The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-19
SHADOWING Is AN ART.
IT TAKES COOL, SENSIBLE MEN TO
BE DETECTIVES.

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Novelist and Jhs Melodramstic
Eawkshsw Of the Stage-DeJectives
Work IN Pairs, and Their Task Is the
Most Prosaic Possible Oisoomforts
of the Trade-A Sample Case After
Inspector Byrnes' Methods.
From, the Chicago Times.
The telephone ball jingles. The chief Of
the detective bureau takes up the ear
| trumpet. and, listening a moment, turns
and writes something on a bit of paper, at
| the same time tapping bell and summon
| ing one of his aids.
! "Hark 4way." he says-and as he speaks
| he is already thumbing the city directory
| for an "Harkawsy, some dia-
monds have been stolen at the big hotel up
on Broadway; hurry up there with help;
| learn all the details Of the case; then join
your side-psrtner, Bailey, at the Twenty
third street station OF the Sixth Avenue
Elevated railroad. Now skipl quick"
This Is the way detective begins his days
work. 1t is a case that is to attract wide
| spread interest. HarkRway Is one of the
| best men In New York. 1t will be interest
| ing to follow him.
Arriving at the hotel, the landlord is in
waiting. To the detective the proprietor Of
the place says:
1t involves the loss of Sc 600 package Of
diamonds, left for security in our safe by
one of our guests"
How long have the stones been lost9"
1.-TWO weeks. 1t is like this"
The landlord then went on to say that a
lady had deposited the gems for safe keep
| ing and that they had mysteriously dissp-
! roearad OvarOioht from the safe NObOdy
was suspected. The clerk on watch at the
time was one of the old and trusted en-
ployes Of the house.
81 must interview the clerk" said Hark-
away at once.
20, certainly, certainly" replied the pro-
priesor, tapping bell.
To the page who responded the landlord
gave directions that Mr. Shepard should
come at once to the private Office.
Jack Shepard bad been in the employ Of
the house for many years. He was one Of
the trusted agents Of the firm. Yearly
thousands and thousands Of dollars in cash
and in property passed through his hands.
His record was above reproach. Personally
Shepard was a man Of fine presence, grace
full in bearing. forcsful in speech. He was
u man OF few words. His story of the rob-
berry had all the elements of truth. He said
in response to questions, that ne had put
away the package himself. given q receipt
| lOE ~, Oub buhk ~ WAS hGOAou ONoALAhhhs
That was all be knew about the case.
81 will shadow jock shepard"
These we're the final words of the de-
tective The proprietor expressed surprise,
but wisely left the case to HarkAway.
OPERATOR NO. rs REPORT"
From this time forth Harkaway was
known at the hotel as Operator No. l."
He determined to find out at once in what
style Shepard was living. He learned
| a Al - - IL - a.
in the upper part Of the oity. He resided
here with his handsome wife and child =.
Operator No. 1 entered the cozy home
several times disguised as q dealer in
small wares. He found everything pretty
and unassuming. Mrs. Shepard wore no
excessive amount of jewelry; the clerk be-
longed to one humble club; he was a reg
ular member Of the church; he had, SO far
as Operator No. could see, no expensive
habits and no costly vices
| Operator No. used to come into the
, hotel just about the hour he knew Shepard
would be relieved. He would "cover" his
mau-thst is, shadow hlm-for hours
thereafter, till the clerk was safe in his
. home. Nothing unusual was developed for
some days. During this time tine detective
was handing in daily reports 20 bis office OF
his doings One read like this:
"Took my man at o'clock in the after
noon; covering him right side Broadway to
Fourteenth street. then west side to Tenth
street, where he went into salo N and played
billiards with dark man wearing whiskers
they stayed there two hours; then took him
to East Tenth street, where went into
restaurant; sat down alone and ate; small
supper then to Third Avenue elevated at
Ninth street; rode with him up 60 One
Hundred and Twenty Street station
went in house No. 1893; lady came to win
dow and raised blinds; then gave way to
operator No. p"
Operator No. 2, of course, stayed there all
night, shadowing the man to the hotel next
, ! morning.
After working at the case three weeks,
, and filing daily reports Of progress with the
detective bureau, something quite definite
turned up one day. Operator No. was
sitting in the park near the hotel, thinking
the matter over. Nothing had as yet come
of all the Investigations the bureau had
made at the pawn shops The diamonds
had disappeared as effectually as though the
earth had swallowed them up. Operator
No. was convinced, in his own
mind, that there was woman in
the case. but the difficulty was to locate
? the prize That day his report said:
Took subject at the usual hour and
Swallowed down Broadway to Fourteenth
, then down Fourteenth; bowed to lady in
black: lifted bis hat to two girls in blue
and pink: one girl tall aud fair, the other
teenth, near Sixth avenue where be ordered
a cocktail and took nip of the free lunch
leaned over the bar and had a long chat
with barkeeDer Then out Sixth Ave-
nue. elevated TO same house in One Hundred
and Twenty fifth street; stayed inside an
hour and took Third Avenue elevated to
Barclay street; then on 8 o'clock ferry OF
New York, Ontario and Western railread
to WeehRwken; took him up lonely road
no one else near US; difficult to follow With
out being dropped to; finally was dropped
to- had TO quit at once"
"What do you mean by being dropped
topn suggested the landlord, as he heard
the story.
dropped to-why, that means when the
subject takes tumble to a man and real
ICES that he is followed. In such instances
we have to put another fellow on the case.
Tomorrow Operator No. will come for
ward Since the subject is on to me we
will change men"
HE thinks be has tricked your
They ell think that"
That night the landlord tried to reason
out why his faithtul clerk would go to a
place remote from his home, alone on a
lonely road. lie finally gave up the matter
in disgust.
A SNEAK IN THE NIGHT.
One fine afternoon a man sauntered up to
the desk and asked if Percy Renwick was
stopping IN that house.