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Show Detectives on Wall Street. Ono of tho most Important details In tho mechanism of Wnll street is its claborato system of detective protcc tion. A very cffectlvo dead lino has been established at Fulton etreot for years, beyond which no crook known to tho pollco nor ovon a suspicious looking person is allowed to pass. As an additional precaution a scoro or moro of central ofllco detectives are constantly on guard at tho principal entrances to tho financial district. Thoy usunlly congregate near tho United Slates treasury building nt Broad and Wall strcet3. Millions of dollars aro constantly being carried past this point. Tho monoy comes in gold, packed in sacks and carried by tho ton In stcol wagons. It Is brought downtown In cabs or carried in ordinary traveling bags or In tho pockets of tho crowd which constantly pours Into Wall street. Such a thing as a hold-up Is unknown. |