The Jasper weekly courier., 1916-07-21
4 DETECTIVES RUSE.
Clever Method by Which He secures
Sore Evideaee.

Il had TO resort to a queer ruSe I
once to get an admission from
man ] vas after" said a private dc
tective.- 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 Re
should have done. When his ia
ther heard of it 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 mad
wager of wine supper that -
son could and would whip the cth
fellow. Soon after this the son L
the man who had insulted him a
whipped him. The fight occurr'
on prominent street, and as t.
of the young mans friends we
with him at the time there was tai
of an action against them and j.
father for conspiracy. Our agenc
was retained to get the evidenc'
needed.
'1t was decided chat il would b
necessary to get an admission fror
the father Of the young man VII
had made the assault. ! was told t.
get it. l tried many ways and failed
4 He did not know | was a detective
4 He had known me for a number o
years, but thought was engaged in
other work. / had another plan to
get from him what wanted | told
him New York publication was
;, having the affair written up and H.
/, lustrated.
81 said l 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 he wanted it
known tia, his son had avenged the
insult. I intimated that if he cared
to see it I thought I could get him
the picture that had bcca prepared
for publicatio lie was eager to
see it.
, 'G had fr.cn,i newspaper art
. ist, who made nc a picture. Ee
! made faithful COPY of the stree,
= scere where t5e fight occurred, anc
be IN le fair likeness Of the fig
ures in it. TIE picture showed one
D man stealing M behind another anG
striking him f,om the rear. BEHIND
o him were tyo other men, who were
t supposed 70 have accompanied hin
g to see fir plav. The father wa
o thought = ) ave been in the neigh
{ borhoad r.i ~ he wasn't seen h
IL was left - the picture. He exam
ined it carefully.
q "NYho r. these two mcr~ h,
s asked, pointing to the two onlook
= ers.
: "'Thcy arr the two Blacks, VIII
IS went alop with your son to Sc
'e that he 90. tair play.' | told him.
"'Thats all rieht,' he sNid, 'bu
who is this pointing at the ma
n who was striking at the other fror
II behind
y "Why, that's your son. I tol
, him.
"'1'hat's a liep he exclaime'
e NY eon stood right in front of hi.
and hit him squarely in the face.
II told him to do that and stand up
- front of him all the time. VIZ
right across the street, and tho tw
men who were with my son we
~ close enough to see all that haprc'
- ed. They will tell you that he Z
I. not hit him from behind. He fac
him fairly and whipped him fair
That was the way we made 1t up
do. IF that's printed I'll whip tf
man who made itp
at wasn't printed, nor were thel
II Any court proceedings taken on a
" punt of the alleged conspiracy. ul
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