Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-04-21
A DETECTIVES RUsE.
Clever Method by Which He Secured
Some Evidence.

81 had to resort to a queer ruse
once to get an admission from a
man | was AFTER" said a private de-
tective. "There had been some
trouble at club between two young
men. One threw glass of wine
into the others face. The other
did not resent the insult as he
should have done. When his ia
Their heard of it he threatened to
disinherit his son unless he y whipped
the man who had thrown the wine
in his face. The father was a men,
Der of the same club, and he made
wager of wine supper that his
son could and would whip the other
fellow. Soon after this the son met
the man who had insultcd him and
whipped him. The fight occurred
on a prominent street, and as two
of the young mans friends were
with him at the time there was talk
of an action against them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency
was retained to get the evidence
needed.
at was decided that it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father of the young man who
had made the assault. was told to
get it. ! tried many ways and failed.
He did not know ! was a detective.
He had known me for number Of
years, but thought was engaged in
other work. / had another plan to
get from him what | wanted. l told
him a New York publication was
having the affair written up and il
Illustrated.
81 said had seen the picture Of
the fight which had been prepared
for 4 He was pleased at the pub
licity that the fight was to get, for
the story Of the affair at the club
had been printed, and he wanted 1t
known that his son had avenged the
insult. intimated that if he cared
to sec Il i thought / could get him
the. picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
see it.
81 had friend, a newspaper art
list, who made me a picture. He
made faithful copy Of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
he made a fair likeness of the fig
ures in it. The picture showed one
man stealing up behind another and
striking him from the rear. Behind
him were two other men, who were
supposed to have accompanied him
to see fair play. The father was
thought to have been in the neigh
borhood, but as he wasn't seen he
was left off the picture. He exam
ined it carefully.
"'Who are these two menu he
asked, pointing to the two onlopk-
ers.
"They are the two Blacks, who
went along with your son to see
that he got fair play I told him:
"That's all right he said, but
who is this?' pointing at the man
who was striking at the other from
behind.
"Why, that's your son. I told
him.
"That's a liep he exclaimed.
MY son stood right in front of him
and hit him squarely in the face. /
told him to do that and stand up in
front of him all the time. l was
right across the street, and the two
men who were with my son were
close enough to see all that happen
ed. They will tell you that he did
not hit him from behind. He faced
him fairly and whipped him fairly.
That was the way we made it up to
do. If that's printed I'll whip the
man who made it!'
at wasn't printed, nor were there
any court proceedings taken on ac-
count of the alleged conspiracy, The
men concerned in 1t on both sides
got together and settled 1t out OF
court Eyohanpo