The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-10-06
Il DETECTIVES RUsE.
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* had 10 resort to q queer ruse
once TO get an admission from
man ] was after" said 4 private de-
tectiye. There had been some
troubte 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
ther heard Of it he threatened TO
disinherit bis son unless be whipped
the man WHO lad thrown ths wine
in his face The father was a mem
bar Of the came club, and he made
o wager Of q wins supper tskt his
son could and would whip the o&hsr
fellow. Soon after this the son mes
the man Who had insulted him and
whipped him The fight occurred
ION prominent street and "a two
of the young mans friends vere
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.
ut was decided that it would .be
necessary to get an admission from
the father Of the young man who
had made the assault. I was told TO
get IT, ] tried many ways and failed.
BE did not know I vas detective.
be had known no for number Of
years, but though was engaged h
other work. ! hs6 anoEher plan TO
get from himusst bvanted. Itsd
him a New York publication was
having the aifsis written up and IL
lustrated.
81 said | had. seen Ae picture q
the fsht which had been prepaed
for Il. He was pleased at the pub
heity that the fight was to get, for
tha story of the affair at the club
had been pyinted, and he wantnd' Il
Known thst his con bad AVENGED the
insslt- intimsted that If he cared
TO see it thought I could get him
the picture THAI had been prepared
for publicstioa. He was eager to
scsit.
81 had a friend, a newspaper ant
ist, who madaspe a picture. He
made faithful copy Of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
be made q fair Likeness OF the fig
rres n il. 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 haxe accompanied him
to see fair play. Phe father was
thought to have been in the neigh
bofAood, but as he wasn't seen he
was left of the picture. He exam
ined il carefully.
"Who are these two menY he
asked, pointing to the two onlook-
er.
"They are. the two Blacks, vhs
went along with your son to see
that he got fair play ] hold him.
"That's all right he said, bst
who Is thisr pointing at the man
who was striking at the other from
behind.
sWhy, that's your son. ] told
him
"ThAys Hep Ne exclaimed
NY son stood hight IN front Of him
and hit him squsre1y in the tece. 1
told him TO do that and stsnd up IN
front of him ell the time. I vas
righf scross the street, and the tive
men who were with my SON we're
clqae saesgh to see al that happen
ed, Eey VIII tell you that he did
not his<him from behind. He faced
him fairly and whipped him fairly.
That was the way we made it up 10
do. II that's printed I'll whip the
man who made IL
at wasn't printed, nor were there
any court proceedings taken on ac-
count of the alleged conspiracy. The
men concerned In it ON both. sides
got together and settled 1t out Of
court Exchange.
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