The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-06-27
4 DETECTIVES RUsE.
Clever Method by Which He Secured
Some Evidence.

Sons Evidence.
Il had 10 resort to qucer iase
once 10 yet an admission fla.m a
man ! w after, said private de.
sectiye. There lad been some
trouble at i club between two young
men one EArew q glass OF wine
INTO tie others lace. Tie other
F. did not resent tie iD5alt as he
should haze dcue. When his IA
thor heard Of it he threatened TO
dis;nherit lis son unless he whipped
the man nho had thrown the wine
IN his face Tie father was a mem
Der OF the same club, and he made
wager OF vine 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 prominent street, and as two
Of the yolng mans friends were
with hlm 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.
at was decided that it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father Of the young man who
bad made the assault. was told to
get it,. tried many ways and failed
He did not know | was a detective.
He had known me for a number of
years, but thought l was engaged in
other work. / had another plan to
get from him what | wanted. told
him "a New York publication was
having the affair written up and IL
lustrated.
=. said [ 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
knox4 that his son had avenged the
insult. ] intimated that if he cared
to see it thought l could get him
the picture that had been presared
for publication. lie was eager to
see 1T.
Il had friend, newspaper art
ist, who made me a picture. He
made faithful copy of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
ne made a fair HrSss of the fig
ures in it. 'Fhc picture showed one
man stealing up behind smother and
striking him from the rear. Behind
him were two other men, who were
supposed. to have accompanied him
to see fair play. The father was
thought to have been in the neigh
borhood, but as he wasn't seen he .
was left off the picture. He exam
ined it carefully.
"Who are these two men?' he
asked, pointing to inc two onlook-
ers.
"'They are the two Blacks, who
went along with your son to see
that he got fair play told him.
"That's all right he said, but
who is this'' pointing at the man
who was striking at the other from
behind.
"'Why, that's your son. I told
him.
"'That's a liep he exclaimed
My son stood right in front of him
and hit him squarely in the face. l
told him to do that and stand up in
front of him all the time. l was
light across the street, and the two
men who were with my son were
lose enough to see all that happen
ID. They will tell you that he did
lot hit him from behind. He faced
lim fairly and whipped him fairly.
That was the way We made it up to
10. II that's printed I'll whip the
nan who made itp
ut wasn't printed, nor were there
ny court proceedings taken on ac-
cunt of tho alleged conspiracy. The =
nen concerned in il on both sides '''
'ot together and settled it out OF
ourt. Exchange. -