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4 West Virginia. He took seven men witt
him at one time and brought back ar
average OF thirty-nine prisoners for eacl
man. About two years ago there was
established at Roslyn, Va, big gambl
ing joint. Being situated just across the
river from Get rgetown and easy at access
from Washington, the plant waxed
strong and the syndicate behing it grew
so powerful as to laugh at all attempts at
interference. Taldwi: had made re-
putatlon in his country, havind been
mixed up more or less with tie cele-
brated Hatfield Mccoy feud.
He had arrested five of the leaders in
that trouble, one of whom was hanged
and three We're sent over the road for
life. He heard of the Roslyn layout and
declared that were he given the oppor-
tunity he would arrest the whole outfit
and break up the gang. He was given
the chance. But he went at it in a
different way from that which any had
anticipated and successfully accom-
plished the arrest of over 800. He
quietly stationed one detective at each
entrance and exit. Then he walk ID to
the centre of the big hall and with gun
in each hand announced to the aston
ished gamblers that every man within
sound OF his voice was under arrest.
The majority of those present were bar,
tenders and butchers, and they fell over
each other and rolled and tumbIed on
the floor in their efforts to reach the
doors. When they got to one and found
two gun barrels barring the way they
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fusion worse confunded. There were
irresponsible ones who wanted to fight.
The detectives did not finch. Two of
the gamblers were shot and killed in the
first impetuous rush to get away. .- The
3l2 remaining decided that they had
really no desire to 60 across the Potomac
in pine boxes. The coup was complete
success. After Baldwin had arranged
for the care of his small army of
prisoners he and his detectives demol.
ished over $4,000 worth of gambling
utensils"
This is a progressive age, and the
criminal classes are not falling behind
the procession" said Chief OF city
whose inhabitants number several hun
dred thousand, and whose name is not
given for obvious reasons. "The thief
of today has more daring and will take
greater chances than the man engaged
in the same line of work would have
dreamed OF twenty years ago. The
Police Departments have got to keep
moving, and at a rapid rate, too, in
order to keep abreast Of the multiplying
methods of the criminal class. We have
to hold just as many cards in the game
as the other fellow, and if we want to
be sure to win, it is good plan to have
one or two cards up our sleeve. | have
in operation at present what ] call my
fly CELL 1t is something / would not
exploit the location of through the news
papers for the world, for that would kill
its effectiveness. One of the great
troubles every Police Department ex-
perences is in getting men to talk. A
holdup occurs in a certain section.
1--WE know just what characters were in
the locality about the time it, occurred. |
BY the time the affair reported to head
quarters and officers are sent out to make |
the arrests the plunder has been slowed
away somewhere out of reach. The men
refuse to talk. They say we
have nothing for which we can hold
them, We run the heaviest sort OF bluffs
as to the dead-surc case we have against
them, but without success. | had racked |
my brain over the proposition as to how
to get such men to give up, and
without much success until | hit
upon my 'hy-cell' scheme. 1t is merely
a small, double cell OF the most
ordinary kind, and there is not one
single thing in or about it that would
arouse the suspicion of the most willy
thief The secret lies in the ceiling, and
the cell is in reality nothing more than a
gigantic telephone receiver When two
pals are arrested and we want to learn
about them they 60 to this
cell. Then can sit in room on the
fourth floor and hear every word that is
spoken between them. experimental
with this cell for long time, built and
rebuilt it, and finally it works to
,harm.'