Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-12-04
" MUM THE WORD SOME OF CONSTABLE STEW ARTS METHODS OF CHASING
 CRIMINALS.
  Never Makes Inquiry About Crin'inai He Wants # He Personally
 Knows the Man.

'Keep silent That is Frank Sew arts official motto. Another charac- ;eristic of Constable Stewart is never Q make inquiry about criminal he wants if he knows the man personal y. Tt never does any good, and is
 aly eiv ng your man a tp,' quoth Mr. Stewart in discussing the matter. And he lives strictly up to his motto.
 i whole volume might be written about Frank Stewart. He is a char slcter And everything said about i'm could with perfect propriety be encom ums upon his official conduct this much is probably permissible, since MT. Stewart has no opponent for office. This latter fact is in itsels an eloqouent commentary upon his conduct as constable of Naugine .oWn- hip during the one term he has held flee
 X study of Stewards s methods leads to but one inzyitable conclus on: he is q born detective He holds secure y in head today perhaps |; hundred e2d newspaper stories if he could c3ly be induced to divulge them for !" entertainment of the public. But he won't do it-that is, some of i,,l, ne explains i'll Il s characteristic .;He ch. with q smile that softens the "efusal. A man never knows when something neW in the same case will fevclof. and then 1 would he up ; r. q. Never give away what you may need yourself. An officers knowledge of nen and things is his stock in trade; silence is his surest assot." Thus with epigram and a smile he turns one off as easily as most me- could tell all they know
 And vet Frank Stewart never re- sArts to the subterfu2e so comrla,s with the officers Of many another ,fty; he never tells q falsehood. When the reporter asks him for new. if ette1 cautiously weighing the chances Ne feels secure in giving it out, he Fn 1f 7 the story. easily, conc se'y 9n.s yet full5- as fo details He knows newspaper story when he sees it. If ho Ia he does not feel justified in giving out, and yet would like to work no a- justice on the harj-worked newspaper reporter he responds with his habit t.al caut on, ''i may have something fer you pretty soon.' When lIr. Stew 3Gt makes that guarded remark, it is practically certain that he will have ssomethins pretty soon, and ii will be something worth while with the neWsgatherer.
 ln addition to h s natural ahility as a detective. Mir. Stewar, has the addi- tional advantage of knowing personal ly nearly every individual in this sec tion of the country who is supposed to belong to the class that most con- 2anly develops criminals. Once
 eesl 8 n jail charged with a crime os ;ay kind, Frank Stewart gets his ...aee lndellibly Impressed upon <;
 ind, and for yer ther after that n3an l,.,,J I>D+ characteristic was fully illustrated by -an incident that occurred here several months ago. burglary had been committed The officers were pug zled over | considerably for the only lue let was a pair of old pants dis c0rded in a back alley. It is not ev= eu certain that the burglar had dis carded them. Frank Stewart examin, cd he clothes. Do you know them o' as asked him. The answer cam@ hack without a moments hesitation
 lEs: ey belong to -=--- He aamea 2 negro cilaiaater who had pre- viously been in trouble with the Off  cers.
 Sure enough, whan the officers @Al9e 10 look for the negro, he had left town. But pursuing hts well known policy Of silence, Stewart
 yer in single instance inquired for the negro, nor even let is b known that he was looking for him " people know that he suspected the negro of the deed. But that negro WIS doomed. Days passed, weeks went by, and with the passing of non1hs people forgot about the bur elary. One day Frank Stewart nab bed his man. He was convicted
 Such is the character of the man. Perhaps it could be stated with per feet veracity that Stewart is one of the best detectives in the country,