Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-31
A WOMAN'S CRIME.
How a Detective Recovered the
Stolen Jewels.
SET tn Work on a Noted Mystery Case, He
Falls in Love with His Victim
How the Course of True Love
Was Interrupted.

u GOT into the detective business. "
said an operator in that line, with
out knowing what ! was DOING
"How did that come aGout?'
why. you see l happened 10 be out
} of Job was book keeper-and
was watching the Tribune ADVERTISE
ments, when saw n notice of off ce
Ebelp wanted. answered tie adver-
tisement, and before knew W hat was
Eup foand 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 ne and
no orders camel Just sat there Won
Herring what was coming and what
the work was TO be, until finally a
fman came in and asked me if thought
could shadow party and put him
No bed
Il didn' know what he meant but l
Soon fonnd out. 'Shadowing' is fol-
1owing n person every where and maxi
ing cxtct observations of every thing
Zone. When the party is traced to
bis lodgings and there is no indication
bf his gong out again that night we
! bavc pit him TO bed
Twas taken down to q drug store,
where clcrical-looking man was
'ietly p mt,d out to me. You can
! bake up your mind l felt queerly.
Somehow the ms tinct of cat wal CHI
ing mouse came over me all at once.
he man moved about carelessly and
y N less b IN FIVE minutes he had lift =
ed half a dozen small articles. NV
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 a
fashionable South Side boarding.
house and lodged around until near
z morning for fear of his coming out.
ne next day handed in my report
he chief, who ordered me to appear
personally He proved TO b. the man
mo had put me on the trail. b fore
pe had finished reading my report. in
a,kea my clerical chap, grinning like
III che hire cat
You'll spoil your comp exion.'
ald he, If you stay up every night
ili $3.50, my son.
* BY gum it was $50. when | went
= watfn the night before. H had
imply been testing me. / was TOO
'aa and surprised to turn the laugh
pn him.
II y"" want any tooth-powder or
oap' says he. i carry neat line o.
q shem goods And he actually laid
8 own the articles l saw him pinch the
IVY oe1're' He said few words to
'sst he chief and went out.
inen the chief put me onto the
| OK IN hand Ten years or so be-
inns there was a big diamond rob-
Ky IN an Ohio city Just make
~ name Judd and call him
'nera'' His wife and two
Guy n'erS had family Jewels
W. over ten thousand dollars, which
wy kept at their bankers EXCEPT
e$z% '>' 'SttSlou demanded.
lne night of the robbery Mrs.
S a N.Y." 'e'ched the jewels home in her
y "" carriage and distributed them
v ny ne'salf and the young ladies
'hey were to wear them. There
pdd no 40 strangers in the house. Mrs.
81 uo had young woman, Eveliue
,n'o whom she had taken as a COM
l'o' =" her daughters som, time
Ia % D" who had grown up almost
:" another daughter 10 her. The
zs 18TH oean r.garded Eveline Mason vii h
S 'hcere atf ction. -
me ladies were so accustomed to
,im,. Jug inc Jewels that ,hey didn't
,ar VI, VI me possibility of loss. When
he s WHY down to dinner they left
- u, sparklers on their dressioo iob,es
| .he three different rooms wiz
mol 'e'orhed to their rooms not n
S ID, Jewel was to be seen. Mr..
HE ,sa, ' =, her loss first and SIM.
'Hat her daughters had ,aken
ne, Jewels to their rooms to make So.
IN han o"s TO suit their costumes, bu
tbat th she made inquiry she Learned
.It 'u IT." Whole lot was missing.
SNOW va" ~ winter evening. with lich
near :, not footprint was yisibl,
Ionso 'ne doors or windows outside the
frono e anu no evidence of forcible en-
nm oao was discernible anywhere.
b conld ~ was Treated in the only wa,
'",o DE. The servant, -,
De fon. o"t not a scrap of proof conf,
|| (,e,", un' against any one of ,h.m
Spff and dao, u at last called the force
ger to dsto o,ated he'd never lift a fin.