The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-08-07
4 DETECTIVES RUSE.
Clever Method BY Which He Secured
Some Evidence.

Adu 10 IesOII TO q queer russ
once TO get an admission from a
man | was after" said a private de-
tectiye. There had been some
trouble at club between two Young
men. One threw a glass Of vine
into the others face. .he other
did not resent the irsalt = ne
should haze done. Naaa IA
ther heard Of It i d.rca.c = -
disinherit hs SOIL ua.es. fe whipped
the man who had thrown t..e We
In his face The father was a. ,~,e,-
Der OF the same club, and - p, =.
a wager OF a wine supper L
son could and would whip the
fellow. Soon after this the son
the man who had insulted him
whipped I'm. Tie FIGHT occurrc
on a Pre- ncnf street. and as t,so
of the 20 ng mans friends ver
with him . the time there was tall
OF an actor amt them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency
was retain i 10 1T the eyidencc
needed.
''It wa decided chat it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father OF the young man who
had made Tie assault. | was told to
get 1T. | tr'nd maay wavs and failed.
He did not know | was detective
He had known ne FOR a number OF
years, but thought | 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.
q 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 be wanted it
known that his son had avenged the
insult. intimated that if he cared
to see it l thought l could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
see it.
II had friend, a newspaper art
ist, who made me a picture. He
made faithful copy Of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
he made . fair likeness at 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
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 menY he
asked, pointing to the two onlook-
ere.
"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.
That's a lie he exclaimed
NY son stood right in froa; Of :
and hit him squarelv in the ce.
told him to do that and STAN
front of him all the TIM
right scross the street. and fsc
men who were with my son -
lose enough to see all that ha.
ID. They will tell YOU that D.. =.
lot hit him from behind. Fle g.
lim fairly and whipped him fan
That was the way We made it mp 10
10. If that's printed I'll whip the
,an who made itp
ut wasn't printed, nor were there
my court proceedings taken on ac-
.ount Of the alleged conspiracy. The .
nen concerned ID it on both sides
,ot together and settled It out Of
~uiI -LACHdASe.
Ysarnins For Light.
when it comes to consuming
,as in large quantities blind people
an beat their seeing brethren all
follow" said an Inspector of the
rs company. Il know two fami-
les where both husband and wife
re blind. Every Jet is turned on
ull tilt in their homes at night and
, kept going at that rate clear up
o - o'clock. Light and darkness
re all the same to the afflicted
nes, bu: they insist upon illumina-
ion brilliant enough for a recep-
on. And that partiality for light
J not whim peculiar to those two
ouples. Most blind people feel
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