Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-07

this CITY messages are Immediately sent to
the several police stations from the CEN
trail bureau at headquarters. WINE TINS Is
being done the long-distance phone IS pc
ing used to notify the people In the country
and the police of other cities OF the aiIegeu
crime giving a description of the person or
pei sons wanted. Detectives are also sent
out over the country roads In vehicles, ana
many a night has been spent on the ROAD ny
them in this way.
Not a Pleasant Duty.
TT is not a pleasant thing to spend
night on the road in this way, detectlVe
said. ut may sound well to say that all
fellow has to do is to keep moving behind
a horse, but the reality is not so pleasing
With the moving come other things that
are not always desirable. Going to a mans
house in the city at 2 o'clock In the morn
ing and arousing him to get bit OF lnfor-
nation is one thing, and Drawing dogs ana
when a man goes to a farm house and sue
ceeds in making friends with the cannes
he does not always have an easy tme CON
yincing the occupant of the house that ne
is the genuine article. ! have gone to more
than one house and been told that would
have to come back after daybreak II l
wanted any Information. l have also been
told that If 1 did not disappear in hurry
I might expectta dose of lead. -fr-'
-. Hardships Endured.
The detective went on to tell of the hard
shins that are sometimes experienced when
on such errands, and explained that man
often has to go hungry because he has not
the time to stop when he happens to be
near place where food may be had. More
than once has he been unable TO get 1ood
while on such trips.
Many country people have horror OF
detectives" he said, land will not sell them
food assist them In any manner what
ever. On the other hand, there are those
who will go out of their way to render as
sistance.
when you succeed in tracking the man
you are after and get him into the woods.
continued the Sleuth its not easy
matter to apprehend him, especially If it is
in the summer when the foliage is dense.
l remember the case of Irving Ford, the
colored man who killed little girl near
the Zoo several years ago. The negro was
located in a big piece of woods which was
searched by more than fifty men, but de-
spite the activity of the searchers Ford
managed to get out under cover OF dark
ness after he had watched the SearcherS
from a hollow tree. He made his way to
Harper'S Ferry.
When the person wanted to answer for
some crime out of the ordinary has escaped
from the jurisdiction and the police are
anxious to get him the sending out of cir
culars is resorted to by the chief of the de-
tectiye corps. This system of sending out
circulars was inaugurated many years ago,
day that they were sent out in such great
numbers. Many thousands of them were
sent out in the murder case of Frank Funk,
and they finally effected his capture In
that case the crime was such an atrocious
one that the police officials decided that
they would capture him if money would
do it.
Circulars Sent Everywhere.
During the investigation of the case cir
culars were sent to the chief of police, town
sergeant or constable of every city, town
and county in the United States. Some of
them were also sent to other countries,
and the murderer was caught after he had
roamed about the country many months.
Sometimes when circulars have been out
for a fugitive without success and the
police have reason to believe that he is in
particular section of the country that sec
ton is literally flooded with circulars.
Murderer Funk read number of the Illus
trated circulars that were sent out con-
tanning an offer of $500 reward for his
arrest, and discussed the offer with some
of his new friends. The likeness of him
was not good, but the description was per-
feet.
II recall another case in which fugitive
from this city learned that the detectives
were on his TRAIL" continued the detective
1.-THE man was wanted for forgery, and
there was reason to believe that he had
gone to a certain city. That night dis
patch was sent to the chief of police of
the city asking that he be arrested. The
man was in the telegraph office when the
message was received. He had been an
operator many years before, and was still
able to understand the ticker. Upon read
ing the message as it was received he
stepped aboard the next train and made
another start to get in hiding. This, how
ever, was only one case in which the men
experienced trouble of that kind"