Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-11-17
Talks of a Detective.

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known to the six men, and his name
was Joseph Lewis, former Pinker-
ton detective, says the New York
World.
ssTell us story" said Harry Will
liams, one of the party.
ssHe doesn't know any" interrupt
ed Louis jackson, grain broker.
s'I'll take you all to Monmouth
Park" remarked L. F. Sykes, adver-
Using man for Life, "if Mr.. Lewis
will tell us something"
Mr.. Lewis hesitated for moment
and said
81 know no stories of my own, but
here is one told me Sunday last by a
man who was talking facts. will
use his own words" And the ex-de-
tective told his story:
A pale faced man sat on the steps
of west side boarding house the
other evening, talked of the hot
weather, and in general comported
himself like any other mortal. He
was the new boarder, and therefore
an object of interest to the residents
of the house, whose occupations when
not attending strictly to business
down town consisted in trying to find
out what they could up town of their
fellow boarders' private lives.
"You are lawyer, them" ventur-
ed the old lady whose interest in the
new arrival fair overfiowed her bump
of discretion and whose perceptlve
qualities were so rampant as to mani
| fest themselves every few minutes.
"No, madam said the pale faced
Young man. s'I'm a travelling man. F"
Sin the dry goods line?" queried
a sickly young man, seated higher up
on the steps.
"Something of that sort, indeti-
nitely murmured the object of all this
solicitude, as he leaned back against
the stoop railing and apparently went
off in a doze.
In short time the occupants of
the steps had taken themselves off IN
different directions and nobody re-
NAMED but the non-committal new
boarder and beardless youth, who
was smoking cigarette on the top
step.
"Don't you find the travelling bus
| mess monotonous and tiresome!' in
quired the beardless youth-"a sort
of routine between here and Chicago!'
The pale boarder glanced quickly and
curiously at his questioner.
"Why should II" he asked.
s'Don't you remember me?' went
on the beardless youth 'tYou were
working up the case-for so and SO in
1S-let me see-85, wasn't it? Your
name is"
"Hush,' said the pale young man.
"Well, continued the youth, "Mr
Hush, l wish you would talk to me
and tell me something, and I'll swear
never to let a soul know who you are
or why you are here.
81 am writing" he continued, 8;
treaGIse on dctectives-the1r use ant
abuse-and if you will enlighten me-
little l shall be obliged, and will il
return keep num-
''It's a CO." said the pale-faceC
man, but not here. Come up to m.
ROOM"
tThe beardless smiled and follow
ed the new boarder up stairs. A
leather trunk stood in one corner o
the room, and small satchel reposet
on the bed, but otherwise there wa
nothing to attract attention.
"What l want is comparativ'
facts began the beardless.
"That's exactly what | propose t.
give you,' said the young man, smil
ing, "and you must work rapidly, TO
| have an engagement to meet a maj
later on"
POSSIBLY" went on the new board
/. er, relaxing his features slightly AM
!, beginning to talk.
ssThe French, English, and Ameri
can systems of espionage, and secre
police work are radically different
In France the agents, as they ar
called, are divided into two classes
the state and municipal force. A grea
t deal of secrecy is used there anon
the agents themselves, and | suppos
that not more than forty Of the stat
class are known TO each other. Ihes
are paid large salaries, and work onl
for the government in bond forgerie
| or I1duu Ct5eS III nLlCA OihCAtio
; others are robbing France. They al
t very clever and many of them al
rich.
''The city detective, the Vidoc
: and Lecocq style of thief taker-
the cleverer of the two classes for til
a reason that the variety of his wor
gives him more liberal education
t the business A great many peopI
: believe the stories of wonderful di;
e guises told of the French police al
untrue, but | positively assure yo
that a detective there who is not cle'
! err enough to disguise himself utterl
IS and thoroughly, could not hold b
it position for moment. These chang
es have to be made to stand the ligl
r. of day, toby the way, imagine OF
McGinnis, of the Central Office her
= trying to fool anybody on his appea
ance.