New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-28
Of Interest
10 UOryseS7
WOMAN DETECTIVES WORK.
Her Method in Tracking Instalment Plan
Sharks.

The ,,rae1i,e Of buying things on the insfaiisot
,lan has afforded employment to large hu'hoer
Of women although the fact OF their emio! ID
one which the employers prefer to keep III the "eA
around Every house which sells goods ON tie III
stalrnent plan employs detectives and large num-
hs- Of these detectives are women. People GUY on
she instarnent plan almost everything from iurhl-
-,,,e To wedding rings. and 4 large proportion -
CONSTANTLY trying to eyade payment II Is the
,, az the detective discover their wherea bouts
-, +l,a.- .roye and change their names ana IN
man, cases women much more succe'slGl IN
rl,fs work than men. They are nuch less Nhs15
"a awaken suspicion when they inquire Tor alIesed
crfer4s or relatives. In big instalment stoIe
tbere is n woman who always gets the cases
+l,at all the other detectives, women as Wen as men
have failed en- and if there is any human loSSiN'i
itv of locating the fusitives she generay Goes 80
se7-l,oro isn't ANYTHING mysterious about it, she
said in Deaking OF her methods i FlalplH US
tact and endless patience II people nave ~
in a Mace any length of time some one Is sure 10
know something about them. and II you can oi'is
ask questions without arouslng suspicion "li!o-
always seem to be able 10 Go, ana nave 'ile
70 stick at it. you usually find them ''I'"h
a., obla n trace 4 family through the people VINO
moved them Usually the latter have Instructions
not 10 tell but they don't think that tie iuic "p
plies TO relative an old friend VINO h1s f bs ~
informed az the change of address -, :
s1 9liIS for That completely disarns sus-
picion and people give me an me n1lP e SS I'm in
any business in the neighborhood can often trace
MIN nv that and il the family has changed us
,-aIne the first names Of the children sometimes
furnish the necessary ceW. LA ~
I always interview the salesman who sod q me me
Goods before starting case and get All the
snforroation I can about the personal appearance
o-1f apDarcnt characteristics Of the person VINO
fTgi7f The goods and little peculiarities OF speech
aud manner which never be concealed, are
Of course when people go off 20 Europe leay-
ing hills unpaid there isn't anything TO he Done,
hui if they remain in the city the chances OF my
heinz able 10 find them within A few days are
pretty good No. can't give you any specihc IN.
stances because the company naturally doesn't
want lis patrons know that they have been
-raceF bv a detective, and the cases might be
r,acoguizcd As a rule. they never know how the
con7palv got the address. One of the most dim,
cult as we'll as the most curious cases ever had
was one in which the goods were sent TO the name
81 a dead person. in care Of the maiden name OF
that person -. ,r, 4,
great deal of variety and interest in II, and one
fsr't tied 10 Office hours. But don't ike telling
lee and unfortunately, / don't get used 10 teilhg
Them The more I tell the more hate them L ct
frS that Veracity is considered virtue, even IN
a deceive / was led TO go into tins work
fh-o1s-h answering an advertisement. and got
the position. ] told, because didn't say mat
I was prepared to swear 10 anything, no matter
whether il true or not