PRIVATE POLICE ADVICES.
WHERE THEY COME FROM. Tlipj police.very frequently receive placards' from police agencies in other countries requesting tho apprehension of accused persons who have absconded to oscapo arrest. A very considerable number of these- documents (says an exchange) come from America, where the famous Pinlcprton Detective Agency is very active. The placards are very elaborately got up, aiid the. wanted person is described with what might be termed comprehensive minuteness. His physical appearance and any peculiarities or unusual characteristics are set down in tho most candid fashion. One of the latest received describes a Canadian doctor of medicine, whoso penchant seems to have been the defrauding of farmers, as ho is charged with wrecking a farmer*' financial institution. Looking at his photograph, and reading- his description—his weight ie stated to bo 2701b.. or nearly !}0 stoneit Moms wonderful that he could ever elude the vigilance of the Canadian police. A Christchnrch officer said that it was very seldom that wanted American "crooks" were arrested in New Zealand. They usually made for the South American' Republics, which offered a nearer and more secure haven. A few hod at odd times l:een arrested in Australia and extradited.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1117, 3 May 1911, Page 4
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197PRIVATE POLICE ADVICES. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1117, 3 May 1911, Page 4
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