Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-10-02
DETECTING
 A DETECTIVE.
EopyIiSiIt, l3p7, by ]. C. E"uj.l


 faithful and would not hotray Hl+ trust. With his chief il meant }hai hc .'i, rot have to watch him 4jiiit ~o ri.1@H
 as he did the others of h~ St"tT Nr QUifk had never read tue ,,to'ics by Gabori0u. De Boiz:s"l,ey or Ni,l9aI. !,u nance had nothing io do wth lis t.'.- ing up detective work He N:,4 2 down on crime and criminals an1 hunt Ing bad nlen into prison from any fee. inss Of dnts toward the law.
 Mr Qllifk rcaize'l that as a ,3';,,.,e.f i,as he had Il Gcod lliDg in his -r:lSp There was field open to him that i$ open to ne other lnHn outside tie pro, fession. Ii was fer him to Worii t,fsit field Detectives have sold themselves cut for a few hundred or ;l fe" ti4ou- sand dollars. In Mr. Quirh < tpnioil such men were asses and had lniSt;3i,eh their vocation. lie Si@lIcd to be rich. but he didn't propose to bun,er alEart 1t. lie must first get q standing Wi,3 bis supcriors and the public. i!n &G9ii cd for five years to aeeoH':ii5'l ',i.s. dc n traps were set for him. hut T. esdsRed them all by being iHeownp'i ble' He worked casc f0i Git it Wi worth, and hc never let fp CT eaa- promised. If he caught a broker il T gambling house he had no more Ho1T on hha than the thief hc caa&ht Stqd
 ing lead pipe. The burglar who c3f9 ea him ;1 GOO to I4ak the other say is ,l
 
 offered him a like sum to let UP't i8 court. His fellow detectives p,alsdad their "diVVics" and called him t R9t, and his chief looked over his 1eHats and almost believed that he had fdld subordinate deserving of q medal
 The day came when MT. Qair!I t3,- ized that ho had established his ! 't- tation lll }h4t he could pull offais schcE.c vii >afety. He had il i1 'aW fer a year. ]!o A..tl several times eo called iY hv the s..asi.isn, of rllc N2t.:9&..l l5}.-': t9 .'rg.ss.saGen ot} eI |
 C., +, &;iA hI .t..a hez.e,-'e T
 @e44e5i.. wGsa =s1''ii ed F,lss4f. - .:.... .z;v It..s old, He walked with Il hobble. lies sad r1cs,...1.-tr -. G1,1 i'd go had Va; ;'n u( h:n. Nct th2 i:!nN l.r,'t Hi'' ai seS'ain@ly 1y so.1v aci of FroNIdFcc he had neYcH hccA attacked is|He claes always looking for good 'b% In makin" his roUntl:; ho Sor'ct les cScarried S.asnon in checks. In refn ,<-ing to the bank hc sometimes hfot'!t l S20o.0Oo in cash with him. Mir. 4rli i A fully realized what an easy thil3 it ! t' as, but he uttered no word of Wn- 1
 2. He was waiting to cstahlisllis 1 outation. After calling at the last bank olbS ! loute old Folsom always took d 9rt !, cut through an alley to reach his In i sN institution. It wasn't an alley so if'h ! IS it was a passageway. It was ly | A' K feet in width and used ny pcddi l ,c ,s only At any moment from Q 1 A' 'ock in the morning till 5 nhc 1
 moon you could look up or ''in l uW alley and count at least tWty !
 fd strans coming or going. TFe l doors opening into the reaff 1 buildings, and there was e ! kI Q. opening into an empty bulds | s1tbat had formerly been rag sp | One afternoon Folsom failed to icel i 4ep"to the bank at his usual honr Np | half an hour had passed. an alarm f 1 9e' given. Men were found who had il ! n. him in the alley, but an alarm of F ! " was on at the time, and there W !! much excitement and confusion. Ap Id o'clock that night Folsom was fon 1 In the old rag shop. He had recciv4 1 = severe blow on the head and was |
 and gagged. Something like St30R | ia cash had been taken from his sae elA It was Mr Quirl who was gil | the case. and it was Mr. Qnirk N found the old man after i long hum
 1t was four days before Folsom
 gained consciousness and told his l ry There was very little to tell
 had backed up against the door
 stand for moment and look for T.
 fire. and the door had been opened, II had been drawn in. and then foliOWI the blow on the head and darlnd
 He had not even seen his aSsailae file was vcrE grateful to Mr Quil and he felt the fullest confidence |
 him, and yet there was a cleW that ! suppressed Why he did he could T have told himself. AS he fell he ma have grasped the mans coat and tq off a button for there was the butt clinched tightly in his hand. Ihs took it from him at the hospital an c+ro opro1y nnoI1oh said nothing aDoutI