The Washington times., 1919-03-04
What the Police Say They
a. Would Do.


story began. many inquiries as to
why we have not called In the Po-
lice Department.
Surprising that WI Tsang who
has received this chart from the
mouth of Buddha were q real per-
son. and supposing that all these
characters and incidents were true,
how would you, Major Pullman,
treat the case? Would the Police
Department arrest WI Tsans? The
girl Madeline has had to leap out
OF a window. eleven stories high.
and has had TO do other things be-
cause of WI Tsang's prosecutions
Would you come out and arrest this
Chinese. or would you wait until
you had something tangible?
Would you wait until you really
had something big. or would you
go after him right away.
MAJOR PULLMAN, EFT Al: That
would depend on how valuable the
thing he was after was We would
talk II over with Madeline first and
find out the value of the chart
, which he had stolen from her. So
far as taking any action is con-
Cerned, we could not do anything
until we were advised by Madeline
as to just exactly what the China
mans crime was.
Why has not the girl reported the
theft to the Police Department up
to this time?
Because the parties in
terested did not want to inject the
Police Department in the story.
MAJOR PULLMAN: We would try to
find out. one way or another, just
exactly the best way to go after the
Chinaman. Sometimes making an
arrest is the least desirable way.
There are other ways of getting
what we want We must look for
connections, for the motive, etc.
Then you wouldn't come
in and make an arrest right away?
In other words, you would have TO
KNOW what you were arresting
him for You would wait long
enough to get a line on the thing
and see il there was anything
REALLY to It? Inspector Bur
lingame, you have had experience
with Chinese crime recently. How
would you handle WI Tsang?
BURLINGAME AND GRANT: The
whole thing goes right back to your
heart-to-heart talk with Madeline
dS 10 just "udL mas hAPpGuCof "hdl
has taken place. Start your in
vestigation with her. Find out why
they are trying to steal this paper
from her. what the object is and
what complaint, IL any, she has to
make. The information you get
from her would govern police action
toward the Cinnamon.
DON0HUE: But would you have the
Chinaman under surveillance all The
time?
GRANT: Yes.
No man could come
into this city and prosecute a girl,
as this girl has been prosecuted. and
get away with il.
AS to just how he would trap
him. in the event that he was perse-
cutting this girl, would depend on
the manner of Chinaman he was.
We would have to learn definitely
just what he did before we could
pinch" him. Everything would de-
pend on Madeline's complaint.
BURLINGAHE: Un answer to Dono-
hue's question::
Well, il she made no complaint we
would have to protect her anyhow
if we knew that she was being
prosecuted.
Comment from Major PuIImGHJ
If we knew that any girl had been
prosecuted to the extent that Made
line has been prosecuted in these
twenty-eight chapters of "Camou-
fiage" and didn't report it to the
Police Department, we would turn
her over to DR.. White.
This interview, boiled down" as
it is, will give all contestants who
will write the thirtieth chapter Of
"CamoUflaged" a definite chapter of
attitude of the police departments
the world over, were they called upon
to take hand in Strengthening out
anything, which on it's face would not
stand the acid test Of being open and
aboveboard.
THEY WOULD WAIT until they
were sure they were right. and then
like Davy Crockett they would go
full steam ahead, arrest the conspira-
tors and if a crime had been COM
mitted. arrest the guilty parties and
see to il that every tangible element
OF mystery had been definitely set
tied.
This may be good material for our
readers, but il is understood of
course that the writers of the Thir-
tieth Chapter need pay no heed to
this anEle-it is simply presented for
your guidance. in the event you care
to make use Of it.
Get busy now-and send your story
TO The Washington Times-and may
the best fellow win.