The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-19
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How Wrongful Charges Sometimes Origi-
nate-Two Cases in Point.


How Wrongful Charges Sometimes Orisi-
nate-Two Cases in Point.
Just to show you how liable to
make mistakes some women are, said
Appointment police official this morning,
81 will cite to you few instances OF
the trouble they sometimes give us as
q result of their own carelessness, and
the irrational manner in which they
will make charges against innocent
people. which they can not substantlate.
except with their own statements. 4
know; am sure A few days ago
lady entered drug store on YOnge
street and purchased some small arti-
Gle from young clerk. She went out,
and walked down a few blocks further.
On entering another store she missed
her purse. i will go back to the drug
store, | remember laying the purse on
the counter and now am sure forgot
to pick it up again. Yes, now | remem-
Der it distinctly and as she goes back
to the drug store her first suspicion
rapidly assumes the shape of rooted
conviction. The young man tells her
that she did not leave the pocket-book.
She must have dropped it or had her
pocket picked. No. left it right
there. and she pointed to a certain
spot. The clerk had not the purse, and
the matter was at once reported to the
detectives by the irate loser. The
pOcket-bOok contained $40, and | think
it was Detective Black who was de-
tai ed to look into the matter. The
lady was sure the clerk had purlOined
her money and would believe nothing
else. Detective Black made a full and
thorough investigation, and he was as
fully satisfied that it was not the clerk
who had got the money. There was
some mistake. The woman wanted the
young man arrested, but the officer re-
fused to make the arrest Instead he
advised the loser to advertise her loss
in the papers That boy has my money,
Sfia what do | want to be throwing
good money after stolen money for?'
was the reply. The detective looked
at the lost and found columns of the
paper and found sum of money found,
corresponding with the same time and
place as the case upon which he was
working. He called at the address
given, and sure enough, it was the, sure
and-certain wOmans purse that had
been picked up few minutes after she
dropped it to the sidewalk The adver-
h.
paper after the loss. and the officer saw
it right away. Now, that woman is
ashamed to 60 into that drugstore, and
would be, too, if had acted in the
unreasonable manner that she did.
Another case of a newspaper head
ing, More pOcket-picl<ing at the Union
station, was nipped in the bud by De-
tective Cuddy and the Grand Trunk
constable at the Union Station the other
evening. She was stepping on the rear
car OF the train going west when the
officers noticed her pocket-book falling
to the ground. Cuddy at once picked
it up and followed the lady into the car.
No sooner was she seated than she dis
has BEEN picked. My purse and al.
the money had, ticket and every thing
Is gone, and the frantic woman was
going to enter into particulars for the
benefit of her fellow passengers. Prob
ably had she had time she would soon
have distinctly remembered passing the
very man and feeling the purse jerked
away. But the officers stopped the
second act In the middle, and present
ing the purse to the loser, informed her
where they had found it. The woman
looked suspiciously at the officer in
plain clothes, but looked as if she
would believe any thing after she
found her money all right. There are
msny cases like this, and can an officer
be blamed, if he makes a wrong juGg-
ment in some really circumstantial
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