reportorial-detective

Updated: June 30, 2025

For instance, in Mott and Pell streets, or in the Bowery, I am as safe as any precinct detective. I tell you this to keep you from worrying. They won't touch a man whom they think is an agent or an officer. Only it spoils my chances of doing reportorial-detective work.

Richard Harding Davis - Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis