Arizona republican., 1913-08-11
SLEUTH
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Correspondence School De tcctivc "ShadoWs' Frank Ryan and Causes His Ar rest on Charge of Miscon- duet With Little Girls

Agency" detective popped into the limelisht in Phoenix yesterday when he caused the arrest by Policeman Crow, of Frank Ryan on q charge of having been unduly familiar with at least one of four little girls. the
 oldest of whom is probably not nine years old. As result of the train ing he received through the National Detective Agency Correspondence school, his practice of shadoWing yesterday brought about the appre- hension Of a man who. if the charges alleged are proven, means term 1t Florence for the prisoner.
 The detective hasn't been making a steady business of detecting re gently, because his other professions of carpentry and painting have oc- cupied q goodly portion of his time.
 But, according to his statement, he
 has found few minutes each day anG several hours on Sundays to de- vote to practice shadoWing' with the end in view of keeping his hand in" Some of these days he expects to be silent" member of the local police force and handle such cases as require the skilled services of q finished "detector and shadoWer."
 
 this story found the field in Caliror- mia quite overcToWded, there being so many graduates of the National school in the Golden State. they had a great deal of difficulty in keep ing from falling over each other. he decided that the opportunities were greater and the field broader in Ari- zona. He didn't like the idea of ar- irving with a blare of trumpets, SD he decided he would drop quietly into Tempe in the guise If carpenter and do some detecting. He remained there for a time but after he had de tected" about all the people in tha; town ha rined for more worlds to conquer Then he came to Phoenix
 Except for fair-sized badge is sued ry the Nationa Detective Asen- cy which he cleVcrlN concealed on the under side of his Suspender. but nevertheless reposins directly over his heart, as all police badges should. an empt. cartridge belt and hit pocket in winch when he wears u coat he can rlace his "forty-five." he has no oarIhark of q fcrreter Of crime. He Cidr't even take the police into his confidence. as he wished to
 F hamperng influence oT being recog- nized and perhaps called upon to Eeiform work in his line just at time when the more lucrative work of carpentering was calling him.
 Yesterday afternoon he was "shaG- owing an innocent pedestrian just for practice. He wanted to be sure lie could dc il without being caught at 1t. probably just Us the man with the three cards practices in order to slip one over on the unsuspecting public.
 And then he spied little girl seated on the big cannon in Iue City i Hall plaza. There was the usual aft 1 ernoon crowd, but that one little girl 1 fixed his eye. For there was a man | in the case and his actions seemed ! to rouse the dctector's suspicious that | all was not we'll He confided his 1 suspicious to a harness maker from l Five Points. who verified the sus- picicn to the extent Of admitting he l had seen actions which did not seem | exactly right to him.
 While the detective and the ha1ness ! maker were talking it over, the little | girl slid down from the cannon and | accompanied by three other little 1 girls, none of whom were nine years l old, started east along Washington l street And then the two saw the | man slink along most surely in slow ! pursuit of the children For four blocks the man was ''shadowed" and 1 then the detective decided it was 1 time to act. Leaving the harness l maker to keep the suspect in sight | he hurried back to the police .statiop | hp scr tCe nf Crow. \ few minutes later the trail | was again taken up and the suspect | sighted. He had left Washington street and was making hIs way along 1 an alley. Crow vent one way and 1 the detective another and together 1 they headed him off
 With the suspect safely in the hands of the policeman. the detective went in search of the little girls | and found them proceeding on their way. He took them along to the police station
 As quickly as possible, Humane or ficer J W. Canning. as representa- tive of the juvenile count. was | brought to the police station. While | the little girls Were reticent about telling their story, Canning felt there was enough to hold Ryan and he or dered him sent below and booked for investigation.
 When the little girls had reached 1 home one of them is said to have admitted to her parents that the man in lifting her upon the cannon and thereafter in holding her there had taken liberties which made her cry. And then Canning directed that the man in the city jail be held without bail until he could prefer q formal charge against him. And the detector and his badge faded into the gather ing twilight. It was d good piece Of detecting" and he felt contented with his Sunday afternoons practice shadOWng"