Show THUE THE PRIVATE detectives THEIR NAME IS LEGION AW AND THEY ALL aar CLASSES OF BUSINESS EMPLOYEES some clever schemes for swindling firms and lo 10 corporations apora tion s S sharps harps who make a regular business of getting damages in no other country in tho the world are so 60 many private detectives employed as lu in tho the united states every great corporation lins has its staff of secret service men many of them recruited from the detective forces ot of european countries the chief occupation of 0 these commercial detectives is to protect tho the various institutions they represent from the depredations of professional swindlers lers of all kinds these theao crooks aro are a formidable ar army in y groups of them travel from city to city concocting concoct ing and carrying out frauds fraud of all hinds kinds aidell aided in their ue ne farious plans by shady lawyers physicians sic ians and oven even at times by ane em eloyes of tho the corporations which they seek to victimize insurance companies are the favorite prey of this robber bands of ono one audacious swindler who was recently brought to justice it is stated that assisted by his confederates ho he defrauded seven different accident insurance companies of sums aggregating somo some had he varied ills his method it la Is quite likely this particular crook would still be reaping a golden harvest but ho be repeated his device too often ills his trick consisted in slipping on a piece of soap while taking a bath tand land sustaining severo severe internal in juries ile ho always had a doctor of at course a confederate to testify to the serious nature of his accident but although tile the trick in itself was dim cult of detection a constant repetition of it naturally awakened suspicion and led to the downfall of the swindler some of the sharps poso pose as mechanics and prey upon employers of labor their method being to pretend to sustain some injury in the course of their work aided by shyster doctors and lawyers they bring actions for damages sometimes by taking out accident insurance policies they contrive to gain a double share of plunder railway companies aro are victimized in much tho the same fashion that la Is to fay eay by bogus claims tor for injuries and accidents in these cases the frauds aro are generally more elaborate involving not only the Ber vicos of doctors and lawyers but the testimony of witnesses paid to perjure perjury themselves of one group of railway sharpens shar pera pers the ringleaders ring leaders of which were brought to justice it came out in the evidence t that ha t they made more than a year by their pra practices A real railway accident especially one of any magnitude is a perfect windfall to somo some of these rogues if they are anywhere in the vicinity taking advantage of tho the confusion and excitement they mako make their ap bearance pe arance among the injured their injuries aro are generally of course of an internal nature and uttering heartrending groans they aro are carried off to bo be attended if possible by some medical accomplice now and again tho the conductors ot at tra trains ris are arc in league with tho the shar pers wit which iab ot of course greatly facilitates the frauds indeed it la Is said that railway accidents such as small collisions havo bavo been deliberately brought about by conspiracies of this kind one particular crook mado made large sums by conspiring with conductors to push him oft off tho the train when it was in motion in this way ho he acquired a profitable crop of permanent injuries to the spine for which tho the railway companies had to pay smartly so numerous and so astuto astute have t the 0 american detec detectives tives become of at la late 0 years however that such frauds fraud sha have e become increasingly difficult the suppression of mal practices ot of this kind Is as stated the principal work of the tha great army of commercial detectives many of whom are apparently ordinary citizens or even workers known as plain clothes men among their minor functions Is the watching of suspected employed emPlOY emp loyes 63 especially those ot of banks and great financial houses bouses any tendency to extravagant habits or irregular living on the part of em eloyes 13 noted and reported upon by these cheso unsuspected watchers others there aro are who in the gulso guise of clerks and laborers secretly note noto any teni denolas to disloyalty or discontent in this way approaching strikes are detected and oftentimes nipped in the bud |