The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-27

taken ont by the front door, which was
found open Ia tho morning.
OF course those daring lobberies caused
= coiamci.oa az police hoadquartcrs 70
noted CracksIen were IL the city. and vet
the detectives wcro convinced that the
b1rglaries were tho work Of old hands.
Several expert criminal hunters were ,,nt
TO work on the case, but they worked dill
gently for weeks without striking tho
fainte q clcw.
The cwspapers and public became i'm
patient yer tho delay in capturing tho
daring burglars, and the central detail
came In for q liberal dose Of censurC.
To make matters more complicated, it
was openly charged that there hal Lcen
40 burglary at the MendelsoLn stbi.c, but
that the proprietor, who wss known a. he
financially embarrassed, had robbed him
self TO gain the sympathy Of the public
and make easy terms with his creditors.
Nh. Mendelsohn was greatly annoyed
by thas accusation. lie acknowledged
that his financial affairs were III 'les-
perate condition, but he pointed 10 his
past record ss incompatible with the in
famous act of which he was charged.
His friends admitted everything in re
gard to previous probity, but shrugged
their shoulders significantly when they
were asked 10 accept it az al assurance
Of present integrity.
The facts arc against you, they lie
marked. Burglars do not generally pos
scss the technical knowledge to enable
4 Ion 4, t.t.ls nf Al, tnngf laffk q fl4
excitement OF a midnight raid. II your
store was despoilcd by robbera, where. al c
the robbcrsf'
And Mr. Mendelsohns inability to pro
duco those living proofs Of his innocence
was regarded as additional evidence of his
guilt
Then came an attempt 20 find MeudCl-
sohn's accomplices, far It was evident
that he could not have carried out this
gigantic scheme Of deception alone and
unaided.
4 hint was received al police hoadquar.
tors that a clerk named lIadley was impii-
Gated. Tho note conveying tic hint was
written in a delicate female hand. 1t
read
To the Chief Of Police.
lfiAt W hitt 'sAiii' WIN ~ MN
delsohns store about tlosc stolen laces Fer.
hapa some Of hia lody friends arc sporting q por-
tion Of the rood At any rate, you can take the
hint fof what II IS worth.
Osr wro SusprcTa.
The detectives did take tho Lint For
week or two Iladlcy was constantly
Swallowed, end his lady acquaintance
were subjected TO n rigorous espionage.
which had they been aware Of il, would
have thrown them into Mysteries.
Iiadleys lancec, the beautiful daughter
Of q wealthy lumberman, wore some hand
some laces at churches one Sunday. The
following day her father received a visit
from stranger who poured poison into
his ear concerning his prospective son IN
law The stranger was promptly kicked
out Of the Office, but when the lumber
mans daughter admitted that evening
that the laccs werc the gift Of liadley
somo months previous The old men waved
angry and told her to throw them in the
fire.
There's something wrong about the
fellow lac cried, clerks cannot afford TO
buy such expensive Gcweaws. Perhaps
ho helped Mendelsohii 90 rob himself.
hiltA llbllNF NdS U-nl'tN nih'o'ii Ni'h
grief when the very next morning dis
trict messenger brought him q parcel con
tanning the laccs and other presents ho
had made tohis sweetheart together with
a note tl0ttcd with tears, stating IN SIM
plo but oXcruciating terms that her heart
was broken, and that they mist part for
ever more
1t was several months before Hadlcy
could clear himself in tho eyes Of the
young lady and her father, and during
that time no had wasted away to q mere
shadow and suffered the torrents Of lost
soul in purgatory
There was ono member Of the city &c
tectivc force who took 10 stock iu tha
story that Mr. Mcndelsohn was his own
burglar. This was Denis Simmons one
OF tho oldest and shrcwdcst of Chicago 81
able officers, who for the last seven years
had beol detailed on bank work.
Mn Mondelsohn. said Denis 10 the
grcf stricken merchant don't worry
Yourself 10 death am convinced that
the robbery was the work Of professional
thieves. end I'm a Dutchman If ] Con
pinch them before II many weeks older '