The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
AUTO SUGGESTIVE SLEUTHS.
BELIEVE 1T AND YOU HAVE 1T,
AN OLD MOTTO or THEIRS.

The McClusk y.TItus School o. Crime De-
tectors worked on DR.. Regnault's
Theory Before He Ever Thought or
lt-Else Hew Did they Grow Great?
The account in yesterdays SUN Of DR..
Felix Regnaut's article on auto-suggeetion
in La Rerue was read with great interest
by one OF the policemen who have recently
been transferred from plain-clothes duty
In downtown precinct to a uniform and
sidewalk pounding in The Bronx.
There's nothin' new in II, as far az
can see,' this cop told a reporter last night.
They knew all about this auto-suggestion
down at Headquarters long before this
Frinch doctor ever heard OF IL. Faith,
they'd have it down perfect by this time.
il it wasn't fur tn inconsiderate public,
thot's always buttin' in on thin just as
they begin t get tn thing pat
For example. this Friedman says
thot to achieve success it's necessary Z
withdraw tn moind from external things
an Z avoid all moi re an disturbin' sinsa-
tions. Why, tn detective departments
been doin' thot ever since Tom Byrnes
got out. But what chance do they get
Z make goodP just as they're on the
point Of success some selfish citizen. with
only his own inds in view, is almost sure
to butt in an break tn spell wild a loud
holler about his wife's brother gettin'
sandbagged in tn City Hall.
Il see tn doc says that tn best time Z
practise auto-suggestion s Just when yer
people who will make complaint against
a poor policeman fur droppin' OF T. sleep
on post, whin like as not he's only tryin' Z
make tn conditions favorable for curin'
himself Of that very same fallin' t sleep by
auto suggestion.
People with strong wills. tn doctor says.
have obtained extraordinary results by
actin on auto-suggestions, such as CON-
trollin' tn muscles an movin tn ears.
! believe thot. I've often been told thot Il
Titus had Of his muscles thot they made
him chief detective. An I've also heard
-moind you, this may not be right-thot
tn way he could move his ears was hardly
human. q.
A very simple an aisy method Of OBJ
Z repeat aloud whatever it is y want.
There's truth in thot. too. Thot's tn way
thot George McClusky won his great re-
nown as a detective. Many's tn tonne
I've seen him walking up an down tn
corridor at Headquarters with his chest
out.
-Modesty kept him from sayin' aloud
what he thought Of himself. but y could
easily tell by tn expression on his face that
he was sayjn', I'm great man. I'm a great
man. An II McClusky hadn't kept tellin'
himself he was a great man he'd never
have found out he WAS one. An II he
hadn't found 1t out, no one else would have
known 1t.
-McClusky took this same means T. catch
murderers and crooks They cay he's often
been found repeatin' to himself I'D like e
catch fifty-one odd crooks that are rnissin'
I'd like Z catch fifty-one odd crooks that
are missin'.' But he never did. They
transferred him before his auto-sugRestion
had any chance & come true. an Titus
came in an had & begin wishin' all over
again. Then he got transferred before
his wishes. TO tn extint Of almost 500 odd
missin' crooks. had a chance I be realized.
There's no doubt about n. this auto
suggestions a great thing. but tn public
wont give tn department tn chance {
practise il thoroughly.