Wichita eagle., 1889-08-14

"lhe latter never think OF d1Sgu1Slng them
selves, and 60 to work openly. II a bank is
robbed in France a new assistant teller or
clerk appears in the bank day or 80 after
ward-he is detective, Of course, and where
in England the detectives 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.
The English have great system of stool
pigeons. 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 mobs-
men, as high class thieves are called, to Scot
land Yard, where is situated the criminal in
vestigatiorf bureau If Harry the Swell is
flashing a great deal of money about, the
fact is at once reported to the police, and if
any large forgery or robbery has recently oc-
CURED, Harry the Swell Is liable to prove an
alibi Inside the great porticO Of Scotland
Yard is a large case containing the pho
tographs Of all the detectives employed by
the bureau, and the crooks or thieves can
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 sys-
tenn is not used much in America, as the po-
lice do not put much faith in it.
SIN France or England, if the employee Of
big banking house is suspected Of irregular
tiles his habits are watched and the facts as
certained, while in America a man will be
set upon the track Of the supposed thief, make
his acquaintance and ingratiate himself into
the suspected mans confidence. He will
spend as much or more money than the sus-
pect, and will 60 into any dissipation with
him In the event of Irregularities in any
large concern the American detective becomes
an employe of the corporation-whether as a
porter or director Of a 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 some
thing, and frequently hit the mark, where
the stolid Britisher would be stumbling in
the dark.
ITO be a good detective a man must be
possessed of courage, brains and GOODNESS
There is no mystery, however impenetrable
it may appear, but what can be solved II the
right methods are employed. There was a
case remember in Chicago some years ago.
"a well known business man was found
murdered 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 pre-
vious His valuables had been taken, the
safe had been rihed, and beyond the ghastly
bullet hole in the back of the mans head,
there was nothing to indicate with what the
crime had been committed. No pistol could
be found.
INTO fba hot
as the robbery was evidently committed for
gain the murderer must be in poor circum-
stances l visited all the pawn shops in the
city, and found that Eve revolvers had been
pawned between o'clock the previous even
ing and the morning. Three were As cali
Der, 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 pawnhrokar down to the
different railway depots where trains were
leaving We went through three trains, and
finally located the man in a smoking car. l
arrested him, and much Of the dead mans
property was found In his possession. Its
not much of q story-f the man hadn't
pawned the pistol he would certainly have
got of, but it shows how much little things
amount to, and will give you an idea Of how
a detective viii go to work
Those who are intrusted with the handling
OF large sums Of money are frequently
watched by detectives, particularly If any
money is missing from the Institution. Bank
clerks are particularly liable to be kept under
surveillance Not long ago leak was known
to exist in one Of the banks Of this city
Every clerk was Swallowed by detective I'M
til finally the thief was discovered. His
mother made good his defalcatiou, and being
of good family, he was permitted to resign
The life Of adetective Is startling enough
but it gets t!resoms and rnonotonous, and /
expect soon to retire / remsnbe- one case
that happened In New York. A very swell
reception was given by one Of the leaders Of
society. One Of the guests bad left valu-
able solitaire in the ladies dressing room on
the washstand, and, forgetting 1t, had left it
On her return to find II, It had OF course dis
appeared Nobody knew where it was The
hunks OF all the serv vents were searched, but
no trace could be found Of the jewel, which
was worth about $4,000 finally found it
whore it had been pawned for $500 ip pawn
shop By French woman took the visit
ing list Of the hostess and finally, after q
weeks search, found that one OF the guests, a
rich woman, had French maid, and that she
had gone 10 Europa shortly after the recep-
ton
II had 70 wait for her return, rade tho
acquaintance Of ths u,sid. and took her TO
the pawnbroker's where be identified her.
She confessed and her mistress redeemed the
diamonds and paid all expenses never told
| on her.
You sse also that parrhoSers are inpcr-
| tant factors In or brstness, and tha. they
are fraouect,y az psrvice In detecting crime
Sill pawnhrokers encourage robbers, fr II
there were no Shops the temptation 90 steal
would not bs 90 great
"Tt's6 singular buines z evsryway,s con-
tinue9 tie Eisf tassr Fascinating Ia many
WAYS. but, Ike everything elsa. o1s gets tired