Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-12-14

she was police detective. Nursing
was but pretext; IL was an excellent
excuse for gaining admittance into sus-
pected households, and doubtless the po-
lice had their eye on this republican.
The female detective in question was not,
as a rule, employed on political missions.
Her chief duty was to discover criminals,
and those of the lowest and most dam
gerous type. For this purpose her APP
pearance was more an advantage than
otherwise. Placing herself in relation
with the parish doctor, she volunteered
to Nurse those families whose honesty
was suspected by the authorities. As q
nurse she disarmed all suspicion, and
did not fail to take careful note of all she
heard. AS monthly nurse she well
coined into the world the children of
notorious criminals who were ultimately
destined to become her prey, while as
sick-nurse she extracted from her half
unconscious and debiitated fever pa
tients the confession of some dark deed,
and hints as to the whereabouts of con-
federates in crime. Such was the gener-
al plan of action observed by this extraor-
dinary woman; but this was rather a
slow process, and at times it was necessa-
ry to fall at once on the wrong-doer. On
one occasion, for instance, the police re-
ceived information that there was gang
of false-money makers in certain street,
but Notwithstanding every effort they
were unable to ascertain in which house
the coiners worked. The services of
the female detective were thereupon
requisitioned, and she was dispatched
to the street in question to see what
could be done. After walking up and
down a little while she noticed a child
come out of one of the houses, whose
face indicated a kind disposition. Seiz-
ing hastily this opportunity the detect
i've feigned illness, and begged to be
taken indoors for moment. Forgetful
of her parents warning, the child, in
her excitement, seeing nothing bat a
woman, apparently in great agony, at
once, and without giving alsfm, admit
ted the detective into the house. The
sudden entrance thus obtained enabled
the detective to hear the metallic sounds
proceeding from the coiners' workshop
before the latter were aware that any
stranger was in the house. They were
not long in discovering their danger.
Before the detective had time to leave
the premises the chief of the gang rushed
up from the cellar, where he was at work,
and, in his fury, hurled a ladleful OF
molten lead at her head. Fortunately
the poke bonnet that she wore saved heI
life; the burns she received were not
fatal, though they destroyed her haiI
and its roots The police arrived in time,
on hearing the alarm, to arrest eighteen
coiners. The chief, who was first aware
of the surprise, was able to escape, but
he was subsequently captured in France
and there sentenced to eighteen years
servitude in the galleys. 1t might have
been imagined that if anything coult
make woman abandon her particular
calling it would be the loss of her hair
but with the detective it only increased
her love of what she called sport. Sh,
considered that it would now be NOR
easy for her to dress as boy, and il
this, her favOrite guise, she penetrated
many thieves den. On one occasion
however, she was discovered A Drawn,
thief asked her to speak-that is to say
to give the passwords and to use certain
slang expressions known only to tn
particular gang whom she was spying
This she was unable to do. The THE
then inquired whether anyone had seel
her enter the house, and, on her answer
ing in the negative, coolly informed he
that she would never be seen to go ou
again. This was the signal for execu
ton, and, after brandishing an iron bar
he struck terrible blow at the detect
ives head. She had just time, however
: to dash her hand through window
pane and spring rattle, and the polio
stationed outside rushed to the rescue
They found the detective lying insensi
| BILE on the floor, with her skull fractured
! and it has been her boast that this ad
venture cost her fourteen small pieces @
bone extracted from the wound. Still
undaunted, and so long as health lasted
the detective continued on the scent
encountering adventures on every step
always in danger, often indulging il
hand-tO-hand fights, and selecting in
discriminatory for her foes both men an
women, proving on either her skill il
the "art of self-defense." She con
stantly received subsidies from Scotlan
Yard, and was armed with the magi
whistle, rattle, and number, given he
by the authorities, and which insure
the assistance of every policeman, stran
ger or not, whose services she nigh
/ find it necessary to call for. Sickness
, at last subdued this turbulent spirit, an
the thieves on the Surrey side need N
longer fear the visits of the female de
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