Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1882-03-09
lie Looked Under the Bed.

lie Looked Under the Bed.
The Hartford Ereaing Time. reports
this item: Night before last Mr..
Northrop, Representative from Mid.
dlctown, lost at his room AT the Park
Hotel his pocket book containing s27.
When he went to bed he bolted bis
door, but the next morning be discoy.
cred that his pocket book and money
were missing. lie looked at the door
and fonnd it was unbolted. Then he
knew that he had been robbed by some
one who was concealed in his room
when he went TO bed. No stir was
made about the matter, and if il had
not been for what occurred the follow.
ing night in another room il would not
have been made public. But last
night the mystery was unravcIed in an
unexpected manner and TO the astonish.
ment Of another member Of the Lcgis-
laturc.
Mr. :. VI. Bradley, a representative
from the town of Canaan, stops at the
Park Central and when retiring at
the usual hour, having been advised
by Mr.. Northrop to examine every
possible hiding place in his room, be
did what he never did before began
a search to see if any one was conceal
Cd IN his room. He frst went TO the
closet, aud nothing but the bear walls
greeted him he then got down upon
hi- knees aud and looked under the bed.
He thought he saw something
move. and be slipped to the door and
boltcd it, calculating that if it should
prove to be a man hcsbould not escape
by making a sudden dash. Bradley
j. powerful man, and hc felt himself
able to cope with the thief He then
reached under the bed and taking
mold of the object concealed there un.
ccremoniou-ly sneakcd out-noi a man
but a well-dressed woman. Find.
ing woman under his bed was a find
wholly unexpected, and Mr.. Bradley
was thuuderstruck. Here was pre-.
dicamcrt Mr.. b., still retaining his
hold upon bis captive, marched her
across the room to the bell.pull, and
sounded an alarm. The woman, seeing
that she had been thwaried in her 1T.
tie game, coolly said 10 him: when
they come, tell them you want a glass
OF water
Mr.. Bradley replied Il am going
to tell them to hand you over to the
police"
In response to the call the proprie-
tor of the hotel and one Of the clerks
came up, and found the thief still in
the clutches of Mr.. Bradley, who was
clear headed enough not 10 let 20 of
her and thus give her any chance, by
whatever unexpected device on her
part to compromise him in the aspect
of the situation. As soon as they came
into the room, the quick. .witted woman
undertook to turn the tables against
her captor r'by saying: ave had lit.
tie Irritation at the table, and this gen.
tlemau gave me a note, asking me
to come to his room"
Mr.. Bradley answered an give you
800 ifyou can show the note"
"Ob, I've lost it" she cody answer.
ed.
Hand her over to the police" said
Mr.. Bradley, and this ended the matter
so far as the hotel was concerned.
Ii appears that the woman register.
ed at the Park Central day before
yesterday, under the name of MARY
Palmer" but at the court this morn.
ing che gave the named of MARY Allen"
She is represented as being about
twenty-five years of age, with an unat.
tractive face, and is quite small, not
weighing but about ninety pounds.
She refused to say where she came
from or to give any clue TO her past
history. 1t was found that the KEY Of
the room she occupied unlocked both,
of the doors of the two rooms she had
entered. A number of skeleton and
false keys were found in her possession,
showing that she is evidently a hotel
thief. The police also have infOrma.
tion of the fact that she was formerly
the mistress of a well.known thief.
Judging by the coolness with which
she acted il is evident that she is an
old hand at the business.
ToPSooDY made up his mind that
he was not going To he bossed any