The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1888-06-16
A WOMAN'S CRIME.
How a Detective Recovered the
Stolen Jewels.
Set To Work ON n Noted Mystery Case, He
Falls In 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 abou,p"
why. you see ] happened 10 be ont
OLA job was a book -keeper-and
was watching the Tribune advertise
ments. when 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 came-I just sat there won
dering what was coming and what
the work was TO be, until finally n
man came in and asked me II thought
could shadow party and put him
10 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.
IL was taken down TO a drug store.
where clerical-looki man was
quietly pointed out to me. You can
make up your mind l felt queerly
Somehow the ins tinct Of n cat watch
ing mouse came over me all at once.
The man moved about carelessly and
in less than five minutes he had lift
ed half 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 a minis
ter afflicted with kleptomania.
IL put him To bed all right in n
fashionable South Side boarding
house and Idodged around until near
ly morning for fear Of his coming out
The next day l handed in my report
to The chief. who ordered me 10 appear
personally. He proved TO b, the man
who had put me on the trail Before
hc had finished reading my report. In
walked my clerical chap. grinning like
n chc.hire cat -
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 went
off watch The night before. II had
simply been testing me. ! was too
mad aud surprised to turn the laugh
on him.
"'If you want any tooth-powder or
soap. says he. carry neat line o
them goods And he actually laid
down the articles ! saw him pinch the
day bcfpre. lie said a few words TO
the chief and went out
Then the chief put me onto the
work In hand. Ten years or 80 be-
fore this there was a 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
wheI special occasion demanded
The night Of the robbery Mrs.
j id fetched the jewels home In her
own carriage and distributed them
among herself aud the young ladies
a. hey were 20 wear them There
were no strangers in the house. Mrs.
Judd had young woman, Eyeline
Mason. whom she had taken as a COM
ptniOn g. her daughters some time
before. but who had grown up almost
Ike anoihcr daughter to her. The
General regarded Eveline Mason with
sincere aff .ction.
the ladies were so accustomed 70
wearing the jewels that they didn't
think Of the possibility Of loss. When
they went down 10 dinner they left
the spsrklers on their dressing tables
in The three different rooms When
they returned TO their rooms not a
single jewel was 10 be seen. Mira
= ,dd discovered her loss first and sup
posed that her daughters had taken