Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-24
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How a sieuth Managed to Get an .Ad.
mission UnIer difficulties.

II had to resort to a queer RUS once
to get an admission from n man I was
AFTER" said a private detective. .'Thcre
had been some trouble ut q club be-
tween two young men. One threw.
glass of wine into the others face.
The other did not resent the insult as
he should. have done. When ilis father
heard of it he threatened to disinherit
his son unless he whipped the man who
had thrown the wine in his face. The
father was a member of the same club
and he made a wager of a wine supper
that his son could and would whip the
other fellow. Soon after this the son
met the man who had insulted him and
whipped him. The fight occurred Oh a
prominent street. and as two of the
young mans friends were with him at
the time, there was talk of an action
against them and his father for con.
spiracy. Our agency was retained 10
get the evidence needed.
ut was decided that 1t would lie nee
essary to get an admission from the
father of the young man who had made
the assault. l was told to get 1t. \
tried many ways and failed. He did
not know I was a detective. He had
known me for a number of years, but
thought l was engaged in other work.
l had another plan to get from him
what l wanted. l told him q New
York publication was having the affair
written up and illustrated. 1 said l
had seen the picture of the fight which
had been prepared for 1t. He was
pleased at the publicity that the fight
was to get, for the story of the affair
at the club had been printed and he
wanted 1t known that his son had
avenged the insult. I intimatcd that
If he cared to see it l thought l could
get him the picture that had been pre-
pared for publication. He was eager to
see 1t.
II had a friend. a newspaper artist,
who made me II picture. He made a
faithful copy of the street scene where
the fight occurred and he made a fair
likeness of the figures in it. 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 neigh.
borhood, but as he wasn't seen lie was
left off the picture. l took the picture
to the father. He examined it care
fully.
"Who are these two meE?" lie asked,
pointing to the two o%nlookers.
"'They are the two Blacks who went
along with your son to sec that he got
fair play 1 told him.
"'That's all right he said; but who
is thisY pointing at the a who was
striking at the other from behind.
"'Why, that's your son. l told him,
"'That's a liey! he exclaimed. My
son stood right in front of him and hit
him squarely in the face. l told him
to do that and stand up in front of him
all the time. I went along to see that
lie would do 1T. l was right eros tho
street and the two men who We're Will
my son were close enough to see ali
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 III
to do. If that's printed I'll whip t!ie
man who made it,
at wasn't printed. Nor was there
any court proceeding taken on account
Of the alleged conspiracy. The mer
concerned in it on both sides got to,
gether and settled it out Of COURT
Pittsburg News.