Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-10
Thieves at 4 wedding.

At q wedding at GAINESVILLE, among
the presents was package of gold, 500
in amount. During the evening the
gold was stolen, and when it became
known, the guests insisted on finding
the thief. The host would have been
glad to let the matter drop, rather than
have scene, but the guests felt that
unless the thief was discovered many
would be suspected, so finally the gen.
tlemen were invited to occupy one
room, and the ladies another, and all
were searched, but the missing gold was
not found. 1t took about three hours
to search all the guests, and to say that
it was three hours of agony would be
drawing it mild. The guests were re-
spectacle citizens, and to see them hold
ing onto their pockets to keep from be-
ing robbed, or to keep the robber from
slyly slipping the stolen gold into an
innocent mans pockets, was scene for
painter or papef-hanger. Secrets of
the toilet were discovered that would
never have been known but for TIE
robbery. Men dressed in the height of
fashion externally, were found with no
stockings on, some with underclothes
that seemed to have been worn since
the country was settled, and many, very
many, were found with cloves and car
damon seeds In their pockets. 1t is
easier to search man than woman.
You can take mans coat off and feel
of it, and tell whether he has $50 in
gold In the coat in few seconds. A
mans pants can be taken off and
cd o1o, -.
there it will clink SO you can hear it.
But with woman you can't, and it
was hours after the men had been
searched before the women were looked
over. There are so many places about
woman's apparel where gold can be
concealed, that the task was long and
tedious. OF course women searched
women, and lCise tCersG. If man was
told that woman had $50 in gold con-
cealed In her clothing, he would think
he could go right to work and find it.
That is, a man would who had never
tried to get into the pocket of wom-
ans dress hanging up in closet, but
if he had ever attempted such a
thing, and followed blind trails all
around the garment and came out
where he went in, he would not be so
sanguine. But woman knows how to
search another woman, and when the
search was completed and the guests
departed, and the gold was not found,
it is safe to say that all present were
innocent. Several times during the
search of the ladies, the searchers
shouted eureka" believing they had
hn Int
each occasion what was thought to be
gold was found to be only bottle of
smelling salts, or sachet of perfume,
or locket, or ball of candle wicking,
or some innocent adjunct to the toilet.
One lady seemed nervous while they
were searching her upper works, as the
sailors say of sailing yacht, and as
the corset and other instruments of tor
ture were invaded with no evidence that
she would pan out cent, she became
more nervous, and when they came to
her shoes, she weakened and sat down.
A bunch on one Of her shoes seemed to
tell the tale, and the searchers looked
at one another and wunk. The shoe
was taken off, and it was found that
what was supposed to be the gold-bear-
ing quartz was only a bunion. The
gold was not found, and the beautiful
little city is amazed at tho audacity of
the theft, and suspicious that possibly
the honestest looking neighbor may be
bold, INSCRIPTIONS thief. No posi-
ton that crowd of wedding guests
could be placed in would be more an
moving than to be suspected of betray-
ing the trust of the host, and the most
CALLING thing about the whole affair is
that one of the illustrated police papers
is preparing to publish full-page illus
tration of the scene, with diagrams of
the house, and the names of the guests,
the picture to represent the scene while
9he guests were in the act of being
searched. This is not as hard for the
men as it is for the women. No woman
would like to look at a picture of her
self with her wedding garments taken
from her and piled on the floor. 1t is
perfectly horrible to think Of. If il
should prove that some funny guest
had taken the money and secreted it,
just for a joke, as some think is the
case, the people will lynch the humor-
list on sight, and very likely they would
serve him right. Sam.