The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-09
HOW CAPITALISTS ARE sHADOWED
rode almost at the side Of the car-

rage. III
1T is true,'s Mr.. Amory asserted at
the time, that called upon General
Greene two or three days ago, but it
would be an inaccuracy to state that II
complained Of persecution and asked
police protection. I have long known
that a vacant house on the corner Of
Lexington avenue and Sixty-second I
street, near my home, had been made
headquarters for band Of detec-
tives, and I have recently advised the
real estate agents Of the fact. Re-
specting the published statement that
my telephone wire had been tapped /
and my mail tempered with, have
nothing at present to say, as the at
tention of the proper authorities has
been called to these matters. This
Swallowing system is becoming tire
some. 1t has continued for nearly a
year and 1t wears upon ones nerves. |
What crime have I committed that 1
should be bounded in this manner? |
My counsel, J. Coleman, Drayton, is |
also watched as closely as myself"
The climax Of that case came when
Mr.. Amory, bounded to desperation, |
caused the arrest Of one Of the men
who followed him into a Broadway
office building. The manager Of a
well-known detective agency went on
the sleuth's bond and paid the slight
fine imposed upon the man. Mr.. AM
ory's real purpose in causing the ar
rest of his shadow was to ascertain,
If possible, who was interested in hav-
ing his movements watched; but all
he got was the name Of the detective
agency. The identity Of the power
behind it, altho strongly suspected,
was never established.
The case Of William H. Hildreth of
Larchn1ont, some years ago, was
equally interesting. Two sleuths were
sent out by a New York agency to fol-
| low the suburban resident. Mr.. Hill
dreth was a member Of the firm Of Abe
Steen & Co., which was accused Of
rehypothec eating bales of goat skins.
Loans, it was said, were secured on the
skins, which were shipped back to
London and then reshipped and other
loans secured on the same goods.
Financiers who advanced money
prove it.
Hildreth lived at Larchmont, and
altho he had seen two men lettering
around the railroad station in New
/ York and later in Larchmont, he at
tached no importance to the fact until
| his friends in Larchmont told him he
was being Swallowed. His wife told
him that strange man had camped
4 upon the piazza of their next door
l neighbours home and "sleuthed" there
until the indignant family put him to
flight. Mr.. Hildreth had the detec-
4 agency which employed him arrived
on the scene and paid the $40 which
the court imposed on the charge Of
1 vagrancy. Mr.. Hildreth never found
out who was having him followed.
A Shadow on Shadow.
1t. is bad enough to have a ''shadow
on your back" but 1t is adding insult
to injury when it is necessary to have
a shadow on that shadow. Every
fro NIT ~ VOL e,f,. 1y1,~
detective may be watching him for the
benefit Of his financial enemies. The
scout Of Wall streets banks is always
at his back, and so he defends himself
, by securing a detective Of his own to
report the latters presence, his ac-
lions, and, If possible, who employs
! him.
Not long ago a prominent man of
affairs was told by his own detective
that there were four men "on him. "
The man had big deaIon and did not
care to be bothered. He asked his de-
It. was dark and the detective sug-
gesetd that they exchange has, coats,
canes and glasses. The scheme prom
. Used to work, because the detective
and his employer looked very much
alike. Disguised, the detective walked
briskly out of the office after putting
out his lights. Four men followed
him.
He got into the cab at the door and
they followed in closed carriage. He
alighted near Chatham square, which
was a curious place for Wall street
man to go after dark, but the detective
was born and as boy played around
:. Chatham square, and knew the ms and
outs of it. The four Shadows" got
out also. Two walked down one side
: Of the street and two on the other
The disguised detective walked along
, until he came to a shoemaker's aw]
stuck in the pavement up near the
: house for a sign. Back Of the awI was
: an alleyway. He lodged into the al
leyway and made his way home
The four detectives failing to see
a living soul on the street mistook the
shoemakers sign in the dim light OF
: the street lamp for their man. He
r was standing still and so they stood
: STILL He stood for a half hour with
: out moving; so did they. One OF
: them, growing suspicious, turned back
I and came at the awl from the opposite
/ direction. Then his laugh and his
!, curse notified the rest Of their defeat
Treasury Man Shadow.
! Arthur Merklein, manager of a well
2 know detective agency, told the story
7 from the inside; how the detectives
follow financiers and how they work
i "Oh, YES he said. They are doing
] it right along and it is a regular
e branch Of our business now. We never
), know for whom we are working. Our
:, orders always come from a lawyer
r that Osborn was not SO green as he