The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-08-15
A DETECTIVES STORY.


What life is more thrilling than
that of a police detective, what more
| full of startling advontureP An in>
cident in the-experience Of two men
we'll known in the city of New Or.
leans, as the most skillful and accom-.
rplished detectives in the Southern
country, has been related to the re-
porter. 1t is useless to say who they
are, their names are household words
throughout the valley Of the Missis.
sippi. The event about to be related
lis Of recent occurrence. 1t is one of
the unpublished histories Of crime,
one Of the heart beats underneath the
social current of the great city. But
the words of the detective invests the
relation with an interest more potent
than the reporter can accord it. Let
him tell the story:
A robbery had been committed in
one Of our large commercial houses
under very singular circumstances.
The day preceding the crime a large
amount Of money had been received
and left in the safe over night. Part
of the money. consisted Of $40 and
$50 bills. Unknown to any one but
the proprietor they were marked with
a small cross in red ink in the left
hand corner. The safe was locked al
night, in the morning it was open
the night clerk asleep under the in
fuence of chloroform, and the money
gone. The cashier was a young mar
of high social position, and about tt
be married to the daughter of tn
proprietor. He alone carried tn
keys of the safe. Itwas evident tina
the lock had been picked, or Openec
with the key. Our observations con
vinced us it was the latter. Still W
kept our own council. At the re
quest of the merchant the whole mat
ter was kept a profound secret.
furthered our chances of detectin
THE robber that it should be so. Be
fore we had left the store, we had sci
tied the identity of the thief; but
was necessary to obtain the proof bt
. fore our suspicious were divulged,
. his arrest attempted. Description
of the money stolen was left with ce,
tain parties, under whose Observable
it was most likely to come if put
circulation, with instructions to d,
tain the persons offering it till '
were sent for. This was all tn
could be done for the present. "
went home to await Developments
Still we kept our eyes on the cashie
He was young, and although he ne
er drank to excess, was fast. I
, spent a great deal of money, and
use common expression, was Il
deuce among the girls. Once
twice we saw him walking in i
, squares of evenings with very prt
ty young English girl, millin'
working on canal street. There "
> something very noticeable about t
girls face-a sort of melancholy a
sadness chat went straight to 0
hearts. Any one would have f
kindly towards her by just looking
ist, her. Somehow or other / had p
sentiment that this girl was mixed
" in the robbery. / couldn't get rid
the idea. 1t haunted me. In t
way several weeks passed. One .
we received message in great h
ry to come to the steamboat landi
. It was late in the afternoon and
boats for st. Louis we're about leayl
Arriving there we went at once
board the Republic, and up to
R clerks desk Standing at the CO.
ter was the pretty English girl,
Ontv in the hands of the clerk were two
the marked $40 bills. She had Of
ed them in payment for her pass
;no to St. Louis. felt now that
. cashier was in my clutches. Br
was necessary to proceed care.
and not frighten the girl. As ge
as I could / told her that the me
she had just offered at the cOu
had been stolen that it was nect
nv for me to know where she
Of the obtained it. At my words her
,oa ,cC, IN IN took the livid hue Of death, but
The shook her head as much as to say
those would never tell me. / piled
le; M@ with opportunities, entreated
err w. | begged, but it was of no avail, ]
dy for no resource but to take her into
IAN I see; see tody. Still / hoped to be alb
nets n 81 ! discover rom her the proof oi
sh and cashiers guilt. He was evid
y, her lover but I doubted mu
III III. she knew his real name Or actui
uT. sitiou. / piled her with questio
this head, and although she \
her guard, and her answers wer,
rrop siye, was soon satisfied tha
real nnme Of her lover was uni
d, aud to her. As / left the cell /
nd sne L - ..,.A4a,.Ns,, Aha ,,,nat v,oio.ro ~