The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-05

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ably dressed man 0fWiddtu age, con-
fessing sahamelul story Of crime, and
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" Ut admit it,all ,tths aeslsd. IL stole
tho property, bull 0aunotI restore it.
Lwas driven "a the deeds On order To
maintain. my posiliop In society. I My
msans had,lArgely leftme, and l. could
not nssht temptation s'ioil1n
"a This statenieat fell like. a thunder!
bolt, upon the amsrehant,r who had
known the speaker long and favor
1sbly. To the detective however, Il
wasl not % all unexpected, as he had
| already satisfie<i blmself - to the guilt
Of thu msnvs. The stealingiwhich waa
here Ooufeeseffs one i'of tAbSe crimes
insthe circles Of society which ere genr
orally kept hidden from the public. I,
the family OF q prOminent lawyeYpM Nv
}u>s An NJ go a IL
Etertainment, to which only persons Of
high standing In society were invited
The following morning itwas discov-
cred that rings, watches aAd yjekelry'
worth several hundred bd0llars were
missing. o. The most careful search and
close examination of servants forced
the concluAion upon he~fAmily that
the robbery had been committed
some one Of the guests, although this
seemed incredible, 90 every man upon
the list OF those present seemed to for
bid tho Thought Of suspicion. The af.
fair was patinto the hands Of priveto
detectives, who were unable, however,
10 obtain the slightest clew to the thief
|fOr to the property. ~ i-sotsI Issg o.
"A few days later q wealthy merchant
entertalnedia large number Of frieuds. :;
and the following day D wedding ring
and other jewelry, In value about
81 900, but priced far more on-account
OF family associations, were missing.
Every nook and corner OF the house
was searched, and detectives watched
the servants, but mystery continued
to surround the matter. Meanwhile
another merchant held q reception In
his brown stone house on a fashiona-
bic uptown street, and also suffered O.
loss during the evening Of jeNelry,T
watches and ether properly, valued at
from $500 to $500. The articles In THIS
case were In q room where the gentle
men assembled, and thelthefte lay jbeo
tween some one of them and an old
servant, whom the rinasterof the house
Immediately exculpatedsg declaring
that he did not suspect him in the
least. The investigation Of this theft
also was given TO detectives, who Wis
tied the pawnbroker's shops Of this
and other cities, but none Of the prop
erty was discovered. An entertain-
known citizen resulted In the dfsap-
pearance of more jeweiry, andsa n1ys-
terry deeper than any or those already
In the hands Of detectives. yh..-i,
lone Of the detectives at work upon
these cases. becoming convinced that
the thief In each case was one and thed
same person, anc moreover, that this |
persofl was member OF the company
az each party, begar, q systematic course
or action, which was finallyl crowned
with success" The names OF the ladies |
and gentlemen attending all four OF
the parties were Obtained ana were
entered IN his notebook. The list
presented q formidable array of Judges,
lawyers, editors, physicians. brokers,
and other professional and business
men and their wives and daliGfters.
Upon Investigating the reputatinn OF
these persons the detective was at a
loss to know whom to suspect, ell of
them. having the fullest confidence OF
their ffiendS And the public. Atlength
his Attention was attracted to q gentle- |
man whose expensives ocial habits and
recent reverses in business made the |
detective think that he was on the |
right track. This man is adown-town
broker, now amember Of well-known |
Arm: - His name and family are well |
known in this city, and he has long
enjoyed position In the very best So
ciety. For years he has been q prom
inent clnb and society man, always
dressihgi in the. height OF. fashion, and
rendering himself very agreeable to,
his numerous acquaintance. y, He Ia |
an. unmarried man, and having a |
handsome personal appearance and at
tractive manners, he ID popular with !
ladies'. He is q member of one of |
the leading regiments OF New York,
and has sporting tastes. ~ 20
- 1t was discovered that the ,brokcr
was IN the rooms In the. houses, in,I
which. the thefts were made, and In
the case Of the 5000 robbery he and |
one Of the judges OF the supreme court |
were the only persons who were, seen |
In the apartment containing the prop
erty. With this and other clews, the |
detective and the families by whom he
was employed became convinced that !
the broker twas the thief, and an, a.
nonymOusl letter was sent to him cllarg- |
ing him with the stealing, and inform
ing him that unless restitution Of the |
property was made the |
circumstances would be given TO the |
public, and he would he, handed over |
10 the police. This letter had the de- |
sired effect, as the broker ct once sp-
polnteda meeting with the detective.
aud, in the presence Of one of the. mer-
chants whose residence helhad robbed
while enjoying his hospitality. lnadea |
clean breast offhe entire matter The
broker In telling his story said that he |
had not been doing 30 well financially |
"a In former yesrsy and 10 was necessary |
for him to get sums of money from
some source In order to meet BIS obli- |
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