Show The Dan rh the a Xi A hr y w vY qt rY S r x w t 4 IIII i 1 r t is I I 1 v a i k qa x v a v td i 4 f I n I i l l a Y h N p 4 SJ C e ar L c I I s J r it y II k a lf 1 x bM i 1 11 Il k s 11 1 n s f 1 J q III S C 7 x x L k y 4 r 6 I l t 11 11 r n Y Y y a w II I 1 y Y ti a HY Y N rl barr a i 4 W II Kr f wf Ex Exa YS bY Ili t w y ya II r yb a a 1 I Ili i 4 rye ir IC I y SS G 4 SK v 4 y k Y Pd fICk i y r I r N Yf 0 STORY of the tte capture of ot a crim Grim criminal NO N anal inal of any Importance in or New dec decade decade decade about York for the past ade is complete without some men mention mention mention tion of ot Patrick William Sheridan bet better better better ter known In police and newspaper circles cir circles circles cles as The Man With ith the Camera Eye This soubriquet is Justly earned for marvelous memory for faces and names has bas made it possible for the identification bureau of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York police department which he un until until til Ul recently headed famous for the identification and conviction of crim criminals crimInals criminals who until they encountered the Camera amera Eye believed themselves immune Im Immune immune mune from detection Sheridan resigned from the position he has filled with such marked success for the past decade a few weeks ago and now he be is associated with William WilliamJ J Burns the man whom former President President President dent Roosevelt characterized as a the best detective in the world Burns and Sheridan have founded an agency which succeeds the Pinkertons as the guardians guard guardians guardIans ians of the big banks and trust com companies companies companies of the United States tates The change from the Pinkertons to this newer agency caused some surprise at first for the reading public had come to look upon the Pinks as the real things when a job was at hand Bet Brt with the march of progress and the marvelous success Burns and Sheridan Sher Sheridan Sheridan idan achieved in their respective fields the custodians of the millions deposited by their patrons became convinced that with Burns and Sheridan as their watch watchdogs watchdogs dogs they had a pair of bloodhounds that few if it any burglars could long elude work of Burns and Sheridan in their new field will doubtless speak for Itself so It will be unnecessary to todeal todeal deal dealin In futures as far as the selection the American Bankers association has made to safeguard its fourteen billion of ot dollars Is concerned But in re recounting recounting recounting counting a few of the exploits of the theMan theMan theMan Man With the Camera Eye and Burns the King of ot Detectives those who de deposit deposit deposit posit their earnings in the institutions protected by the Bankers association can get an idea of ot the men who will track down and ferret out the gentry genty of that Ilk who gain a living by crack cracking cracking I ing safes forging checks or making counterfeit money I INot Not many weeks ago New York was i startled by a series of burglaries pulled off in the financial district which ex exploded exploded pI oded the old theory that Canal street was the deadline and no criminal dared to operate south of ot the line Police PoUce Chief Burns drew for them many years ago Any man with a shady reputation found In the financial district it might be added was Invariably dragged to police headquarters closely questioned and If It there was no case against them he was given hours or In other words shipped cd out of ot the city cit Two de detectives detectives detectives lounging In the foyer of the Hotel Astor a few tew weeks ago recognized an old offender who was wanted on the charge of pocketbook snatching With him was a distinguished looking man but unknown to the de detectives dep detectives Working upon the theory that thata a man mar may be judged by the company he keeps they questioned the stranger and he readily replied that he was a prosperous business man with offices in inthe Inthe inthe the financial district and that he and his companion were only chance ac acquaintances acquaintances acquaintances I having met for the first I time an hour or two before Not sat satisfied satisfied I the bulls buUs took him to head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters where he vigorously protested that his detention was an outrage He was held for the lineup the next morning when all the headquarters de tie detectives detectives carefully masked stand in line and the days crop of crooks taken in inthe inthe inthe the police dragnet are paraded before them This precaution is taken that the detectives might have a good look at the crooks while the latter have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the features of ot the men who make It a practice to track them down downIn downIn downIn In this case none of the detectives recognized the stranger and It began to look as though the bulls had made mada madea a break and the city would be in for a heavy damage suit Let Sheridan look this chap over ono ona of ot the detectives said when it looked as if their catch was about to elude them I The stranger was taken Into Sheri Sherl I dans room where criminals are pho photographed photographed photographed and measured by the Ber tillon system Sheridan scanned the features of ot the stranger long and earnestly Then a smile Illuminated his impassive face Well Mr Cary we meet at last I sam said Sheridan It has never been my yN I I yr y L ci l dc good fortune to see you in the flesh before but I have a very good pho photograph photograph photograph of you although when the pic picture picture picture ture was taken you wore a beard and mustache The stranger was and he ha did not hesitate to brazen it out and assure Sheridan he had made a mistake The picture was produced from the Rogues Gallery and on the reverse side was a complete record of the measurements and distinguishing marks on the strangers body He was stripped and mark by mark m rk he was Identified Finally he broke down and growled Well I guess youve got me right Mike Cary Car was wanted in nearly every city In the country as a bank and safe burglar and before the de detectives detectives detectives were through with him a con confession confession confession was wrung from him that he was the instigator of ot the series of burglaries that had so perplexed In Inspector Inspector Inspector MacCafferty head of the de detective detective detective bureau and his sleuths Cary Is in Sing Sing now for f r a long term Not so very long ago three notorious were picked up in the city and taken to headquarters A fourth fourthman fourthman fourthman man was waa with them but the detectives did not know him nor did any of ot those who participated In the lineup the next nex morning When W en Sheridan looked the unidentified man over