The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-09-09
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Fooled BY a Woman.
A Leaf from the Diary of an Old Detective.

rIauoIn0, ~ 40 my uuCy tOdl1cSG YOU.
"You dare not p
i The lips were white with passion ratl-
Ter than fear, and the lady stood before
me like lioness. at bay. Even then ]
could not help but note the splendid
beauty Of this grand lady. Tall and
slender, eyes black and fashing-almost
lurid now-the spectacle she presented,
standing there in the middle of the apart
tment, was more theappearance of aqueen
tthan q hunted4criminah, ~ Yaw-Ty 4
81 must,pI replied. "L do not doubt
your innocence Looking into your face,
4 it is strange that any one could couple it
with guilt; but am constrained to do
my duty. Madame, however inimical it
may be to my feelings" ~
"Will you allow me to change my
dress 20 she said, in tone almost pleas
4 ant. a The hard lines around the mouth
had relaxed, and the passionate glow on
the face gave way to a pleasant smile.
Certainly ; l will wait for you here. -
81 wish, also, to send messenger for a
friend will you permit him to pass ?''oz
Certainly nBoiiGaCad adT ~
+ This was my first interview with Eu-
Egenia Cornille had seen her for months,
\ the leader of our most fashionable socie-
4 ty. In her splendid mansion she dispens-
cd the most profuse and elegant hospi-
tally. anaV s. 10 ~ saa S. II NM a
A Spanish lady-a widow she had rep
resented herself-and had been resident
here almost year. No one ever suspect
ed her of being aught but what she seem
ed, until one day was ordered to arrest
her as a murderess. .A4 4.
/ It was now alleged, said Mr.. F., that
| this young beauty was no other than the
woman who had poisoned her husband in
Havana, and fled with all his wealth. An
immense reward was offered for her appre-
hension, and circumstances that came to
cur knowledge pointed her out beyond all
doubt as the person we were in search Of.
Yet the person who recognized her the
evening before at the theatre advised US
to be careful lest she should escape US. l
laughed at theiidea. Mr.. /. and myself
were1surely sufficient to- arrest lady.
We were old enough in the ways of cum
ming to defeat any such attempt When
the lady left me stepped to the window,
and said to Mr. l., who was waiting at the
doors: 910sR9fT 1 Fl 1852
"The lady desires to send messenger
for a friend suffer him to pass" 5s9d
H. Almost at the same instant, the door Of
the apartment the lady had entered
lopened, and a youth-apparently a, mu-
latto boy; came out and passed ,hurriedly
through the room into the hall, and from
thence into the street. 1t was no doubt
the messenger, L thought, and I picked
up asbook and commenced reading.
| Nearly an hour passed, and still the lady
did not make her appearance, nor did the,
hoy return The friend she had sent for
| must live at some distance I thought, OF
1.-THE lady is unusually careful about her
| toilet; and so another hour went by
At last grew impatient, and knocked at
/ the door.Y III s9iT5sfg - -@'
MADAME, can wait no longer.'
There was no reply. / knocked repeat
tedly, and at last determined to force an
entrance. Strange fears harassed me,
began to suspect, 1 know not what. It
took but minute to drive in the door,
and, once in the apartment the mystery
was revealed. The robes of the lady lay
upon the fioor, and scattered over the room
were suits of boys wearing apparel, SINH
lar to that worn by the mulatto boy. On
| the table was cosmetic shat would stain
| the skin to light delicate brown ~
r. was foiled for a surety J; the lady had
escaped in the disguise ofla messenger. i
should have detected the rase II felt hu,.
inflated, and determined to redress my
error. knew she. would not remain in
the city an instant longer than she could
| get away I hurried to her bankers, but
found she had drawn the amount due her
Ian hour before rot ts5tac9 or
1 lib Who presented the check3 = asked
of the clerk. aHofto9l3e ortem ri r ~
A mulatto boy. It was made payable
Ito bearer asti.mmoo gusHollaf odt 60. j.
] There was yet a chance, lei The French
steamer left within an hour; it was posi-
BILE she would seek that means of escape
t iumped IN a cab and arrived there ten
minutes before she left the wharf just
in time to,assist an aged, decrepid gentle
man into the cabin. , There were, few pas
sengers r. none of them answered the de-
scription of the person I sought. I stood
Ion the wharf watching the receding YES
sci until it. disappeared. "a I was in the act
ofturning away when hackman approach
ed me with the remark idlI s@'-o9 old I
"Mr f., did you see that old man on
board {? He had on long, white beard,
land hair that fell on his shoulders" 2
az "Yes, "ncit aziuanza ,a9nsm7s q no
eu"lW Well, there's, something curious about
him." .,, -gzr
| "Why?" ''D = - ~
.thWhy, sir, when he-got into my carriage
he was mulatto boy, and when he got out
4 henWas an old man. -jgiltsid d5A oS.'
1 Will not repeat the expression I used
| then-it was neither refined nor polite
for I knew the vessel would be far out to
Sea before she could be overtaken. was
4 foiled by a woman. Nor could help re-
tjoicing, now that the chase was over, that
she had escaped. A2IhR aHoiJJl9