Show CROOKED detectives how Cor connive inive Cin cincinnati cinna tl enquirer Enquire nj recent startling developments in philadelphia regarding tig tho the detch tivo force of that city have excited no little interest in other cities willain henderson enderson II the reformed robber and accredited abent agent offin of pin ker tons bureau gave aay away the detectives tec tives because they arre arrested sted him for a job in which lie was ivas in no way concerned for the purpose as they intended of getting him out of their way A resume odthe of the case cise from the beginning to the present status as obtained from the philadelphia press will ivill no doubt be of interest as there seems to bo be excellent proof that thata a majority of the detectives of philadelphia have for years been shielding the thieves and robbers and in return receiving their percentage of the spoils the most damning charges have also been made by responsible citizens who have suffered from the depredations of thieves and have subsequently been bled and grievously wron wronged by the detectives tho the system of police investigation in philadel I P phia hia is also alleged to bo be rotten to th the e v very cry core and over all the city is torn up to a considerable exteria ex extent terii TUB THE DETECTIVE CORPS Is composed of eight men at present as follows edward edwardk K tryon Be benjamin Djamin levy william galloway theodore eckstein Eck george jackson samuel josiah it 11 Un umsted isted and wm S rowland all are appointed by the mayor tryon is nominally chief of detectives but tho the superintendent of pol police is really the head of the corps the salary of each member is 1080 or 90 per month henry who figures conspicuously in the sl sketches etches below was until quite rece recently ritty a member of tho the detective force his place lace being taken by eckstein Eck stem X now ow he is a district attorn attorneys dc tec tive the real detectives detective of philadelphia hil however arc are eaid said to be aliat aro known as the special officers each of the twenty four districts is patrolled patr oled by two specials attired in citizens clothing the records show that nearly all the captures of big criminals have been mf made ide bythe by the specials who as it appears ears frequently perform their mies duties in the face of the detective opposition which is barnof flagrant corruption THE EXPOSE had its beginning in the forepart last month when as already stated wro henderson enderson II formerly a robber of note was ivas arrested for fora a job he lie knew nothing about on monday feb fth the arrest was made by detectives jackson and weyland wryly and henderson enderson II was charged cli arged with participating in the bold robbery of a jewelry store at that timo time he lie was an accredited agent of pinkerton Pm kerton and leading an honest life lie ile wa to have been married F feb cb to a respectable young lady on the following wednesday day ho lie was released not a bit of evidence having been brought brou glit against him duri during g his incarceration his detective foes who formerly had been participants in the spoils of his robberies cries did all in their power to make his private life miserable ie goad him to desperation and drive him f from ro m the city or back to a life of crime readers of tho the enquirer will remember reading a dispatch from philadelphia in this paper at tl alio time which stated that the chi chief ef thing done by the detectives after the arrest was to call on hendersons affianced and tell her all sorts of stories of his former life in the effort to ind induce P cc her to denounce him on his release henderson enderson II sought revenge but in a way ivay that was ma manly linly and with a method that sought but tho the vindication of the right he gave pointers on the crookedness of tho the detective force and investigations were at once commenced with terrible results since the ath of february the philadelphia papers have almost daily made mado an exposition of the infamies amies of tho the cites corps of when t the lie end nd shall be reached cannot now be told for the mine of corruption appears to bo be inexhaustible c WHY WILY TUEY THEY ARRESTED HIM Is best perhaps told in his own words as already published do you know the reason why they arrested me simply because from the proceeds of every vc robbery I have committed in n this city detectives tec tives jackson T tryon and icyl received 10 per cent now that I have reformed and am ani a thief no more they get none detective told me himself that he be made 2500 by the percentage he lie received from thieves during luring the centennial year I know several thieves who evsi wasi to become peaceable citizens but the detectives won wont t I let et them I have led an honest life for the last year I to bur bury y my past ast life but this blow aimed at me ey by the detective detectives lias has been a heavy one |