The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1888-08-08
TouGn TASKS FOR DETECTIVES,

ing "lat 1 WAS DOING"
'IIow did that come aDout?"
"Why, you see, 1 happened to be out
Of a ioh-I was a bookkeeper-and was
watching tho Tribune advertisements,
when ! SAW a notice or office help
wanted l answered the advertise
mont, and before 1 realized what was
up l found myself sitting in the cooling
room Of the agency, waiting for Or
ders.
"Tllat was an awful long day, you
bet. Nobody said anything to me,
and no orders came; I Just sat there
wondering what was coming, and what
the work WAS to be, until finally a man
came in and asked me IL l thought l
could shadow Il party, and put him
to bed
Il didn't know what he meant. but
I soon found out. 'Shadowing' is fol-
loving a person everywhere, and max
ing exact observations Of everything
done. When the party is traced to
lodgings, and there is no Indication of
his gong out again that night, we have
put him to bed
81 was t'ken down to a drug store,
| where a clerical looking man wa Qui.
city pointed out to me. You can make
up your mind 1 felt queerly. Some.
how the instinct Of q cat Watching a
mouse came over me all at once. That
man moved about carelossly, and III
| Ooco {hn, Ero ro;, ~ ont, 10 Nod t1tFfo1S
half a dozen small articles. My orders
were to lot him work, but to keep tab
on all he did. Tho only pointer I had
was that he was a minister afflicted
with kleptomania.
81 put him to bed all right in a fash
ionable South Side boarding house,
and l lodged around until nearly
morning for fear Of his coming out.
The next day ]. handed in my report to
the chief, who ordered me to appear
personally. lie proved to be the man
who had put mo on the trail. Before
he had finished reading. my report, In
walked my clerical chap, grinning like
q cheshire cat.
"You'l spoil your complexion said
he, If you stay up every night till $50,
my son.
SPY gum, it was $3.50 when l went
of watch the night before. He had
simply been testing me. l was too
mad and surprised to turn the laugh
Oh him.
l f. VIZ UnIt yplnt ~ foof1 ,u,1o -, -.
soap says he, Il carry neat lines o.
them goods. And he actually laid down
the articles / saw him pinch the day
before. lie said a few words to the
chief and went out.
"Then the chief put me on to the
work in hadd. Ten years or so before
this there vas a big diamond robbery
in an Ohio city. just make the name
Judd and call him General. His wife
and two daughters had twelve Jewels
worth over SIC, 900, which they kept
ut their bankers, except when occasion
demanded.
The night Of the robbery Mrs. Judd
fetched the jewels homo in her own
carriage and distributed them among
herself and the young ladies, os they
were to YEA them. There was no
strangers in the house. Mrs. Judd had
u young woman, Evaline Mason, whom
she had taken as u companion to her
daughters some time before, but who
had grown up almost like another
daughter to her. Tho General regar-
dcd Eyaline Mason with sincere affec.
ton.
1.-The ladies wero so accustomed to
wearing tho jewels that they didn't
think of the possibility or loss. When
they went down to dinner they left the
sparklers on their dl esslng. tables in the
three different rooms. When they re-
turned to their not Il jewel was to
be seen. Mrs. Judd discovered her loss
first, and supposed that her daughters
had taken the jewels to their rooms TO
make selections to suit their costumes,
but when she made the inquiry slo
learned that the whole lot was mis-
sing.
ut was a winter evening, with light
snow. Not a footprint was visible
near doors or windows outside the
house, and no evidence Of forclble en-
trance vas discernible anywhere. The
case was treated in tho only way it
could be. The servants were suspec-
ted; but not Il scrap Of pr, of could be
found against any n Of tllom. Gen.
Judd at last called the force OFF, and
declared that he'd never lift a finger to
detect the criminal.
The general died q few years later.
1t was reported that he left a dying
request that nothing should ever be
done regarding this mystery. But the
executor, after Mrs. judas death,
took a more practical view Of the case.
The jewels had never come to light.