The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-06-01

saturday Call.
Twenty years ago, I Vas quite q
young member Of the profession to
which belongs profession that is
more characterized BY romantic
incidents and startling events thar
any other. aud il was more On &C.
count Of this tacs than anything else
that I joined it. My father, though
not very wealthy. was . physician in
Comfortable circumstances. and, like
most fathers, desired me to fnllow his
profession. !. however, ha6 . passion
for . lite Of adventure. and the
charms Of such q life were only
heightened By the possibility Of
danger % at twenty / became .
member Of the secret police.
About the time l have mentioned
above. al New York Was in . fever
OF excitement over . shocking and
mysterious murder recently COM
mitsed. Henry Delevan. = young
man Of high connections and ire
proachable character. the son and
partner Of . wealthy merchant, was
found dead on the pavement OF one
Of the principal streets. An exam
ination showed but one wound, .
deep. fatal stab. penetrating the
heart. Near him was found . large
pocket-knife with two blades, q cork
screw and screv-driver. % the
little piece Of white metal in the
center Of the handle, the initials
~. b." were scraped with pin or
nee'ile. But what seemed unsccouDt-
able 1t the time. clasped tightly in
the deoeassds right hand was found q
small gold earring. with . c.stly opal
dependent therefrom. TLers VA,
one peculiarly about the earring
engraved ON the gnld vas a small
anchor surrounded BY delicate orns-
mental carving. Neither the knife
or piece Of jswelry could be identi-
6ed, aud every effort Of the police
force to obtain some clew to this
daring murder vas utterly fruitless,
and BY degrees the search began to
he abandoned. Iobtained possession
:" the knife aud earring. end always
carried them On my person-perhaps
With the faint hope that might be
able to identity them accidentally.
About six months after The murder
of young DelevaD, when the affair
Was entirely forgotten by all except
those interested in the deceased. /
was called to Chicago on professional
business. ] was leisurely strolling
down one Of the most retired streets
of the city, when. rs passed small
jewelry store. | saw in the show
window . piece of jewelry that imme-
diately struck me o being familiar
! paused for . closer examination.
and Was astonished to recognize the
mate to the earring that had been
found cleuched in the hand Of Young
Delevan. The fact that this ear
ring wss the exact counterpart Of the
one | even then bad in my possession
would not have been remarkable had
there been . pair Of them exhibited
for sale in the shop window (; but
there was only one and my snspicions
were Immediately aroused.
l entered the shop. and after eau
tious maneuvering Vas only able to
! ascertain from the JeS that the
jewel had heen brought to him to sell
By IN old man. who said that his
mistress he'd lost the mate to it and
wished to dispose Of this. I purchased
the earring, and throwing down .
gold piece in addition to the price de-
mauded, ! told the Jew that IL he
would end out for me the name Of
the owner and Of the person who
brought it to him, / would reward
him literally.
The old mans eyes glistened as he
replied:
Call here to-morrow afternoon at
3 o'clock. cir. and ! will have you the
info rmation."
The next evening at 3 O'Clock I
called at the jewelers. in - street.
He told me that On the previous
evening he had sent for the old man
at IN address be had previously
given him. After he had paid him
the money which be had obtained for
the jewel. be detained him in con:
versstion over . glass Of brandy until
it was quite late, and whe, the old
man let's be shut up bis shop and
followed him ut . distance into the
fashionable portion Of the city. until
the old msu entered . Handsome,
aris.ocratic residerce on NJ street.
The jeweler waited . few moments,
and then boldly rang the door bell.
A servant girl answered the summons.
pardon me" said the jeweler
Il fear ! have made . mistake. Will
you b ~ kind q to inform me who
lives here?"
This 70 the residence Of the late
NJ. D'Alembert. His daughter, Mile.
Marie, lives here now"
II perceive my mistake but I
was satisfied that I recognized an
acquaintance in the oil man who just
entered here. May I inquire bis
name :!
His name is james Baker; he Is
nv mistress coachman."
ut u not the same. Pardon my
intrusion. Good day" And the
jeweler, having obtained the required
information. returned to his shop. to
communicate the same to me.
I gave him another piece Of gold
and returned to my hotel. Once in
my room I carfully considered oil the
Of the case. and became
convinced that had found . clue to
the mysterious murder Of Henry
Delevao. Il wss but reasonable to
suppose that the young lady whom ]
strongly suspected Of being the
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