The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-09-04
LOVE AND GRIEF.
A TRUE NEW ORLEANS SKETCH.

| An incident in the experienc of two
men well known in the city of New Or
| leans, a S the most skillful and accom-
| plished detectives in the Southern coun-
| try, has been rclat ID to are porter ofthe
| Picdyine. That paper states that it is
useless to say who they are: their names
are household words throughout the val
ley of the Mississippi. The event about
| to be related is of recent occuri enee.- =
| 1t is one of the unpublished histories of
moral turpitudc-onc of the heartbeat S
| underneath the social current OF the
great city. But the words of the de-
| tective invest the relation with an in
| terest more potent than the reporter
can accord it, and in his own language
let it be told.
HEAVY ROB BERY-THE PERPETRATORS LEAST
SUSPECTED.
a robbery had been committed in one
of our large commercial houses under
very singular circumstances. The day
preceding the crime large amount OF
money had been received, and left in
the safe over night. Part of this money
consisted of $40 and $50 bills. I'm
known to any one but the proprietor,
they were marked with small cross in
red ink in the left-hand corner. The
safe was locked at night, in the morn
Ing it was open, the night clerk asleep,
under the influence of chloroforIn, and
the money gone. The cashier was a
young man of high social position, and
about to be married to the daughter of
the proprietor. He alone carried the
keys of the safe. 1t was evident the
lock had been picked, or opened with
the key. Our observations convinced
tIa lntf
own counsel. At the request of the
merchant the whole matter was kept a
profound secrct-it furthered our chances
OF detecting the robber that it should be
so. Before we had LETT the store we had
settled in our minds the identity of the
thief; but it was necessary to obtain the
proof before our suspicious were di-
vulgcd or his arrest attempted. De-
scriptions of the money stolen were left
with certain parties, under whose OBJ
servation it was most likely to come if
put in circulation, with Instructions to
detain the person offering it until we
were sent for. This was al. that could
be done for the present. We went
home to wait developments. Still we
kept our eyes on the cashier. He was
young, and although he never drank to
excess was fast. He spent great deal
of money, and, to use a common ex-
preston, was the deuce among the girls.
Once or twice we saw him walking in
the squares of evenings with very
pretty young English girl, a milliner,
working on Canal street. There was
something very noticeable about the
girls's face-a sort OF melancholy and
sadness that went straight to our hearts.
Any one would have felt kindly towards
hon htys sttcf lanI yfnn- nj l.,
or other felt a presentment that this
girl was mixed up in the robbery.
couldn't get rid of the idea. 1t haunt
ed me. In This way several weeks
passed. One day we received a message
in a great hurry to come to the steanl-
boat landing. 1t was late in the after
noon, and the boats for st. Louis were
about leaving. Arriving there, we went
at once on board the Republic, and up to
the clerks desk. Standing at the coun-
ter was the pretty English girl, and il.
the hands of the clerk were two of the
marked twenty dollar bills. She had
just offered them in payment for her
passage to st. Louis. | fe,t now that |
the cashier was in my clutches. But it |
was necessary to proceed carefully and |
not frighten the girl. AS gently us l |
could, 1 told her that the money she had |
just offered at the counter had been
stolen; that it was necessary for me to |
know where she had obtained it. AT |
my words heI face took the livid hue OF |
death, but ste shook her head as much
as to say she would never tell me. |
piled her with opportunities, entreated
and begged; but it was of no avail. |
had no recourse but to take her into
custody! Still l hoped to be able to
discover from her the proof of the cash
ier's guilt. He was evidently her lover;
but doubted much if she knew his real
name or actual position. l piled her
with questions on this head; and al
though she was on her guard, and an
swers were evasivc, Twas soon satisfied
that the real name other lover was un-
known to her. As left the cell heard
her mutter in the most poignant grief:
"Oh, Charley, Chrrlcy, can this be
true?"
This WAS, indeed, his first name.
returned on The instant and said to- her |
that knew the person who gave her the
that his name was Charley =.
At the mention Of this name she clap
ped her hands and laughed. 1t was not |
the name she know him by. | was al