Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

a,
and that he must keep his books and
records as carefully as If he We're con-
ducting some commercial enterprise.
The men wanted are on the debit side
of the book, and the men captured are
on the credit side-that is about all
there is to it."
Life Is a Dangerous One
Further conversation with the detec-
tive captain drew him into an adihlS-
sion that the life led by detective Is
both dangerous and nerve-racking.
The reasons given are that the sleutn
rarely has a chance to be his norman
self for long and must do considerable
acting. although rarely using any as
guises of clothing and theatrical et-
fects in makeup. Besides this, ABOUT
two-thirds Of the men captured reach
for a gun when they discover that the
officer is after them, and the man VINO
has his firearms unlimbered hrst IS
necessarily the detective, otherwise ne
would turn up among the missing IN
the morning.
Manv gallant things are done by po-
licemen and detectives without DelhS
reported or ever getting into print, anu
when the officer takes gun or re-
volver away from some desperate man
lust as the latter is about to bring 1t
occurrence ana looks upon IL aS d ii40'N
ter of course.
Several gallant police officers of Los
Angeles have met death while doing
their duty and in the last few years
there have been some well-knoWn
cases in which an officer was either
seriously wounded or killed.
Capt. Walter H. Auble was killed
September 9, 1908, when he and De-
- tot went
arrest Sutherland and Horning. The
story is of such recent date that it
does not need repeating, but 1t Illus
trates how dangerous is the work or
apprehending criminals
Not so very long ago Detective Tom
Ziegler was shot through the breast
while making an arrest. but the wound
did not prove fatal. Detective James
Hosick has had several narrow es-
capes from death. and his most serious
adventure was when recently some
Mexicans shot at him. but failed to hit
the mark.
Capt Flammer remarked that from
the attitude taken by many citizens
and their remarks about the police de-
partment it would appear that the for
mer nourished a grudge because they
had been thwarted in some cherished
little excursion at safe blowing or
porch climbing.
One of the police officers who refused
to allow his name to be mentioned is
notable character, and he was per-
suaded to talk a little about police
work, but the accounts of some of his
| hair raising adventures were given out
| by those who have known him for
many years. From the stories told it
| is easy to explain his rapid rise in the
| police department.
Stopped Fight in Cafe
The hardest fight in his career was
when he was called to a well known
cafe in April, 1903, by hearing a shot
fired At the time the discharge of
some weapon startled them Patrolman
Mckenzie and the other officer were
talking on the corner Mckenzie got
in at the Spring street entrance to the
place, but his companion was forced to
break down the door at the Broadway
entrance. While Mckenzie was hand
ling the crowd the proprietor of the
place rushed behind the bar carrying a
revolver which mysteriously disap-
peared en- route. In order to rid HIM
self of the evidence against him the
cafe man had passed the gun to some
one in the crowd of bystanders. One
of the officers went behind the bar after
his prospective prisoner and there sew
eral men set upon him.
The patrolman became very busy at
once He knocked one man down,
threw another over the bar, landed an
other with a quick jolt to the jaw, and
then, with the aid of his companion
Mckenzie, held the crowd back until
the patrol came. The restaurant and
cafe man had simply been having an
alteration with his walters and had
fired a shot to frighten the latter, but
if he had been many times a murderer
the fight could not have been harder.
In another affair Chief of Police
Dishman, who was then a police re-
| porter, figures as an aid to one of his
officer friends, and the reporter showed
true police instincts when he had a
chance to display his arrest-maklng
ability. A call came into the station in
1902 stating that a man who was
wanted for a murder recently COM
mitted in Williams, Ariz., was to be
| found at Fifth street, near Central ave-
nue.. The then reporter, who is now
chief, was notified that there was a
possible story, and when the patrolman
mounted a bicycle and rode out after
the man sought, Disman got on his
bicycle and went along also.
Question Got Prisoner
While the officer went to the source
| of the trouble to trace the murderer,
Dishman stopped a man who answered
| the description of the Arizona man and
| pulled a gun on him.
! why did you hit that little girl back
there?" said the crafty Dishman, VINO
was "stalling' for time. The Arizona
man delayed to explain and the officer
came up and got the prisoner, who
! turned out to be the man wanted.
| A strategy worked by the officer when
| he was a patrolman and doing duty in
| July, 1906, shows some of the things
which a policeman is expected to ac-
| complish. A man at the Argyle hotel
! had passed a little time in beating his
wife, and when she yelled for help and
ran to a neighbor's, the police officer
| nearby was summoned. By the time
! the officer arrived the wife beater had
barricaded himself in his room, with a
knife and revolver and announced that
! he was prepared to withstand a siege.
1t was plain that the policeman would
have a fearful struggle if he attempted
! to break in the door, and in order to
waste no surplus energy on a small
offender he tried another method than
direct assault upon the stronghold.
Strategy Wins the Day
Walking up to the door behind which
the desperate and defiant offender was
! hidden, the patrolman called out: "If
YOU don't cut out this noise 1 will come
| back here and make some trouble.
| Now mind what l say, I'll be back if
you raise any more disturbance"
The policeman then stamped off down
the hall, as if going out, and later tip
| toed back and hid in the next room and
| left the crack of the door open. EVi-
| f.l t. To-,