The Savannah morning news., 1901-02-01

S:45 a. M Occasionally / am interrupted
at my house or on the way down by some
of my men, who find it necessary to see
me on some case.
Into my house runs a telephone wire,
which keeps me Informed while at nome
of all matters in connection with the cases
l have in hand.
"This wire does not enter the house i'm
the ordinary manner. II comes through
the subway Once, when the Molineux
trial was on, my telephone wire was tap
ped | have taken precautions to pre-
vent this.
'.Newspapers have done much to aid the
tracking down of many criminals. re-
gard every clever newspaper man as e&-
celent detective material. At the same
time the newspaper man and the detec-
tive are at work at different ends of the
line The Journalist develops his case
and publishes it from day to day OFTEN
he distributes broadcast, regardless or
consequences, facts which upset good
case He is looking for news. His object
is to make known; ours is to conceal
until the time comes.
The first thing / do on reaching my
office is 10 take mp my mail. receive
about $50 letters per day; sometimes many
more. These are opened, assorted ana
waiting for me on arrival.
from persons all over the country, who
need assistance. Occasionally persons
come and tell me secrets which 1t would
be far better for them to keep. Tney
seem to regard me as one 10 whom any
sort of a tale may be told | try to forget
these things when / can be Of no assist
ance to those seeking aid. But often
the stories are so narrowing that they
cling to my memory.
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positions on the detective force. Some
of these letters are very amusing. Here
is one:
"Chief of New York Detectives
"Can to tell Teller how to be real
good detective? | think have good de-
Deceive blood in my. II / unly had a
chanst. Anythink you can do for me
will be most highly obliged for.
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stole a immertashun emrald.
ITO these applicants pay no attention.
At times my mail contains letters from
cranks. They wish me to employ my de-
tectives in capturing alleged prosecutors.
Letters come from all over the coun-
try-sometimes even from Alaska, Africa,
China and other remote points. Often
these letters furnish important clues.
II receive through the mail reports
from chiefs of detectives all over the
country. we Keep DOSlfi AZ ~
ments Of criminals in this way, assisted
by our press-clipping bureau.
eve get practically all the newspapers
in the country and clip everything re-
lating to criminals. These clippings and
our mail adVices enable us 20 put our
finger on suspects when they are want
cd.
promptly at O'CLOCK every morning
there Is 'roll-cal' Every detective as
sembles IN the big office. in which. by
the way, are the Rogues' Gallery pho
tographs. There are 100 detectives I'M
der me.
Each man answers 10 his name, N
present. or accounts for h mself by proxy.
Then on the platform facing the Rogues
Gallery our recent captures are exhibited
one by one.
Each criminal Is scrutnized by the
10 detectives. 30 that he may be spot
ted IN future. II IS a trying ordeal for
the criminal to have 10 submit to the
gaze OF $50 men. who size him up for
future reference. This ordeal and the
photographing IN the Rogues' Gallery
complete the identification Of the prison.
or we use the Bertilon system OF
measurements.
AT an ordinary Photographic gallery
the photographer may touch out Of his
negative n mole on the face. hairliD or
other blcmish: with Us these little things
mean everything. An our photos are
untouched.
THE inspection Of criminals al roil-cali
ls meyer witnessed save by our own men.
Il ~ star-chamber process. No re-