Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-16

ing the Pinkerton National Detective
agency, or any other parties or means that
may be deemed advisable, under the direc-
ton of the executive committee for that
purpose, to prosecute the thieves and en-
deavor to restore the property"
This organization is as bitter foe as a
thief ever had. Once having offended
against member of the union, he will be
followed, if need be, to the ends of the
earth until ultimately he is lodged in pris-
on. The union is relentless. Its founda-
ton principle is that there can be no COM
promise with thieves. If member of the
union has been robbed, a proposition for
the return of the booty on condition that
the robber be not prosecuted will not be
entertained under any circumstances, be
the stolen property ever so valuable. The
thieves are followed unflinchingly to a con-
viction, and, according to the New York
York Herald, in no case since the for
nation of the union has a member been
robbed without at least one and usually
more of the criminals concerned being cap
tured and brought to justice In nearly
every instance also has most of the prop
erty been recovered.
Thus it has come TO pass that profes-
sional thieves fully understand that if they
rob jewelry salesman who has the pro-
lection of the union they are certain to be
arrested and punished for it. They have
come to comprehend that large capital is
available and will be used in persisteutly
following them up to conviction, and
now when Il suggestion is made to thief
to rob jewelry salesman the first ques-
ton he will ask is whether the man carries
n certificate of the Protective union.
The respect which thieves have for those
who are under the protection of the union
was shown after the robbery of a salesman
of Carter, Sloan & Co. of New York at
Covington, Ky, in 1885 The salesman had
laid down his valiSe i'll n customers store
while he was showing some samples to
another customer. Although he did not
know it, he was being followed everywhere
at the time by three well known crooks,
Johnny Meauey, Paddy Quincy and
Edward Carroll 1t was at noontime that
he was in the store, and all but two of the
clerks We're out at lunch.
The gang entered. and while two of them
engaged the attention of the two clerks
the sneak Meaney, went behind the
counter unobserved and took the sales
mans bag with its valuable contents. The
union Immediately notified the Chicago
office of the Pinkertons, and the investiga-
tion that followed disclosed the identity of
the thieves. Meantime it had come to their
knowledge that the man they had robbed
carried one of the Protective unions certif-
Gates, and through lawyer in Cincinnati
they restored the stolen goods, first, how
ever, trying to make terms that they would
not be followed up and prosecuted. They
pleaded that they did not know he was IN
der the protection of the union, but their
terms were declined, and they became fugi-
tives, their intention being to get abroad.
Quincy and Meaney were en- route for
Europe, and having already Bought their
steamship tickets for London were on their
way to the steamer when they were acct
dentally met by Robert \. Pinkerton. He
seized them both, but Quincy pulled away