The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1920-05-14
Besting the Government

Besting the Government
"The Ethiopian hasn't changed his
skin, nor the leopard his spots since the
government took over the railroads
up to the first of October,
1.-THE special detective system
established to serve special inter
ests has systematically looted the
freight department in which
served out of S70,00O,00O, which
the poor people must pay, and
from the first of October, 1919,
S27000,000 to the present date.
The claim department has record
of about S125,OOO 600 to its dis
credit; all this SYSTEMS work is
done for the purpose of discredit-
ing government control.
"I endeavored to expose it and was
ousted out of the service. They got
wise.
"The first private detective service
known in the world S history is Pink
crtor S in Chicago. The next was Thiel,
and the Burns agency following. Today
they are millionaire companies, al.
though they are n-productive-that
is, they have never produced anything
but crime.
"The blowing up of the Bunker
Hill and Sullivan concentrators IN
the state of idaho, in the year 1898.
and the murder of 2j men was plan
ned and carried out by private 1e-
tectives. They were not quite satisfied
with their deadly work, so they furnish
ed false testimony against Frank But
Ter and Paul Cochran, president and
secretary of the local miners union,
and sent them to the penitantiary, the
real culprits giving evidence against
them. The next step was to murder
the governor. For this crime the of.
ficers of the union were arrested. IIar-
ry Orchard Thiel detective, who
was covered in the union as surely as
Judas in Christ's family, turned state IS
evidence and was given immunity by
the state officials, who formed A
partnership with him. 7 exposed the
conspiracy and the innocent men went
free, He was put on his trial and
confessed that he was a secret Operat.
i've for the Thiel Detective Service
and was directed in his work by them
also confessed to having dynamited q
building in Colorado and murdered H.
innocent men. He also confessed that
this work was done by his agency and
the motive was to break up the West.
Crn Federation of Miners and cal
down the wrath and prosecution Of
the government officials upon its mem
berS.
"The western manager of the Thic
agency was discharged from this ser
vice, but he was financed hy them tc
start an agency III his own name. a.
they considered such service as he was
capable of rendering indispensable.
Los Angeles Times.
"Orty McManigel was another man
of the Judas type. He was Burn.
detective for many years, and to show
how cleverly he carried out his work
and, of course, you will realize that
I couldn't describe this clearly unless
was part and parcel of it-he furnish
ed his master, Mr., Wm J. Burns, chiei
of the Burns International Detective
Service, 10000 letters to he used a,
evidence after forming a pmtncrshi,
with the governor of California, tn,
Judge, etc,
"Water finds its level. Orty McMan
igcl also said he sent the mysteriou.
bomb that Colonel Otis confidentio
Jap brought in. and the captain oI
lpOlice exploded, to destroy the evid
ence. Some would discredit this, but
wouldn't as I know the game from
to z.
The Argo, Illinois. Massacre.
"Whcn the government released In,
Corn Products 4 Refining Co. S plant
it was 100 per cent union. aud privat,
detectives were Immediately engage,
20 bust it up; and in order to do thi
successfully they began to run covered
espiogncrs into the union. The boys
when in, did their work we'll in croat
ing race hatred, that being their nor,
suit Finally they got the forces di
vided by telling the Americans tha
the foreigners wanted the American
run out and informing the foreigner
likewise. Consequently, on the 9th o
July the strike was called on.
"The private detective service con
rany brought up the sheriff, prosccr
tor and mayor of Argo. So the foreig
class had poor show. Spectators q
. p. m. were congregated about tn
gate of the plant. and the mayor o
Argo assembled his gunmen in front O
his home at Fifty.seventh place an
instructed them as follows:
"Twenty of you go under cove
around the rear of the plant and opc
fire on them, when you see me clos
in from tie north side, and we wi