The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-06-23
A WOMAN'S CRIME.
How a Detective Recovered the
Stolen Jewels.
Set to Work Noted Mystery Case He
Falls i'm Love with his Victim
How the Course of True Love
Was Interrupted.

81 got into the detective business,
said an operator in that line. with
out knowing what was doing.
"How did that come abo ut?"
why, you see happened 10 be out
of iob-I was book-keeper-and
was watching the Tribune advertise
ments, when l saw notice OF office
help wanted. - answered the adver-
tisement and before knew what was
mp found myself sitting in the cool
ing-room of the agency waiting for
orders.
THAT was an awful long day, you
bet Nobody said any thing to me and
no orders camel just sat there Won
dering what was coming and what
the work was TO be, until finally
man came in and asked me if l thought
j could shadow party and put him
to bed
Il didn't know what he meant but
soon found out. .Shadowing' is fol-
lowing person everywhere and max
ING exact observations of every thing
done. When the party is traced to
his lodgings and there'is no indication
of his going out again that night we
have put him to bed.
Twas taken down to a drug store.
where a clerical-looking nan was
q lietly pointed out to ME. You can
make up your mind l felt queerly
Somehow the ins tinct of cat watch
ing a mouse came over me all at once.
The man moved about carelessly and
lin less than five minutes he had lift
ed half a dozen small articles. My
orders were to let him work but to
keep tab on all he did. The only
pointer / had was that he was minis
ter afflicted with kleptomania-
Il put him to bed all right in a
fashionable South Side boarding
house and Idodged around until near
lv morning for fear of his coming out.
The next day l handed in my report
10 The chief, who ordered me to appear
personally. He proved TO be the man
who had put me on the trail Before
he had finished reading my report in
walked my clerical chap, grinning like
cheshire cat II
You'll spoil your complexion
said he. if you stay up every night
till $3.50, my son.
by gum, it was $3.50. when L went
off watch the night before. He had
simply been testing me. l was too
mad and surprised to turn the laugh
on him.
"If you want any tooth-powder or
SOAP says he. i carry neat line O.
them goods And he actually laid
down the articles 1 saw him pinch the
dav before. He said a few words to
. the chief and went out.
Then the chief put me onto the
work in hand. Ten years or SO be-
fore this there was big diamond rob-
berry in an Ohio city. Just make
the name Judd and call him
General. His wife and two
daughters had family jewels
wort over ten thousand dollars, which
they kept at their bankers except
when special occasion demanded.
The ght of the robbery Mrs.
j add fetched Inc Jewels nome in her
own carriage and distributed them
among herself and the young ladies
as they were to wear them. There
were no strangers in the house Mrs.
Judd had a young woman, Eveline
Mason, whom she had taken as CON-
p,nion to her daughters some time
Iefore, but who had grown up almost
Ike another daughter TO her. The
General regarded Eveline Mason with
sincere aft .ction.
The ladies were so accustomed tc
wearing the jewels that they dldn'
think of the possibility of loss. When
thew went down TO dinner they lef'
the sparklers on their dressing tables
in the three different rooms WheA
they returned to their rooms not
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