Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-08

thieves and crooks are of excellent
service to the Criminal Investigation
Bureau as it is called, and John Shore,
the chief inspector, gets credit for much
| ~. ,nc Il .tuten s. of his ills WiiiCh Is
really the result of the information
furnished by these women.
Suppose "A big jewel robbery takes
place. and there is absolutely no clue TO
the perprtrator. Shores piSeon5' are
turned loose. The first informal on is
that Dolly So and SO has paid her bills.
Not much in that, you say. A great
deal
Dolly is taken ill shortly aftcrward,
and buys a first class ticket to India.
She stays in Calcutta week, receives
no mail or message, and then takes
passage to Java
"The detective who has followed her
has to rest here a week or two. He is
young and good looking. and has a
servant with him. lie makes the lady's
acquaintance, is sorry she is going away,
and sees her off on steamer for New
South Wales He doesn't go, but she is
followed from Sydney on her arrival at
Bathurst, a short distance inland, and
there meets Handsome Jack Both
are arrested and brought back, proof of
their completely having been found.
Dolly tells who the rest were-secretly,
of course-is tried and sentenced with
them, but shipped to America the next
day with $500 in her possession-the
gift of the Bureau.
"The English are too open in their
methods. Why, in Scotland Yard, where
the Bureau is situated, and where the
public can gaze all it wants to, is case
Of photographs Of all the detectives in the
employ of the bureau. Think of man
with one of those SNAP" cameras photo
graphing the group and distributing the
pictures
The success of the American detective
is due to his intelligence and secrecy,
and among the Pinkerton men especially
the greatest secrecy is maintained. The
office building is always possessed of
several exits, and the Operators as they
are called, are all men of education,
scarcely known to one another. Each
carries credentials which request their
immediate release if arrested.
"To show you how small things count
in this business, went on the tale mar
ra or, 81 will tell you of case which
occurred in Chicago some years ago.
Mr.. X, we'll known bu ,iness man of
that city, had been receiving quantity
Of anonymous letters, written in the
usual threatening style and containing
the information that unless S., 900 was
left at certain cigar store at certain
time the writer would make it his busi-
ness to see that that Mr.. X, speedily
Joined his fathers in more or less celes-
.ial place.
Very sensbly, the letters, three in
number, were brought to police head
quarters by the gentleman himself l
was assigned to the case and speedily
discovered that the man was not only
frightened, but was concealing some
thing
~ think know who sent the letters,
he said, but can't you make him stop
without Furnishing him? Pm afraid he'll
money, and yet, God knows, l can't
spare it.
Il was greatly astounded at the old
gentleman'' statements.
"'Can it lie possiilc.' l asked, that
you know this rascal and don't want him
punished"
Pm afraid do, sobbed the old man,
breaking down and burying his face in
his hands. He handed me the letters,
which were type written and which 1
found to be patterned on the usual model
of letters of this sort
"'Why do you come to the police
askel him, if you don't want TINS man
arrested?'
He only wanted to be protected, he
said.
"Nonsense,' went on; pay no atten-
ton to these demands; they will soon
cease.
II looked at the envelopes again and
noted that the stamp of the post office
showed that they were all three mailed
at the same hour, viz, O.. Is, on the three
successive days
"The old man went away and three
days later came back again, apparently
frightened to death. ! told him to write
to the cigar store to G. G., as the letter
directed, and say that the money would
be there. l went to the store and in
quired for G. G. No such person was
known, but lots of people had their mail
addre sed to the store and the proprietor
handed out several letters. Tuere were
three addressed to j. Henry Wilson, as
good a name as any - and each was
highly scented and sportel gaudy
monogram.
Il COPIED the monogram, AMI in 80
minut found that the lroprietress of Il
certain house was the owner. On my
return to the cigar store the propri tor
informed me that the j. He Wilso
letters had been called for. Ii, .scriIe
the young man, and l then started to
watch the W oman's house. Later saw
young man answering the de,cript on
given me by the cigar man enter tn,
house. In ab nut ln hour he emerged,
and, walking to mail box, dropped in
a letter it WAS time for li!c los inan,
and on opening the box l fo nj at the
letter WIS typewriter and ad iressed to
Mr.. X.
Il hurried after Mr.. Wilson, and ar
rested him. He took his ARE It calmy,
and 50 ID that he would not be 'o5 cutpu
and he WAS not. He proved To be u
natural son of Mr.. X, who h d>sup.
port d HIM in luxury As Mr. X. had
MARI ed, and had grown up family, he
c,ulinC aif rd to have hi, il!eg innate
SON go to lrison, for that en;etprising
youhgster would have ram, ii him
socially. as he had been trying to do
financially for years.
"Ae was found dead shortly afteward
in hi woman's house, and the coroner
was ersiaded to keep quiet about a let