The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-07-25
A WOMAN'S CRIME.

Il got into the detective business" said
an operator in that line, without know
ing what l was ioing"
How did that come about -
"Why, YOU see happened TO be out OF
a job was a boOk-keeper-and was
watching the HERAL0 advertisements.
when ! saw a notice Of office help want
ed ! answered the advertisement. and
before knew what was up found my
self sitting in the cooling room Of the
agency waiting for orders
That was an awful long day, you bet.
Nobody said anything TO NE and no or
ders came-I just sat there wondering
what was coming and what the work was
to be, until finally man came in and
asked me If thought / could shadow a
party and put b'm to bed
4 didn't know what he meant but l
soon found out. 'Shadowing' is following
a person everywhere and making exact
observations Of everything done When
the parry Is traced 10 his lodgings and
there is no Indication Of his going ont
again that night, We have put him 10
bed
Il was taken down to 4 drug sore,
where 2 Gle ,cal-Iooaing man was quietly
Poja;ed out TO me- You can make up
yocr mind l felt queerly. Somehow the
instinct o. a eat watching a mouse came
over me all at once The mao moved
about carelesslv and in less than FIVE
minutes he had lifed' a dozen srall ar
ticles. Ny orders we'e to lei hun wo. K
but 10 keep tab on al. he Gid. The only
pointer had was that ne was a minister
afflicted with kleplomania
u put him TO bed all right in a fash
ionable South Side boacdin:-house ana
lodged around until nearly mocning for
fear OF his coming out. The next day
banded in ms reoort 20 The chic. who
ordered me to appear personally. He
proved 10 be the man who pnt me IN the
trail. before be finished reading my re-
port, ia walked my clerical chap, gin
ming Ike cheshire cat.
~You'il spoil your complexion said
he. If you stay up every night III $50,
my son."
By gun, it was eco when I went of
watch the night before. lie had simply
been testing me- was loo mad and sdT-
p,ised TO tara the laugh on him
IF you want any tooth-powder or
sap, says be, i carry a neat line Of
them goods" And he actually laid down
the articles l saw him pinch The day be
loie lie said Few words to the chief
and went out
Then the chief put me on to the work
in band. Ten Yeas or so before this
the was big diamond robbery in an
Ohio cit.s. Just make the name Judd
and call him General. His wife and two
dsughtefs had fImilv jewels worth over
ten thousand dollacs which they kept at
their bankers except when special Oce3-
SION demanded.
The nigh; Of tue robbery Ms. Judd
fetched the Jewels home in her own car
rage and distributed them emong her
self and the young ladies as they were TO
wear them. There were no s,fangeIs in
the house Ms Judd had 4 young wo-
man. Eveline Mason, whom she had tax
en- as 9 companion 10 her daughters some
time before, bat who had grown up al
most hko another daughter 70 her The
General regarded Egeline Mason with
sincere affection.
The ladies were 50 accustomed TO
weaGng the jewels that they did at think
of the possibility Of loss. Wien they
went down 10 dinner they Lett the spark :
lers on their dressiag tables in the three
different rooms When they returned to
their rooms not single jewel was TO be
seen. MIS- Judd discovered her loss FIST
and supposed that her daughters had
taken the jewels TO their rooms to make
selections TO suit their costumes. bat
when she made inquiry she learned that
the whole lot WAS missing.
at was winter evening, with light
snow Not Il Footprint was visible near
the doors or windows outside the house
and no evidence Of forcible entrance was
disoernible anywhere. The case was
treated Ia the only way il could be- The
servants were suspected. but not a scrap
Of proof could be found against any Of
them. General Judd at last called the
force off and declared he'd never lift q
finger to detect the criminal
The General died few years later.
1t was reported that be left dying re-
quest that nothing should ever be done
regarding this mystery. But his execu-
tor, after Mrs. Judd's death, took more