p. 6 | Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 18, 1907

Note and Comment

ONE of the iniquitous practises lately brought to light in large cities is the work of making evidence, especially in divorce cases. In this particular branch of making evidence young women are tempted to act as “stool pigeons” for the detective agencies because of the good pay there is in it. Concerning this matter a special dispatch from New York to the Washington Post says:—

The attention of the district attorney’s office has been called to the manner in which certain detective agencies in this city secure evidence for divorce cases, showing the ease with which such evidence is not only secured, but actually made, the victim being none the wiser until it is all over, and the divorce is secured. The information may lead to arrests and indictments by the grand jury, as a case in point which is regarded as typical has been presented to the prosecutor.

Such developments as this are not used by those who are advocating the idea that we are entering upon the golden age of this world’s history.