The Irish standard., 1889-01-19
WAYS OF DETECTIVES.
How They Track and identity
Notorious Criminals.

The EiEht-Foot Walk Which Betrays Old
pfSson-Birds - Peculiar Actions That
Become q Larger Part Of q Profos.
sional L3w-Broaker's Nature.
"What are you doing there9"
The man to whom 1t Is addressed is q
short, thick-set man, says the Boston
Reo4ra there is nothing about him to at
tract attention. He IS the most common.
place man have met for some time. He is
simply leaning against pile Of boxes,
trunks and the like, at a railroad station.
Upon first glance he looks like a sleepy old
fellow, who may have drank more than q
aagon Of rum, or be may have walked q
long distance, and, therefore, re is
fatgued. AS any one approached hlm In
the crowd ha looked sharply, and then
seemed to become oblivious.
That man is one Of tho sharpest detect
ives in the State Of Massachusetts.
"Nhat are you doing therein Is the
question again.
Quickly, without moving a muscle, with
out looking up again, he answers, ii low,
distinct voice: :Don't speak 10 me now;
Pm watching man, moved away.
Presently the crowd gets thicker. The
sleepy gen tleman by the trunks becomes
suddenly aroused. He moves about very
vapidly among the people. What will he do3
Hardly is there time to walk ten PAGES
when he has disappeared. Tae train thun-
ders into the station and che people went
aboard. The n,au WAS nowhere.
That night one OF the Uoldest burglars
was arrested and lodged ia Jail. He was
arrested on that train, and by the sleepy
Man.
The arrest was accomplished thus: AS q
eough-looking man with tin pail in his
haad walked quickly FROM the depot to the
train, tie detective followed him closely,
an I, just as ne was about to put his foot On
me step, he tripod and fell to the plat
coryn. In an instant the detective fell Oh
Top OF him.
The two men were assisted into She car,
and then the detective apologtzed Tor hav-
t,y fallen On BIN. They sat down together
Ia she smoking car, the old-fashioned de-
tGcsive took ont of his pockets u lot OF cakes
Rad npples, aud they began to eat end talk
about The news
:.rhat ws"s a bad bit Of work those fell
hws done there in Boston. Dia you see the
s,veung paperss"
"zVhat do you n1oan!" said the man.
"Why, that safe burglary last night"
''Was there a bn,glary?"
eyes; didn't you hear Of It'll Why, they
srole over one hundred Thousand dollars
worth OK cash securities and bonds from
ans $500 Bank
'lndeed! any arrasts?"
''Not yet, but the officers are close On the
srach Of the jeaGes of the gang"
care thcyl Do they think they have the
right 1nan'''
Eyes; they are watch;ng mar In East
txy +J,x. nF i,j q noted
burglar"
Juat ali this moment u roan arose from the
aeat behind and walked out .,X the car. He
rassed or into the next car.
"Tha,'a our rnans" whispered sne de-
tsetive 10 his apparently injured COM
panion. The two mem arose and passed
into the next car after th. fellow who had
arisen.
They caught up IA, che man IS he was 60
:nE out OF che next car. The train was
stopping Mt a short station. The man got
oE. &c was arrested.
"How did you know that was Ridge
wood?" was asked of tho detective.
"Because when I mentioned His name he
started and left the Ctr. There is some
thing about criminal that gives him
away to @ practiced eys. saw that mar
on the platforu,--he was walking up and
down. Etc did not walk more than eight
feet before he would turn and walk back
agnin. AT this / became aroused, and
watched him closer.
cit was when I tripped up my friend
that WANTED tc avoid suspicion. the burglar
was behind US, the man who fell first is
one of tho hest detectives in Boston. he
was dressed IKE aworking-man and carried
= pail. when we fell the man whom we
were watching did not notice MS, bur hurried
into Tx. cars all the other people stopped
and looked IN.
"The snau went directly to the smoker
and lit :. cigar nervously; he drew his hat
over his eyes and nestled down in his seat,
apparently engrossed in his newspaper.
The man read the Same paper for long
time; he diti ,,oo seem to be interested i'll
1t at ali, although his eyes We're intently
upon 1t. They were only On one spot We
"a: down III front Of him and began to
cat apples ana talk. When ! mentioned
the mama OF Ridgewood he started from
his reverie. r looked him square in the eye.
He got UP aud left the cac. He was cur
man.
"Oh about the eight~fooS walk? Well,
you see an old criminal who has done time
will never get ont Of the habit OF walking
up and down as he has done so long in his cell.
AIS Will 2bnuu ISSoi NAAsso Is WIZ
regulation len 9Th of cells. He does this un-
consciously, and even though he may guard
himself against it, before he knows it he
will begin to walk up and down.
"Of COURSE" said the detective, 'sno man
gives himself up to justice-no criminal tells
the detective that he is the man. We are
compelled to judge from our experience. a
criminal has certain look, a peculiar way
Of moving secretly, even III public places
In hotels, at theaters, all over. No one but
q skillful man in criminal work cau tell the
difference, but their actions are readily ap-
parent-they become q larger part of the
criminals nature; he can not cast OF him
SelT.
"Then there are other things; certain
well-known criminals have,' he added, "a
distinct style of work. The crime is always
carefully investigated. and the detectives
learn the methods Of the different men. 1t
is school. can not explain it to you un-
less you are close observer of human
nature.
"a criminal in walking along the street
will unconsciously turn his head and give
quick glance backward, almost ever so