Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-03-30
4 WOMAN'S STRATEGY
ouTplp THE PINK OF THE
PINkERroN FORCE.
An unwritten Chsptsr GA the famsus
Rauk OF England IorgerS Csss7~shs
walked the Doors Bat Never Came
ont again-M VINO MAS shss

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remarkable instance Of extraordinary
luck in the finding OF evidence ON
record, and incidentally shows how
a womans wit was too much for the
nick OF the pinkerton force.
The TWO Bidwells. Austin aud
James, and a man named Mcdonald,
engaged ia torgerles on the Bank Of
England which netted them nearly
I ST 600, 900 One 81 the Bidwells was
arrested ia Edinburgh Or Glasgow and
the other ID Havana, he having ied
there under the impression that he
was safe from eXtradltion lie Mas
surrendered however, a. d matter oi
comfy between spain and England
Mcdonald was arrested Ia New York
and was engaged % defend him
I The case was before United states
Commissioner Gutmau Tor over four
months. and many notahlts came ogor
from England 10 take part ia the cx
/ tradition pro eedtug, Including The mr.
cOrd, Of .Undun and one Of the fresh
delds, solicitors Of the bank ~ ing
land
troOf Was lacking as % the ~.
session 81 Mcdonald of the fruits ~
the larzeres. 1t transpirud bttDre
the proceedings closed that d trunk
had been sent from England by tar
European express company % New
I YORK addressed 10 Major George Mat
thews 'i,hr kcy 10 ths trunk had
been sent III an enyelOpr also al
dressed 10 Major Matthews cAre ~ J
vi King 4 son. bankers.
The oticr u ) N King 4 sou va,
ia tho same blild,ng, and also 10 the
room oyer which the ease 8as b.tug
tried baicrg Commissioner lutman.
and the key 10 all taLs grnAi mystery
was right there.
Mcdonald sent one ~ our ricrks
the firm was then Garylu, Fellows Il
Brooke with an order on King i sOu
tor the letter Addressed 10 MAJOR Mat
thcw-. al Il WAS handed 10 him anil
delivered 10 Mcdonald ia the Ludlow
street jail, wi,huut tho clerk b-lug
aware u its contents ms key
fitted tbs trunk a, the European ~.
press eompanys Office
.On SATURDAY. when Tho rain vas
coming down ia torreuts, lady stgi.
jshly dressed, entered . roape at shr
ti'th Avenue hotel AMI Was driven 10
the express o..re ia Lower BrOai way.
! think In the same building nga -
cupied by thc nitod S,asos express
company stopping boldly 70 thS
desk che asked tnr tho trunk III.
dressed TO Major George Matthews.
and produced an order aaA receipt
for IL But suspicion had In some
way attached 10 this trunk. and thr
English ard rtuNorcou detectives hal
baeu there the day before and opened
ID
They found & Hil.d with .oiIed
I linen and wearing apparel bu. they
also found false bottom They ~.
mogad thi. and found s3JI. p*B ~
/ United state. government sgcuri,ira.
purchased with the bank notes paid
on forged cheeks Nv the Bank ~ ling
Anl The numbers wers, occurred
from the registry ~ J, took Mel uliSr
y 90. and currnEupudFd With The Hank
~ England notes. This rrcDrtl Il M.
ways kept by par.ou- doing hrtsinN44
70 any extent with the Bank 81 Eng.
lnnl, because III Tho fart that that lns
stitat.nn never issues . note but nnea
and destroys il " soon ~ ID il ~
turned such . registry. therefore
makes Identification complete.
When this wOmRn applied Tor tho
trunk the officials que. toned her. hop.
ING 70 trace some personal connection
between her and Mcdonald Ia order Is
make the proof more complete. Tho
woman coolly and haughiily replied
that Major Matthews was her husband
and he had casually asked hor 10 call
ior the trunk; that she knew nothing
about the matter, and y. there 40.
peared to be some difficulty about tho
affair she would ~ for her husband
and let him attend 10 NJ
"Sho was allowed 70 70. and ahr
walked lcisurely to the door. The rain
Was fearful and scarcely pedestrian
or a vehicle was in sight She looked
up and down the street. and a block
below noticed q coupe with a driver
on the box, whip IN hand As she
stepped into her vehicle she ordered
the driver 70 take her as quickly as
possible TO the hotel, but TO stop At
Stewards store. now Hilton. Hughes
Y Co, at Broadway and Tenth street.
The coupe went OF ~ brisk mace.
and looking through the window In the
rear the woman saw the other coups
start in quick pursuit.
up broadway they ratified to stow.
art's whore tho laly's coupe drow I'm
and she walked quietly into the atore.
as she did so noticing that tho other
coupe drove npa short distance below.
Two Pinkerton detectives were I'm
that cab, and seeing their prize enter
the Broadway doors they waited in
their cab safe from the bowling storm.
That lady has not come ont oI
those Broadway doors vet. The
sagacious detectives forgot that tho
store extended through 70 Fourth
avenue. but the woman know Il. and
the only conjecture loft for tho dc.
tectives after several hours NJ fr,,ittos,