Practical Instruction for Detectives

Emmerson W. Manning

Having been connected for many years with two of the largest and most successful private detective agencies in this country, both as an operator and as an official, and having been requested to outline briefly and concisely the most modern and up-to-date methods employed by leading detectives and private detective agencies of today, I shall confine myself in these pages to facts and a few personal experiences. I will endeavor to show that any person possessed of average intelligence, and who will use good common sense, can become a successful detective, regardless of his present or previous occupation.

This country today stands in need of more and better detectives than ever before in its history, and if one be inclined to doubt this statement he need only pick up the morning newspaper of any city of any size and be convinced that this is true. Hundreds of crimes of all descriptions are committed daily and statistics show that more than fifty per cent of persons committing crimes go unmolested and unpunished. Besides, there are the thousands of employees on our various transportation systems, in banks, stores, and in mercantile establishments, who are daily committing thefts of various kinds from their employers and whose nefarious operations are rarely uncovered, when one considers the actual number of thefts committed. - Summary by From the Preface

Genre(s): Law, True Crime

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface fiddlesticks
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Play 01 Shadowing fiddlesticks
00:19:38
Play 02 Burglaries James K. White
00:26:16
Play 03 Identification of Criminals Availle
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Play 04 Forgeries James K. White
00:22:28
Play 05 Confessions Rosslyn Carlyle
00:03:38
Play 06 Murder Cases Availle
00:03:54
Play 07 Grafters James K. White
00:16:27
Play 08 Detective Work in Department Stores Rosslyn Carlyle
00:11:58
Play 09 Railroad Detective Work Julia Niedermaier
00:07:38
Play 10 Detective Work for Street Railways Rosslyn Carlyle
00:07:06
Play 11 Other Kinds of Detective Work James K. White
00:28:15