The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-06
SLEUTHS who Are DRAMATIC
~ INCIDTNT mn STRtTING rms
MIND or cor.
Thief CHASE Impro,isri the other Ia, IN
order n ,eunS m ., Gir
Might lie Returned la Her tnvieu.
Family Win q Proper AR Of N,ster,.

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Family Win = Proper Nr Of Mystery.
When capt stephen q Bricu vas Ia COM
mand ~ The U-tcCtiNr Bureau In this civ.
the mystery Wa 80 thick around hat insli-
tuition that one could almost cut n Capt.
OBnen was 4 strong adNorSte ~ ~ dino
novel mcthpd of running down CRIMINALS.
and no matter how simple an arrS, vas
made hy one 81 hs man. he always had n
weird and exciting story io tell 81 how tho
prisoner Was traced Siucc he departuaot
Capt O'Bri"n to precincts wlsf" guats
hruw-e un the station hou-' st.I-. AMI ths
-.rg.ant- and patrulnrn sll do a ht',. farm
lng on he side there hasn'; been a real dime
novel trick played by the putcr Depart
ineut. aud no. lovers of HyrtsTy have. cen
signing fuT N" dav~ when every prisoner
VIII" ever cams" into ~" Central ONO" was
either. IN" most skilful burglar. or the
clevcrcst forgcr. " or the mos dangerous
something or other, that the world had ever
known. 1hc-s lpVer- Of ronauc need not
despair Spm. ~ the O'Bfien school ~
detectives are still in IA" -rvlce. and on.
- them. a nice, fat. red faced Young man
named Funston. CAV" a performance lsst
week that would have PLAYED him high IN
tho favor ~ O'Bren. Il that officer had hap
Janed To- IT, ia command ~ tina Detective
Bureau a. the time
. Funston IL tho Young pcrson who used
10 h. ~ q Wall Street broker oficr. hut
who decided Ia do a little poli0ng. and man
aged IN a few weeks 10 advance himself
from walking y tp'at lu nal uniform. Co the
coveted ioh of a detective iu CiuDrn's clothes.
Funston. being one of the few men IN the
Detective Bureau who tp.s not wear storm
boots with evening dr'--. g"i- IA" Iobs now
ada ~ which used To fall to the lot Of Gem
/ tl-inan Gcorpr McCluskv He took care
81 President Mckinley "nc~ when he vas
IN this CITY. and after IN" assassination ~
M. President was one 81 n" first 10 como
uut IN al interview and tell how tho secret
Saryi~. men could have prevented The
shooting
When he vharrabnuta = Helen \ Rlond-
ru.sl wero a~'"fiHine. last week snd her
mother derid"i tp 90 pu' o. the Iiaskiug
Ridge Hotel and get her. Funston went
3 along There was roallV nothing for him
iu 10 a. ~" girl and her mother were not
meua.osl m any way and could have come
homo ilou" lu-i ~ easily Funston drove
No" mother and daughter all around thu
1 Jersey ruad- in a carriage until every o
who had ever heard 81 ~" Cas' had lost
: track ~ them and then he brought them
To- 'h,- CITY
Now for the greater par, ~ tho day there
had hs-'u y uuwirr pf raUprter~ waiting a.
the Rlp.dgppd huu~" A. - Irving place
Tor W. Young woman to r-turn Nnumher
of Interested o%ifiy"uS had also hecr bitter
ing iu ~" u~''ghpurho,-l. hoping tu ge' n
rlimu-" ~ tho grr about whose di-sp-
p"arance - much had appeared ia he news
paiar~ H. AL mavbe iVu dozen persons
were I'm ~" v,oiritv and all - these cut
- rr-peut for no" ~fs-'liug- of the family
stood a. tho corner ~ Nins, seuth street
instead ~ dirss'tlV m front ~ the house.
Mis- Rlpssigood would not have lsan sub
Iected To IN" slightest discomfort n shs
had been driven right up q" ~" hols" and
thus - douhtle~s what she and her mother
would have done hu' Tor Funston But
II was tad form in a dim" novel de'ectivs
20 do things In such q commonplace waV.
There ought 10 he so'na exciting climax
10 such an exciting race and Funston ar
ranged for " IN the most approved O'Br'en
fashion
Shortly before a o'cloo in the evening
q man came down the east side ~ Irving
place from Granerry park He was u
little man and despite the mildne~z - Tho
day he wore al oNerroat When he was
about oppn-it. the B~lOodgood residence,
a Policeman IN Uniform. accompanied hv
a tall man. a wardman Judging hv hs foot,
showel up al the Curuer ~ Twentieth street.
Suddenly tn" ltih- man due his hands
down into his ppckets. let uut \ veil that
he had hscu robbed aud started down
tho street on n rIn tn" Policeman IN
uuiform la' oui a we'll. another came from
N. man m plain CLOTHES and both started
after Tn man who proclaimed that he had
lssn rohh-Si There could only he on"
result from such y performance In New
York tNsrvhpdv iu sight started after
the policeman and the victim II thieves
People -prang up from "v"rvN here and
pretty soon ther" were 2n ~ that crowd
~ cplr~. thu-a who had hs-n hanging
around tho Wnndgu"d house ran too.
Most - tho reporters followed, hut they
went only n few stop
Turning around 'hcy were Just In time
10 s-' a carriage ~'m" sneaking out ~
Eighteenth sire"t. Y" ny To- the BloodRood
ho,l-c and To- Funston, Mr. ~Rloodsood
and Mis- Woodgood out The rIse was n
dismal failure, tsraus" y was aimed a.
reporters and II didn't fool one Of them.
Funston looked very much di-gusted whom
ha was onnfrnuf"d hv al the reporters
the moment he Opened the carriage door
H. the moantim" 10" alleged victim ~
thieves had disappeared. and tho crowd
/ logan to stI-I.-y' that n had lsen lured
away from the Rlppdgood house 10y n fake
robbery tn" warIman and the Uniformed
policeman made frantic efforts To- have
'nc crowd continue Nh" cha~r down Irving
I place. hui n would not 10 fooled any longer.
and turned haCk in the RlopdgDOd house.
Nauy reached 'h"f" in time iu 500 tho sirl.
foT a glimp=c ~ whom thew had spent n
good deal of tim" hanging around The
hoi.s..
The uniformed policeman disappeared.
49, did al" plain clothes man. and a few
minutes later when ~" policeman on tho
l-ai am around be- va very much SUI
pris.d tu hear that there had l--'u thief
chr-r on hi- teat u, aid 10. wa III" only
policeman "n duty for hy" hlock- around
ard that the oficrr IN the chare must have
l-rn q hou-e-dufv man ~" Wa n HOUSE
duty man. and there va No. doubt In the
minds ~ thosp who ~aW m" performance
that be- had t-ru ~an' out tu g"i up a thief
cha-r and ~ draw the t--lplr away from
the Honlgoo1 hau4. Nhilo Funston snug
glcd Miss Bloodguud and her mother m.
Funston denied this. ~ Clur-'. and capt.
1itus aid that n wa absurd. hut u all
occurred a. r~lacl. aud 'h' hlp'ter -
IA" station hou-" SHOVE uu report - a rot'-
lprv - this kind Oh ~, u~r,-iuC' or tho
sending 81 an ofic'r Co another officers
leli To- eaten a thief