The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1892-04-14

II y MI detective on the
II - (~\]H force and was burn
81 3nD ing to distinguish
I'm myself.
- m So far chance had
8-N w not favored me with
II fT-TTj a tirst-class murder
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pIl or robbery, because
III y III III the older and more
- I,Nl Inexperienced officers
- sWtl " were always detailed
II sgIGSALlIl TO ferret out those
-(flUl Jases.
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fhrough the aid given them by widea.
Make newspaper reporters, these older
hx,s were successful and then, Of course,
c3aimed and took all the credit for SUI
pcrior skill and shrewdness. II they
hiled-as they often did--to bag their
fnme they laid the fault TO the papers for
making the affair public aud thus giving
TIC rogues an opportunity to slip away
Ct coYer up their tracks.
M one day while was meditating If it
wpuldn't pay mo 20 go to England and
catch Mr.. Jack, the Ripper, l was called
into the inner sanctum by our chief and
ordered 10 report for duty on the NOR.
row at one OF the largest aud most fash
iopable retail dry.goods stores in the
city.
/ was there to see the head of the house
and from him learn what | was to do.
Although it didn't look like job
~~~Axrnf, 1 a',a,,11 riglr NJ lifa
gtlp a great reputation, | was well
plGased at the commission and resolved
thn& my part of it shouldn't be failure.
Aooprdingly the next morning found me
f1bc private office OF the grand store
h48ing strictly confidential interview
VA It's senior partner.
4Nas informed that in their cloak de-
IN hent many thefts had recently taken
lIo1e, aud that in spite of careful watch
2 i there was not the slightest clue to e.
be garments stolen had been fur.
>1m 1med cloalis of high value, and were
ox)c taken from the dummies standing
e5@1t the floor, on which said articles
V4 hung to show them to advantage
and iso beautify the salesroom.
IN 1I8sked the usual questions concern
, ink >he many and decidedly pretty young
ladI& employed in the department, but
the drm secuted the thought that any OF
them had anything to do with the rob.
berie and gave me to infer that the
thefk were committed by professional
shoplfters.
Ater a little more talk, which helped
3, me not at all, | was introduced to the
gentleman at the head of the cloak rsom
and PR to follow my own way of nab
p bing the culprit.
The thcfts had all, as far as my cloak
manager knew, been done during the
A busiest part OF the day when the floor
was throngcd with lady shoppers. The
10 handscmcst aud most expensive gar
10 ments were displayed on the dummies
a, and frequently renewed each day, for,
n; owing to their catching the ladies' eyes
BY hanging naturally from the shapely
skeieton forms, they sold much quicker
than u left undistinguished among the
hundfeds of others.
y|TN ~NN'hS my lOolbiOl III tSldDllSIl-
,nent as the new floor walker and being
70 pointed out to the young lady elm.
p'oycs, | began my rather unexciting and
% 90 easy task.
its In my best suit and necktie, with my
n .good looks enhanced by tonsorial art.
st, and all smiles and bows, l made out
IN, o be tolorably busy at doing nothing,
nd meeting and greeting the stylishly
'essed crowds of eager shoppers and
Erecting them, as well as my short
ealinovledge of mercantile business let me,
lelo the objects OF which they were in
th,earch.
md also put on airs of authority for the
rhuenent OF the young salesladies SO they
ld.'ouldn't by their manners cause any
th'uspicion to the party or parties l was
to capture.
ms watched everybody and everything
ur-noticed that each cloak -arrayed dummy
Gas generally being examined by one or
lore admiring and enthusiastic female
loppcu, who not only used their spark.
ng eyes, but also their daintily gloved
,urngers IN obtaining u knowledge of the
arinents displayed as bait for their
Iua usbands' hard earned money.
III, l noticed, too, that probably talf OF
nd,le shoppers came there without the
IAN dntest idea OF buying-merely to enjoy
ne, 70 intoxication of hunting for bargains
,ms ID giving the polite and attentive sales
dies a. much trouble as possible.
saw many more things which aroused
D, ~ suspicions and curiosity during the
uly and never for moment left my
ation~-not even for lunch-till the
o,h, ace wAs closed for the night and all
a ,''r, hands had gone.
I or Ihen, 70 my surprise and chagrin, ]
intormed by the manager that two
luAble cloass had been stolen right
sder nas nose.
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