Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-30
WHAT HE SAW.
A DETECTIVES DISCOVERY ABOUT
LOS ANGELES PEOPLE.
Two Mysterious Guests at an Eastern Ho-
tel-The Baby the Reason of the
Secrecy-A Girls Frailness Concealed. /.

'If you want story, about as mys-
terious case of girl leading double
life as you ever heard of, l can tell you
one," said a detective OF this city to a
HERALD reporter yesterday. II would
not be justified in giving you the names,
for the people in question have commit
ted no crime, and beyond the fact of
their deceiving their society friends
there is no reason why they should be
exposed.
II was at one of our seaside hotels
recently, and as 1 looked in the ball
room saw girl waltzing with well
known young man, and the sight of her
face recalled the last time / saw her.
"We will call her Miss Dora Smith, be-
cause that isn't her name. You know
her l guess most everybody does by
name at least. Some time ago, maybe
two years, maybe longer, 1 was travel
ing on business through one of the east
ern states, and 1 put up one day at a
hotel in little out OF the way place,
where expected to run across man
whom was after. noticed the cham
ber-maid carrying meals to room out
of which never saw anyone come, but
which contained, as l could tell by the
voices, man, woman and baby.
Well, l was soon interested in the mys-
terry, for though the man | was after was
not known to have a woman with him,
7 al l,o 1s.~t, I
up game on me of some kind and be
in that room. Anyway there was such
an air of mystery about the thing de-
cided to solve it. | tried questioning
the landlord. He claimed to know lit
tie or nothing about the people. They
had been there about four weeks, and
they arrived. They had not registered.
The woman, he said, was very pretty
young girl, and the man was slim,
quiet-looking chap, he said. The man
had given his name as Brown John
Brown-and said that he was on his
way from Chicago to New York when
they realized that his wife would not be
able 10 make the trip. AS soon as his
wife was strong enough they would re-
sumo their journey. In all the time
JICy ha0 OSCh uiOiO uilO LaoA A1aO AOU
been out of the room more than three
or four times. He was apparently we'll
supplied with money, for he never ques-
toned the price OF anything and paid
cash as soon as bill was presented.
The man did not seem to answer the
description of the fellow wanted.
"The chambermaid knew very little
more. l gathered from her, by means
of generous tip, that the woman was
fast gaining her strength that the baby
was perfectly lovely" boy, and that
the man and the woman seemed to be
constantly apprehensive, and that the
woman particularly was unhappy, cry
ing much OF the time, and that she
seemed to hate the sight of her child.
II determined to see what these people
looked like, so / arranged with the
chambermaid that she was to leave the
door open when she went into the room.
got into the opposite room, the door
of which was directly opposite the door
of the room containing the mysterious
people. Ipulled the table up against
the door, put chair on top of it, and
getting on the chair, opened the tran
som and was in comfortable position
to observe. Pretty soon the girl came
down the hall, bearing huge tray, on
which was the dinner for the couple.
She managed to open the door, and
swung it wide open, slowly entering the
room, and placing the tray on the table
before closing the door. had plenty
OF time to see the occupants of the room,
and when saw who they were 1 nearly
fell off my perch. The woman was
the girl recently saw dancing at the
beach and the man, we'll, would not
dare even give you suspicion of who
he was for he could make me lots of
trouble.
II suppose the girl will get some good
honest fellow in love with her and will
marry him and she will probably make
good wife, for her experience must
have taught her how dangerous it is to
play with fire. The man who was her
lover will not be likely to trouble her,
for understand he is soon to be mar
ried.
"The baby? What became ofthe poor
lone child, no one except those directly
interested will probably ever know. /
made no further investigation into the
matter, for it was none Of my business.
1t is an interesting story and can do no
one any harm the way have told it,"