The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-27
WOMAN AS A DETECTIVE,
Miss Edith King Has Captured Near
IL 1000 Dessrters.


Iy 1000 Deserters.
zone OF the sIickest women detectives
with whom I have ever came IN con
tact IS Miss Edith King OF fnhaoei-
phia. whose record shows the capture
of nearly 1000 deserters from theASs
Sans land and sea fighting forces.
said carl Flather Of the local detect
i've force to a washington star man.
Miss King has been so successful IN
tracing deeerters from the army ana
navy that she is kept doing this klna
of work exclusively. she IS only =
wears of age and frau. the daughter
of gentle parents and a girl Of care1ul
breeding. She is most attractive IN ap-
pearance. has charming southern man
ners. and looks better suited 70 Singing
I'm a church choir or gracing drawing
room than tracing criminals. Yet she
is the terror Of the sturdy ana fous"
men who denly Uncle SANS laws
"Once she gets on the trail there Is
no hone. They can escape the vigil
ance Of male pursueTs. but this clever,
unidentified woman is not 10 be de-
MED. She has stronger weapons than
even q mans decision or brute force.
She uses beauty and guile. Ana IL "
guile and beauty Of most cultivated
type q guile that passes from sfllIul
talent i'm disguise and impersonauon 10
n comprehension Of the possibilities on
an unusually pretty face ana Wen
studied Irritation as q means OF Out
whiting the susceptible.
Mics King IS Wen known 90 officials
of the army and navy. She Is less
+ known 10 The public because she has
! kept in the baukgrouDd. Publicity
makes it more difficult for her 10 follow
her chosen calling successfully But
( once I'm a while it happens she figures
Fin a. case so remarkable that II rs not
possible to keep Il from the police re-
/ porter.
I Her first case was TO trace two de-
I eerters who We're said 30 be working
/ for "A fruit packing concern. she betooiS
/ herself to the place and applied Tor a
! position. They laughed az her me
l clothes and white hands, but the IN
/ ststence with which she pleaded her
! case won her q chance. and she was set
l To work on q machine that peeled and
cored apples. Her unfamiharity Win
the machine caused her to cut her
/ hands until they bled. and made her
1 the laughing stock Of the otner EN-
/ ployes.
J Among those who were particularly
. bofsterous in polsing fun at her was one
: Of the two men she was after she
made no complaint but stuck braVely
20 her work. Becoming acquainted
with one Of the suspects she gradually
i and employing that strongest weapon
nirtatien-drew from him mis- secre-
! Within two weeks after taking the 20
sition she had the satisfaction of see-
ing the two men arrested and put be-
hind the bars.
Her quick and complete success was 4
revelation 10 her shrewd employer ano
since that time he has wisely confined
her to. the same line of work. She get;
a salary that many man in CONNER
cial lines might envy and with hel
1 mother lives I'm comfort.
Miss KING has mastered every meth
cd by which the sleuth tracks dovr
the criminal and gets desired iuforma
tion. She knows fun welI the value o.
danger and jealousy as q means o.
persuading women 20 tell what thel
know In many snstances she has per
suaded sisters and even mothers 70 CIV
information that meant a term of in
cafce.atlon Tor brother, husband o
SON.
.-She is mistress Of all the Disguise
possible to a woman. She can SO alta
her features that with the addition o.
. proper attire she can pass for habitu
Of the siuEe. This method has offer
proved eficaciops. A. utin the de-
sersef seeks the society Of women d
this tyne More han once She hes 60