Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-26

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Taking the ruby pin. -
rd(im. Mr.. Barnes saw him deliberately
all slowly take hold Of her ruby pin,
gStfly withdrawing it from her hair.
J y then clock. began to chime the
Midnight hour. Instantaneously a
tIknght flashed through the detectives
mhd At the first note Of the chimes
Il time had passed within which Mr..
Mitchell had wagered to commit his
rdEbery. He had thought that the man
wfp had spoken to him had the voice Of
Nd Mitchell. He had also come to this
pIkce expecting that this very jewel
Wild be stolen. Ha had supposed that
e 6nret woald play the part Of accom-
pl be and thief, while the principal,
Michel, was manufacturing an alibi
ddSpn in Philadelphia. It was evident
ndH, SO he thought, that Mitchell had
essaped his spies, returned to. New
YSrk, assumed one of the disguises
which he himself had placed within
eaty reach, and now, on the very stroke
ofthe last htur Of his time, had COM
mitted his robbery-a robbery, too,
which would make coinmotion, and
y4 for which he could not be imprison-
ed If detected, since his fiancee, at his
mitigation, would say that she had
sihply aided the scheme to further the
wtger, as perhaps she had, since she did
nd stir when the gem was being taken.
!, ,All this flashed through Mr.. Barnes
;DHsin IN a half moment, ana by the
time the thief before him had secured
the ruby and was standing erect he had
decided upon his course Of action. This
was to seize the man at once and pro-
claim him thief. OF course Mr.. Mitchell
would be able to explain his act, but at
the same time. he would have lost his
wager.
The man in front turned to pass on,
and Mr.. Barnes darted forward to seize
him, when, to his astonishment, he was
himself held as in wise by the man be-
hind him. He struggled to free him
self; but, taken by surprise, he discover
ed that he was powerless. What angered
him more was that the thief was fast
disappearing in the gloom. Determined
not to be outwitted, he shouted:
"Turn up the lights A robbery has
been committedl''
Instantly all was confusion. People
crowded forward, and Mr.. Barnes felt
himself hurled violently toward the ad-
vancing throng. Toppling against some
one, both fell to the ground, and several
others tumbled over them. Pandemoni-
um reigned supreme, yet it was some
time before any one thought of turning
up the lights. Mr.. Van Rawlston, un-
derstanding the situation better than any
other, was the first to recover his pres
ence of mind, and himself turned On the
electricity. The sudden rush of light at
first only made things worse. for it
blinded everybody. Thus, to the detect
ives chagrin, several valuable minutes
were lost before he could extricate him
self from the pile of people who had
tumbled over him and find chance to
say aloud:
"Miss Remsen has been robbed. Let
no one leave the house. Masks off J"
Mr.. Van Rawlston rushed to the door
to see that no one departed, and people
crowded around Miss Remsen to condole
with her upon her loss. Mr.. Barnes
searched for Ali Baba and was amazed
when he found him to discover that it
was not Mr.. Thauret.
"Who are your' he asked roughly.
my name is Adrian Fisher" was
the reply. This astonished the detective,
but it pleased him, too, for it seemed to
confirm the suspicion that this man was
an accomplice. he decided quickly to
say no more to him at that time, and
hastened toward Miss Remsen to observe
her behavior. If she knew anything in
advance, she certainly was acting ad-
for she had grown excited, and
was talking vehemently to those about
her, declaring against the disgraceful
management-so she termed it-which
had enabled thief to enter the rooms.
While Mr.. Barnes was thinking what
to do he saw Mr.. Van Rawlston ap-
him, accompanied by Mr.
Thauret, who was now in evening dress.
"Mr. Barnes, how was this thing
done? Why did you not prevent it!"
II tried to do so, but could not. You
must understand, Mr.. Van Rawlston,
that I am not omniscient. I suspected
that this robbery would occur, but could
not know how it would be accomplish
ed. Nevertheless saw the act. "
"Then why did you not seize the
theft"
II attempted to do so, and was
thrown down from behind by his accom-
plice."
"Can you identify the person by his
dressp"