Milford chronicle., 1889-05-24
THOSE WHO NEVER SLEEP.
a DETECTIVE ON THE PEcULlARf
TIES OF HIS CALLING.

United states SAT IN lne iODDy OF tne W lAlusul
hotel yesterday afternoon, and after repeated
solicitation by a reporter for The Times, con
sented to talk about the business.
"There is all the difference in the world, he
said, ''between the methods used by the Sc
cret service agents of different countries
People who read French novels have an idea
that the disguises spoken Of in them as being
worn by the Lecocqs of the different stories
are something utterly untrue Strange as 1t
may seem, however, it is true.
"a French detective who cannot so dis
euise himself that his superior cannot recog-
nize him could not find employment in any
detective bureau The DISCUSSES are wonder
full, too, and even the strong light Of day
shows no imperfections in them.
THE DIFFERENCE IN METHODS.
'sThere are two sorts of detectives in
France-state detectives and the municipal
or city force. Among the former no one
knows who his. Yellow detectives are, and as
they never WORK in pairs the necessity for
knowing each other is not so great. The
working of the French bureau is very thor
ough and mere like the American method
than the English
1.-THE latter never think Of Disgusting them
selves, and go to work openly. If bank is
robbed in France a new assistant teller or
clerk appears in the bank day or so after
ward-he is a 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
1.-THE English have a 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
a certain way, carry all the news of the
crooked work done among the swell mobs-
men, US high class thieves are called, to Scot
land Yard, where is situated the criminal in
vestigation 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
alibL 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 crook 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.
"In France or England, if th9s5nploye of
a big banking house is suspected Of irregular
tiles his habits are watched and the facts as
certained, while in America man will be
set upon the track Of the supposed thief, make
his acquaintance and ingratiate himself into
the suspected mans confidence. He viii
spend as much or more money than the sus-
pect, and will go into any dissipation with
him In the event Of irregularities in any
large concern the American detective becomes
an employe of the corpOration-whethera as a
porter or a 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
40 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 if 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 a
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 rifed, and beyond the CHASTITY
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
81 was put on the case and reasoned that
as the robbery was evidently committed for
gain the murderer must be in poor circum
Ill ., IL. A.
city, and found that five revolvers had been
pawned between 6 o'clock the previous even
ing and the morning Three were IS cali
Der, the size evidently used to kill the man.
Two Of the men we're well dressed and the
other wasn't. The latter was described to
me, and took the pawnbroker down to the
different railway depots where trains were
leaving. We went through three trains, and
finally located the man in a smoking car. !
arrested him, and much of the dead mans
property was found in his possession. It's
not much Of a story-if the man hadn't
pawned the pistol he would certainly have
got Off, but it shows how much little things
amount to, and will give you an idea of how
a detective will 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 a leak was known
to exist in one Of the banks of this city
Every clerk was Swallowed by a detective un-
til finally the thief was discovered. His
mother made good his defalcation, and being
of good family, he was permitted to resign
''The life of detective is startling enough,
but it gets tiresome and monotonous, and
expect soon to retire. l remember one case
that happened in New York A very swell
reception was given by one Of the leaders of
society. One of the guests had left valu-
able solitaire in the ladies' dressing room on
the washstand, and, forgetting it, had left it.
On her return to find it, it had of course dis
appeared. Nobody knew where it was. The
hunks of all the servants were searched, but
no trace could be found of the jewel, which
was worth about $4,000. | finally found it
where it had been pawned for $500 in pawn
shop by a French woman. l took the visit
ing list Of the hostess and finally, after
weeks search, found that one of the guests,
rich woman, had French maid, and thatshe
had gone to Europe shortly after the recep-
ton.
II had to wait for her return, made the
Of the maid, and took her to
the pawnbroker's where he identified her
she confessed and her mistress redeemed the !
diamonds and paid all expenses. l never told !
on her.
"You see also that pawnbrokers are impor !
tant factors in our business, and that they |
are frequently Of service in detecting crime. |
Still pawnbrokers encourage robbers, for il |
there were no shops the temptation to steal |
would not be so great
Its singular business ineveryway," con- |
tinued the thief taker Fascinating in many |
ways, but, like everything else, one gets tired |
Of it.n-Denver Times
GIUSEPPE ESPoSlTo.
The American C,araer oF HrfUnud Who |