Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-01-28
of The officer" said the peer, addressing Stan


quenceS Of a charge he might fail to subStan.
tiatc, repeated the history Of the tranSaction
When he had concluded, the nUblenan, ad-
dressing the officer, rccaptulatcd the leading
points, and requested him to Immediately
commence search through the house, in pres
cncc Of Mr.. Stanwood and himself, as rigid
or he himself would not be satisfied, and Ger.
tainly the accuscr would not b. more content.
cd-as though he were In the domicil Of re-
putcd thief He begged also the officer and
accuscr both to bear witness that, up to the
present moment, her ladyship was ignorant
Of the charge.
We need not repeat the details of this dom.
iciliary inquiry. Suffice it to say, the .ewelrr
himself, both openly aud to his own conscience,
was forced to confess that all had been done
which the strongest suspicion warranted -
The necklace was not found
1--WE will now, fyou please" said the peer,
casting keen glance at the liscOntentcd jew
elrr, "pay visit 70 my friend His wife is
AS deeply implicated As her Iadvship though
! have no control over his proceedings"
The c0mmoucr, who lived in an adjoining
street, happened to br at home when the III.
matched visitors arrived. In his presence,
Stanwood repeated once more the pcrplcxing
anger and excitement during the recital, and
was with difficulty persuaded by his friend to
await the conclusion.
You hear what Mr. Stanwood atiirms," ,"
said the Itebleaal,. addressing his friend, "et
me tell you what have DONE
When he llal informed him of the nature
and extent Of the search which hi, house had
undergone, he added
l,,p al i.,to hot cI Il
b. your conduct'
My hunSc shall undergo the same scruti.
ny. said the comnOnrr.
Search commenced, was carried on and con-
dnctcl rs un>ali>iactolily-toS Stanwood, as in
the rreyipu> instance.
"Cnn you aid Mr. Stanwooh further in the
recovery Of his propcrty-So far as we, or our
families are conccrned:' demanded the noble
man.
The -niiicer replied that he had nexer, during
his experience, made more rigorous search,
and aS it had been done promptly and unrx-
pcctrdy, he could assure Mr. Stanwood that,
aS far As the tWo gentlemen and their families
were concerned, there was nothing further
could be done and ere they even of diSrrpu-
table character, nothing more could he attempt
or TlviSc.
the peer addressing the jeweler, sternly, yet
quietly.
Charl,S :. distracted with his loss, stunned bv
the unavaiiiug result of his search, which Scrm-
ed 10 lprrclo>c here of recovering the neck
lace, and tnrc>haiowcd approaching ruin, re-
Piled TIA, hc had no other remark to Offer, or
course to pr.Isuc, than 10 repeat what he as.
serted ia the mnriiny-bcgging pardon of his
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aion, which hi> own conscience and justice
To lis creditors delnandrd should not bc >ti
fled.
"Wcil, sir" continued the peer, "your fur.
thcr proceedings are of no moment to us
whether we have done with You is material
question, which shall take the advice of
now, entertain an opinion, that, through fear
Of this dS2raccIul charge being made public
We or will speak only for myself should
the thought. Take the full measure which the
law allows to suspicion, and let this officer be
wtn s. that | afford every facility"
The colninOner said his urlship's intentions
conceded with his own.
There was something oppressive to clear
conscience in the quiet, ,digniIird hautcur Of the
was r"Iised and though he bchcld ruin in cv.
cry shape, and on every side, Stai ing him in
the face he puckcd up courage to say, that in
the present state OF the affair, advice might
prove "i benefit tn all parties. With that view
he would himself seek it and meanwhile. lie
was as firm in hi. charge as they were in sub
mittrg themselves to the proof And hire
ended the cnlloqnr.
L., Il, -
Charles could not dismiss from his mind that
he ought Immediately to acquaint the owner of
the necklace Of the loss, yet he could not sum
mon couragc---he clung to the hope that some
thing might yet turn up to guide him out ol
the pcrplexing labyrinth.
lie went straight to his lawyer. The solici.
tor shook his Ii, ad-it was Il bad case! The
parties were of such high rank, unrloubtcd
wealth, 81 liberal in the household cXpcndi
lures. that the ladies would appear, according
to all ordinary judgments, to have no tempta-
ton. There was, perhaps, mi>take-Nt least
the world would say 50. AS his SuSpcnnS
wc,e 50 strong, he should haze followed the
carriage, or have seen the ladies' w the first
instance. Without of course, giving any opin
ion on the guilt or innocence of the accused.
his client would have had more power over f..
male f,ars, and doubtless have rcaprd more
advantage than by running tilt against the yir-
tu"uS Indignation Of their husbands
~ man whom ruin lrowns on may be cX.
cuScd some confusion in his actions" said
Stanwood rather sharply. "I consult you for
the benefit Of your skill in my future course
not on what have already done. A prophet
of the past is not entitled to much honor"
The lawyer, with a smile at the eXc1$ahlc
anger of his client, declared he should not Sut
fer for want Of advice; but he viewed the
case rs nigh hopeless. AS his own testimony
was entirely unsupported by other evidence,
it was useless To commence proceedings
against the nob!eman or his fricnd-thcy had
already done voluntarily as much or more
than the law could have enforced. AS for ma
king it jury case, it was impracticahle for
want Of witnesses; and il even this difficulty
were removed, a sympathy would be strong
in favor of the defendants, from the manner
in which they met the charge. The property
must be somewhere and all that he could do
was to make the police acquainted not only
with the robbery, (of TINT, by the way, they
already knew Something9 but with ;he exact
description of the necklace, facial cutting and
weight Of the precious stones. mode Of setting
and other particulars. An accurate deScrip-
;iOn should also be distributed among the
trade. to which might be added the offer of
competent reward for the recovery of the prop
erty, or on apprehension ANY party on whom
it should be found. With respect to owners
claim, that was n matter Of debtor and crcdi.
tor, which would he arranged better by ap.
peal to the party feelings than by solicitors
AS Htanwood was by bond an.
swerable for return of the jewels, or their