The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-01-29
4 DETECTIVES RUSE.
Clever Method by Which He Secured
Some Evidence.


Some Evidence.
Il had to resort to a queer rus,
once to get an admission from
man i was AFTER" said a 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
dislnherit his son unless he whipped
the man who had thrown the wine
in his face. The father was a mem.
Der OF the same club, and he made
a wager OF a wine supper that his
son could End would whip the other
fellow. Soon after this The son met
the man who Lad insulted him and
whipped him. The fight occurred
on a prominent street, and as two
of the young 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 hat it would be
necessary to get All admission from
the father OF the Young man who
had made the assault. | was told to
get it. ! tried msny,ways and failed.
He did not know | was a detective.
He had known me for anumber a of
years, but Thought | was engaged in
other work. / had another plan to
get from him whatN wanted. told
him New York publication was
having he affair lvaEi tten up and H.
Illustrated.
81 said 1\hsd seen the picture of
the fight which had been prepared
for it. He was pleased at the pub
Lefty 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. Iintimated that il he cared
to see it / thought l could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
soc it.
II had friend. newspaper art
lst, who made me a picture. He
made faithful copy of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
he made a 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
to have accompanied him
to see fair play. The father was
thought to have been in the neigh
borhood, bat as he wasn't seen he
was left of the picture. He exam.
ned it carefully.
who re these two men?' he
asked, pointing to TIE two onlook-
srs.
They are the two Blacks, who
vent alonc with your son to see
hat he got fair play told him.
"'Thst's all right he said, bu.
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 liev he exclaimed |
My son stood right in front of hi
md hit him squareiy in the face.
old him 10 do that and stand up
'ront of him all the time. l w
light across the street, and the tu
men who were with my son we
lose epoughsto see oil that haprc
ID. They wiz tell you that he {
lot hit him fs2m behind. He fac
lim fairly anf whipped him fairl
That was the way we made 1t up to
10. If that's printed III whip the
nan who made itp
"It wasn't printed, nor were there
my court proceedings taken on ac-
cunt of the alleged conspiracy. The
nen concerned in it on both sides
'ot together and settled it out 81
'ourt. rt.-Exchange. 81.
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