Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-05-07
CHAPTER XII.
THE TJTCTORy OR THE RT-py

pubH3Deu purFurtlnB 10 nave been hel0
! with every one of note who had been
J present. The police were twitted with
: their inability to discover the thief The
| detectives from the central office came
and went mysteriously, and were silent
to all Questioners, the while maintain
ing an expression which plainly said,
ave could and we would" One or
two persons were even arrested, only to
be promptly discharged when brought
before the committing magistrates So
that interest in the affair soon died out.
Another crime occurred, and all New
York had something else to talk Of. The
Remsen ruby was forgotten by the
masses.
Mr.. Barnes, however, thought Of little
else. He racked his brain for promis-
ing starting point, and the more he
thought the more he was tempted to
made trip to New Orleans to unravel
this, as he had many other mysteries,
"from the other end" Yet he hated to
leave the scene where were the chief ac-
tors in the drama, and as he felt certain
the principal in one OF all of the crimes.
At last he resolved to make move,
hoping little from it, yet unwilling
longer to rest actually idle in this case.
He wrote the following letter:
Mr.. Arthur Rando,nh. ''rr;. ,:--.:@-
DEAR sIR-snco you have engaged me to
undertake to prove that Mr.. Mitchell himself
presume thnt W Won 'nv viii msS oa 'ne &c FESTIVAL ;
some assistance in the matter. In the first
interview that had with you you may recall
I'm, .nh' you stated tnat your friend, IN your opin'
ebrated Jewels Yon said in eject tbat ~ - et b
were pressed little on this line he would
drift off into the narration of tales Of gems
,,,o,S anu crimes ,,es go, committed TO Obtain them.
on his hobby but as % YOU know 'i he is 'n on tbe f
defensive with me. Can you In some SOM way ar.
range to have talk with him yourself and
whore % i,~ rord II' ovNrho WHILE Snouia Dc secresed
should wish Won to mention the Loss 30 tha
ruby-to suggest, II not charge Outright that
ne 9lmseif has taken the gem, and when he
there 10 ~, any "s pecniio ~ w.. 'sh MN whether
that Is whether it has ever been stolen 'I he. ~
fore. From such a conversation might get
hlnt winch, seeming as nothing to you, might
ber Won Yourself T said tbot o1, HT 'Iis ~ s eem
Yours truly, j. BARNES.
In reply TO this he received q motto
asking him 70 meet Mr. Randolnb Of b;S
cluh on tho fo1loyrj,,, o,,oni,,r,
The next afternoon Mr. Mitchell col,
ed at the Hoffman House md went m r.
the room occuniod Inv Mr. Tbonrot fnd0
ing that gentleman ot home Mr. Thar.
ret advanced to meet him ond tho two
shook hands cordially.
"Thauret, began Mr.. Mitchell at
want to talk to Won seriouslv ahont that
jewel robbery" )"
"I am all attention. " said Mr. Than.
ret. lighting cigarette and dronnino in.
to comfortable rocking chair.
"To begin with. let me recapitnIate
I will 90 back to our partnership ar.
rangement. You and I became in n wav
secret partners, or perhaps gambling
pals would be more accurate At that
time agreed to furnish the capital for
our operations up to a certain point. I
believe I have done SO, in spite of the
fact that our losses have been rather
heavy and the further fact that you con-
fidentially told me that you had a meth
cd or system by which losses could be
avoided or at least controlled. AMI
accurate?"
"Quite so, my friend. You have
proved yourself an admirable silent part
ner, since you have allowed me to have
my own way, paying the bills and ask
ing no questions till now. Am I to un-
derstand that the losses annoy you, and
that you wish an explanation"
"You may give me one in moment.
There is another point. You promised
to drop Adrian Fisher" "
"Well?"
"You have not done so. requested
you to wear the Ali Baba costume the
other night, and yet you chose to give it
to Fisher. Why was that?"
"It will be more simple to explain
about the losses first and come to Fisher
later. AS you perhaps know, that de-
tectiye Barnes has chosen to place spv
at my heels Under the circumstances I
thought it wise to play the SPY upon my
spy. Several times have gone to the
club and then placed myself where I
could watch my man. In this way I
soon discovered that he had become init
mate with one of the club servants. One
day I called this fellow, and partly by
to have him discharged, but
mainly by using money, I got out of
him what the detective was asking
about me. This was chiefly whether 1 [
lose or win when l play cards. I found
that the result of every game that Tt
played was being reported. Conseouent-
ly after that made it rule to lose"
"To lose nv monevI"
"To lose our money, since we are part
ners. You are simpIv advancing the
funds till get remittances from Paris {