Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-21

weeks passed without any attemnts hahn,
made to disturb the mausoieur, ana a.
chent began wondering whether be
| nseaeu protection any longer. Then ono
,isnl door was wrenched OF the rnauso-
| Nno tne man on guard reported hay-
"'B had n hard tight with masked men.
50 the detective was retained lnsee.
Iiteiy month or so later the client
w seein inclined to question the need
mead OF the agency about IT, A few dsvs
IateI tne owner Of the mausoleum GOT
q sack Hand letter. II was written on
Sheet OF paper torn In half"
Mr Burns seized a pad and rIpned Tim
svp page IN two, leaving a Jagged outline
Hlohg the break. He sighed and contin-
ued more slowly:
Well, one fine day this detectiv. 80.
nlmsen Investigated, after he had b.e,,
20 ms client and assured him that tba
letter was genuine Black Hand arti-
cue. me Investigators found" Mr.. Burns
Sontlhued, that the agency's own men
S, IlaI Droheh into the tomb. and from the
pocket OF their chief after he yns az
rested they lifted n torn half sheet OF
paper tnat fitted exactly the tear IN the
biack Hand letter his client had receved
ne meant to use II later on and then M
the two pieces together for the edldcn-
ton of his client.
There are hundreds OF ways" Mr..
burns went on. They make use Of pho-
,oBraphs' photographs are fine evidence.
oIookeu operative was once showing
n perfectly innocent woman how he bad
caught burglar. When his arm was
around her waist another agent snenped
their picture. The plant was shown I'm
and the agent went to iail.
Ihey trail men and women, but mostly
women, and II they can be photoqraphed
In or tricked into compromising situs-
lons an agent calls on tho husband, or
the wife--say the first
Have you any suspicion Tho aoant
will say. that all is not right with your
wife, Mr. Smith, OF course, Smith is
Mortified. He will pay $50 to have n story
disproyed or to know II is true. The agent
tags him along with small bits OF gossip
Then Smith hears from the agency that
man outside has the goods for n di-
vorce. The man is not connected with the
agency. His price Is $500. Does Mr..
Smith care to 60 through with tho lnvesti-
gation7
THE surprising part Of IT," said Mr..
Burns, "is that any fairly intelligent
man would not be so foolish as to en-
gage q detective no knows nothing about
to go out and discover things about his
wife. But they do II. Things like that
are happening overy day all over the
country.
TITS only now and then that the dirty
business rises out of the oily waters of
tho underworld and shakes its ugly head
before tho public
How can you stop it?" Mr.. Burns
leaned forward and shook his finger.
There is only one way. Pass a law
barring private detectives from the wilt
ness stand in divorce cases, That will
stop them. But until such n law Is on
the books tho head OF the police depart
ment is the man TO see. He will investi-
gate quietly"
There is one moro thing" said Mr..
Burns. Let the man or woman who
wants an investigation made call on his
or her friends to watch the suspected
partner. Or let them go to a reputable
small agency, There are many. But
above all, let them keep out of the
clutches of the private detective. who Is
a crook. There Is no more poisonous
human snake outside CELL"