The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-09-27

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Baltimore fnrniahea Zen sHaigina1sj
trick, whichgwAs successa|
Ful, and it deserved success on eel
count of ingenuity and .boldnees.
A beautiful young woman, well
and lady like. went into
iewelry store to make, purchases.
She was at q loss what to select, |
and begged the jeweler to send 4
clerk with her TO the house With 3
quantity OF fno goods. Her re
quest was acceded TO, and tlie'wo-
man and clerk and jewelry drove 10
a large mansion in the outskirfs Of
the city The clerk wns not ac1
quainted with the locality, but the
house and gardens and grayeled
walks and door plate, with . doc
tors name on it, looked highly re
spectacle, and theAl Two went into
the house. They were met by an
elderly man, the doctor, and the
lady took him aside and had some
very earnest confidential ccnversa.
ton with him. 1ke olstksdpp0esA
it was IN reference TO completing
the purchase of the iswelry, which
was deposited on a center tablGih
the room. It happened that the
consultation was of o very different
character, as will presently appear.
The conversation ended, and the
doctor invited the clerk into an, ,ad-
joining room to look 1t some curl
osities for moment. The sur
roundings werc SO very respectable
that The clerk went unsuspecting 81
any trap. The lady remained ID
the reception room, but there was
nothing suspicious about that. The
jewelry was left therey TOO, but the
open andabove boardrespectability
youched for its safety Presently
the clerk became uneasy and ex
pressed q desire to return to the
other room. The doctor told him
to be in no haste, and the clerk got
in q hurry, and went to the door.
II was locked. He began to talk
about The jewelry he had left ii Che
next room. The doctor assured
him it was perfectly safe. The
clerk next found that hewas pris-
oner, and insinuated that the pnr.
pose was to rob him The doctor
appeared to be. prepared for the
raging that ensueds and at the tap
of . bell three or four, men appear
ed who seized the unfortunate clerk,
and had : stright jacketson him in
q twinkhng. Ho tried to explain
who he was, and his business at the
house, but the doctor only told him
| to be calm, and that the. ,jewelry
was all right. He charged the wo
man with being o. thief, and the
doctor as an aecomplice, hut The
doctor was not at all rufaed.d Ths
clerk was locked and barred in 1
room that was eyidently intended
for prison purposes The next dal
the prisoner put on the calmness o
( desperation, and got an interview
with the doctor. The latter fnall,
agreed to send to the jewclry stor'
/ to ascertain If there was any trutl
in the young mans story, TIL
proprietors were lamepting the alb
sconding of their clerk, and had al
ready offered o reward for his ar
rest. They went TO- the doctor
house and found their man safel,
/ locked in q private lrinatic .asylum
IT,. Now for the Conversation betweel
the beautiful lady and the doctor
which, win tunrayel the plot and ex
onerase the doctor from any sus
picion of completely The womsl
told him, confidentially, that th
young, man before him was he
brother, and insane. . His princi
pal mad fancy was that she had Il
ken from him lot sof jewelry
Sometimes, he was, very troublt
some- She was visiting BGftifnoF
with him for o few days. aad hi
madness had broken out afresh ths
morning. She did notaknow wins
todo with him, and begged the do.
tor to take care Of him, If only .fc
twenty four hours, until she coul
make arrangements to have him i
/ gally placed in some proper institl
{ tion.d The doctor finally consente
to the arrangement, and the resu
] was that both he and the clerk we1
! sadly yictimizedJ Neither the cor
i fidence woman nor the iewelry ha,
I been heard of since. 1t isl consie
i cred q very good trick for . womal
j Missouri Republican s,s.
IL Denaocratie Capisal. .sizssss
The standing charges against Il
J Republican party are-ACredit NJ
] bilier and Back Pay. They furnil
! the warp and woof of all the Dem
!! cratic speeches that are made, ~
q never failing text for the oppot
, ton press. But they studious
conceal from their hearers az
readers the important facts Til
| Democrats were quite as deeply II
picated in both these dish0ne
! schemes as Republicans that q
Republican party itself initiat.
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