Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-22
-.r nusE OF 4 DETECTIVE.

m.,th Managed to Get N Az
-s..ion Under Difficulties
.I had to resort to queer ruse opeo
~ Get an admission from a man we.
.fter " said a private detective. nere
h.d heen some trouble at ciuO
tween two young men. One tnre"
.,.a. NJ wine into the others Iace
rbe other did not resent the insui. ..
10 .honld have done. When bis fatne.
heard of it he threatened 70 oiS'nn
bie son unless he whipped the man W. W.
mad thrown the wine in his race. .ne
.ther v.s n member Of the same ciuo
and he made a wager Of q wine supper
that his son could and would wnip ING
otber fellow. Soon after TINS the 'o.
mot the man who had insulted MIN auu
whipped him. The fight occurreu w
nrominent street, and as TWO oi ".
vc,,ng mans friends were win MN -
The time. there was talk Of an action
.oa,nst them and his father Tor con-
spiracy. Our agency was re'aineu
get the evidence needed.
"It was decided that 1t would De nec
.ssarv TO get an admission from the
father of the young man who nad maue
the assault. 1 was told to get II. .
tried many ways and failed. ne oiu
not know l was a detective. he nao
known me for a number OF years. Dut
thought l was engaged in other WORK
[ had another plan to get from nj"
what l wanted. I told him Ne"
York publication was having the ana',
written up and Illustrated l saio .
had seen the picture of the hgnt WHICH
had been prepared for 1t. He was
pleased at the publicity that the nght
was to get, for the story OF the anail
at the club had been printed ana ne
wanted 1t known that his son had
avenged the insult. l intimated that
IL he cared to see it thought l could
get him the picture that had been pre-
pared for publication. He was eager 70
see it.
II had a friend, a newspaper artist
who made me a picture. He mace q
faithful copy of the street scene wnere
the fight occurred and he made ialr
likeness of the figures In 1t. The pic
ture showed one man stealing up be-
hind another and striking him from the
rear. Behind him were two other men,
who were supposed to have accompa-
MED him to see fair play. The father
was thought to have been In the neign-
borhood, but as he wasn't seen he was
left off the picture. l took the picture
to the father. He examined 1t care
fully.
"Who are these two menY' he asked,
pointing to the two onlOokers.
They are the two Blacks who went
along with your son to see that he got
fair play told him.
That's all right he said; but who
is thisY pointing at the man who was
striking at the other from behind.
"'Why, that's your son. told him.
"'That's a lier he exclaimed. My
son stood right in front of him and hit
him squarely In the face. 1 told him
to do that and stand up in front OF him
all the time. 1 went along to see that
he would do 1t. 1 was right across the
street and the two men who were with
my son were close enough to see all
that happened. They will tell you that
he didn't hit him from behind. He
faced him fairly and whipped him fair
ly. That was the way we made it up
to do. If that's printed I'll whip the
man who made it
1T wasn't printed. Nor was there
any court proceeding taken on account
Of the alleged conspiracy. The men
concerned in it on both sides got to
gether and settled 1t out Of court
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