Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1887 — A Famous Detective. [ARTICLE]

A Famous Detective.

James Jackson, the famous State detect! e, resides in Sing Sing, and is generally in attendance at the prison. His duties are to examine carefully the face of every convict as he enters, and to scrutinize every visitor in order to pre ent any discharged convict from seeing his pals. Occasionally he has to make long journeys in pursuit of runaway prisoners or to identify criminals convicted in other States. He never makes a mistake; if once he looks a man in the eye he will know him under ary disguise, as he tells his man by the look of his eyes. Once an escaped convict had his nose pared down one-third, but Jackson detected him at once, notwithstanding this remarkable change of feature. Mr. Jackson is about 5 feet 8 inches in height, about 35 years old*, of a light and sinewy build, with black hair and piercing black eyes, and is altogether remarkably handsome. He knows About 10,(100 criminals, and it is simply wonderful that he can distinguish the features of every one. On his long journeys he eats very moderately, and always takes one Brandreth pill at night. When much fatigued by the jolting of the cars on his tiresome trips he uses two Allcock’s Porous Plasters on the small of the back, which give h ; m renewed vigor, and cuickly relieve him of all weariness. These are the only two remedies he uses, and he attributes his vigor and remarkable health to Allcock’s Porous Plasters and Brandreth’s Pills. — Sing Sing (N. Y.) Daily Register.