The sun., 1903-12-13
THEORIES THAT ..ls
MAKE CROOKS.
One Queer Class Of Criminals DE-
scribed BY an Old New Yssk
Detective.

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detective VINO "o'l'a pe .s Oh s''ups g.. u
he wore u uhhorh'' uiu NJ
people smeu ou1 peou.a, Nv u a.nn 49, T.,
coming wa, ""s s s,,,s. ." ,s,.,.. ,hs
pennsylvania ~ was peculSi o"s ",..ns W. a.,
phohy SUI, Wss n.:.. 49,
prMoh-tae l1.s'eln 49,,
When the "over,eN ' ..'
accomplished 'he pieuNnh ~ y. VIZ - - a..
coming piant they Pie'enN"" " uop sn
case bat they oonI aIop ~. S $3.50 WIG.
| on Monu'. Ise. .s. -, ..i,,nr Nh NJ
at the pen "neh ue pSCn S"s s.. ,.r r !.
was IN oleratloll "as puou ,N. ~. .,;r.
been IN cahoots WIN 'he lo~.e ~ ~ o0
ers, ana no" Iney s"ys ..s. o.. ..s :. ~,
tarhes OF tne Eastern rono''aiy ~ ~. ~
the coming aea,' ana an sv.s .nsm ',. ~ w..
Iheres n"n'he surprising eOou. YIN.
TO man VINO KNOWS "ow 'u w ~. " .,'
square people oecoine c'ihe.s w s
gestioh' more pohoenhen W ,.. "s - ~
adays ana JOIN III WIN t'fe "t"s o nv %
than most peopie haVs sny va o. ': 40
Is not 30 moch rhe case II, ~. Nv" iH ~a', :. ~
Is IN tne ois "ee'er" ~so'
particularly. ., -.
Close and inoessaht oons% WEI u.o
crooks makes them crooked themselves
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in the Unitad States to-day that isn't hold
in~ ,,nder Iock and ksv sone fellow who
.is "'".. 'oon "u -. ,,too
peiore turning crook hs" ""''o ''''
| as pen keeper.
,estion dne to their necessary contact
.yi,I, tho ,ndar .anvs inst as a certain
Win 'h1 uiue s""ss' !u.' .....a.,,.
weii uhderstoon percentage vi o''oo.s ,"os
in insane asylums become more or less
loony themselves through constant hand
llhs o' p..'.ns" ,n.d ~ WV
Whlch they are ethpoyeo'
But there's another CLASS oi persons :
who become criminals by suggestion. and
there are examples Of them from every
| III. - ,:e. ma, ,,a naon,e WIN rsr,n;t
themselves to deveop an aonorIhsi I,ns,rn, interest
| in the ways OF prolessionai cr1mihns'
II wouldn't call it safe thing for any
.a" ,nt -. h,,n.a,r wn,id have done To d,,ck
"nHo no ', ~. -, =, ~ h.,.. - o.rt.;n
arrest had ne Deeh III Ine Doo's VI o"r'ai,
captured criminal, but that's the sort oil
thing that thousands Of men who think
they are homes, ia are ao,ns h1t .. 'he thav % so
mhen .neIe pis i'an .unv ~. y" =, .y .u'
low with acute interest," put themselves
| in the place Of the hunted man, and dope
out schemes Of escape for him;
| a certain pcICcuA8o Vi sum OnHSuineoiu 2
are bound to experience the hankering
sooner or later to put their schemes Tor
ton, II only for the imbeoile purpose of
finding out how their plans will work.
working in New York now, on salary
] of few dollars a week, there Is a broken,
middle.aged man who used to be the treas
at salary of $40 600 q year. This man
developed q queer bug for mentally, tracing
the movements Of fugitive embezzlers
| @He tried to pump me for everything
knew about such cases. He liked to talk
about the fleeing ones; He Laid out mental
routes for them. He knew the extradition
laws by heart, and had at his fingers ends
every country in the world to which
chased man could run without fear OF e1-
tradition.
Il gave this man many talking to about
You'd better cut II out, l told him
or itn begin to lester In;rh IN the back q % your
such things to happen, and no man 10 a.
much as one-eghth as strong as he thinks
he is IL l dldnt Know you pretty "eii'