Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1888 — He Is Now a Detective. [ARTICLE]

He Is Now a Detective.

Omaha Herald. “To show you how big a ‘sucker’ a man can be,’’ said an Omaha citizen yesterday, “I want to tell you of my experience. I got a circular a few days ago from a so called detective bureau,which wants an agent in each county in the United States, and all that sort of thing. I was just chump enough to bite at the bait. I sent $5 for my admission fee and $3 for mv first month’s dues. This is what I got in return.” Here the speaker exhibited a certificate of active membership in an alleged association and a star bearing the much abused word, “Detective.” • “It never occurred to me,” continued the < •; up, “that my association promised me nothing in return for my S 3 per month. I got no business from it- In fact, I believe that I might just as well have saved my money, bought a star and hung out a shingle on my own account. The long and short of the matter is that I have paid $5 for the privilege of calling myself a detective, and am expected to pay $3 a month as a license to live.” When last seen the detective was hunting for another specimen like himself. He said there were many in Omaha who had been as foolish a? he.