St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-10
SEQUEL OF A DREAM.
Mystery Solved OF the Robbery OF
"a $1,000 Bill Last
June.
Herself by Locating the
Thief.


cleared up the mystery surrounding the
stealing of $1,000 bill from Mary ID.
Phillips, which occurred i'll this city
some months ago. The case attracted
deal of attention at the time from the
fact that the woman who lost the money
first became aware of her loss by dream
ing she had been robbed. The circum-
stances OF the case, briefly stated, are as
follows:
On June II Mrs. Phillips, who lives
at Seattle, arrived in st. Paul on visit
to her sister, Mrs. Cornelia NJ. Thomas,
who lived then at $50 Decatur street.
Mrs. Phillips husband was license i'll
SpectOr at Seattle and when his wife
left home he entrusted her with IS, 100,
which he had amaSsed, for safe keeping.
The money was i'll three $1,000 and two
tifty-doliar bills. The money was Sewed
in an undergarment, and this fact Mrs.
Phillips acquainted her sister of. The
visit was prolonged owing to her i'll
ness, and i'll the meantime ner husband,
who had been telegraphed for, arrived
here. On June % Mr. and Mrs. Phillips
left for their home in Seattle. The
night after their departure Mrs. Phil
lips, while asleep in the car, dreamed
that one of the $1,000 bills had been
stolen from her. The dream was SO
wildly impressed OH her mind that she
awakened and proceeded TO Investigate.
On picking up the undergarment i'll
which the money was SeWed she saw at
a glance the plant had been tempered
with. This was apparent because when
she seweu 1T i'll she used black thread,
and the Doodle was found to be stitched
in with red silk. Without more ado
she ripped the seam and found, as her
dream had forewsrned her, that one of the
big bills was missing. Her husband
was awakened, and OH hearing the
story. the couple stopped off Spokane,
the next station, and took the next train
for st. Paul. g
Mrs. Phillips was certain she had
told no one but her sister of the
plant" and, under the circumstances,
it looked as though her sister had taken
the money. A search warrant was Sc
cured, and an officer sent to the house.
Mrs. Thomas was arrested, and on be-
ing taken to the station, was searched;
She denied all knowledge of the crime,
but as $3.50 was found Sewed in her corr
set, Mrs. Phillips was certain 1t was part
of the missing money. Her convictions
were all the stronger from the fact
thai. Mrs. Thomas had told her she had
no money. Mrs. Thomas was arraigned
in the police court and the case con-
tinued i'll hopes that. she would weaken
and tell where the missing money was.
Mrs. Thomas denied that she knew
anything about the money, and the case
was ;afterward dismissed, Mrs. Phillips
declining TO prosecute. .:,-:y
Mrs. Thomas felt much aggrieved at
the charge made by her sister, and de-
termined to do what she could to solve
the mystery. At the time of the robbery
a sewing girl was employed by Mrs.
Thomas, who carried on the dreSSmak-
inC business at her home. This girl
left the employ of Mrs. Thomas two or
three weeks after Mrs. Phillips had
left St. Paul the second time.
She had secured better place in Min
neapolis, and before leaving borrowed
81 from Mrs. Thomas. Last week Mrs.
Thomas went to Minneapolis in search
of her former employee with the inten-
ton of collecting the 81 she had loaned
her. She had about given up the search
when she saw the girl on a street car,
accompanied by a man. Boarding the
car, Mrs. Thomas had talk with the
girl, but didn't get her Sl1. as the young
woman didn't have that amount with
her. While engaged in conversation
Mrs. Thomas noticed the girl was wear
ing new pair. of diamond earrings.
More as joke than anything else, Mrs.
Thomas said, "Well, L see you have
broke the Sl,O00-bill and bought pair
of sparks The charge was so sudden
and unexpected that the girl broke
down and confessed that she had taken
the money. Asked TO give up what she
had not spent of the bill, the girl said
she had given it to her companion. The
man was talked to by Mrs. Thomas and
admitted getting the cash from the girl,
but claimed ne had no knowledge that
it had been stolen. There was not any
of the money left, he explained, the
greater part Of it having been "blowed
inn at the races in July. Mrs. Thomas
acquainted the police with the story out
lined above, and Detective Werrick
looked up the matter and found it to be
correct. The husband of Mrs. Phillips
was in st. Paul yesterday, and the
chances are the girl and her male friend
will be arrested today on charge of
larceny.