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crook Of to-day was rapidly degener--
ating and that the profits in criminals
career We're reduced to such small fig
ures that it hardly paid men with.
brains to remain in the profession"
The revolution, he said, was caused by
the advancement of modern police
methods. The very Municipalities Of.
specialties to which attention has,
already been called, like one man being.
an expert pickpocket, another a sand
Dagger, another a housebreaker, anI-
so on, leads to the detection of crime
The inspector explains it in this wise:
IF clever piece of forgery has been
done we know pickpocket didn't do it,
SO the first thing we inquire is: Who
are the expert forgers out of the peni-
tentiaries?' There are only few of
them in the country, and we easily 10
cate those that We're near the scene OF
the crime at the time it was committed
Then we fit in the clues. So it is with
other kinds of crime. You see police
methods have become a science and. yes
are now in such close touch with tho
police forces of other cities that all tho
rogues are known, and it is pretty hard
for them to escape. For instance, every
counterfeiter has his own peculiar
style of execution, just as an artist
has, and the moment bogus note gets
into circulation the experts know who
made it.
IF you will look over the criminal
records you will find not only every,
crooks picture, but you will see full
report of his speciality and hismethods.
of work. We know them all like books,
and generally can put our hands ON
them when we want them. So, you see,
under the circumstances it does not
pay for good men o remain in the hnsi-
ness. The kinds of crooks, however.
who have not degenerated, are the.
Wire tappers-that is, the men who tap.
the wires and get race information, SO
as to beat the poolrooms-and the
steerer' to the brace faro games
This crook is of a higher type than the
old style confidence man. He must,
dress well and hang about the hotels SO.
as to create the impression that he is,
a gentleman of leisure in order to en-
snare the real gentlemen into little
private game But even he fluids a.
necessary to keep on the move, for
every large hotel keeps its own detec-
tive who soon knows all about the al
legged gentleman.
II will tell you of one class of swim
dler, though, that is on the increase and
who is very difficult to dislodge, AND
that is the 'get-rich-quick' man. He es-
tablishes himself in fine offices in the
business part of the city, either or
lower Broadway or Wall street, ana
does landotfice business. His meth
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DDS are SO apparently business like.
that the police are practically power
less. This class of criminals is morrr
to be feared than the burglar or pick
pocket because of his security
One of the Oldest crooks in New York
Che is an "ex-gun" now-that is &c
tired thief was reached by me through
the man in Pell street. This man foE>.
merly earned his living as strong
ARM (highwayman or hold-up mani
and did not agree with Inspector Me-
Clusky that the criminal types were de-
generating.
"Of course, the businessis changing
said he. Take the green-goods
man Zone who pretends to deal in conn
terfeit money and gives sawdust in e1--
change for the real money to the dupe.
who deals with him) as an example.
That is type that has almost entirely
disappeared. He has developed int o tbs
man who pretends to have the inside ON.
Wall street, and gets money from ONT
of town. The bank burglar in the cit.
les has disappeared altogether for the
reason that it is useless to fl ght agains l.,
the safes they make nowadays; but
the gold-brick man is simply the OLE
type of the present 'get-rich-quick' i'm
dividual who sells bogus mining stock
and worthless securities to the confid-
ing and greedy.
"They say there is no graf, anu ong,
the policemen of New York at present.
am not in the business now and know
nothing about it, but in the old days q
know it was not an unusual thing to,
see the safe-blower and the policeman
taking social glass together al the
safe blowers expense. When I WAS,
in the business there was no systeR,
of police graft. 1t was ease of in
dividual police hold-up. Later ON, Y.
am told, if the picllpocRets wanted
to work certain line of street CATS
they had it fixed by their friend, Tho
politician. If there was too strong
protest, which was bound to hap
pen at times, word would be passeds
to them, and then there would sud
denly be a lot of pickpockets who
were not working under the f1aenG-
ship of wise guy (politician). But
| don't know how it is worked now
l am out of the business"
In the meantime, Inspector Me-
Clusky's order has given us an oppor>--
tunity to look little into thns in
teresting sociological study, the Or
der of Thieves.
FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON
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not been slow to avail themselves OF
their healing virtues.
One of the white men from San
Diego, who had gone to the hot
springs, somehow came to learn of the
presence of this captive little girl. He
saw her several times and soon became
very much interested in her. When
he learned her story he determined
that, if possible, he would remove her
from the influences that were so pain
full to her. With an interpreter he
went to the man who owned her and
threatened him with the punishment
of the white mans law for the murder
of the child's father and mother unless
she were hmm ediately and irrevocably
given up to him. After some demur
the Indian acceded to his request.
With his new acquisition the man from
San Diego fastened home. His wife
was woman of large and loving ma
ture and her heart instinctsvely went
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ing the thieves out of New York, has
served to bring more prominently be-
fore the public the fact that this CITY
is oyerrun with the worst types of Grim
mails in the United States. and it is
natural that they should all focl to
the metropolis. OF course, when the
front office" (as the thieves call police
headquarters) begins to agitate the
question of cleaning up the city, it is
polcy on their part to remain quiet for
a time, but they only do so for few
weeks and then the burglaries and rob-
berries are as fragrant as ever.
Inspector McClusky, while recently
appointed to his position, is an old
time thief catcher, and knows many of
the criminals we'll. In talking with
me he expressed the belief that the
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Swallow Ii Swift Flyer.
A swallow, at its best speed, can
travel at the rate of 12s miles in an
hour.
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done by the federal government was
discovered. 1t seems that the island
has been crumbling so rapidly of late
years that the Virginia senator's have
secured appropriations for the pur-
pose OF preventing the entire destruc-
ton of the island by the swift cur
rent which sweeps sunobstructed for
eight miles, and fiercely carries away
tons of clay and sand. Ripraps and
jetties along shore may divert the
channel little, but if the island IS
to be fully protected it will prove to
be very costly proposition. The
northern portion of the ruins of the
town are said to be under water, and
the covered foundations of former
habitations can be seen from the side
of rowboats. Alongside the north
east of the island there are big blocks
of stone just beneath the surface of
the water. They are held together
by cement, and evidently formed the
foundation of some big official build
ing.
The biggest ships of the olden time
used to come up the James and an
Choir at the wharves of jamestown,
but they could not do so now. In
deed, when the capital was moved to
Williamsburg in 1923 the channel was
becoming visibly more shallow. Thus
was business affected in the begin
ming of the decline of Jamestown.
There were big financial and politi-
cal battles in those days, preceding
the removal of the capital; and ira
dition hath it that several hot-blood-
ed Virginians emptied their guns at
and into the bodies of each other.
However, the inevitable came, the
capital was removed, jamestown
slowly fell into innocuous desuetude,
and Williamsburg flourished. We
have seen just such riyalries and bat
ties between rival towns, far in the
interior of the new world, within our
own generation.
The brick church, of which only the
tower is left, was built in 1888, when
the colony was only 30 years old.
Previously the people had worshiped
in a large wigwam made of logs. The
new brick church was Sc feet long
and % feet wide, furnished lavishly
with donations from England; every
thing in it being as rich and regal
as the trappings and vestments of
the best churches in the old coun-
try. Gov. Dale wrote: "There is
some comfort in religion now;" as
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out to the poor little Indian orphan.
their own. 1t was not long before the
little one responded fully to the love
that was SO generously given her, and
she came to regard herself as the
daughter of the white man and woman.
Years passed by. The little girl
grew up to womanhood.s She had been
educated as became the daughter of
well-to-do citizen and was respected,
honored and loved'by all who knew her
Several children were born to the
couple, and as these grew up they were
taught to regard the Indian girl as
their own sister,
There is no doubt that had the In
dian girl desired to remain she might
have married some white man and, be
living to-day, honored and respected,
in or near the home of her adopted
parents. But, yielding to that mysteri-
Gus impulse that renders US incapable
of denying our parentage, she felt an
uncomfortable instinct or desire to
return to her own people and become
one of them. In vain her foster broth
ers and sisters pleaded with her. Sor-
rowfully, but nevertheless with deter
minatiolf, she decided. to cross the des-
ert and go back to the place of her
birth. When she arrived among the
Yumas they received her with suspi-
cion. She did not know a single word
of their language, but so powerful did
instinct work that, with very little diff
fculty, she won her way into their
hearts and soon was able to speak her
native tongue as if she had never
known any other. In shorttim she
married, and children were born to
her. Her husband, full-blooded Yu-
ma, has always regarded her as SUI
perior being, and throughout the tribe
her opinions are largely deferred to.
