The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27
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InS-u-srd Compromise Men or Means.
from the New York Press.
.,.-,vman in Brooklyn received the
= dsy a note purporting to be from
- -sssirous of seeing him. be wrote In
iAoJ saving that she could meet him in
Tep!' tv mentioning certain hour. Next
De sing along the street, man shook
da!, .tt+sr in his face. exclalmlng: see the
Als zee &c, | nave against you here! III
el .,, IAN make anything OUT Oh Inas you
you S.+asI,oIne," the clergyman answered,
az rent on his way.
sn1 rs NOT disturbed, but other msA not
ne have been frightened into compli.
50 "~;,b their tormentors' demands, and II
ace We, compliance must be repeated as
o.l ls as the blackmailer chooses to levy. A
Cement Episcopal divine, led by false
plUnl-.~t lions to house of Ill repute, was
IsggiI,.ej TO nay "hush money" and was bled
pauo-.Iy that he removed to Canada to
50 seNe tLo Ieeches who fastened themselves
sscapI Sir, They tracked him even there,
up9I s lily succeeded in driving him out Of
~ ,.inistrv and running his life.
We ct Louis merchant was found by a
,a1irate detective" to be supporting two
ICES The blackma1ler WORKED up MS case
wa coIlected over s., coo from the merchant,
~ would have made more Dut Ior tne
jastb of one of the wives.
,nv1CE THAT WAS COSTLY TO HIM.
fo,v years since very fair and simple
,oo-ing little maiden appeared at the Palmer
ho,sa Chicago, and registered herself from
I-;s15iIIe She really came from a fash
abIa boarding house in the former city
e. Srore delicate looking wrappers in the
saornino. and when she left her room door
a;or Which accidentally happened sew
eral times, wealthy oaydod or ths
who, with his wife, BOARDED on tne
same floor. saw enough to convince
Sin1 that the Young lady was too inexperl-
LIZ IN he left without some guidance in
.bat graat and wicked city. he concluded
IN talk to her like a father. She was tear
fnllv grateful and he remained with her
longer than he intended. That night the
simne Young lady stood outside her room
door with bundle OF masculine appaTel
,,nder her arm. She whispered through the
tevhole to some one inside; Sign that
check, or I'm going to your wife and bring
her here"
well, but, my dear, unlock the door
and let us talk about 1t.
unlock nothing; you make out that
check-the book is on the table-or am
going to your wife with these Things"
He wrote the check and slipped it under
the door: she examined it, and, finding it
to be all right, released him. The check
was for $780,
Frequently the blackmailer, if ''private
detective" engaged, say, by some husband
to watch his suspected wife, obtains the
n evidence he needs against the guilty spouse,
but goes to her instead Of the husband, and,
bytbreatening disclosure, fee1rs her of
all she can give, and then, having squeezed
the orange dry, gives to the one who en-
ployed him his evidence.
OF the persons who blackmail, the so
called 'private detective" undoubtedly
stands first in the list. He can, with very
little license of speech, be reckoned with
the criminal classes on whose members he
preys. MANY of these so called detectives
make blackmailing their real business, and
agOOd income they derive. Small thieves
and petty criminals with whom they asso-
cate are their most numerous customers.
But their greatest gains come when they
can shadow an unfaithful husband or
WIFE 1t is estimated that 60 per cent. of
all marriages are miserable, and out of this
number the blackmailer can find certainly
some good picking.
THE oPPoRTUNE BROTHER.
Flower and apple girls and female VEN
III doris who frequent offices where men with
fat pocketbooks and high church connec-
tions are to be found ply thriving bust
ress. They are bold, utterly shameless and
there is nothing they will not do to accom-
pish their purpose. They are adopts, and
usually work in conjunction with some
brother Every time the brother" rec
Ollects the blight that has fallen on his fam
lily he drops around and collects a few dollars
to assuage his grief
Members of the demi-moude prove them
selves skillful in this nefarious art. The
female detective" messenger boys, hack
men, hotel clerks, walters, policemen-in
fact, men and women in almost all occupa-
tons OF lfe-have their prices for keeping
silent. The writer often meets lawyer
and ex-member Of congress living in a
small city not 200 miles from New York,
who years ago extorted money from crimi-
nails and unlicensed liquor dealers, and made
many dollar that way. He knows GER
tam ex>sherlH, now eminently respectable
and retired from business, against whom
there is overwhelming evidence of this
KIND, though it is not known to the public
in general
The methods are various by which these
pests ply their vocation. AS regards hack
men one instance will suffice. A driver in
THIS city was called to take couple to g
restaurant where they had no business GO
ing. Next day the lady in the case re-
celVed missive which read something like
the following:
Mrs; -, l knowed where you was
iaSt night, and | know who your husband
i. GU are rich and need for nothing; Pm G
"AUA q Aduli1J W SuppOTb. VI
can md me at o'clock this evening where
you and your gentleman found me last
hlght. Be there with $50, or to your hus-
pahd goes In the morning, and see what
lie VIII give me for what know.
hACKMAN THAT Took You THERE"
he got his $50, and might have obtained
more had he asked for it.
lhere are men who wait around district
telegraph offices, calling themselves ''pri-
NaIe detectives" The boys are m ercenarv
ana i've or ten dollar bill is inducement
enough for them to tell their secrets, which
UnelF business unfortunately gives them
possession OF. Once knowing the fact that
reputable citizen and respectable lady
lave an engagement that they wouldn't fol-
tne world have known, the blackmailer, or
private detective" has his partner-for he
"iWavs mas a partner to do the dirty work
-. SHADOW" the couple. No. 2 goes about
t ~? business, making careful notes of every
lung and very likely No. l watches him
W see that he does it properly and does no
s' olay MIN. 1t is business founded on
0u9 T1 Iclon, and no one can trust another.
ro mneh the case is ready No. goes to thu
se citizen and tells his story. HI
s sS ne mas a dangerous friend who know
Gcn and such thing, detailing the citizens
, sisiIS 70 suspicious places with the respecta
nie lady. 1t is true, and of course the re
bIt.aole citizen is overwhelmed with aston
ii'uulent. No. CONTINUES that No. Q is