Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1903-11-30
How the SlcuthS
Track Rich ii(ihbl M tetnI
MiIIiOnares Use Detectives as Scouts in Wall
Street Battles. Walters Paid to
.Listen..Experiences Related

1T is true" Mr.. Amory asserted al
the time, that 1 called upon General
Greene two or three days ago, but II
would be an inaccuracy to state that
complained of persecution and asked
police protection. l have long known
that a vacant house on the corner OF
Lexington avenue and Sixty second
street, near my home, had been made a
headquarters for a band of detectives
and l have recently advised the real
estate agents of the fact. Respecting
the published statement that my tele-
phone wire had been tapped and my
mail tempered with I have nothing at
present to say, as the attention of the
proper authorities has been called to
these matters. This 'shadowing' sys-
TEN Is become tiresome. 1t has con-
tinued for nearly a year and it wears
upon ones nerves. What crime have
committed that should be bounded in
this manner? My counsel, Mr.. J. Cole
man Drayton, Is also watched as close
| ly as myself"
Mr.. Amory, bounded to desperation,
caused the arrest of one of the men
who followed him into a Broadway Of
flee building. The manager of well
known detective agency went on the
sleuth's bond and paid the slight fine
imposed upon the man. Mr.. Amorys
real purpose in causing the arrest Of
III CHI IAx % To-,
BILE who was Interested in having his
movements watched. but all he got was
the name of the detective agency. The
identity of the power behind 1t, al
though strongly suspected. was never
established.
The Hounding Of Hildreth
The case of william H. Hidreth. of
Larchmont 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 member of the firm of Abe
Steen & Co., which was accused of re-
hypothecating bales of goat skins.
Loans, 1t was said, were secured on the
don and then reshipped and other loans
secured on the same goods. Financiers
who advanced money wanted to find
this out and be able to prove it.
Hildreth lived at Larchmont, and al
though he had seen two men lettering
around the railroad station in New
York and later in Larchmont he at
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his friends In Larchmont told him he
was being Swallowed. His wife told
him that a strange man had camped
upon the piazza of their next door
neighbours home and "sleuthed" there
until the indignant family put him to
flight Mr.. Hildreth had the detec-
tive arrested, and managers of the
agency which employed him arrived on
the scene and paid the so which the
court imposed on the charge of va
grancy. Mr.. Hildreth never found out
who was having him followed.
1t is bad enough to have a shadow
on your back but it is adding insult
to injury when II is necessary to have
a shadow on that shadow. Every f1nan-
cier in Wall street knows that detec-
tive may be watching him for the ben
eft of his financial enemies. The scout |
of Wall streets banks is always at his |
back. and so be defends himself by |
securing detective of his own to re-
port the others presence. his actions |
and, II possible, who employs him.
Not long ago q prominent man of af- |
fairs was told by his own detective that |
there We're fonr men ION him" The |
man had q big deal on and, did not |
care to be bothered. He asked his de-
tective to throw them off the track It
was dark and the detective suggested |
that they exchange hats, coats. cones
work, because the detective ard his /
employer looked very mrch alike. Dis
guised, the detective walked briskly
ont of the office after putting ont the
lights. Four men followed him.
Thrown OF tie Trail
He got into a cab at the door and
hey followed in a closed carriage. He
lligAted near Chatham square which ;
vas curious place for a Wall street
nan to go after dark, but the detec-
i've was born and as a boy played
'round Chatham square, and knew the
ms and outs of 1t. The four "shad-
'ws" got out also. Two walked down
me side of the street and two on the
'ther. The disguised detective walked
long until he came to a shoe makers
house line for sign. Back of the awl
vas an alleyway. He lodged into the
Illeyway and made his way home.
The four detectives failing to see a
living soul on the street mistook the
hoemaker's sign in the dim light of
he street lamp for their man. He
vas standing still and so they stood
till. He stood still for half on bo,r