The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-20
THE DETECTIVE.

element o human society. In that class of lei h pose "a detectives
absolutely void of all the qualities that constitutes a civilized human
being: These man mani %r would wesr IN innocent fe'ow msns
to stoo to in order o accomplish their aim. They are more DANGEROUS
omous than a snake. In this m IA hunting profession we find the
friendship gain your confidence but to betray: Men who live and
stn a lie lief 70 ON h e, time they ny take !, up this d inh "mn Wv worh nn % "a hu ,ass
lied bnEands and licensed outlaws. Like the tiger they rec through
snake they strike ron cover often sink their poisonous fanss into
se c su anarchist o do do their the dirty dirty Work. to- p rSHe n eru,
talize the workers and arc paid sc much for their services and allowed
to do anything from stealing a ursins babe from its mothers breast
to cracking safe Or swearing an innocent mans He away. Invariably
unless they ave yer advantage. bu will sneak about like a hyena
until they &C. the drop o you when they wills spring on tacl+ prey like
9mnHn, 70 IL h sna nuo od West I It n4 re WE tns say yn enin a" en- a n
last month and &c just what has been done by the detectives and
three weeks aso the guard Dr. private detective or the Campbell Creek
that there had bee 20 M trouble between a n old IA a young
s np n na o sa Al to too I1 s ,hs v "a "a ,m anat in he 81 hs0"a I'd "a nd more f"a respect em IT 10 r
wanted to curse anybody to curse him. Moss and this ma a having
Moss. without speaking to Nichols. walked away and vel into the
tar n OF he next "a n was lkin to- two lei Nichols
talked on IA" a While While ' Without am' paying s.ying az s attention etie ' o Sn hols'' Who s tn
stood n elared At him. with his han on his gun. Finally dos said:
that ATM" Nichols oi S shot tT nim in ' te re 81 a at "a as he a. s ~neei H%S' ar ns m d s aa
caught tn, the side Of the the ca Nichols shot him. twice in the side and
man he was talking to- Nichols shot him again in the small of the back
This was a buta1 murder. but there was n hunt for Nichols. He
came to Charleston next day n as let ot o n a small bond is
back o duty fr tn Campbell Creek Coal Co.
About a wee after hso curren a supposed tram killed Jack
Horton. or the tramp ID rewar was offered the mn with dogs
a beer chasing these mcn o a week. Horton had h reputation of
being brutal to h nn rrested by him. If he found n amount of
mones o. the prisoner he took the none would beat and kick
the prisoner n turn him lose. If he found n money o n them he
brought them t o Charleston II put them in Jail for trespassng o n the
l.. d 0 X r Co.'S property and h TIA payers If kanawha County
had to IA he cost of trial INC feed the prisoners o thirty Or sixty
days. The nan wo killed Horton a evidently o m n Horton had
robbed M mistreated. Another thing about this killing, w learn
that TIL supposed tramp we're o eve OF the G & {: property, ut
were under a shade tree o n h. ounty road. What right did h c &
o, ma"h"nter have to interfere viii them there? Another instance
of thu dirty work of these hired hands of the corporation. A a
working for the X & NJ. R. r. remarked that Horton only got what he
dcscrved n tha Grass. the X. & NJ. detective deserved he "a
thing. Grass Wen Z asked tn MAJ if he made such a remark and
vas nformed hat he id II toldG Grass just what he thought of him or
n other nan in like position Then Grass Slipped around to the
superintendent oft III oad n odd him he vas afraid to work 0 the
road witt II ma who thought that way about him nd had the
worker fire from his place. We learn that his Ia has a family
to support n hey are dependent o his age or the cal of life.
ron thu mean o life that it caused this m a to think Il more of
him.? Gut such is u SYSTEM OF government. The Law are Ill made
for the rich n to govern h poor. The rich que their hired
thugs n tools are immune from h a y. We have votedi in the pas
70 the cnosenb by the corporation and trust They have made the
avs in til" interest Of their masters n have betrayed h confidence
Of the sovereign people. who elected them. Every effort las been
made to disarm thu people n place them absolutely at the Mercy of
these armed guards of he railroad companies and coa barons A
few mor years of passive submission O h prt of tn people o sue
damnable outrage as AVE been perpetrated ~ these hrelingso of h
corporations ad We will. De in the anne condition as h poems If
Mexico n the easants of Russia. These conditions have existed n
Ter po:n democratic n republican administrations and it has been
demonstfated to the atiHacHo o -4ny reasonable nna that both of
those corrupt old parties are controlled by the sam interest. Arouse