The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-11-22
4 DETECTIVES RUSE.
Clever Method by Which He Secure
Some Evidence.

Some Evidence.
'I had to resort to a queer ruse
once to get an admission from a
man / was after" said private de-
tective ''Tbere had been some
trouble at q club between two young
men. One threw a glass of wine
into the others face. The other
did not resent the insult as be
should have done When his IA
ther heard Of it he threatened to
disinherit his son unless he whipped
the man who had thrown the wine
in his face The father was mem
Der 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 an action against them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency
was retained to get the evidence
needed.
cit was decided that it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father of the young man who
had made the assault. l was told to
get it. tried many ways end 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 New York publication was
having the affair written up and IL
lustrated.
81 said l had seen the picture Of
the fight which had been prepared
for it. 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 it
known that his son had avenged the
insult. / intimated that if he cared
to see it I thought could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
see il.
81 had q friend, newspaper art
ist, 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. Benin
him were two other men, who wei
supposed to have accompanied him
to see fair play. The father was
thought to have been in the neigh
borhood, bit as he wasn't seen he
was left of the picture. lie exam
ined it carefully.
"'Wko Ire these two Eien: +,
asked, pointing to the two on'ook
ers.
"'Thev are the two R'aci,s. VIZ
went alopc with your son TO ss'
that he got fair PLAY | told him.
"'That's al right he said, 'bu
who is tllis?' pointing at the maj
who was striking at the other from
behind.
"'Why. that's your son. I tol'
him.
"'That's a liev he exclaimed
NV son stood right in front of hin
and hit him squarely in the face.
told him to do that and stand up il
front Of him all the time. / wa
right across the street, and the tw
men who were with my son wer
close enough to see all that happen
ed. They will tell you that he di
not hit him from behind. He face
him fairly and whipped him fairly
That was the way we made it up I
do. If that's printed III whip tn
man who made itv
'Tt wasn't printed, nor were ther
any court proceedings taken on ac
count of the alleged conspiracy. Th
men concerned in it on both side
got together and settled it out &
eourf o-Fxchanpe