Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-09

much OF his wifeS wedding trOusseau hati
been stolen. The house In which Mr..
Trowbridge lives is one Of n new row of
five story marble buildings. His house can
be entered from tho extension on tho rear.
which comes up almost to the window Oh
tho top floor.
Detective Mcknight made an inspection
Of Mr.. Trowbridge's house. Ho found
footprints in the room ON tho fifth floor
which led out to the extension. The foot
prints were small. and the detective con
Guided that they were mado by a woman g
shoe. They led him across tho roof of the
extension and up to the window of the
rear room of 800, tine house occupied by
Mr.. Brock. He looked into tho room
through an open window and then decided
to make an Investigation in the house &C.
cupied by tho Brooks.
He sent for Mrs. Brock and informed
her of his purpose. She readily gave him
permission to search the house. never en-
tertaining the faintest suspicion that her
daughters could be implicated in q theft
The servants were sent for and ordered tc
produce all their shoes. Tho detective fail
ed to match the footprints of any of them
While engaged in the Investigation Miss
Georgia Brock entered the room and ex-
pressed surprise that the servants should
DO suspected of having stolen anything
Our servants arc honest" she said
land came to us with the best Of refer
ences. 1t is impossible that they should
steal.'
Miss Georgia OF tho timo wore pair of
high heclcd shoes, which attracted tho at
tcntion of Mcknight, who was on tho look
out for woman's shoe that would fit the
footprints over the roofs that no had tracod
to the Brock homo. The detective asked
Miss Brock to let him sea one of her Shoes
She did SO and was not at all tliconcerted
or angry when he fitted the shoe to one of
the footprints.
Meanwhile the detective had found in
this room few pieces of tissue paper which
looked to him like tho paper that is used
by dressmakers in packing undorgarmcnts
He fclt certain then that no was on the
right track.
When he called on Mr.. Trowbridge to
inform him OF his progress on the case, tho
hitter told the detective that while he 1.-THE
detective) was in the Brock house an ex-
press wagon had driven up to the door and
had taken away trunk. The wagon be-
longed to Westcott' S express and was num-
bered 81. Detective McNaupht went tn
tho express company and found that the
wagon had delivered the trunk at the Co.
lumbia storage warehouse. He then went
to the warehouse and had an interview
with Manager Saul, to whom he told his
story.
Mr.. Saul said that a trunk answering
tho description which he had given had
peon lett there tho night before BY De-
cuiiar looking young woman, who had
given tho name of L. W. Robinson. The
detective sent for Mr.. and Mrs, Trow-
bridge. While the three were talking to
Mr.. Saul, Miss Georgia Brock came in
and said quite unconccrnedly:
The goods you want arc in that trunk,
put them in storage last night, and here
Is the key" at tho same time handing
over the key to the detective.
Tho trunk was opened, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Trowbridge recognized their goods,
along with a number of other articles of
wearing apparel.
The only explanation which sho offered
was that her sister Florence was ipcorrigi-
ble, and that she was very anxious to
play theater and circus and wanted
fancy costumes. When she found what
Florence had done, her first impulse was
70 Shield her until she could have an op-
portunity to restore the stolen goods.
Both sisters were then put under arrest.
Fiorence admitted that not only had the
Irowbridges been robbed, but that the
house CT Mrs. Richard Muser, sl3 West
Seventy first street, Lad been entered and
several dresses taken. When the police
heard this, they sent for Mrs. Muser. who
Is the widow of wealthy lace merchant.
She Identified among tho goods at the STA
tion house which were taken out of tho
trunk as belonging to her three silk dresses
and a quantity Of ether silks, ribbons and
satins valued altogether ut 81, 200.
The only comment Miss Georgia made
upon the proceedings was that her fiance
would make good any losses which had
been suffered by her neighbors. The girls
oid not appear to realize the gravity of tho
chorCe aCainst them