Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-22


thing that was going on among his
subjects. There are TWO distinct de-
reclva agencies under the government,
one being connected with the ordinary
police for the prevention and punish
uelt of crime, and the latter being pO-
lticaL under the Department of the
Interior
The latter showed it's efficiency dur
ing rhe late war. for the Japanese knew
more about the Chinese army. its for
tresses. it's arms and equipments, and
tho condition of the navy han III Hung
Chang himself The agents of the in-
toINgence department were not only
ingenious and indefauguable but q
mass OF valuable information was re-
calt.i at headquarters by volunteer
spies and from persons who had visit
Ell China recently and knew facts of
value To- the government
The intelligence department has so
complete q system that IT, claims TO be
aware of everything that is going on
in the empire, and / pre- umeVA b it is
true particularly I'm politics. The
criminal department of the police is
equally industrious and efficient. In
the first place every citizen-man. wo-
man and cbild-in japan is registered
at police headquarters. with his resi-
deuCe. his occupation, and even the
wages he receives III he Is q workman
OF emplOve. Whenever be changes his
abode his occupation or his place Of
employment. he is required TO notify
The registrar and q correction is made
uu0n the books. Every hotel is re-
81 H. val and HanHT-
ture of It's guests as promptly as posi-
ble with the places they came trom'
the train they take and their destina-
uon. Therefore 1t is easy for the po-
lice to ascertain the whereabouts OF
any person at any time and they nave
good start when they are lnQuirlus
into O. case.
not long since for Illustration, Mr..
Miller. Official Interpreter OF me CnlJeu
States Legation I'm Toxic. failed 10 re-
clive q letter which was sent him from
neighb0ring city with q draft en-
closed. and he notified the police. Inc
detective assigned 20 the case began Oy
csccrtaiuing the day and hour when tne
letter was posted. from which he could
easily calculate the exact time Of IT'S
arrival in Toxic. By reference 70 the
register at headquarters he found that
there were two persons named Miller
in The city. although their initials We're
different and they lived far apart
The postmen who served the district
I'm which they lived were quest oneO'
and one of them remembered deliver
inc "a letter to- the house of the wrong
Miller ON the date named. several
members of the family recalled that
-r,h letter that did not belong 70
+ram had been received. and one OF the
servants reported that she bad handed
-o 81 reddei. who had agreed 20 put
ir i'm the nearest pest box and save hel
+ba -ro1ble The peddler was found
and identified by the servant ms
r.a~f..s were searched and the money
ras discovered concealed under the
MARITIME off the floor he had iorged
-- endorsement and got the draft casn-
I'D bv 81 merchant who had sent TO ms
b.rt for collection in the regular
course of business. These facts were
au r--ertained. and the thief was SEN
-.rca3 To- four years impusonlneu
,.itbiD n week after Mr.. Miller hade
ri. COMPLAINT 90 the police
7r~ remes r.. Morse. of Yokohama
-..r.s7e3 no De spending the night WIN
rfs f~.sYd Nrr. Denisou. .u Toxic, Wnen
o. -Da1tz thief entered the house ana store
rt. rocketb0ok containing StO ana d
-,-ha- of valuable papers The MAJ
tsr ,.9s repor-ed 90 the police IN the
MORNING wi.l DESCRIPTION UT .-'
nurse and IT'S contents and Wltnil lo'''
.-hl hours the papers were recoNetei
lnd the thief had begun O term OF SlA
wears. irn~isonmeut ~ lsnlkaWa- ht
rltonaI .tcnuary
rra process on his detection was yer!
-ramo- and simple The crime was re-
p1rtel az police headquarters az elsn'
o'c'o.' W the morning. by nine 'uy
theft and description of -he property nae
bsar -a'acr. ned t0 every precinct IN IN,
oirv and 10 all the suburban towns. and
we're known Co every officer on duty. III
ca VILLAGE about ten miles nom the cen-
tor of To<fO man entered D tea house
dr~,1g rbo afternoon and showed q card
un0D which Mr. Norses name was en-
prlyed Teah0uses in Japan correspond
with saloons in the United states as re-
SORES for Ioafsrs and ,le crooked classes
and Tine policemen watch them accord
irerv The nes3us. as the waiter glrE
are called. cOQue- with the pchcemel
and often ana them I'D --e ~. .,..''.'-',
-leir duty. 80 D, was pe,ley'-, So -.v 49,.
-oy tho policeman ON .n@l oeA, ~ 'S.- 81 ''i (.
-1ns tae Story ol .le lo,.l . -,
was equally So lo. ,A.s -es,- ~ ~,
O. ,he pol cem3n ABOUT pit. 'lo. p ~, .. ~
Iue circumstance was S'Sp ,..'-
enough % lust.iy an arrest, anu 9,..'.
nfert the thief was iu central station al
.n
Toxic. lie had che pocNe,ooolA anu ~ IL.