Telegram-herald., 1889-05-08
MEN WHO NEVER SLEEP.
ThrInirz Incidents "a the Life OF
en American Detective
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he SAID. s-oetweea tae methods used ~ tie
secret seTylos sgeuts Of different egugtries-
Fecpis who Ys4d Frcnch novels have an ltes
that ths elsglllsss spoken Of h them - %
ing worn ~ tAs Lecoqs Il the ol1eTeat
stories as so1lethiaz utterly untrue
str-sge as II mas seen. however, u - trae-
"A Preach detective ueo csn Rot 80 cls-
galss himself tEzt bis superior can not
recognize hin ocud net rnd sm ploymeHs
ID any oetectIvs bureau Tie disguises are
wonderful too, And even the strong light of
day shows ~ IN perfection IA them
'-fAere @rs two sorts Of detectives II
France-Ss4ge detectives and the municipal
or city tsrco. Among the former 10 one
knows who his fellow detectives are, and
as they never work ia palTs, the necessity
for knowing each other Is not 80 great -he
workings OF the French bureau Is very
thorough sEd more Ike tho American
method than the English
The latter never think Of Disgusting
themselves, and 60 70 work openly. IL
bank Is robbed In France a new assistant
teller or clerk appears IN the bank a day or
50 afterward lie IS q detective, Of course,
and where in England the detective would
be called in n front or all the employees and
askthem all manner Of questions, the French
would say nothing, ana nothing more would
probably Dc heard Of the robbery Until the
thief WAS caught
The English have a great system OF
stool-pigeons. Among the vicious Of 81
classes, male and female, are always those
10 be found who, for the sake OF being pro
teCted Ia IA certain way, carry all the newS
OF the crooked work done among the swell
mobsmen, as high class thieves are called,
10 Scotland Yard, where is situated tho
Criminal Investigation Bureau. II Harry,
the Swell, Is flashing great deal OF money
about the fact is at once reported 10 the
police, and II any large forgery or robbery
has recently occurred, Harry. the Swell
Is liable 10 prove al ahoi> Inside the great
portico OF Scotland Yard is a large case
containing the photographs OF all the detect
ives employed by the boreau. and the
crooks or thieves can have free access at
any time 10 study the faces Of those who
are liable to be after them at some future
much In America, as the police do not put
much faith in IL.
"In France or England, IL the employe Of
big banking house is suspected OF irregu-
larities his habits are watched and the
facts ascertained, while in America a man
win be set on the track Of the supposed
thief, make his acquaintance and ingratiate
himself into the suspected man 5 confidence.
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the suspect, and viii 20 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 porter or director Of bank.
Tho clew and the working up Of IL is made
much more of by an American than by any
one else. He will jump at conclusions from
faint something, and frequently bit the
mark; where the stOlid Britisher would
be stumbling in the dark.
"To be q good detective man must be
possessed Of courage, brains and coOlness.
There IS no mystery, however impenetrable
II may appear, but what can be solved II
the right methods arc employed. There
was a case l remember in Chicago.
"a well-known business man was found
murdered one morning in his Office. The
crime had evidently been committed the
night before, for tho body had been cold a
/ long time, and the man S family had waited
for him to come to his home the evcning 6
| previous. His valuables had been taken,
| the safe had been rited, and beyond the
| ghastly bullet-hole in the mans head, there
| was nothing 10 indicate with what the crime
had been committed No pistol was 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-
stances. visited oil tho pawn shops in the
/ city, and found that five revOlvers had been
pawned between six o'clock the previous
evening and the morning. Three were ~
/ caliber, the size evidently used TO kin the
\ man. Two of the men were well-dressed
and the other wasn't The latter was
described to me, and took the
| pawnbroker down TO The different rail
way depots where trains were leaving. We
went through three trains, and finally
located tho man In O smoking car. l ar
rested him, and much OF the dead man. q
property was found in his possession. It's
not much OF story-if the man hadn't
pawned the pistol he would certainly have
got OF, but IL shows how much little things
amount 70, and will give you an idea Of how
detective viii 90 to work.
Tho life Of a detective is startling
enough, but it gets tiresome and monoto
nous, and I expect soon to retire. / remcm
bcr one case that happened in New York
! A very swell reception was given by one ot
the leaders Of society One of the guest;
had laid a valuable solitaire in the ladies'
dressing room on the wash-stand, and for
getting IL, had left IL. On her return q
find it, il had, OF course, disappeared. No
I ff Il
the servants were searched, but no trac,
could be found Of the Jewel, which wa,
worth 5000 | finally found it where j
had been pavned for 500 in pawnshop b.
French woman. l took the visiting list o
the hostess, and finally, after week
search. found that one of the guests, ricl
woman, had French maid, and that sh,
had gons 10 Europe shortly after the re
ception.
81 had 20 wait for her return, made Ia
acquaintance Of the maid and took her q
the pawnoroker's, where he identified her
She confessed and her utstress redeeme,
the diamond and paid all the expenses
never tod On her
"Tou see also nat pswnbrokers are I'm
portant factors in our business, and tina
they are frequently of service ia GctectiuI
crime Sill. pswuh-okcrs encourage rot
bers, FOR II there were no shops the tempts
ton tostesl vog.d not be 80 great
at s . siU gulsr business in every way.
concluded the thief tsker. Fascinating y
many WAYS. bat Ike every thing else, on
gets tired Of s."
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