Show look after the banks not the least interesting ot the lit grature of the american bankers As which recently held its con in this city Is the report tc the protective committee of pinker ton s national detective agency it reads like sherlock holmes adapt ed to the prose of real life the bank ers realize that a bank and its money are soon parted it crooks are allow ed to have their way so they have engaged pinkerton men all over the united states to pounce upon the bank sneaks both before and after their attempts chiefly before how ever for the bankers also realize that a pounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure and the crooks respect pinkerton and the banks that pink erton takes under his wing statistics of the report show that out of the forty nine burglaries corn on american banks between sept 15 1903 and sept 1 1904 only seven mere committed on the banks of the association during the same period seventeen unsuccessful at tempts at burglary were made on banks which were members of the as whereas the nonmember banks were the victims of fort five attempts I 1 the report gives the impression that there exists in the united states a large class of persons who engage in the occupation of swindling in ae matter of fact a spirit as a grocer sells bad butter or a lawyer defends a bad case the system by which the I 1 inker tons keep track of the crooks is won dertilly der tully complete they possess a full rogues gallery of their own keep a record of the hand writing of pro fess lonal and have a personal acquaintance with their victims that helps them penetrate the confusion of disguises and alease nevertheless the professional forger has not been suppressed the forger says the report has during past year been unusually active but through our efforts for your assoria tion we have caused the arrest of five forgers whose operations were reported to us convicted twenty who were sentenced to fifty three years and seven months in addition to which six were sentenced to in determinate terms in prison one cs one sentence suspended while en are awaiting trial and alve were el eased ew aorl evening post |