While she lived with the whites she
was known by the name of Maggie.
When she went back to her people she
told the whites who came in contact
with her that her name was Maggie
Scott. When asked her why she as
sumed the name of Scott she replied:
''While 1 was in San Diego l read
great many novels, but there were
none that pleased me so much as those
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least a generation or more. Again, for
days, the warriors assembled around
the dance fire, where the chiefs ex-
horted them to brave and heroic deeds
and the women melted them to acts of
yalor. When the time came for the
march they stole as cautiously as pos
sible across the desert, and, on nearing
the main camp of the Yumas, sent out
their scouts ahead to determine how
and when the great attack should be
made. Fortunately for them the Yumas
for the encounter. Their hunters had
just brought back an unusual quantity
of deer, and the whole people, warriors
and all, were so gorged to repletion as
to be unable to fight After full con-
sultation it was decided to steal upon
them at night and fight at close quar-
tiers with battle hammer, battle ak,
dagger of sharp deer's horn, and the
few steel weapons they had obtained
from the white man.
Stealthily they crept upon their I'M
suspecting foes. The latter had not
only eaten to excess, but many of them
were stupefied with drink they made
from the root of bush called mo-
mump. The root of this is sometimes
taken and chewed. For few hours it
produces an eXhilarating effect some
what similar to that produced by
hasheesh. Then the victim succumbs
to deadly stupor from which it takes
him several days to recover.
1t can we'll be imagined whata con-
dition the Yumas were in to receive
their foes. The San Diegans fell upon
them and slew quite a number without
any resistance. Then, flushed with
victory, after scalping their dead foes,
they took captive several of the wom-
en-, whose lives had been spared. and
one little girl. What became of the
women l have never yet been able to
learn. Possibly, as has often been the
case, they became wives of their cap
tors and soon lost their identify as
members OF different tribe, but with
the little girl it was different. She had
a keen memory and loving heart and
constantly cried for her father and
mother, whom she had seen slaugh-
tered on the banks of the Colorado
river. Even in those days there was
something of town at San Diego. The
Indians, 900, We're reasonably friendly
with the whites. Indeed, they were so
much so that several. of them used to
GO up into the mountains and camp
near the Indians in tents at what is
now known as Aqua Caliente at War
ner's ranch. The hot springs from
which this village gained its Spanish
name are known to be very good forall
E.1aa -sf diseases, and ever since they.
have known of them white men have
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RELICS OF VIRGINIA.
To Be Preserved by a Society of
Patriotic Women.
Occupation of Jamestown Island
Dates Back Three Centuries
Old Church i'm Which Poca-
hontas Worahiped.
Special Washington Letter.

ICV7 lRGINIANS are proud of
v every chapter in the history
of their state" says Senator
Daniels. "There are some paragraphs
in some of the chapters which are not
so brilliant as others; but, on, the
whole we are proud of every chapter
in our history"
The occasion calling forth the re-
mark is the fact that Virginia is grow
ing old, and has history of almost 300
years. On the 25th of May will occur
the anniversary of the landing of Capt.
John Smith and his ellow-freebooters
upon the soil of Virginia, and the be-
ginning of the permanent establish
ment of the first white colony;in this
republic of ours.
On May 25, 1907, now 296 years agone,
jamestown island was occupied and
preparations begun for BODYBUILDING
This was 10 years before the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, so there
cam be no doubt that this was the first
permanent white settlement upon the
land which now constitutes the United
States Of America.
