Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-07-24
MEN WHO NEVER SLEEP.
Thrilling Incidents I'm the Life of an
American Detective.

lIlc y ullcI Stdlc,, dAscA ACPSoScN SO-A-
citations by a reporter consented TO
talk about the business
There is all the difference In the
world, ~ he said, ''betweeu the methods
used ly the secret service agents of diff
ferent countries. People who read
French novels have an idea that the
disguises spoken OF in them as being
wolu by the Lecogs of the different
stories are something utterly untrue
Strange as it may seem, however, 1t IS
true.
"a French detective who can not so
disguise himself that his superior can
not recognize him could not find en-
ployment in any detective bureau The
DISCUSSES are wonderful, too. and even
the strong light of day shows no i'm
perfection in them.
There are two sorts of detectives in
/ FTa-ce-State detectives and the mu-
nicIpal or city force Among tile for
mer no one knows who his fellow Ge-
/ tectIyes are, and IS they never work in
| pairs. the necessity for knowing each
/ other is not so great. The WORKINGS OF
the French bureau is very thorough
/ and more like the American method
than the English
The latter never think of Disgusting
/ themselves, anu 60 TO work openly. II
/ q bank is rcbbed in France a new as
| sistant teller or clerk appears in the
bank day or so afterwaTd. lie IS a
/ detective, OF course, and where IN
/ England the dete: tive would be callei
| in in front of all the employees and ask
them all manner of questions, tie
French would say nothing, and notl-
ing more would probably he heard OF
the robbery until the thief was caught.
/ The English have u great system OF
| stooi-pigeons. Among the vicious Ot
all classes, male and female, are always ;
tsbse to be found who, for the sake OF
being protected In 4 certain way, carry
ALI Il e news o. the crooked worA done
among the swell mobsmen, as high
/ class thieves are called, to Scotland
/ Yard where i situated the Criminal
| Investigaiion Bureau II Harry, the
| swell, is flashing a great deal OF money
about the fact is ut once reported 10
| the pOlice, and II any large forgery or
/ robbery IS recently occurred, Harry
/ the Swell, is liable TO Iroye an aiibi.
| Inside the great pOTtico of Scotland
| Yard Is large cas-. containing the pho
| tographs of all the d,tectives empIoyed
| Jy the bureau, and the crooks or thie'es
can have free access at any time 10
study the faces of those who are liable
/ TO be after them at some future time.
: This stoOl-pIseon system $ not used
[ much in America. Is the police do not
put much faith in it.
In France Cr England, II the en-
I ploye Of a big banking house IS suSpec-
ted of irregularities his habits are
watched aud the facts are aScertained,
while III America \ man viii BE- set on
the track Of the supposed thief, make
- II. him
self into the suspected mans conf
dence. He will spend Us much or more
money than the suspect. and Will go
into any dissipation with him. In the
event Of irregularities in any large con-
ceru. the American detective becomes
an employe OF the cOTpoTatiOn-whethe
As a porter or a director of a bank.
Tie clew and the working up OF II 5
made much more of by an American
than 10y any one else He will jump at
conclusions from faint something,
and frequently hit the mark; where the
stolld Britisher would be stumbling in
the dark
10 be good detective a man must
be possessed of courage, brains and
GOODNESS. There is no mystery. how
ever impenetrabie it may appear, but
what can he solved If the right methods
are employed. There was - case l re-
member in Chicago.
"A well. known business man was
/ found murdered in his office. The
crime had evidently been committed
the night before, tor the body had been
cold long time, and the mans family
had waited for him 10 come to his home
the evening previous His valuableS
had been taken, the safe had been Tiaed,
and beyond the CHASTITY buIlet-hole in
the mans head, there was nothing TO
indicate with what the crime had been
committed. No pistol was found.
Il was put on the case and reasoned
that as the robbery was evidently con-
mitted for gain the murderer must be
in poor circumstances. l visited all
the pawn shops in the city. and found
that FIVE revolvers had been pawned
between six O'Clock the previous even
ing and the morning. There were 40
caliber, the size evidently used to Kill
the man. Two OF the men were vel
dressed and the other wasn't. The lat
ter was described to me, and took the
pawnbroker down to the different rail
way depots where trains were leaving
: We went through three trans. and
finally located the man in u smoking
: car. l arrested hin, and much of the
dead mans property was found i'll hi
!, possession. It's not much of a story
If the man hadn't pawued the pistol Ia
would certainly have gotten of, but i
: shows how much little things amount to
: and will give you an idea Of how ;
: detective Will go to work,
: 1.-The life of detective is startling
r enough, but it gets tiresome and mono
= tonous, and L expect soon to retire.
remember one case that happened il
t New York a swell reception wa
! given by one Of the leaders of sJciety
One OF the guests had laid a valuabl'
) solitaire in the ladies' dressing-room OF
the wash-stand, and forgetting 1t, haC
left it Cn her retnrn TO ind II, It had
of course, disappeared. Nobody knew
where 1t was The trunks of all tn,
servants were searched, but no traci
, could lie found Of the jewel. which
. was worth 81 900. l finally found
!, where it had been pawned for 500 in
. pawnshop by 4 French woman. L too
the visiting list of the hostess, an,
, finally, after weeks search, fOunt
, that one of the guests. a rich woman
, had a French maid, and that she ha,
gone to Europe shortly after the recep
, ton.
Il had to wait for her return. mad,
the acquaintance OF the maid and tool
. her to The pavnbroker's, where he iden
; tilted her She confessed and her mis-
! treSs redeemed the diamond and pai'
: all the expenses. L never told on her
a You see also that pawnbrokers ar
IMPORTANT factors in cur business, ant
: that they are frequently of service il
detecting crime Still, pawnbroker
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