The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1896-05-16

hnrhoud WHICH aN an pHsstnlilfN enhiN
shrow igiiu ON the saYstefy, E.it esm-
PEELED to acknowledges tint he was as
mich at sea as % how or BY whom the
burglary sud hecii pFrprITa1eft as Iile
local noiiep hats herr in tlie lasf case
I3ldspd The only poiu1 That es1s7i
laslsei like a eiew mad heen disa8vsrlsg..
by the local police. Towards the EVEN
mo-. when the aeterfipe was weafieh
and disappointed By his lasors. hspee
or soodle came 10 him with a very
mysterious ar. and told him that ne
had found very important ciew. This
4na.,sa ouH Ia he a sforT told hv tile
a5,eam Of the doctor at the village, who
had heen attending one Of Arr ST.
Iames Jones' family Tins fellow said
that. an coming to Ghatssvorth the pre-
eious day with a beftle Of MEDICINE,
ne had noticed shahbil3s-dressed man
hanging about the iaurels 20 che side
81 the lawn The person, when a..
saw he was observed. hfttrielly made
oft. serrf Collie Lad the footman
before him for examination. IL WIS
fhpn made clear that the inffader ON
the lawn VAS merely a common tramps
The detective, on making sure Of this
dismissed the f0otman and his story
with contempt He was certain of az
Gle as regards the burglary save this,
that # was the work. not Of tranaps
hut Of men carefully trained in THAT
Inc of business. who had planned cut
eperY detail in.ft hefare taking. the job
n hand.
One or two points in the burglary
had greatly struck the detective En-
tne FIRST place the plate safe III Chats
Nortl4 WAS built inte the Kitchen wall,
- tke burglars has gone straight to
it in this unusual place. Again, a M,
larte evanainationl Of the footprints
antside the house and in had convinced
tii,s 554si,eH frat two o. a6 nes5s tares
PERSONS had been engaged in the ie5.
Thirdly. the pllipdef CARVED away
md carried away with amazing rapid
l8Y hiast have WEIGHED Che best part
# 20 STONE And. lastly. There was nor
tho slightest evidence TO show that
horse and vehicle Of asy kind had
BEEN used to remove the plunder. a.
E.sfore. the usaat number of privata
carriages had been seen passing along
TeEda8 read, bat nothing beyond that.
To the DETECTIVES MIND all these cit
eIgfn aances eonld painf % only one
conclusion. namely, That the burglars
lad been in the house before they went
there to commit the Ifer9t:sry nd tIsa6
they must live somewhere il theH frnme-
diate neighborhood Of the scene of the
hargiafy. Accordingly he directed
lis inquiries az "a sse persons who had
lately been visiting the servants hall
IT Chafswarfh
This he foaaa consisted pretty *
Iasiqelg Of tradesmen and Tie maids'
sWcetheafts. The fermer were an al
ffa.respecfabie men who had been liz
ing IN the village for years back, get
ehe slefectivs thoHght II wise no inspect
the premises Of all of them. They
faised no obieefaops and he made no
discovery As 10 the s@tstheaftss he
fannd that all the maids had reeog.
aizca lovers. who were allowed by Mrs.
St. James Jones a pretty free run of
he servants hall. Among them was
ne policeman on whose BEAT london
road was fFe Informed fhe defective
y bo The other lovers were, and assured
EFif0 that no new admirers had been
banging sound the pace Of late. HID
have seen EN- If they sad, he said. "and
the missus wopid ave done so, too.
She's very systematic Idly. She hal
lows each of her mfdes one sweet'ars
md no more. WAen tse ca! ~ got one.
too, she won't stand poacbing No, I'm
sure there weren't sDY bother men
aboNf,@ Md the men who were about,
Che detective soon ascestained. were
8iI as respectable and above suspicion
as tbe constable himself.
sergt. Collie occupied a fafl fort
aigbt in these inquiries. st the end
Of that time he bad 10 confess tfsat he
ee@@ rot an inch nearer the solution
Of the mystery Of the burglaries than
ever. he again reported 10 beadquar.
ters that further Investigation seemed
'fseiess, ahd requested 10 he recalled,
TIE was awaiting an answer froro
Scotland Yard. when. early one morn
ing, he was aroused by Inspector
Doodle rushing eEcitedly into his bed
SOON. The officer brought news OF an.
other burglary. This time the victim
YES Mr.. 81 George Robinson, The
mansion broken into was called Hat.
field. and lay ON the opposite side Of
he village 70 Che other two piundered
houses.
ESasperated al the repetition Of the
burglaries under his very nose, scrgt
Collie set out hufriedig with Inspcctor
BoodIo Tor Hatfield. Gerceiy resolving
e leave no stone uuturned II bis. Of
forts 70 trace the perpetrators. Is
sbeY FASTENED along the road tbc
'iouse was SOME holt mile from the vil
iaRe the sergeant erosssques
his eolDpaniou as o. The character ef
line poor people who liyed in Tie neigh
bortood Of Hatfield. Wien he had rot
III ffe information be could he became
Silent SuddenIy, when they were
not tyr from The house. he came 10
dead stop.
"HgrrsblF Re Grid delightcdlY.
veil nab them this timel"
'liow7 Nby7 What makes yoa
ihlok so?'
Don't you see fhisg" replied sergf.
Collie. walking across The road anil
picking uP horseshoe. LUX my
boy good iucki"
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