The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-09-19
4 DETECTIVES RUSE.


81 had to resort to queer ruse
once to get an admission from a
man / was after" said private de-
tectiye. "There had been some
trouble at club between two young
men. One threw a 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 his son unless be whipped
the man who had thrown the wine
in his face. The father was a mem
Der of the same club, and he made
wager of 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 pron rent street, and as two
of the 80 lng mans friends were
with him at the time there was talk
4 of an action against them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency
was retained to get the evidence
needed.
'It was decided that it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father of the young man who
had made the assault. was told to
get it. ] tried many ways and failed.
BE did net know | was a detective.
BE had known me for number OF
years, but thought l was engaged in
other work. l had another plan to
get from him what l wanted. told
him a New York publication was
having the affair written up and IL
lustrated.
''I said 1 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. l intimsted that If he cared
TO see it I thought / could get him
the picture that had been prepared
J, for publication. He was eager to
see it.
| 'T had friend, a newspaper art
!, LIST, who made me q picture. He
/ made faithful copy of the street
!, scene where the fight occurred, and
he made q fair likeness Of the fig
: ures in it. The picture showed one
man stealing up behind another and
) striking him from the rear. Behind
him were two other men, who were
3 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
3 ined it carefully.
"Who are these two menp he
asked, pointing to the 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. told
him.
""Thats a liev he exclaimed.
MY son stood right in front of him
and hit him squarely in the face. 1
told him to do that and stand up In
front of him all the time. was
| right across the street, and the two
, men who we're with my son were
! close enough to see all that happen
ed. They will tell you that he did
not hit him from behind. He faced
him fairly and whipped him fairly.
That was the way we made Il up to
, DO. If that's printed I'll whip the
ban who made i'll
{ SIT wasn't printed, nor were there
siW court proceedings taken on &C
, count of the alleged conspiracy. The
D men concerned in it on both sides
: got together and settled it out OF
D court. ."-EIcAangs.
oisdstons's handshaka
, An Aberdeen paper tells 9 Glso-
stone story of the memorable Md
lothian tour. On one occasion
, there was & great handshaking or
deal at the window of the old gen.
tleman's railway carriage, and ne
}. was rapidly getting the worst Of it.
. A stalwart young policeman who
accompanied Mr. Gladstone proved
equal to the occasion. Crouching
8 behind the great man and thrusting
d his hand under Mr.. Gladstone's In
d verness cape, the muscular "peeler
n gave each conner in turn grip that
g had no lack of cordiality.
" "The arid mans uncommon
I veegorous at his time O. life," OBJ
: served one unsuspecting Scot as ht