Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-06-10
lYTheI stolen SINKS. /

Some short.time ago, d. rather extensive
robbery, was eepmittsd at . wapfouse In
the city. ! was sent to, examine the prem
ises, and see i'll could make anything out
Of it found the proprietors Of the ware.
house in great excitement. The robbery
had been managed 50 adroitly that no trace
Of it had. been left IA lArse quantity Of
costly silks, worth twenty thousand dollars
at the lowest figure, had been taken from
the premises /; but no traces Of tho thieves
had been loft behind. The rproprietors
-four in nuniber) were in close consultation
in their private Office, and were completely
bcwildered BY the audacity as well as neat
ness Of the affair. In short time I found
that they suspected one Of their clerks; and
l asked them to summon him to the office,
without giving him any cause to suspect the
reason Of the summons. In Q fewlminutes
he came in, and I almost burst. out into 4
laugh as ! saw him. The fellow was as, in-
nocent Of the crime as ] was; and I told
the merchants 80. OBI n,Di gri i.a, 10
Iagreed to undertake the case, upon the
conditions that I was to manage it entirely
in my own way, and have six weeks to try
it in.- ! made the merchants furnish me
with sample pieces Of the silks they had
lost, and told them to announce in o few
days that they had abandoned all hope Of
recovering the goods These preliminaries
being arranged took my departure? 1 had
not much hope of recovering the goods, for
the work had been done 50 wisely that I had
nothing to begin. n I went home, and began
to run over in my mind all the various cases
in which I had ever been engaged. Icould
not remember any Of the professional thieves
who had been engaged in such matters, who
could boast skill enoughto cover up their
traces so perfectly. The whole affair seem.
ed involved in a, hopales misterY; and for
the first time in my life j was completely
bafied,7 ,7i. slsW .asd "a bsis1 '5l1lg 81
While in this frame Of mind, I was called
on by my superintendent to examine into .
case connected With o theft in conc uof the
fashionable houses Of q certain character in
a certain street ID Pimlico.a . While there I
went into the room of one Of the dodgers,
and there founda young woman making q
handsome silk dress. The appearance Of
silk seemed familiar to me /; and I very qui:
etlyo drew, out the samples I had been given
by the merchants, and compared them with,
the dress. Tony astonishment and delight,
/ found that the dress was the same material
/ made up my mind quietly asto my course,
andirising from my seat walked to the door
locked it, and put the key in my pocket.--
The young woman looked up iu astonish.
meDt and alarm. -. .rov-,. , ,y,sn
& What 40 you mean BY that r. she asked.
e1citedly.s aid 30 s-Eab1iib irodiIa u7dltl
> II mean, II replied, coolly sthst I arrest
you upon the charge Of stealing that sill.
oresS. iJ .t'gCN 81 rafgOa 10 h6s3s
a Her face grew as white q death, and shsI
spraugto her feet in alarm. She protested
her Innocence and then told me how she
COME 70 possess the silk, She opened her
wardrobe sndushoved me three other,
dresses she had made up, esch9 Of which
ccrresponded with the samples I had with
me. The story she told me made me open
my eyes, much as ! had seem Of the rascal
iy Of the. world but it also convinced me
IL bat the woman was perfectly innocent Of
apy dishonest intention or act. She had
been yictimised.1 I explained her, posi- /
tiSn to her, and told -har that toIssve l
herself she must identity the thief
This she consented to, and We bundled upa
the silk dressed, and sea of for, the ware-
house, z / wss in high slss, for ! had $40.
ceedsd faf. beyond my cxpectstons ! '[i,a4'l g. q
= When We reached the warehouse W. were,
shown into the private Office Of the senior
partnsr. ! made him call in two of his
partners, and then lock the door: Then I
laid out tho dress on chair before them,,
amidst their exclamations Of wonder. ls
"By tho way" exclaimed. ''whcre's
the Junior partner? / have not seen him.
He was called and ss he came in, ! mo.