Evening journal., 1892-01-13
SERVED
DETECTIVE EMILY NOBLE as AN
ARIsTocRAT.

Mrs Emily Noble, IRE woman uoeoOei'
who has figured so prominently IN the
Dupont investigation and trials, told the
following graphic incident OF her career {;
"It vas during the Ives trouble on
Wall street. New York. / was employed
by the Wilkinson Agency, but during tne
Ives investigation superintendent VIII
kiuson sub-let me, so to speak, to the
agency conducting that investigation.
"One dav the superintendent of the
last mentioned agency sent for me. l
went to his office and found him in
perturbed state Of mind. He told me to
take a seat, and holding some awfully
legal looking documents in his hand said;
mrs. Noble, the papers hold in my
hand must be served upon Mr.. george
NARROW, at his home on Fifth aVehue,
Proceedings in this direction are stopped
until they are placed in his hahus. ne
IA At home. but on the plea OF extreme
Illness no one Init the immediate family
49, aIIorvea ~ antsr the house under any
nratevt rybsfever. have come to the
dissemination that it requires a woman
70 Al it. have selected you and leave
ali of the preliminaries to your discre-
ton. All l want you to do is to per
sonally serve the papers upon him. do
not care by what means you do It,.
Nov, am little superstitious. Not
much so, but just enough to make me
believe that '13' is an uulucky mum Der
and Friday an unlucky day upon which
to begin an enterprise told the super
intendent so he laughed at me, and said
that | could prove that 'l3' was lucky
number, II l would only serve the
papers.
''After giving me time to think the
matter over he asked;
"'What do you wantr
:" Il want plan OF the house, re-
piled.
"'That is easily arranged. will get It
Immediately from the architect who de
signed the mansion
''In less than two hours I had the plan
of the house, aud in less time than that
after got it knew every room In the
house and every passage thereto.
Gas soon as | had familiarized myself
with the surroundings reported to the
superintendent. he seemed to be well
pleased aud said:
eff you can only pass the big German
footman who answers the ring at the
door, you win have comparatively
smooth sailing. Now what do you pro-
pose to dor
F" 4 want the finest team Of horses aud
coach that you can procure in New
York
"'What elseY
81 want q coachman and footman,
richly liveried, aud want them to be
detectives
"'WellY
"I want fine-looklng man to occupy a
seat beside me in the carriage. he must
be dressed for an afternoon call. do
not know anyone better fitted to take
that role than you
"'WellY
nsWhen we drive up in front Of the
-ar--i--- -.anaion want You to keep your
seat ID the carriage. l will ring the
bell The liveried footman must stand
in front of the door SO that the German
footman can see him when he answers
the ring. / will do the rest.
1t was all agreed upon. OF course,
you must understand that l am using
fictitious names, in this instance.
Zone bright afternoon any person on
Fifth avenue might have seen a hand
some coach and pair dashing along that
great thoroughfsre Of social life in the
metropolis; but they never would have
sua pected that the liveried eoachman and
footnan were detectives, and that su-
perintendent of detective agency and q
woman agent were the fashionably-
dressed occupants Of the coach.
1--WE drove up to the front Of she man
sion. Tbs footman swung himself to the
ground and tremendously opened the
coach door stepped out, walked to the
front door and rang che bell The liveried
footman followed his instructions and
stood where he would be exposed to full
view whea the door was opened,
Between the ring Of the bell and the
opening Of the door, you cannot imagine
what my feelings we're. My heart
thumped like trip hammer.
II knew that the MRrlows had friends
named Dessinger In Pennsylvania They
hal been forced to leave New York on
account of the Ives trouble. l deter
mined to turn this knowledge to good
account.
'It really was only a minute or two,
but It seemed to me to be hours before
the door was opened It was done very
cautiously, but the liveriei footman did
the work AS soon as the livery was
seen the door opened wide and there
stood the forid faced, able bodied German
feotman.
rs Mr.. NARROW at homer" l asked.
''Yah, but he ish sick"
Il must see him Immediately !"
dot ish imFossi sle."
Then must ses Mrs. NARROW"
The dolt left the door 20 iud Mrs.
NARROW. 1t was my opportunity. AS
soon as his back was turned / tripped
into the hall, up the broad stairway and
into the smoking room. It was there
tnat expected to find Mr. NARROW. III
was doomed to disappointment. The
room was empty. / became desperate
Hearing music across the hall ran
across there It was in the drawing
room. There were several ladies and !
gentlemen there. l walked into the room
in an excited manner. Every occunant
of the room arose when intruded. snr
prise and disgust was depicted upon |
every face.
is Mrs. MARROW hereg 1 almost
shouted.
"a wen-dressed lady walked toward
ma and said
" i am Mrs NARROW.
" Ny God 2 exclaimed, the Dessin-
gers are Ia great trouble in Pennsylv ania.
must see Mr.. NARROW immediately.
My dear madam. she replied, my |
husband is lying sick In his bed in that |
room, and must not be disturbed. You
viii have TO tell me the trouble
Il did not want to hear any more. |
Shaking her hand from my arm ran |
into the room she had pointed out to me. |
A man was lying In bed. ran to |
his bedside and said
i come from the Desslngers. Are
you George Marlow9
Yes, he replied.
Pulling the papers from beneath nv