The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1915-05-21
4 DETECTIVES RUsE.
Clever Method BY Which He Secures
Some Evidences.

Some Evidence.
81 had 10 resort 10 a queer ruse
once 10 get an admission from a
man ! was after" said a private de-
tectiye. There had been some
trouble al a 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 il he threatened TO
disinherit 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 wine supper that his
son could and would whip the other
fellow. Soon after this the son met
the man who had insulted him ant
whipped him. The fight occurrej
on a prominent street, and as two
Of the young mans friends wer'
with him at the time there was talk
Of an action against them and hi
father for conspiracy. Our agenc,
was retained TO get the evidence
needed.
1T was decided chat it would be
necessary to get an admission from
the father Of the young man who
had made the assault. | was told to
get il. | tried many ways and failed
He did not know | was a detective.
He had known me for aspumber 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
Illustrated.
81 said l had seen the picture Of
the fight which had sheen prepared
for it. He was pc ~ al the pub
licity that the fight p.s 70 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. intimated that If he cared
to see it thought l could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager to
see IL.
Il 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 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
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 of the picture. BE eIam-
ined il carefully.
~Who are these two menY he,
asked, pointing to the two onlook-
ers.
"Thev are the two Blacks, who
went along with your con to see
that he got fair play | told him =
"'That's all right he said, hut
who is this?' pointing at the man
who was striking at the other from
behind.
"Why, that's your son. I told.
him .sr
"That's a hep he exclaimed
NV son stood right in front Of. b "A
and hit him squarely in the face.
told him TO do that and stand mp
front of him all the time. w
right across the street, and the I
men who we're with nv son we
close enough TO see ali that han
ed They viii tell YOU that he l.
not hit him from behind. He fac
him fairly and whipped him fairl
That was the way we made il mp to
do. II that's printed I'll whip the
man who made it,
at wasn't printed, nor were there
any court proceedings taken on &C
count Of the alleged conspiracy. The
men concerned in it on both sides
got together and settled il ont n
court '-EIchaneA: sss,ss fsfx,
a Tspi0,,- $500.
A man once collided with an op-
portunity.
why don't you look where you
are going" growled the man
Don't you recognize me ?" asked
the opportunity pleasantly.
mo, and j don't care to. You
have trodden on my corns," replied
the man as he limped away.
Moral.-Don't believe the people
who say they have never had .
chance New York Times.