The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-12-30
A DETECTIVES STORY.
The Smartest Bit Of Roguery He
Had Ever Heard OF.
How Pair OF Clever Thieves Relieved
Physician of His yaiuables While
Seeking His Professional
Services.

Seeking His Professional
Services.
At Bohemian gathering the other
night, at which all of the guests were
expected to contribute at least one
yarn, says the New York Herald, a pri-
vate detective told the following as an
example of the smartest bit Of rognery
that had ever come under his observa-
ton:
"a certain physician, whose name
and address for professional reasons I
cannot reveal, had acquired both fame
and wealth by an extensive practice
and had often been brought prominent
~ before the public as an insanity ex-
pert in important cases that were tried
in the courts. Being man of taste.
with the means OF gratifying it, he
surrounded himself with rare and
costly articles of bric-a-brac, curios
and antiquities which he had picked up
in his travels abroad.
One day he was waited upon by an
elegantly dressed gentleman OF engag.
ing manners and cultivated converse
tional powers. He said that he had
crossed Che continent to obtain the
doctors aid and advice in y case OF OK
treme dclicacy. His wife, who in al
ether respects was everything that his
heart could desire. had become q con
1rlncd kleptomaniac. Though his for
time was ample to crafty al her
freaks Of fancy and love Of luxuries,
she couldn't Keep hen, hands Off other
peoples portable property. Even il
her own home she would prrloin arti-
cles belonging TO other members Of the
afnily.
"a curious phase of her discase-of
course, it could not be regarded as any
thing else-was illustrated by the fact |
that within a few hours of commit |
ting thofts she invariably became pen
tentand abandoned herself to fits of
grief and modification, which were
none the less severe because always
followed by the restitution Of tbs
5tolen property. Thus she was break
ing her own heart and her husbands. |
lie had consulted the most famous
llicnists in Europe and placed his wife
lnder the treatment of some of them.
out she still continued ipcorricible
ltill, from what he had read and heard
If the success achieved by DR.. - in
lealing with similar cases, he had
,een led to believe that il it were pos
ible to cure his unfortunate wife DR.
- was the one man living who could
10 it.
...The physician naturally felt some
What fiattered by this avowa, of conf
ence in his skill and, besides, felt a
eep professional interest in case SO
The engaging stranger promised to
all next day and bring his wife, nam
ng some fashionable hotel as their
emporary abode.
"True to his promise, he called next
ay, bringing with him an exceeding
: handsome and stylish woman, whom
G introduced as his wife. The physi-
an engaged her in conversation and
'und her apparently just as refined
ld cultivated as her husband. While
the consulting room she afforded
he physician practical evidence of the
power of her affection
7 pocketing several rare and costly
ticlcs when she deemed herself IN
,served. I
6 You see for yourself said the
uch-distressed husband in an aside.
hat terrible affection hers is. II S
eaks forth even here. In an hour or !
70 she will tell me what she has done 2
d experience all the grief and NOR I
ication that the sanest and most c
nscientious of persons could feel o
der similar circumstances. 1 will Z
store all the articles she has taken
any hour you may choose to make
appointment with me tomorrow
IL can then consider the case in your =
nds without any restrictions. and =
your directions shall be implicitly y
eyed p
The morrow came and went, but the -
gaging stranger did not keep the ap- y
intment, nor were the articles that -
supposed lSleptomaniac had pocl5- -
ID returned. Within week [ was ~
on the case, but never succcedodin y
ting track of the couple. They had 81 81
lished completely. g. g,
1t is the only case in all my expo 10
nee where q shrewd, wide-awalse say
n was robbed before his worry eyes