St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-06
A WOMAN'S REVENGE.
The Story Detective Told.

some of the stirring occurrences OF the
early days of San Francisco.
"The life of detective is not one o
excitement merely. 1t is sometime:
crossed with events as wild and startling
as ever gave coloring to romance. Nc
emotion, no passion or phase of character
is hid from Us. We learn to play upon
the feelings, the hates and affections o.
men and women as unerringly as the
pianist on his Instrument. While the
casuist would hesitate to take advantage
of this, the necessities we are under com.
pei Us to omit no opportunity which msy
lead US to success.
l. gay this because the incident am
about to relate reveals what woman
will do when excited by jealously and
thirsting for revenge.
We were on the track of man who
had robbed an Havana jeweler OF almost
lncalculabIe wealth. He had fed his
native island, and we were informed by
the Cuban authorities that in all proba~
bLlity he had made his way to this coast.
At that time this city was full of Cubans
and adventures from all parts of the
world. One couple, peculiar from all
the rest, excited the attention of the
then limited fashionable world, and be-
came the pets of society. Their lavish
expenditure and almost eastern magnif-
cence OF apparel and equipsge excited
the admiration and envy, it may be, Of
their fashionable acquaintances. They,
too, were Crhans. The man, inheriting
all the Iecu]jsrities of the Spaniard, was
in personal appearance, type of his
race.
But | can not describe to you the
woman that passed as his wife. She was
the most beautiful creature I ever saw
the idea Of the poet when he painted the
dark~eyed maiden khorassen was realized
in her person. She seemed to me like
some living, beautiful idol for men to
worship The tint of the olive was en-
her face and brow, and in the dark, lumi-
nous eyes 8 wealth of affection but they
told, too, of spirit resentful of injustice
and fierce in wrath as the glare of her
native sun.
"By the devious path we pursued
when on the trail of the criminal, we
traced 'our man to this city. We knew
he was here, and we searched for him
necessarily. But, as if to balk our ex-
ertions and put to shame our efforts, this
Is all we could learn. The Spaniard was
the only person who answered the de-
scription of the criminal But what
folly to suspect him the petted courtier
of society-the millionaire he would
only laugh our suspicious to soorn. But
still we hung around him. Bya strange
magical influence, it was impossible to
divorce ourselves from the belief that he
WAS the party we were in search of. This
constant attendance at the places he
frequented, this lowering around the
sphere in which be moved, made us at
last acquainted with the fact that his
wife was unhappy and ill-treated by her
husband.
"He had begun to neglect her, and
pay sssiduous court to fashionable
mymph du pare. One night we saw him
enter the theater with the fair American,
and, entering private box, was paying
her the most devoted attention. Shortly
afterward woman, whom we at once
perceived was his wife, but evidently
disguised, entered, and, passing around
the dress circle, took seat directly :
facing him. By strange coincidence
she was right by me. S1e looked at the
couple in the bsx long and earnestly; her
face, which we could see from our posi-
ton, gradually changed to an expression
of the most fearful and vindictive passion
| ever beheld. Accustomed as I was to
every phase of human emotion, appalled, :
me. At last she arose and left the theater, 6
followed by an attendant. Now was our
time. I got up as quietly, and was by
her side when she reached the street. I |
was determined on stroke of policy, |
which, if read her eountenance Alright,
would place the man in our power. III
was mistaken it could do no harm. Actu>
ated by the impulse, I placed myself in |
front of her and raised my hat.
Madame, pardon me'
"What do you want, sir, and who |
are your
"My name is -. This is my friend, |
Mr.. -. We are detectives, and in |
search of the robber of the Havana
jeweler. We believe you can point out to |
us the man.
al cant cant
"It was almost shrek, SO fierce and
bitter were the words.
"Come with me-come with men
"It is useless to detail what followed.
The next morning the fashionable world
was shocked by the intelligence of the
arrest of Don D. R; but it was
still more surprised to hear that he was
by his pretty wife. We recov-
cred nearly 800, 900 in jewelry and gold.
But to the poor woman the result was
terrible. She was but the victim of his
perfdy, but the moment she saw him