his first ques question question question tion was Dyed your hair you 1 Guess you got me wrong the sus suspect suspect suspect answered an ered I 1 guess not said Sheridan You are Red Bill McCluskey and we ve have been on your trail trall for six years Remember Re Remember Remember member that little bit you served in Frisco for blowing a bank safe Then you OU skipped to the other side and since you y u returned to this country conn try you have blazed your trail with postoffice blowouts Sheridan got busy with his cabinet showed the suspect his photograph and measurements and then told him the succession of ot crimes In two of which murder was done that he was sus suspected suspected suspected of ot and beto he was through with him he had him as good as con convicted convicted convicted sentenced and hanged banged Red Bill was sent to the western penitentiary penitentiary penitentiary for trial where he was given a alife alife alife life term While strolling down Fifth avenue not long ago Sheridan noticed a very well dressed and distinguished looking man accompanied by a woman equally fashionably attired leaving the Wal The mans face haunted the detective and at a first he could not place it Sheridan sauntered along alon be behind behind behind hind the pair every once in a while passing them that he might get still another look at the man Finally it came to him Touching the man on the shoulder Sheridan said saidI I r would like a word in private with you The man blustered and protested but the detective was firm and tak taking taking taking ing him to one side said ur I seen you for twelve years You left here after serving a term in Sing Sing and then went abroad Scotland Yard bulls have been after you for a swin swindle swindle swindle dle you pulled off oft in England six years ago so you had better come with me meThe The accused man was locked up later deported and then tried and con convicted convicted convicted Sheridan thereby earned the 1000 reward which had been offered for the arrest and conviction of the swindler Sheridan afterward explained his recognition of ot tho the fugitive by saying that when he ho had the man before him twelve telve years ago he was struck by his I piercing bla eye ee which he said fairly looked you through and through One of best bits of work was accomplished three years ago when he went to Paris to look over a band of burglars caught in a raid there Nine men were wera taken in the tho roundup and without a moments hesi hesitation hesitation hesitation tation Sheridan identified all nine tolling toll tolling tolling ing off ot the criminal record of each All AU were old offenders and six of the num number number number ber were wanted in this country for big burglaries committed here and Sheridan convinced the French author authorities authorIties authorities that if it the crooks were extradited they would get much longer terms here than in Paris All six were deported and are now serving long terms in va various various various rious prisons throughout the country countr These are but a few of the Identifications id identifications made by Sheridan His years of service In the New York police de tie f z L aw i f h k kr C r F H 4 e 00 Ism Jt r m have been one long succession succession succession sion of Just lust such cases There Is not nota a dip gun moll mollo or bank burglar of note In the country that he be know at a glance and this the crooks well know They will tell you that they feel reasonably re safe from de detection detection detection until they are lined up before Old Camera Eye as they call him He Heis Heis Heis is their despair William J Burns has accomplished so many daring feats ID in his chosen profession that even a glossary of them would read like a dime novel By Bya a peculiar coincidence both Burns and Sheridan owe much of their success to Theodore Roosevelt The former president president dent in dubbing Burns the best detec detective detective tive in the world did so after he had ferreted out a series of ot Irregularities and swindles In San Francis Francisco co He was recommended for this work by Roosevelt When Colonel Roosevelt became police pollee commissioner of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City he recognized ability and promoted him from the rank of ot sergeant to that of lieutenant ant antof of ot detectives Later he placed him at atthe atthe atthe the head of ot the identification bureau and in reorganizing this most Import Important ant branch of the police department Sheridan made a name for himself which will be handed down to poster posterity posterity posterity ity It was the evidence procured b bj Burns which brought about the conviction conviction conviction tion of Abe the cleverest rob robber robber robber ber boss that ever held sway over the political and financial destinies of ot any city in this country countr Mayor his tool and chief henchman also went down under the continual probing of Burns In the criminal history of ot the United States there was never a cleverer forger than Charles Ulrich until Taylor and Bredell of Philadelphia made the silver certificate bearing the Monroe head which was such a marvelous bit bitof bitof bitof of that even the treasury officials declared it to be genuine When Ulrichs term of imprisonment In Ger Germany Germany Germany many expired the government officials here became alarmed and the secret ser service service service vice men were instructed to get busy and round him up They located him in Cincinnati Burns was then Pressed into service and placed on his trail and decided that the only way to get the needed evidence to put Ulrich away was to never allow him out of his sight day or night He hired a flat directly opposite that occupied oc occupied occupied by Ulrich and then he took up his vigil He soon learned that Ulrich knew that he was being shadowed so disguised as a laborer and carrying a dinner pail pall Burns left his flat every morning at ostensibly for his work He would double on his tracks how ever and return by the back way wa and again take up his post at the window One day Ulrich hurriedly hurrle ly left his home and Burns followed him Ulrich board boarded ed e train for New York Tork without pur purchasing purchasing purchasing chasing a ticket and Burns did like likewise likewise likewise wise Arriving in New York Ulrich en entered entered entered 6 s telegraph office and began a telegram which read Have just ar arrived arrived arrived rived in New York Turning he saw Burns looking over OTel his shoulder Why are you BO so Interest Interested ed asked Ulrich U Perhaps you can finish the message I Z can said Burns and he addressed It to the chief of police Ulrich swore and blustered but Burns Bums arrested him and upon his evidence and andin andIn andin in confession Bill Brockway got ten years in Sing Sing Sins |