The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-08
The Man Who Replaces the Pmkertons
Is Knoqvn as "Never Fail, and His
Career Proves That He Has Bravely
Earned the Name

LdTIEU tItS 1VQfItS
Copyright 1910 By tS, New rhts nssered
NEW YORK, Saturday
" VERY morning in New York some man care
fully scans the daily newspapers column by
column and paragraph by paragraph. In spite
" Of his careful search he Is Interested only when
lie finds the announcement of the arrest of
,omc unfortunate. Finally he settles back In his
chair aud to himself asks the question:
..Wnl be the next?'
This man whose Identity changes from time 10
Time, is employed In some OF the mrgc banks. He
Is robl,ng his employers and he knows II Is only
question when his rcspnSsing Will be discoV-
rred aud he VIII he exposed In his crime.
This assertion was made to Il reporter FOR this news
paper few days ago 10y the president OF one Of The
greatest of New York's financial institutions He
would be no more specific In his Information.
"rlcfts" he snld ARE bad advertisements for
banks. Yet all know that men are constantly
planning rob Sometimes It is deemed wise 10
cause and bring about scandals that startle the
city, Most generally, however the wron gdong Is
reced in very quiet So long as banks
exist men will be found who Will succeed In robbing
thcm-geDerally from the inside"
robbers that the American Bankers Association re-
Gently employed Mr.. William j. Burus-wbo when he
left the federal Secret Service was described
most competent detective the United States has pro-
duced-to protect 11o0o banking institutions against
frauds, dcfalcatons and robberes. The William J.
Burns National Detective Agency is his organizations
with headquarters in New York branches In all parts
Of the country and representatives in all parts of the
world After sixteen years In the Secret Service Bu
reau Of the Treasury Department, during which hc
disappointed his chiefs single case to which
he was assigned, he has nauguratcd his career
private detective by obtaining the one largest COM
mission procurable
His Two Big Cases.
Every one in the West and also every one anywler.
who has followed the San Francisco municipal nj:
and tho timber land fraud prosecutions knows Wlim
J. Burns who Is called Never Fall" Those v,,.
sases his post graduate In his profession
Ind gave him a record that makes him without lurS
don one Of the greatest detectives of The time T;a
lew persons beyond those who have been directly
ISOLATED with him familiar with his PERSONAL
or with the steps that have brought him into national
prominence.
When a reporter for this newspaper entered 5lw
yfces of the detective agency few days aga lie
was ushered into room where a quietly dressed Lu>
ness man sat at a small desk At least the reporter
saw no particular difference between William !. Burns
ind apy prosperous business until he slid into
icat few feet away 1t Is not correct estimate ui
bis appearance say that William j. Burns might bp
lawyer or manufacturer OF a promoter or Il phyS'
clan. He might, but the observer would know M
second glance that he is of these things There
Is something about him that puts him outside the
ordinary professional commercial class-a SuggcS
of keen fearless. detecting intelligence iu his
wide clear eve; impression of bodily and mental
In the set of his head and shoulders; in
dcfnable hint OF Interior outlook and Judgment be-
hind his frank, ready, unhcsitating Perhaps
one would go up to him In a crowd and point him
out as a detective. but having once known him as
such would certainly that he Is we'll equipped
for his particular line of effort.
Aud still there little of the ordinary policeman
popularity conceived about Mr.. Burns He is of
medium height with just tendency to weight, soft
reddish hair and mustachc light brown and small
hands and feet He does not look day over thirty
seven, though he is considerably more than that and
his cheeks almost chubby For the rest, he has the
quiet command and rcpose of thc man Of action who
is sure of himself and his abilities talks well and is
without pose anectntion.
Il brought up among detectives and to the buSl
of catching criminals" he said easily In answer
10 question my father police commissioner
IN Columbus Ohio, aud while was still boy was
crimes. 1t attracted me, and when became older
drfted into 1t naturally.
The first case Of any Importance which
engaged In Ohio There was big uproar
election frauds perpctrated by OF forged tally
sheets picked up some Information, and, being
the authorities through my father asked work
the In earnest accepted and obtained part
Of the evidence that uncovered the crimes and
ycted those responsible for them. After that was
employed by private agency In St Louis for time,
aud In 1890 went into the Secret Service, where
remained untn 1905, when took up the San Francisco
graft case"
How about your methods, Mr Burns; dcduc-
tom began the reporter
Nothing to it." said the detective vigorously ~
sec what you're coming to- You these mys
teries built up with pen and solved by the color of
cigar ashes. Whenever You hear talk about
clearing up crime the way Conan Doyle Gaboriau
work It out In print you can know he's bunk taker.
The only thing that goes for detective Is just
plain common sense. It's not nearly brilliant or so