There are upwards of $4,000 Virgin
ians residing in the national capital,
making their livings as federal office
holders. That is to say, that some 5000
office-holders from Virginia support a
colony of $4,000 people, all Of them in
tensels loyal to their state, and proud
of their lineage. Some 20 wears ago
there began an annual exodus from
Washington to jamestown to celebrate
the anniversary; and there will be no
hiatus in this procedure. The pilgrim
ages will begin two days before the an
niversary. tens of thousands of Virgin
ians will visit Jamestown, but the prin-
cipal cele bration this year will be in
Richmond.
In order to describe this ancient To-
cality the writer went to Jamestown
island, the trip occupying only two
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TRUE TO HER PEOPLE
The Interesting Story of Faithful
Indian Maiden.
Was Captured by Hostile Tribe, Res
cued and Educated by a White
Man, But II emained u Yuma
at Heart.
Especial California letter.

w HE many Indian , tribes have
ity for many years in peace and
harmony, it is equally true that in
many other cases there has been
great deal of quarreling and fighting.
With primitive people as we'll as with
those who are more advanced in civili-
cation it is very true that tiny spark
will often kindle a great flame. A dead
ly insult has often been read into a
few insignificant words. The refusal
of the hand of a maiden in marriage
has often provoked war. Hundreds,
nay, thousands, of lives have been lost
in disputes over tiny strips of territory
that We're practically barren and value
less. Whole villages have been often
destroyed because of fancied insults
offered to the gods.
The secret of the enmity between the
tribes that for centuries inhabited the
mountains of what is. now San Diego,
Cal, and the Yumas, who dwell on the
Colorado river, l have never been able
to learn. Both people were warlike,
proud and brave. The former were
supreme in the mountains, the latter in
the desert and by the river. Again and
again conflicts took place between
them. Sometimes the Yumas roamed
too far over the desert to the east of
the great river, and despite all their
precautions they We're swooped down
upon by the mountain tribes and
driven back with great loss of life. At
other times the San Diegans would'ap-
proach too near the river, and they in
turn would suffer defeat.
In the neighborhood of 40 years ago
the Yumas had been particularly ag-
gressive and had severely punished the
San Diegans on several successive occa-
sions. This aroused the national pride
of the mountain tribes and they gath
cred together in a great powwow
where the war chiefs unanimously
counseled Large raid upon the Yumas
Which should so humble and humliiate
them as to keep them peaceful for at
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pocAHoNrAso woRsH1P1NG JAMESTOWN ISLAND

days. It is situated 80 miles above Nor
folk and Newport News, on the James
river, and is about 70 miles below Rich
mond. Old inha bitants say that it has
shrunken within a generation, but that
it has now an area of Zoo acres. II is
two and a half miles long. and only lit
tie more than half a mile in width
From the main shore it is separated by
a narrow stream and some marshy low
land, over which there is low wooden
bridge. The whole place looks "oM-
timey."
The island is as barren of civilization
as Palmyra of the desert and the only
evidences of its former teeming habi-
tation are the walls of the Amber
mansion-house. and the pitiful piece of
tower of the first Protestant church
built of brick in the new world, These
objects of interest were pointed out by
young colored woman from the
mainland, who also directed the trav-
eler to the screened little acreage sur
rounding the relics of the church and
the long neglected cemetery. There
are no pictures of these interesting OBJ
jects, but the tower is like any ordi-
nary old tower, and the mansion
remains are composed of the small
bricks imported in those early days;
about half of the size of modern bricks.
The mansion is said to have been built
with bricks which were formerly used
in official and ancient structures. Ira
dition has it that in this old mansion
there resided woman who declined
the honor of marriage with George
Washington.
If this be true she must have almost
hated herself afterwards when George
became FIRST in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen."
There is an association of ladies
known as an association 'For the Pre-
servation of Virginia Antiquities, %
and it is this association which has sur
rounded these sole relics with wire
fences and thick wire screens. These
ladies took this step only six years
ago; rather late in the day for the pre-
servation of these antiquities, for hogs,
WIN any 'aAie. anu olHef cautle nave
browsed about the tower and the walls
and over the graves of the cemetery for
many, many years.
