The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-12
PAGES II TO 20.

possible for a burglar or a forger to do a
piece of work without leaving some trace
or clue sufficient for an officer of Mr.. Jar
Wis experience. If there Is absolutely
nothing the officers must rely on sudden
absences or unusual displays of prosperity
In criminal quarters. If neither of these
means succeeds he must rely on informa-
ton which is almost certain TO come In
from one place or another giving some in
dication of the men. Then comes the hard
part of the work. Sometimes the case
can never go any further because the
detective fails to find, not the man he
wants but proof of his guilt. A good in
stance Of this occurred in a celebrated
murder case not long ago. In this as in
several of Mr. Jarvis cases, justice had to
wait on expediency. Thousands Of people
have seen Mr.. Jarvis at work without
ever suspectng It, When in search of
murderer or forger he did not Stink
about back doors. get behind posts, or
indulge in any other of the highly
wought sensational antics of the Shock
err" lie did not even take off his eve
glasses or exchange his silk hat for q
bowler. Yet for two years he kept Mem
dell Howard under his eyes as completely
as IL he had been following three feet
behind him every day. Towards steps
were logged with a certainty and a SCI
ence far exceeding the ideas of even thu
ingenious writer's of fiction. Instead OF
a man following Howard, who would have
been certain to suspect him after little.
his pursuit was taken up first by one ana
then another, and every public place he
visited and many private ones held spies,
who watched his every act and word. In
this case the mans associations damned
him, since 1t is impossible for any man
TO follow career of crime without FORM
Ing connections that must sooner or later
betray him to an astute detective.
Some of Mr.. Jarvis brilliant captures
arose out of cases that brought him any
thing but fame. Here Is an instance: One
night, some four years ago. Mr.. Jarvis
saw coming out of an east end public house
man whose face impressed hm--he could
not tell why. Waiting until the fellow had
an opportunity of getting a little further
away, the officer slipped round corner
in another direction and by doubling
through passage, goN where ne could
keep the suspected person in easy sight.
Twisting through back streets. the pursuit
wound up at little oil store, where the
detective saw at a window the face of a
man whom he remembered in his appren-
ticeship. He walked up and down as near
the house as he dared, searching his MEM
DRY for a clear recollection of the counte-
nance. At last he was able to associate it
with the photograph of a criminal once
sentenced TO twenty years. The face was q
little thinner then, the mustaches were
smaller. and there was a less nervous,
worried expression on it. After the man
who had first excited his suspicious came
out, the officer quietly followed him to his
lodgings Then he went back to Scotland
Yard, got out the record of the man he
had recognized, and from Ii learned by the
connections suggested that the man he had
followed had probably been committing
one of the jewelry burgaries which had
been puzzling the police for months. In
the morning q young officer was detailed
to keep track of the suspect during the
day, and the next night the convict was
followed to a den of receivers. where both
he and the proprietor of the oil shop were
arrested.