Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-03
UeiectiYes' Tales.

complish during the previous day
when one Of them said.
seems t. me the town is awful quie
any way"
i There isn't "a thief Of any note il
town" said another. Judge CadS
hasn't had a grand larceny case to try
FOR I'm age"
"1'has's why the lawyers are all gone
making campaign speeches" put in Il
Third. There isn't any use for then
eloqncnce upstairs. "
"Wish could put more eloquence
in this report" sighed the detective
Ewho first opened the conversation.
"AlE right responded detective No 2;
commence to take notes and I'll fur
nish the gaudy facts.
There wns an eastern thief who came
to ST. Louis and stopped Mt the Laclcdc
Hotel"
They all stopped writing ut once and
listened. Presently No 9 said: "Oh,
go ahead; reel il off lively now
No. y resumed "rhs thief was
very slick and not particularly well
known i'll 81. Louis. He had brought
his swag with him, and having estab-
lished himself ut the hotel in grand
style, he started out to hunt up high
toned fence to dispose Of the swag.
| This fence didn't deal in dead clock
work or rags or old brass, but did Il
quiet and select business in silks and
high-priced goods. The particular
plumber in this case was about - 600
worth Of silk, and the fence told the
thief that if the goods were Ms repre-
scented he would give him $500 for the
lot-.a proposition which was accept
able to the thief So they made an ap-
pointmcnt to meet ut the Laclcdc
where the goods could lie cXamin d
| and the money passed over.
Just here the light fantastic step and
mellow voice Of the vice president Of
the board was heard in the corridor
There was Il sudden resumption of pen
scratching, and then, when the echoes
died away, detective No. = continued:
'"Whcn the fence got to the thief's
room in the hotel he found two other
persons in the room besides his friend
from New York. Both the strangers
wore diamonds, and one of them said
with shade Of Christian sadness III lis
voice:
I'm sorry to bc compelled to ask
You such II question, but Pm dctcc.
tive and this is my partner, and I'd like
to know what brings YOU here"
III came Ia see my friend Mr.. -.
giving the name the thief registered
under
Exactly You know he's u thief
nt, AL Il,nI IA, sEa,,a.f
goods
The fence didn't quite own up to
all this, but not 10 make the story too
long, there was an amicable talk all
around, and Il satisfactory adjustment
of matters was soon effected The
fence took the silk and handed over
the $500. The thief got enough to
get out of town with and the balance
went
'lo the treasury Of the society for
Relieving Prisoners of their Valuable
Effects, said Detective No. |
"lf that was one of us and the vice
president, shadow should find il out
wouldn't lie Just make the parties
quake in their boots, said No J.
He'd make YOU feel like jun Duck
worth did out on the plains observed
No. /.
How that - asked another,
"Wcll the story is told that once ON ii
time Jim went ont to hunt ups case
on the plains, and after he had gather
cd up all the information he wanted he
dropped into
4 WILD AND FESTIVE CROWD
q ,1,V
fifty Of them, the biggest, ugli Il. rough
est looking customers You ever saw,
and Jim WAS congratuhting himself on
his eminent good luck in getting away
before his real mission was discovered
Presently hc was invited "a drink. and
when he was right in the very center of
the gang hr heard one fellow remark,
say, hoys, you,ll have To 10 mighty
careful tonight Durkworh is going
to lie along 4 cotton press Canldnt
have made ]im feed amy tattcr than
hc lid ~ that moment Ills legs shook
almost and hc was III the worst kind Of
n cold SWEET In his mind he saw the
limb If i tree and a rope and dang
| ling detective IN about Il tenth of il see
ond, and was debating what he would
do with his notes u the case when
another fellow said @pucIiworth can't
come along tonight, because the sheriff
says he amt sober enough 10 comb
them long whskers of his There was
\ general laugh, and then Jim saw il
MAS another Rooster named Duekworth
they We're talking about and not him,
self ~ III SGT up the drinks fpr the
crowd and departed
Fell yon what il il boys. liza going
10 quit the business, There's too many
women coming into IT, y hat show IL
gct II II thicf'> confidence have cot
against pretty faced,
rllMF ll.rrlE p1T On \ WOMAN
"a woman amt 50 smart rs il man
though and the great nurse detective
of London /, dead Shcusrd to watch
till thieves got hurt or fell sick aud then
mrscd them till thay got we'll vorming
all 81 their secrets out of them mean
while ehipped in No =, who is single
and somewhat susceptible to female
charms
Il wish to know Nho that woman Is
that advertised herself IL i female lie.