The ladies employ custodian but
he was not on duty when the narrator
called. He is said to reside in little
shanty there which is surrounded by
heavy earthworks thrown up 40 odd
years ago by confederate soldiers. BY
his absence he lost one fee of ten cents,
which he is allowed to charge as part
of his compensation for living there in
the midst of squalor, dirt, malaria and
musty "reminiscences.
On reaching the north end of this
historic island. work done and being
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though his religion had been no COM
fort to him in the commodious log
wigwam.
But for the removal of the capital
to Williamsburg there might have
been a great educational institution
at Jamestown, because Parson Blair,
the Scotchman from the University
of Edinburgh who founded William
and Mary college, was assigned to
the parish at jamestown in the new
brick church, just before the trans
fer of the capital. He had for
short time been pastor of the parish
of Varina, where Pocahontas was
one of his parishioners. She was the
wife. of John Rolfe, an extensive to-
bacco planter, and was known as Re-
becca Rolfe; quite English, you know,
as compared with her aboriginal
name when she hurried into history
by her rush to the rescue of Capt.
John Smith. Parson Blair often said
that if he had remained at James
town he would have founded the col
lege there-an. institution which has
endured until this day, and will ever
endure
The celebrated educational institu-
ton was originally built of bricks
made on jamestown island. They
were made in the style of the i'm
ported bricks, but were not import
ed; neither were those which were
used in the church at jamestown.
Parts of the ancient structure remain
in good state of preservation, and the
old church at jamestown would still
remain intact, if civilization had not
deserted it.
The ladies' association for the pres
ervation of Virginia antiquities re-
Gently held an important meeting. at
which it was decided to memorabilia
the Virginia legislature to make APP
preparations to aid them in their
work. They hope also to induce the
Virginia senator's and representatives
to interest the congress, so that suf-
ficient appropriations may be OBJ
tanned to save from complete ruin
this relic-rempant. Of the original set
Element of the. soil of the United
States. by the Anglo-Saxon freeboot-
ers; the aggressive ancestry of
which we are all SO proud; an an
cestry of Ell Dorado-seeking maraud
ers who plunged halfway across this
continent and blazed their pathway
with the blood of innocent aborig-
ines.
But they had their good points;
and, anyway they made history
which it might be we'll to preserve,
even in relic form.
SMITH d. FRY
Swallow Ii Swift Flyer.
swallow, at its best speed, can
travel at the rate of l2s miles in an
hour -
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Clusky, said: "Well, that is good
no further of the incident. AS a matter
of factthe thieves than leave New York
under such orders are comparatively
few. 1t is likely that out of the 400 told
to get out 25 or 80 will actually do so,
but it will be only to move to some other
large city. The professional thief,
whether he be picllpocket, a strong
arm man." a porch climber, forger,
OR one of the many other varieties, can
only exist in the cities. He finds there
is nothing for him to do in the country
or the villages. AS for the thieves who
apparently obeyed the orders of the
chief of detectives, they were undoubt-
eddy intending to leave town anyway,
as their business-if we may call it
that-necessitates a rambling life. AS
for the rest, one who knows this class
of gentry" may take stroll any
pleasant afternoon down the Thieves
highway, known in the city directory as
the Bowery, and there he will see near
ly all the old-time faces that have dec
Grated the 'rogue's gallery, '-desig-
mated in the vernacular as ''the Hall of
Fame'-for many years.
If l wanted to find any particular
New York thief, for instance, l know
certain person whom could locate in
Pell street saloon and he would.re
my man for me in short order. Thieves
are classed according to the work they
do, like tradesmen. A man who makes
his living entering houses by means of
porches would be as unable to get
dollar by picking pockets as he would
by silk weaving. On the other hand
pickpocket could not keep from star
wing to death if he had to go to sand
baggng. Not only do they do their
work in classes, but they live in classes.
So if the thief wanted to find were a
"strong-arm gun" or highwayman, my
man in Pell street would look for him
at once in the Cherry Hill district. If
he were burglar he would live in
Chrystie street, and so it would be with
all the different grades.
But Inspector McClusky's order,
while it has not had the effect of driv-