Evening journal., 1909-03-23
20 a Metz ~
Defecfix,e Method.

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genius.
"A message was sent in to our Of
fee by Abraham Hunker, a farmer. |
that he had lost his llfes savings. |
some $1,000 in gold. He had kept It in
a stocking in his chimney, having TAX
en- out a brick at one side, leaving a
space Just big enough to hold the gold.
One day while the house was left
alone some one stole the money He
asked as to send q man TO work up the
case.
"Dan Chadwick was in charge OF the
Office at the time and arranged the
plan ON which the work was to be
done. A few days after we got the
message a man from the agency ap-
peared at the nearest station TO Hun
ker's farm, hired a horse and drove
out to see the farmer. He worked
openly, talking about the case IN
presence Of any one who happened to
be about. After several days spent in
this kind of detective work he went
away.
"Some Of the people thereabout who
the fellow was queer detective, let
ting everybody know what he and his
business was. He wouldn't be likely
TO learn much that way. The way to
work a detective case was for the de
tective to keep in the dark himself
and put 'bullseye' on everybody else.
They gave up any expectation of Hun
ofa nf
again.
I'm about ten days another man
from our Office went TO the neighbor-
hood. though this one didn't spend
much time with Hunker. He went
about among the farmers. told them
all that he was a detective and en-
gagged in hunting for the man who
stole Hunker's money. This man didn't
ask many questions. He didn't tell
anything except what 1 have stated
Then he went away, leaving the farm
ers to talk about his visit and to specu-
late from what he had (noO said as TO
whether he was getting on 70 clew.
Within a few days after his visit the
news Of it was spread all over the
county.
"It was about two weeks later that
another man appeared in the same To-
cality. This man was more like what
people expect a detective to be. He
went ostensibly as an agent for a
steam plow, but he took so many peo-
pie into his confidence that within a
week after his departure everybody
knew that another detective had ar
rived, detected and departed.
"The next man that went on the Job
put on an air of profound thought
He stayed among the people several
days before he let it out that he was
a detective. But by this time they had
become wrought upon by so many de
tectives coming among them that he
had only to let the cat out of the bag
to have the news so like prairie frs
all over the country. He made no mys
terry Of the matter. Indeed, he tolt
Hunker that the discovery had beer
made that the money had been stolel
by man living in the neighborhooC
and It would soon be recovered.
"'Why doesn't be get away with iti
asked Hunker.
"'If he should move he would ac
knowledge himself to be the thief. YoV
= wouldn't need a detective to tell yoI
that any one leaving this region Jus
now would be going to spend his stol
: en- money somewhere else
after that the farmers began TO b.
distrustful OF each other. They didn'
talk any more about the case. They
were uncomfortable about it. Everl
man felt that he was being shadowed
j No farmer could go into his house o.
out of It without fancying that som'
one stood behind a tree watching him
. They began to wish Hunker had le
the money go without subjecting then
TO such surveillance.
about a month after the loss one o
the farmers sent word to the agenc,
asking that man be sent TO him
When the detective arrived he founC
a pale, hnggard man who looked as 1
he had been keelhauled. he took tn
, detective back Of his house and toll
him 90 dig in certain spot. The de
tective dug and brought up a cigar boz
containing the stocking with Hunker'
gold in IT. When the money was count
ed every dollar was there"
The speaker paused, and some on
= asked, "Well, how did It all com
aboutg"
"The first man sent up did not az
pear as a detective. He learned tina
no stranger had been to the hous
J. about the time the money disappeared
: The gold. had been kept in the sam
= place for years, and knowledge Of il
location had doubtless come to som
I one Of the community, who had bee
tempted to steal it. Chadwick, th
! greatest detective genius have eve
known, conceived plan for forcih
the culprit to confess. He sent th
first man, who appeared openly for th
purpose Of spreading abroad the new
that the neighborhood was beln
watched, sending others TO conhrl
this and TO keep it in the people
4 minds. By thus agltating the matte
be worked through anybody and e'
| erybody upon the guilty party. Tt
| man told me after his arrest that
] couldn't go among his neighbors wit
out hearing his theft discussed. There
: another detective here was the usu
> greeting. Have you seen himT The
3 when worn out with the constaI
shadow lowering over him he resolve
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