Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-12
NO REST FOR THE WICKED
TELEGRAPH AND PRESS HAVE UNIT
ED IN THEIR UNDOING.
The UttermOst Parts of the Sea and
Land Afford Them No
Refuge.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

| law that the evil-doer of today must be
of the opinion that he might as well live in
| a glass house. Where am to go?" says
| the criminal. 1t Is a knotty problem. for
| even the detectives whom the writer had
| consulted are not unanimous on the sub
| ject.
+ Said one: Il don't think that Argentina
will be much run upon for some time to
| come. 1t has doomed so large in the pub
| lie gaze that runaways, naturally thinking
| that newcomers will be regarded with sus-
| picion. will shun that state. The CONT
| nent? If you can pass as a foreigner. not
unless. There are. Of course, thousands Of
| Englishmen abroad. but when any one is
| wanted only two classes escape suspicion
the da ahing young fellow fresh from col
lege, bluff hearty. with friend or two.
plenty Of letters from England and an en-
| tire absence of secrecy. and the married
Englishman with his family.
Now, the fugitive from justice Is nearly
| always alone and, however much he may
swagger, spend his money. or live ire
| proachably he has no letters and Is gener-
ally pale in the morning. Why? Bad
| nights rest. Then. again. the inventive
| faculties of criminals generally fail from
| the moment they run away. There are eX-
| ceptions, of course.
Il remember once chasing a forger half
| over Europe. and ultimately tracing him to
| Botdeaux l anticipated an easy capture
as the French police had all the stations
and roads watched to prevent escape. All
| the private lodgings were secured and the
| hotels searched. No use. How was 1 to
| know that the Indian gentleman who was
so submissively followed by his Indian at
| tendant was my man, especially as not only
his clothes and get-up were those OF Par
see, but his jewelry and effects We're In
| dian, too? One morning chambermaid in
| he Of nOlica told that the toilet
| cover in the Indians bed room was miss
| ing and had been replaced by a new one
That set me to thinking. So, on the first
| opportunity I searched his luggage and the
secret was revealed. The reason for hiding
| the toilet cover was at once apparent-a
| brown stain the color Of walnut juice. 1t
| flashed upon me In an instant that ne hau
upset the bottle while dyeing his skin. He
subsequently told me that he had made all
| his arrangements, even to securing the SER
want. long before he left England
The Temptations of Criminals.
| It Is the opinion Of a well-known retired
| detective, whose services are still great!
| in request when the continent has to bt
visited, that the work would be rendered
much more difficult if lawbreakers thought
out their plans for boiling beforehand. Il
remember a bank cashier" he says. who
| before he bolted obtained a large quantity
| of French money and recovered from his
| negatives. He hao also worn a toupee so
| long that every one had forgotten that the
| top Of his head was quite bald. Still.
| managed somehow to trace him to Bou-
| logne, where the English colony is large
| enough to make 1t difficult to identify any
one without a photo. The bald-headed ones
I naturally left alone, and as l was sure
he was not among the others was on the
point of returning to England when 1 re-
ceived a letter saying that my man was
passionately fond of the opera Of Carmen
That evening attired In spare uniform
belonging to one Of the local bands. I per-
| suaded the leader to allow me to stand in
the ranks and pretend to play clarinet.
1t was getting late when Carmen was
| played for the last time. The hotels had
| made no sign, and as a last resource we
| had stopped outside one of the boarding
| houses. There wasn't a soul about when a
bald-headsd gentleman crossed the road
and gave the conductor a couple of francs
| to repeat the selection. Next day we jour-
neyed together to London.
An italian gentleman with whom the
present writer Is acquainted said: 1.-The
fidelity observed by the numerous secret
societies Of Italy is due to belief that
there is no hiding place in the world where
traitors are safe from vengeance, not even
London, toward which they all gravitate
| as affording them the safest asylum. Two
| years ago the body of an Italian was found
| in the Thames. stabbed to the heart. We
were acquainted. and 1 was the only person
to whom on his arrival he confidsd the Sc
cret Of his hiding place. He had betrayed
the society of which he was a member to
| the government His pursuers, who knew
| that he had fed to London made no effort
| on their arrival to hunt him down. content
ing themselves with instructing the keepers
of the Italian restaurants to keep a watch,
| about four months later. on any Italian
who might dine there. They calculated
| that by then the temptation to meet
countryman and renew his acquaintance
with the dishes Of the old country would
prove irresistible. Three months elapsed,
and the wretch nf fol
from his retreat, and, after passing
pleasant evening at one Of the cheap Ital-
ian restaurants. adjourned with some COM
panions to the lodgings Of compatriot to
play dominoes. That night he met his
fate"
America and the Transvaal.
| Considering the vast SIZE of America, one
would think that fugitive landing in that
country would disappear In an impenetrable
mist. Scotland Yard. however, will tell you
that American detectives have most ex-
traordinary knack of finding any criminal
they choose. Enlistment. rule. is use
less for any but young criminals. City de-
faulters are seldom found in the ranks for
a man Is generally thirty years of age be-
fore he obtains position which will en-
| able him to rob his employer, excepting OF
course. the foolish young fellow who bolts
with the money he is intrusted to pay into
a bank.
OF late years quite the most popular OF
the few hiding places left was the Trans
vaal 1t does not follow because the BoeI
farmers have made it practice for years
past, and notably since the abortive Jane
son raid. to entend hearty welcome to all
persons wanted by the British authorities
that they have a natural liking for crimi-
mails. Their dislike of US Is so great as to
cause them to entertain, If not a friendi-
ness, at least suriy sort Of compassion
for all those who have incurred the dis
pleasure Of the police.
The criminals who fled to the TransvaaI
have been, as a rule, young men, for your
elderly reprobate generally has a horror OF
what is known roughing it. He may
have a liking for game, but only when
cooked. Till recently one Of the most enter
prising of the hunters who supply the En-
glish market with skins Of wild animals
was a bank forger. who. after evadng the
detectives by passing himself off as an In
dian servant OF an old friend who was re-
turning to India, landed at Cairo and actu-
ally worked his way on foot into central
Africa, through the land of the Matabele.
and thence into the northern districts OF the
Transvaal, which at that time were full OF
big game. Increasing years and scarcity
of lions induced him at last to exchange
hunting for matrimony. and he Is now we
understand, doing his level best to drink
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