The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-01-09

us went to the theater occasionally In
company, and she was agreeable II not
laxative. Hadan was fair sized
man, who always shaved smooth. His
reddish hair was scant, one of his front
teeth broken, and he limped n little,
from an old accident Any policeman
could have picked him out Of crowd
on Il description. Saunders was a
larger man, with hair turning gray,
perfect teeth and side whiskers Davi.
son was smaller man than the other
two, with black hair. black mus
tache and a prominent wart on his
check. IIadan had the voice OF a
woman; Saunders spoke slowly and
with a growl; Dawson had what might
be termed fair voice
Now, then, for six years | knew these
three men, and two of them were I'M
der espionage, ! talked with them, ate
with them, drank with them and never
imbibed the faintest idea that | was
the biggest fool In the world. One day
a man who was In machine shop not
far from detective headquarters was
almost the first one on hand. | recog-
nlzed him al once as the tailor and the
body was taken home. While doing
his work the undertaken found that the
black hair and mustache and wart
were all false This was n revelation
even to the wife. The affair was pub
lished In the papers and In less than
two days 1t was found that Hadan,
Saunders and Dawson We're one and
the same man. He had padded his body
to Increase his size and apparent
weight, and Il false tooth, whiskers,
mustache and II wart had done the rest
You will say | ought to have detected
the cheat by the voice In an ordinary
case yes, but this man had made
study of Disgusting his voice and was
doubtless Il natural mimic to begin
with. | never caught tone to make
me suspect
You Will say that II good detective
ought To penetrate such shallow dis
guises as false whlskers In answer
To that let me say that whskers OF
mustaehe can be made 10 look so genu-
Inc that no living man can detect the
cheat The wart was II new dodge and
one / was not up to. Ii was SO we'll
done that had seen the man prick 1t
with II pin and cringe IL little as he did
II. should have felt bad enough Mt
being fooled even had there been no
case In 1t. but there was case. The
silversmlth was Il fence" for thieves
the bric-a brac man was another. and
the tailor was Il third. lie was mar
ried to three different women; he lived
III three different parts of the city: he
carried ON three occupations; he repre-.
scented three different men All this
he did successfully for six or seven
years and but for the fatal accident
might hive gone on for years more.
During his career he had made for.
tune, and never a person had suspect
ell the disgulses. 1t seems rs II wife
should have detected them, but the
three did not, or ut least SO claimed.
He divided his time between them,
passed rs Il respectable member of So
clety, and they accepted his excuses for
his absence without question. In each
ease he told his wives that he Travelled
SO many days per week, and in each
case he left the house and returned to
II with hand baggage. Yes; ! was made
fool of; but, fortunately, | was the
only one who knew It, and may give
the fact away now without my identity
being suspected. 1t would have added
more glory to my record to have caught
up the sly rascal, but now and then
the sharpest Of our profession are out
witted, and IL made stupid blunder
In the one case have offset 1t a dozen
times over In making II success of 9th
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