Chicago eagle., 1896-05-09
BURGLARIES AT BOUR0EOISVILLE.

BOUR0EOISVILLE. !
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every detail in It before taking the Job
In hand.
One or two points In the burglary
had carefully struck the detective. In
the hrst place the plato cafe In Chats.
worth was built into the Kitchen wall,
yet the burglars had gone straight to
It In this unusual place. AgaAn, . min.
ute examination Of the footprints out.
side the house and II had convinced
the ofncsf that two or, at the most.
three, perDono had been engaged In
the Job. Thirdly, the plunder carried
away--and carried away with amax.
Ing rapidity-must have weighed tho
best part Of twenty stone. And, lastly,
there was not the dightest evidence
to show that Q horse and vehicle Of any
kind had been used 10 remove the plum.
der. Az before, the usual number Of
private carriages had been seen pass.
Ing along London road, but nothing bs.
yond that.
TO the detectives mind all these %.
culiar circumstances could point %
only one conclusion, namely, that the
burglaN had been In the house before
they went there to commit the bur.
glary, and that they must live some.
where IN the immediate nsighbor.
hood Of the scene Of the burglary. Ac.
cordlnsly, hs directed HE inquiries %
to the persons who had lately been via-
iting the servan1' han at Chatsworth.
These he found consisted pretty ex.
clusively Of tradesmen and the maids
Sweothearts. The former were all
ultra.respectabls men who had been
living In the village for years back,
yet the detective thought II wise to In.
spect the premises Of all of them.
They raised no objection, and he made
no discovery. A. to the swssthearts,
he found that an the maids had recog.
Msed lovers, who were allowed By
Mn. st. JamcsJoncs pretty free run
Of the servantD' hall. Among them
was the policeman ON whose beat Lon.
don road was. He informed the detec.
i've who the other lovers were, and
assured him that no new admirers had
been hanging round the place Of latc.
"Hfd have seen 'em II they 'ad," he
said, and the missus would ave done
%, too. She's very Systematic lidy.
She hallowv each Of 'er mides ono
sweet'art and no more. When the gal
- got one. too. che won't stand poach.
Ing. No. him sure there weren't no
hother men about" And the men who
were about, the detective soon ascer.
tained, were al % respectable and
above suspicion - the constable him.
sek.
Sergeant Collie occupied o full fort.
night In these inquiries. At the end
Of that time he had 20 confess that he
was not an inch nearer the solution Of
the mystery Of the burSlaries than
ever. He again reported to headQuar-
teN that further investigation seemed
useless. and requested to be recalled.
He was awaiting an answer from
Scotland Yard, when. carly one morn.
Ing, he was aroused by Inspector Bon.
die rushing excitedly into bis bed.
room. The of1cer brought news Of an.
other burglary. This time the victim
was st. George. Robinson. The man.
sion broken into was called Hatfield
and lay on the opposite eide Of tho VII
iage to the other two plundered houses.
Exasperated at this repetition Of the
burglaries under his very nose, Ser.
geant Cotlie set out hurrledly with In.
spector Doodle for Hatfield, nercely 70.
solved to leave no trace unturned In
bis efforts to trace the perpetrators.
A they hastened along the road-the
house was some half.mile from the VII.
lage-the sergeant cross-luestioned
lhs companion 40 to the character Of
the poor people who lived In the neigh.
borhood Of Hatfield. When he had got
all the Information he could he became
silent. Suddenly. when they were not
far from the house. he came to Q dead
stop.
"Hurrahw he cried. delightedly.
"we'u nab them this timer
"How3 Why2 What makes you
thinksoi" 7" asked the inspector. amased.
Don't you Gee thisr' replied Ser.
geant Collie. walking across the road
and picking up Q horseshoe. Luck
my boy-good lucky'
The inspectors amusement turned
Into annoyance.
"Is that allT he said. " thought
you were wiser than to pay attention
to such old women's notions 40 that"
you'll see wen nab them," cried
the sergeant exultantly, a. he pocket.
Cd the horseshoe. II never felt more
certain Of anything"
The inspector made no reply; he was
too disgusted at his colleague's folly.
They were now close to Hatfield. Or
going into the house they found every.
thing and everybody there In the wild.
est confusion. The family were away
from home, and the housekeeper, ter.
rined at the burglary, and still more
terrified lest che might In some way
be held responsible for II, was In 10
excited q condition that the policemen
found It useless to question her. From,
her daughter, however. who was tho
only other person staying In the house.
he learned that the burglars on this
occasion had been disturbed In their
work, and that they had hastily to
leave the house before they could
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