The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-12-12

and husbands and get evidence for divorce
suits THAT is dirty work. | am high
toned in business. / ferret out mysterious
crimes and never give up till my game is
safe behind the bars. These rats of the
profession will do anything. II they can't
get evidence they will manufacture it.
know of case in this town where a rail
road president became infatuated with the
wife of ono of his subordinates. He hired
q detective, low rat, to get the follow out
of the way. The detective took some OF
the railroad company's property and Sc
GREETED it.in the man S house. 1t was found
there, and the man was sent to the peni-
Tertiary The railroad president then took
possession of the wife"
Colonel Slupsky told lot of stories
about rascally detectives, this one among
them:
"a woman fell In love with rich cattle
dealer who promised to marry her II she
could get rid of her husband She went
TO a detective. The detective questioned
her CLOSELY, and on finding out that the
husband vas a man of irreproachable
character and devoted to his wife he said
that it would be difficult task to trap
him, but he would agree to do 1t for $3.50.
The woman paid 500 down, and the de-
tective promised to have the necessary EVIL
dence to insure divorce within week.
Before the time elapsed he called one night
at the woman house and told her to come
with him and he would show up the perfldy
of her husband He led her to hotel on
Olive street. up two flights Of stairs, and,
throwing himself against door, burst it
in. There sat the husband in a big easy
chair with little curly haired woman
coiled up in his lap. The sight Infatuated
the wife. She forgot that she wanted
divorce and sprang at the little woman like
a tigress. She would have torn her to
pieces If she could, but the detective seized
hold of his client and dragged her off,
shouting: Hold on! Don't hurt that
woman. She's my wife!
That's the sort Of rats good many Of
these detectives are,'' continued Slupsky
after he had finished his story. ''They
wouldn't hesitate to drag their own moth
err into a case if they thought she could
help them. Some of them would rob their
own trunk"
Colonel Slupsky then told how he elect
ed Mckinley governor of Ohio by travel
ing through the state and selling six tin
ing story of how he saved the Louisiana
lottery more than 81, 100000 by ferreting
out some rascals in Chicago who were
printing counterfeit tickets
Abbey, tell the gentleman how you cap
tured the St. Paul flrefies," chirped Mrs.
Slupsky.
THE WHAT"
1.-THE ST. Paul f1refies. You know,
them fellows that swindled the insurance
companies by burning up houses. "
You mean frebugs, my dear. Yes,
that was one of the best pieces of work
ever did. One winter a lot Of stores and
houses were burned in St. Paul. I was
sent for to work up these cases. l was set
at work by the board of underwriters to
investigate. The last suspicious lire was
q house belonging to a man named Mi
chael It was heavily insured, and burned
one night when all of the family was away
from home. The fremen found that most
of the goods had been removed, and that
there was a lot of straw about the place
and everything was saturated with kero.
sene. Disguised as q peddler, went t.
the house where the Michaels had moved
to and engaged board. You wouldn't have
known me had you seen me in my dis
guise l used to look in the glass and
laugh for I didn't even know myself.
Here is picture [ had taken. Well, |
staid at the house for about two months,
peddling all day and spending my even
ings with the Michaels, even eating OH
ions and garlic with them All OF my dla-
monds had stored away in q safe.
He soon gained their confidence, and
after two months of hard work he had the
whole gang in Jail.
"You should have seen them when l
appeared in court" said Abe. "Of course
they did not recognize in the handsome
young fellow, with stylish clothes and ele-
CANT diamonds, the little old crooked ped
dler they had known as Ben Finkletsein,
and when threw up my hands and greet
ed them with the old familiar Has du
gezehen' they got up and kicked them
Selves"
After relating number of other enter
tanning "reminiscences, including dia-
mond robbery in Denver in which he
played the hero, Colonel Slupsl1y condo
scended to speak of the financial aspects of
detective work Sometimes 1 get big
fees" he said, but l do good many jobs
for my friends and don It charge them. If
have n friend in trouble who can't afford
to pay me, do the work for nothing, but
when a rich man wants my services /
humn bic head -
Kissing.