The Washington bee., 1899-07-08
THREE QUEER CASES
AaSen from Detectives Note BoOk-Stor1
ot Long Haired nian-Young Woman
Wanted to Know HIM.

"a AohS- haired 1lan-fOung Woman
Wanted to Know HIM.
Detective work is a thing of system
and organization nowadays, and the
good managing detective is not a man
OF many disguises, but is u shrewd in
ulVluual, who works from his private
ounce, handles his men without seeing
them, and follows their progress by
receiving daily reports; you might be
around hrSt-ciass detective head
quarters for a month without seeing
the men who are kept in the field COW
ering cases.
Detectives are sometimes called up
on to do the queereSt kind of work."
said Chicago sleuth.
Il had visitor to call on me last
summer that l don't mind telling you
about. She was timid at first, but
told her to speak out frankly. After
she got started she was quite confiden-
tial. 1t seemed that she had been in
New York City tue week before and
there she had met on the street on two
separate occasions Il man who lnl-
pressed her greatly. She told me he
was the handsOmeSt man she had ever
seen, and she felt sure from his dis
tinguiShed bearing. and the fact that
his hair was rather long. that he was
either a poet or artist; he had not
spoken TO her and she knew absolutely
nothing about him except that he had
been in New York on the day men,
toned.
Il asked her why she was so anxious
to find him, and she replied that he
had made great impression on her,
and she believed that he had been at
tracted by her appearance. AS her de-
scriptiOn was rather indefinite, and is
she wasn't sure of anything except
that he was the handSOmeSt man she
had ever seen, l told her it would be
rather difficult for me to send an op-
orator to New York to find him. Well,
she was badly disappointed, said she
was willing to spend money to ind
him, that she never could forget him,
and all that, but had to decline the
case. | told her there were plenty Of
good men who didn't have long hair.
"One case l remember distinctly. A
man came into my office and told me
story about young woman he had
seen on the street car about q week
before. L saw her several times he
said, and each time on the car going
south, she alighted at - avenue
and walked east. 1 have been think
ing about her ever since, she was so
beautiful, and now l want to find out
who she is and where she is stopping.
''He seemed to be q decent sort of q
fellow, and was so much in earnest
that agreed to help him. / had one
of my men riding up and down Oh the
car for days at a time, and shadowing
avenue. Finally we located q
young woman who was boarding at n
place on the avenue. and answered the
description closely. The man paid
about S15 for the name and address of
the young woman, and said he would
find some way of becoming acquaint-
ed with her. l don't know how he
made out, as he never returned to see
me after he was given the address
81 will give you a queer instance
where it did not pay to give the truth
in a case l operated personally. A
wealthy lady living in Germantown,
Philadelphia, who has a large house
and number of servants, sent for me
through her attorney. and said that
from time to time for several months
sums of money and articles of jewelry
had been stolen from her and her son.
and she had reason to believe that the
servants were guilty of the thefts.
''She wanted me personally to in
veStigate the case. so | assumed the
position of second cOachman. and
made myself useful around the house
In few days l was on friendly terms
with the other servants, but I could
not learn anything until l turned my
attention to the son, swift young
fellow of twenty years. Within 4
week l saw the young man display
some marked money that 1 had plant
ed in the mothers room. I shadowed
the fellow and saw him sell a ring,
and when 1 thought / had a clear case
1 reported to the lady of the house
that her son was the thief She would
not believe a word Of it. Why, he has
missed a lot of things himself she
said. OF course the son denied it. and
she believed him, and refused to pay
the bill for services until | threatened
to sue her. The young man had been
gambling and sporting. and when his
mother would not give him any more
money he would steal"