Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

cate persons and make arrests for the po-
lice authorities of other cities or for
mother who wants her missing boy located
and sent back home. All these requests
are cared for by the detective bureau, and
they constitute a special class of persons
to; be handled by the police. In this work
the depot detectives are chiefly employed
and they do much work in this line which
never shows in the courts, but which is
nevertheless important
The detective office, according to the po-
lice manual. keeps the following records for
the police force of the District: General
blotter or complaint book, which contains
all matters of Importance which require the
attention of the police department; robbery
book. containing description of lost or stolen
property, name and address of owner to
whom the case is assigned and the result
of the investigation; arrests and index
thereto; rogues gallery and index; reports
of pawn brokers and dealers in junk, sec
ond hand goods and deadly weapons; prop
erty book, showing date of receipt, claim
ant Of known and disposition; receipt
book for property turned over to owners;
records of warrants issued by the Police
Court and to what precinct sent for Serv-
ice; of persons arrested for crimes; of all
communications sent and received and IN
dex thereto; of persons wanted; watch
book; and book for newspaper clippings.
To make and maintain these records, Po-
licemen M B. German, s. C. Burrows and
E. L. Phillips are detailed to headquarters,
chosen for their respective abilities in this
line.
Work of Detectives.
In the daily routine of the detective bu-
reau there is much repetition, and yet each
new case presents a new situation and new
features. There are some cases handled by
the local detective bureau which stand out
prominently as showing the best work of
the bureau. There is probably no more
widely known or celebrated case than that
OF Frank W. Funk. a murderer wanted
by the police five or six years ago. The
man evaded the officers a year and half
before he was finally captured in Columbia,
Mo. 1t was the means provided by the
local department which led to the capture
of the criminal, who was afterward con-
victed and executed for his crime.
William Brooks was murdered in his
home, on 22d street northwest, in this city,
and his wife severely injured and robbed
of S1,200. Funk was suspected of the
crime. He had been visiting the elder
daughter of Mr.. Brooks and he knew that
Mrs Brooks had a sum of money hidden in
the house. He made appointments to meet
the two different daughters at different
places at certain hour, and instead OF
meeting the women, Funk went to the
house. overpowered Mrs. Brooks and
cured the money. Before he got away,
Brooks arrived on the scene. and Funk
killed him and made his escape. de-
scription and picture Of the murderer was
sent to every town in the country. Through
one OF the circulars it was discovered that
mild-inannered man working as car
penter ana DOdruiuS Win poiiceIudu III
Columbia, Mo-. was the man wanted, and
he was arrested and brought here.
Another interesting case which the local
authorities had to deal with was that OF
Max Krebs. the "slasher,, who kept the
city in state of anxiety more than two
weeks by his habit of slashing the clothing
of women. The identity of the man was
discovered through clever work on the part
of the detective bureau. He was arrested
In December. 1889. He was found to be
insane and was sent to the asylum.