The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-08-06
4 DETECTIVES RUSe.
Clever Methoe BY Which re Secured
some Evidence.

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once a. e,. an admission from all
man was after, said private de-
tec.i,e. There had been some
troslle Al elub between two young H
men. one threw glass OF VINE
into the others face. The other
did not resent the insult as mel
should have done. When his Ia
Their heard Of il he threatened 10
disinherit his son unless he whipped
the man who had thrown the vine
in his face. The father was a mem
her Of the same club, and he made
a wager of a wine supper that his
son could and would whip the other
fellow. Soon after this the son met
the man who had insulted 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 m action against them and has
father for conspiracy. Our agency
WAS retained TO set the evidence
needed.
1T 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 &c
, Get II. tried many ways and failed
; lie did not know ! was a detective
lie had known me for a number o
| wears. but thought ! was engaged II
= other work. had another plan {
} ret from HIM what ! wanted. toll
2 him a New York publication wa
having the affair written up and Il
). lustrated
Il said | had seen the picture c
the fight which had been prepare
: for il lie was pleased at the put
d hcitv that the fight was to get, fc
the story cf the affair at the clu
had been printed. and he wanted
known tina. his son had avenged "
II insult. Unlimited that if he care
Il 10 see it I thought | could get III
s the picture that had been prepare
N for publication lie was eager
re see il.
+ II had n friend q newspaper al
in ist. who made me picture.
a made Il fi,hi = COPY Of the sire
AT scene who're the fight occurred. ~
" he made a fair likeness of the :
,d ures in H. The picture showed o
ra man stealing M behind another 2
C. striking him from the rear. behi
IN him were two other men, who We
by supposed 10 have accompanied n
,ol 10 see fsir play The father v
is thought 70 have been in the mel!
m. borhood. Int as he wasn't seen
ell was left off the picture. He exa
es. ined it carefully.
er "'Who IRE these two men"
err asked, pointing TO the two onlo
ng ers.
Sot "They are the two Blacks, '
be went alon- with your son to
Ige that he got fair play told him.
ing ~sThat's all right he said,
old who is this pointing at the J
led who was striking at the other 4
oys behind.
lool "Why, that's your son,
boy him.
Of "'That's lie" he exclair
to NV son stood right in front of
IN and hit him squarely in the face
the told him to do that and stand u
! be front of him all the time. !
nus right across the street, and the
men who were with my son
close enough to see all that hap
ed. They will tell you that he
not hit him from behind. lie
dents him fairly and whipped him II
That was the way we made II !
izens do. If that's printed I'll WHIP
make man who made it
years at wasn't printed, nor were
:, ,,io aus any court proceedings taken o
r by count of the alleged conspiracy
men concerned in it on both
d st; got together and settled 1t o
n nsIr court Exchange.
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