The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-11-23


following message to certain members
of the Chicago police. s.l
Button High School is robbed
Come direct. Two prisoners fo
you.' tsi!5 s o.y4 is
On arrival of the six o'clock. trair
next morning, there was a pull at thu
doorbell, followed by call for Pro
fessor Bntton and Miss Smith. By
request I went down. A gentImar
stood before me whose face seemed
familiar; but whom, nevertheless,
did not Immediately recognize. 81,
had close cut black hair, black whisk-
ers and keen no, not keen exactly
but incisiye gray eyes; eyes which
expressed profound capacity for in
telligent observation. The gentleman
figure was peculiarly Wiry and elastic
He had wide retreating forhead.-
He was, in short, Doctor John S
Smith of Illinois Centre, but withou
wig, spectacles, embonpolnt or cane
The doctor offered me his hand
Good morning, good morning. ]
want Miss Smith, Mary Ann This
in a bustling, business like way. sio
Sir, Miss Smith is our prisoner
awaiting the police I replied, bowing
stiffIy.
The deuce she is /! Why ma'am,
am the police myself '> 7@f1s
l observed a discreet silence.
Some mistake, Miss Bittersweet. ]
assure you. Look here II want Pre-
fessor Button and Miss Smi h. You
have 4wo prisoners, eh? Who is the
other one? f-s'a.
Il don't know said L. HE is one
of the burglars, and wont speak
Professor Button came in at this
juncture, and between us both we
managed to give the doctor, that is to
say detective Hausleigh, a tolerably
accurate account of the nights adven-
ture.
Marianne, meanwhile, was stamp
ing about on the earth zen floor, and
occasionally growing, Let me up
Let me up 7 -.
Detective Hausleigh ordered down
a posse of men and brought out the
prisoners.
Marianne appeared dressed in a
mans suit of substantial sleeps gray
The second pisoner was our poor
little, simple Dim Dark Distance
Imagine my unbounded astonishment,
my chagrin, my helpless. mystifca,
tion, Dim Dark, when drawn out OF
the paint-room was handcufed and
gagged.
Better look to those bracelets
remarked Marianne, cody, they're
to big to be SAFE
Detective Hausleigh exchanged the
girls handouts for smaller pair pro
cured from one of his assistants. =
Secure her feet said Marianne,
she's spiteful' Done. fa -
Remove the gag, and send for 8
physician. The girl is rather badly
hurt, 1 believe. Somebody find room
for her with bed in it, and let it be
absolutely secure Done again.
See here, you, Hausleigh; / want
that girl searched the first thing
Have the job done up right. Set 8
Couple of picked men to watch her
Look sharp, now!' 5fe
1t dawned upon me at last. There
was no mistake in the case, Dim
Dark was the real accomplice of the
burglars. She had planned the tab
leaux of the preceding evening, for
the express purpose of collecting our
jewelry and having it at hand. Dim
Dark was the person whom L had
mistaken for Marianne and first push
ed in the cellar. M l.-...s.- =.
The forcing of the outer door was a
mere feint, on the part of the robbers,
to divert suspicion from the real Grim
inal She had evidently laid her
plans to remain at school till the heat
of pursuit should be over, and had
stolen set of pearls from herself in
furtherance Of this project,
) And Marriannie-why, Mariannie
was a man, "a great, awful man." |
hereby give him public credit for hav-
ing been a remarkably discreet one.
He bad been regularly trained by
the way, to womanly occupations Of
certain sort, having served an ap-
premiership of several months in a
millinery establishment belonging to
his sister. -,
Dim Dark had, it seemed, deliver
ed up her booty. and was stealthily
slipping back to her room when l
entrapped her.
Dick Masters was Mariannie's mas
culine name. He had been watching
the game, He had given oldns to
his men in the morning, during his
brief masquerade as an old woman,
and was on his way at the proper mo-
ment to signal them, when 1 arrested
him.
Dick had worked up this case most
beautifully. Before coming to us he
had only slight clue to the intended
robbery, which, by the way, had been
fer months. He did not
know the actors in the drama, but
understood that some woman was
mixed m with the business who was