The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-19

years ago there was established at hoslyn, Va, big gambling joint. Be- ing situated just across the river from Georgetown and easy of access from Washington, the plant waxed strong and the syndicate behind it grew so powerful as to laugh at all attempts at lnterference Baldwin had made a reputation in his country, having been mixed up more or less with the cele- prated HatfieldMcCoy feud. He had arrested five of the leaders in that trouble, one of whom was hanged and three were sent over the road for life. He heard of the Roslyn layout and de- clared that were he given the oppor- tunity he would arrest the whole outfit and break up the gang. He was giv- en the chance But he went at it in a different way from that which any had anticipated. When seven men he de- llberately attempted and successfully accomplished the arrest of over 300. He quietly stationed one detective at each entrance and exit. Then he walked to the center of the big hall and with gun in each hand announced to the as- tonished gamblers that every man within sound of his voice was under arrest The majority of those present | were bartenders and butchers, and 1 they fell over each other and rolled l and tumbled on the floor in their ef- 1 forts to rach the doors When they got l to one and found two gun barrels bar | ring the way they rushed for another exit It was confusion worse confound- ed 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 312 remaining decided that they had really no desire to go across the Potomac in pine box es The coup was a complete success. After Baldwin had arranged for the care of his small army of prisoners he and his detectives demolished over $12,
 O000 worth of gambling utensils"
 'This is progressive age, and the criminal classes are not falling behind 1 the procession" said chief of a city whose inhabitants number several hundred thousand, and whose name is not given for obvious reasons The thief of to-day 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 department 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 a good plan to have one or two cards up our sleeve. I have in operation at | present what call my fly cell It is something I would not exploit the To- cation of through the newspapers for the world, for that would kill it's eff l fectiveness. One of the great troubles every police department experiences is in getting men to talk. A holdup oc- CUTS in certain section. We know just what characters were in the local- ity about the time 1t occurred. By the time the affair is reported to headquar- ters and officers are sent out to make i the arrests the plunder has been slowed away somewhere out of reach. The men arrested refuse to talk. They say we have nothing for which we can hold them. We runsthe heaviest sort of bluffs as to the dead-sure case we have against them, but without suc- l cess. I had racked my brain over the proposition as to how to get such men
 to give up, and without much success
 until I hit upon my fly cell scheme. It is merely a small, double cell of the
 most ordinary kind and there is not
 one single thing in or about 1t that would arouse the suspicion of the most willy thief The secret lies in the ceil-
 ing, and the cell is in reality nothing
 more than gigantic tlephone receiver.
 When two pals are arrested and we
 want to learn something about them
 they go to this cell. Then I can sit in
 room on the fourth floor and hear
 every word that is spoken between. I
 experimented with this cell for a long
 time, built and rebuilt it. and finally it
 works to 8 harm."-Chicago Inter-
 Ocean.