The evening bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1887-1905, 1896-06-06

much of his wifes wedding trousseau had
| been stolen. The house In which Mr.
Trowbridge lives Is one Of new row of
| five story marble buildings. His house can
be entered from the extension on the rear,
which comes up almost to the window on
the top floor.
Detective Mcknight made an inspection
of Mr.. Trowbridges house. He found
footprints in the room on the fifth floor
which led out to the extension. The foot
prints were small, and the detective con.
cluded that they were made by woman's
shoe. They led him across the roof of the
extension and up to the window of the
rear room of $780, the house occupied by
Mr.. Brock. He looked into the room
through an open window and then decided
to make an investigation in the house &C.
cupied by the 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 a theft.
The servants were sent for and ordered to
produce all their shoes. The 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
be suspected of having stolen anything.
"Our servants are honest" she said,
"and came to us with the best of refer
ences. 1t is impossible that they should
steal"
Miss Georgia at the time wore pair of
high heeled shoes, which attracted the at
tention of McNaught, who was on the look
out for womans shoe that would ft the
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to the Brock home. The detective asked
Miss Brock to let him see one of her shoes
She did SO and was not at all diconcerted
or angry when he fitted the shoe to one of
the footprints
Meanwhile the detective had found in
this room a few pieces of tissue paper which
looked to him like the paper that is used
by dressmakers in packing undersarm ents.
He felt certain then that he was on the
right track.
When he called on Mr.. Trow bridge to
inform him of his progress on the case, the
latter told the detective that while he (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 Westoott's express and was num-
bered 81 Detective Mcknight went to
the 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 q trunk answering
the description which he had given had
been left there the night before by q Pc
culiar looking young woman, who had
given the name of K. 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 unooncernedly:
1.-THE goods you want are In that trunk. |
put them in storage last night, and here
Is the key" at the same time handing
over the key to the detective.
The trunk was opened, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Trowbridge recognized their goods, |
along with number of other articles of
wearing apparel.
Tho only explanation which she offered |
was that her sister Florence was incorrigi- |
BILE, 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 |
TO shield her until she could have an OPP |
portunity to restore the stolen goods.
Both sisters were then put under arrest. |
Florence admitted that not only had the |
Trowbridges been robbed, but that the
house of Mrs. Richard Muser, 343 West |
Seventy first street, had 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 the goods at the sta
ton house which were taken out of the
trunk as belonging to her three silk dresses
and quantity Of other silks, ribbons and
satins valued altogether ut 50, 900.
The only comment Miss Georgia made
upon the proceedings was that her flance
would make good any losses which had
been suffered by her neighbors. The girls
did not appear to realize the gravity of the
charge against them.