The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-08-27
+ DETECTIVES RUSE
Clever Metho1 by Which He Secured
Some Evidence.

q had to resort to a queer ruse
once to get an admission from q
man | was after said a private de-
tectlye. There had been some
trouble at a club between two Young
men. one threw a glass Of wine
into the others face. The other
did not resent tie insult as he
should have cone. Nhcn his IA
ther heard OF It lie threatened to
dlSlnhert lis son unless he whipped
the man who had thrown the w.ae
IN his face. The father was . mem
Der OF the same club, ana be made
wager OF wine supper that his
son could and would whip the otAe.
fellow. Soon after this the son net
the man who had insulted him and
whipped him. The fight occurred
on a prominent street, and as two
of the yo1ng 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.
'It was 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. / tried many ways and failed.
lie did not know I was a detective.
He had known me for aFnumber 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.
81 said | had seen the picture Of
the fight which lad ,been prepared
for It He was pleased at the pub
llcity 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 thought / could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
see it.
IL had friend, a newspaper art
st, who made me a picture. He
made faithful copy of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
he made fair likeness Of the fig
Tres IN 1t. The picture showed one
nan stealing up behind another and
him from. the rear. Behind
lm were two other men, who were
to have accompanied him
o see fair play. The father was
hought to have been in the neigh
but as he wasn't seen he
vas left off the picture. de exam
ned it carefully.
"Who are these two menr he
sked, pointing to the two onlook-
rs.
"'They are the two Blacks, who
,ent along with your son to see
hat he got fair play ! told him.
""That's all right he said, but
Tho is this?' pointing at the man
Tho was striking at tie other from
ehind.
"'Why, that's your son. I told
i'm.
"That's n liop h o-.la,-ac.
w son stood rio - front Of h.
nd Int him sf9ae in the face.
Did him 70 d that and stand up 81
'ont of him all Ire time. W
ght across tie street, and the t.
zen who were VIII nv son wer.
ose enough to see al that happen
l. They viii tell you that he a.
ot hit him from behind. He face
IN fairly and whipped him fairly
hat was the way we made it ND TO
}. II that's printed III whip the
an who made itp
"It wasn't printed, nor were there
~ court proceedings taken on ac-
unit of the alleged conspiracY. The
en- concerned in it on both sides
It together and settled it ont ss
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