The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-12

/ friends have procured for him but they
should have withheld the rewaIduntl MS
remedy had worked cure, unless, IN ms
position as Marshal, he is still bound TO. look
| after the interests of the distinguished &C
cusea IN ana matter over aohtch his oD1ce
gives him control. -. -. :. -
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, let me ex-
press the hope that the FIVE witnesses
NAV soon learn their lessons sufficiently
we'll to warrant o publication Of the truths
by which they will be able to prove the
parties accused spoless-but black. h..' s !,
Respectfully, EDGAR ALLAN ALLAN, :"
A Detective's Experience Behind
81 @5 the Scenes. -, ...,c,
81 will tell you" said Mr.. F 1870, @ &" Of
an incident that occurred here many years
ago. It possesses to me now, as l think OF
;f' all the vivid interest it had them It
was among the irst-class cases entrusted to
Mr.. r. and myself, and we devoted to
it an unwearying patience and assldulty
that fitted us for their, exercise many o
time afterwards. II was in mid-Winter
thst the circumstance allude to occurred.
The theatrical season was OF its height:
the st. Charles was nightly thronged with
the beauty and fashion Of the city. new
star had appeared on its boards, exciting
an interest prevalent and absorbing. Her
beauty, grace, and accomplishments, were
the topic of every club-room--the one sub
ject that engaged the attention OF all the
youth in the city. Her name was Adele
Larondu. Very young-soarcely twenty
and very beautiful was this young girl,
around whom web Of mystery was woven
that seemed to defy human ingenuity to
| unraYel. faa4gcL u :. ~. L - Tyb-I,C
I say she was beautiful, but that word
does not convey an adequate idea. of her
exceeding grace Of mind and person. PEI
| tite in form, the slender figure was sexqul-
site in symmetry. A wealth Of bright
Golden hair shaded face rosy with health
Snd brilliant with genius. The sclear,2ha-
eel eyes flashed with intelligence, and, the
delicate curve of the exquisitely-chiselled
! Inns expressed hatred or scorn, or intensi-
| fed emotion. &! y Ea- D., D. 23Tt2E :19'
| Night after night the theatre was filled
with her admirers. Passion in every
phase-Lthe very well-springs and impulses
Of our nsture--seemed tohnd in her an in-
terpreter that never erred. Her analysis
| o 49,
| ture, and therefore perfect. :' ma
| The night of which lspeak had witness
ed her greatest triumph. She seemed IN
1 spired, and the feelings and emotions OF
/ her audience appeared as absolutely under
her control as if she welded the wand OF
4 an enchantress. The curtain fell on the
last act of the, tragedy, and the audience
dispersed. Some mesmeric power held me
4 to the spot, and fingered around the en-
trance of the theatre. Iasl 500 - @gga
! An hour must have passed by, and the
! last of the company crept out of the mar
! row aisle leading to the stage and sought
! their homes. Still the actress fingered
her carriage at the door--the driver impa-
| tient. Suddenly from behind the scenes
echoing along that narrow aisle-came q
scream so piercing that it cut to the heart
! like o dagger. 1t. chilled my blood. l
stood rooted to the spot; anguish, horror,
! grief, were in its tones. S.
/ In O. moment more dashed open the door
and rushed into the theatre. Close at my
i back came Mr.. l., the driver, and the
i porter Of the establishment. The light in
4 the green-room, was still burning. The
large mirror that hung from the wall re-
fected from the opposite sofa the tinsel and
mock jewelry of queen. l noticed this as
l dashed open the narrow door that led to
the dressirg-room assigned the actress. 1t
was empty. I called her, by name. /
shouted until the walls Of the vast building
echoed back my voice. We searched every
where, underneath and above the stage,
even among the rolled curtains in the loft,
and the narrow apertures between, the
scenes-in vain. The actress had disap-
: peared. The screams that had 30 startled
US were not repeated. There was no ave-
nue. Of escape still she was gone. ~, 10.
/ Mr.. T. visited her apartments at the
i hotel. She was not there. The gas was
Irelit in the theatre, and cur search was
resumed She was not to be found. Her
friends were visited, the most transient
acquaintance called on, with like result.
| Each hour, instead Of revealing the mys-
terry only deepened it. In, the light Of the
morning we continued the search. a sin
gle object was discovered which could pos
sibly afford o clue to the missing girl. On
the floor Of the dressing room WAS diamond
EARRING. T., It looked as if it had been torn
from its place. Il was NOT, such q one
as, was worn, by the, actress; :, 1t, .estab-
ished beyond question the presence Of. an,
other person in her room, and that person
/ o female, This va" all. The ,mysterious
interview and its termination were shronded
in, a veil of darkness our ingenuity could
not penetrate. r. the earth had opened
and swallowed her her disappearance could
not have been more utterly upaccountable.
| What WAS to be done We knew she
VAS native of France, brought thence in
childhood. Her relatives had died her
friends knew nothing save that she was an
orphan. Genius had aided her rise; in
duatry had secured her fame. The, srchi-
tect Of, her own fortunes, she had climbed
alone, the steep whose ascent is devious and
hard to surmount., ,,.,%,-,t -. .,,.f 81
| Days vent by. Friends interested them;
selves. in the search, and large, rewards
were offered for any intelligence Of the
missing girl. All was Intellectual. Not
even q trace Of her could be found. Sill
had not given up; at my heart felt that
we would yet succeed in finding her. :, al :;
| One day, stood leaning negligently on
/ the counter Of q fashionable jeweller.1 I
loved to gaze upon, the brilliant gems. that
strewed the case, and filed it with 8 weird,
| flashing light. My attention absorbed in
viewing them, I did not notice the entrance
of lady; her foreign accent in addressing
the jeWeller caused me to turn round. She
held an earring in her, hand, and WAS. in,
| quiring the cost Of one Il made TO match
| it, The frat glance ! had Of il made the
| Blood leap like fire in my, veins Is. was
the counterpart Of the one found il the
theatre. rrt4is,,,r, s..l,.4f -,
You may imagine did not lose sight Of