Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-08
asce nding this steps, my husband

in alone. l have an attack OF neu-
ralgia and shall be obliged to go home
for awhile. will come for you later
in the evening""
l was anxious to remain with him,
but he would not let me. l was con
stantly looking toward the door to
see Harry enter. 1t was very late
when he came and there was an air
of suppressed excitement about him
that aroused my curiosity.
AS soon as we were walking toward
home he told me how he had spent
the evening. Ever since our twilight
encounter with Mary, Harry had sus-
pected that all was not right. Our
invitation out was the first real ex-
cusc we had to leave the house in
her charge, and he welcomed it as
giving him an opportunity to prove
II Mary was the thief he suspected
her TO he. His attack of neuralgia
was feigned, and. after leaving me-
he hastily returned to our home
The house was dark except for
bright light in the kitchen. Mary
sat near an open window sewing and
looking SO serene and sincere that
Harry felt quite ashamed as he quietly
stole behind lilac bush, where nc
coIld command a good view of the
Kitchen and its occupant. lie waited
nearly an hour without see ny any
thing suspicious, and was about NOV.
ing away from his hiding place when
the town clock struck nine. This
seemed TO be signal f1r Mary to
fold up her work, and he heard her
say (she had Il way OF talking to her.
sclf.)
1T is time to begin proceedings. or
the folks may be home sooner than
expect"
She took bunch of keys from her
pocket lighted candle and vanished
through the door lead ng to the din
ing room. Harry moved around to
the front of the house and saw il
light in one front bedroom upstairs.
1t disappeared for moment and
| again shone out from the third story
window, the room where the chest
of silver was kept.
| AS my husband heard her descend
ing the staircase he returned to his
| post by the kitchen window, just in
time to see Mary appear with her
hands full of silverware and his
winter overcoat and my sealskin
jacket over her arm. She disappeared
down the cellar stairs. My husband
by STOPPING could look into this win
dow and saw her open the furnace
door and place the silver carefully in
SIDE, with the overcoat and Jacket
neatly folded on top. When she re-
turned to the attic for more booty,
Harry, knowing she would be gone
for some time, went to the station
house and secured the service of the
only constable the place afforded. To-
gcther they returned to the house
and saw Mary depositing the second
load of silver in the cellar The
constable wished to arrest Mary at
once but Harry restrained him saying:
'We Will see the play out"
AS the clock struck eleven she re-
appeared in the kitchen and locked
the outside door, She then nut a
short ladder she had brought from the
cellar outside the pantry window,
leaving it open, probably meaning TO
show this was the way the Burglars
had entered. Then she threw the
furniture about as if there had been
a terrific struggle. From the cup
boarG under the sink, she took out
ropes and gag Tying her ankles
securely, she adjusted the gag be-
tween her teeth, then slipped her
wrists into the loops she had made in
the ropes dextero. sly Tightening
them by pulling them with her
thumbs, and threw herself on the
floor as if flung Gown bv cruel hands
/ My husband and The constable ex-
citedly watched her proceedings
They now entered the kitchen
! through the pantry window. Mary
turned her beseeching eyes to them,
as she had done the first time, when
she had so excited our compassion.
! She must have been surprised to hear
Harry say:
cat your old tricks, are you, Nary
You have bound yourself very Sc
curely. We will carry you at once
to Jail"
The gag was in her mouth so she
could not scream out, and quickly
] they lifted and took her to a place of
security. Returning to the house,
they broke open her trunks, which
were filled with her belongings. The
! constable said the family were well
known IN the town as "bad lot" 1t
! seems, instead of all being dead, as
she so pathctically told me. there
were five brothers all very much alive
+ and giving the constable constant
trouble to keep them in order. They
! lived in little house on the lonely
road where we had seen Mary handing
a bundle to one of her br Their.
/ When this house was searched, many
/ other things of ours were discovered,
though our silver had been melted
and disposed of. The place was
thoroughly cleaned out by the poll
and the family left the town to begin
operations elsewhere.
We .ould not appear against Mary
and elOre the trial came on Harry
/ and I Waro npca mora vi Db;lo