. too great and
too evident 10 peed any exposition at this
time The Way iL Is accomplished may be
OF the truth conveyed in tho old proverb:
Birds OF feather flock together "
Everybody knows how the rich peo-
pie OF city make their homes
ia ono locality, tho poor in an
ether: how In the business section OF a
town there IL the dry goods district. the
shopping district, the leather district, the
wooden district. the stree, where jewel
ers have their shops, another where brok-
ers are 70 be found and so on through the
whole list OF trades and vocatiOns. The
rule applies 70 thieves. They have their
resorts, and 10 il our business 20 find ont
where they are and 10 watch them.
Granted time and perseverance,. and all
the places where crooks cOngTegate can bs
located It IS morally certain that new
arrivals Will 20 70 these places. and when
detective sees a new face there. he
makes e ala business 70 find out AL posi-
be t.,nceruiag him. The actual working
Of thfssystem aud It's results cannot be
better illustrated than by brief reference
20 The Ernst murder case OF about a year
ago. Ir would be entirely possible for q
writer skilled ia fiction 20 make a sensa
sional novel out OF this case Of the regular
Gsboriau type by beginning with a state
nant OK The murder and leading the
reader through all the maze Of mysteries
that always surrounds such An eyens IL
stories. and IN this case did actually. The
aovei would begin something very much
Ike this:
Mrs. Margaret Ernst. an aged German
woman. supposed 70 have great wealth
concealed in her modest New Haven home
talked with neiChbor st her back door
3arly ono Monday evening. The nexi
morning her dead body was found in heI
kitchen horribly murilated. The back
door was not locked. and there was not
the slightest evidence on the premises tC
lead 20 a reasonable suspicion Ok the guilty
party"
After that the story would detail the
work of local policemen. their arrests oil
innocent persons. their utter bcwilder
ment. and so on until the operations OF
the New York police brought the affair e
successful terra nation It is not ny
purpose TO romance on this subject. IN
end rather % show how the
system OF surveillance employed
By this bureau Effected the cap
ture of the right parties within three days
sftrr the murder was committed. Let
ne say first that one 0t the two guilty
men had never committed crime before
40 far As ear pc ascertaincd from the rec
erd- OF she department.. The other va,
almost equally unknown 20 the police.
III was bat 3 few weeks before the mur-
ier ~ Mrs. Ernst shat one 0f my men r.
ported 20 roe that stranger had been
noticed sssociating with people whom W.
xre,v 20 Ia professional criminals. Ac
,ordinK 20 tbs usual plan orders wers
given that tnis stranrsf should
watched and everything pos
gbia learned about hs past
q vas readily discovered snl reported
shat he Was Henry T.. Chamberlain. slias
Frrsns Clarx. a New Haven crook. Amun :
she men whose acquaintance he cultivated
vas James r Taylor, a young saloon.
Keeper ~ rhfs city Both men were con.
fantiv watched. hus no reports = ttefl
movements of great consequence wars
rate until one Monday evening one o'
asY r,er stadovsl them % fhs Grand
Central Depot II saw them hrY tickets
'or New Haven snd board The train
Their orr snrveill anca boi &C st1p. n
Eaev hsd conten plated crime " thin %.
tifv they wcuid sever have acre rlni ishef
t ''r our msn would have been witl
hem nc every stage % re game and wonlt
have c1ec ksi thsu, a. the prcper mcmen :
Cnfer tls ciro1rnst snces. however al b.
-ouid 20 was e. repors 20 bradquarter-
.has thev had iefs town for New Haven
a nemcrsndum ~ .Ast elect rs Gisi fol
iuttre reference.
Ta-s3ay ereai0z's cappr contained NJ
fcur ~ = tfr finding of Nrs Frrst body
AMI ~ - rsfsi lack cf sr7 incr' T- inatlnl
slew our suspiriocs were directed al
ance 81 Chamber ain sn3 rsT ie~. Mer
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