Evening star., 1897-01-02
unnecessary excitement, the crooks are
not to be captured inside the depots.

unnecessary excitement, the crooks are
not to be captured inside the depots.
A Tap On the Shoulder.
They will step or the trains with fur
tive looks around them. and. navigating
easily through the station rooms unhinder-
ed. they will naturally fancy that the thing
Is easier than purveying gold bricks and
that they are safe. Not until they get
outside the depot doors will the awaken
Ing come to them. They will then be quiet
ly tapped on the shoulders by Quiet-looking
men with very firm jaws and invited to
take little carriage ride over smooth as
phaltum pavements to police headquarters
Crooks do not decline such gently put
requests with thanks. They are ordinarily
endowed with profound insight. More.
they are vain. They are frequently pleas
ant to look upon, and they dislike have
their countenances and their skulls frac-
tured. So they will make no difficulty
about accompanying the mild-mannered
sleuths to police headquarters.
Nor is this to be the only precautioN, so
far as the railroads are concerned. De-
tectives will be stationed at the railroad
depots of all the cities contiguous to Wash
ington, and these will make tours Of the
through trains bound hitherward. 1t is
calculated that whole lot of the crafty
delivers in the pockets of other people will
be intercepted in this way.
A Collection of Photographs.
as far as Washington. however, and who
are shared as they pass out of the depots,
will have quite a ceremonious little pro-
will probably all be found on file in the
Washington police headquarters rogues'
gallery, which is second to none in the
United States in completeness, but they
Will be photographed again for luck and
to keep the gallery thoroughly up to the
10 do
partment attached to police headquarters
will be largely amplified for the inaugura-
ton rush of business and the photogra-
piers will be on hand day and night
After they are "mugged" the crooks term
for posiI for the camera, they will be
persuaSively requested to remove all cf
thelr clothing down to the last garment. in
room set aside for the purpose. They
will then be measured by experts in accord
ance with the rules Of the admirable Ber-
t1llon system, which was introduced in
washington Immediately after M. Bertillon
introduced 1t in Paris, twelve years ago.
washington following close upon the heels
OF Chicago in adopting the system. Every
mole scar or tattoo mark ON the crooks
bodies will be carefully noted and after
they are subjected to this scientific course
OF sprouts they can be readily identified
IN any part of the world as long as thew
nve, for copies Of the measurement, with
the attached remarks, thus made in each
earth.
Photographed. measured and registered
tney Will be finally taken before the chief
OF the washington detectives, INSPECTOR
Hollinberger, who will decide whether they
are to be held until after the inaugura-
ton or shipped out of the city forthwith
he will question them. They quite per-
oeive the fmpracticabiity of profitably
doing business in Washington? Um-yes
Where did they come from? Um-oh. In
about eight cases out of ten they are TO
go back there by the next train. No
hrrf ~O1fo
has quite an ample amount Of transporta-
tion money especially provided for this oc-
casion and purpose.
VIII Leave the City.
Inspector Hollnberger will then turn
over such crooks as are to be reshipped to
the detectives who brought them to his Of
flee, and each departing train will bear
away from the thronged national capital a
dozen or so of cheerful workers, lot so
cheerful as when they started capitalward
Those whom the inspector decides to hold
will be locked up in the various precinct
stations until after the inauguration
is over, by which time the Washington
police department will have a chance to
communicate with the police Of other cities
to ascertain If any of the crooks detained
here are wanted"
Notwithstanding all of these carefully
arranged precautions a considerable num-
Der Of crooks is bound to be at work here
abouts during the inauguration period, for
the shaving off of his mustache by a male
pickpocket, or the bleaching of her hair
by a female badger or panel worker, are
after all pretty effectual disguises and In
spector Hollinberger estimates that several
scores of the crooks got into town during
the last inauguration disguised in one
way or another
But those of the crooks who contrive to
get through the line in disguise will be
pretty thoroughly handicapped SO far as
doing business on inauguration day is con-
cerned. The same eagle-eyed detectives
from all the country over, to say nothing of
the Washington force, who will put in their
time up to the Inauguration day in watch
Ing the depots, will distribute themselves
through the city while the ceremony is
going on. There will be score of 6etec-
tives On the Presidents stand in front of
the White House. dozens of them in the
Capitol building, slews Of them scattered
along the gigantic parades line of march
and a battalion of them at the Inaugural
ton ball room, and with all Of these lines
out 1t IS expected that there will be
corraling of soft-voiced crooks such as
the country never saw before