Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1896-06-05

either counsel or Judge, thereupOn
promptly found verdict for the de,
! PENDANT, and the judge directed that
the public prosecutor should be COM
municated with. The same evening
Hedgehog was arrested on a warrant
on the charge OF stealing Lady Rough.
shod's diamonds.
Mr.. Pitt acted for Mr.. Hedgehog dur
ing his trial on this charge. He was
convicted and sentenced to five years
penal servitude.
After his conviction Hedgehog had
an interview with Mr.. Pitt. He thanked
the solicitor very warmly for his serv-
ices. Then lie said he wanted him to
do him another service.
II want you to place watch on
Svendeleri, Mr.. Pitt" said the convict,
earnestly. II want him watched nj ght
end day, and if before six months is
cut you don't find for certain that I'm
innocent Of this charge you can believe
1 lied to you. I'll pay the costs i'll any
event."
Mr.. Pitt was much puzzled both at the
prisoners request and at the result he
expected from its being obeyed, but he
promised to have Svendeleri watched.
And watched Svendeleri was by one
of the cleverest private detectives i'll
London, and before the six months
mentioned by Hedgehog had elapsed
Mr.. Pitt received a report from the pr-
| 1ate detective that astonished him. 1t
! was neither less nor more than this
that Svendeleri had in his possession.
| and was attempting to sell, diamonds
which corresponded in every way with
those stolen from Lady Roughslod.
Mr. Pitt acted promptly and courage
| o,,sly. lie had an information sworn,
obtained a search warrant, made a
| raid on the premises Of Svendeleri. and
| within 81 hours from receiving the pri-
vate detectives report the stolen dia-
monds were recovered and Syendeleri
was in custody. charged with having
stolen them or received them we'll know
! ing them to be stolen.
Though the prosecution could give
| 10 evidence as to how the diamonds
came into the prisoners possession bc
yond the fact that Lord Roughs hod's
valet on hearing of Svendeleri's arrest
had disappeared, there was no doubt
| they were in his possession, and he
knew that they were stolen. Practi-
cally there was no defense to the :ha1 ge
! and Svende]eri was at once convicted.
Then Mr.. Pitt pctitioned the home sec
rotary for Hedgehog's discharge. This,
after some delay, was granted.
On receiving his pardon Hedgehog
| called at Mr.. Pitts office to thank him
! for his exertion:; on his behalf. After
! doing SO very earnestly, he said: II won.
der would you have worked SO hard for
me, Mr.. Pitt, # you had known the
| whole 1acts?"
81 hope so,' replied Mr.. Pitt.
II suppose you would like to know
| Them said Hedgehog, sly'y.
"Well, the truth is, l wolid," an
| swered Mr.. Pitt. smiling. 'Thc fact is,
never was SO puzzled over a case in my
life
well, there can't be any harm: tell.
! ing you them nCW-cOnfidentialy YOU
| know. Now, did not steal them Iii.
almonds. and l didn't even know where
| Lady Roughshoi kept them until Sven
deleri told me. You see, after I came
| back from Stabstable he told me that
! one of the household there had told
| him of them, and he said as owing tc
my report that the bonds must have
| been taken by some one of the house
hold-which was right (thcy were
! taken by the valet)-his frien,: was
| afraid to steal the diamonds and he pro
| posed. as knew the house and bureau
| end all that, should take 'em. 1 re
fused. saying I wasn't thief but a
private detective. Afterward the temp
tation to get 'eln came awfully strong
! to me, and L went down to Rotten.
borough under IL false name tn recon
| while Twas staying there, and planned
to get the diamonds that night. ] pre-.
tended at the George that was return
| ing to town. and instead ! made my wa V
! to Stabstable hall. But everything
! turned out badly. While l was dodg-
| ing about the grounds l ran against
one OF the servants and had TO bolt
| 1t must have been Svendeleri'S accom-
| plice, the valet, but that didnt. strike
| A4C GU t1lC ICl oA SSlLl'lS DUCK
| to Peterborough I met the head waiter
Of the George. When returned to town
J. learned of the robbery, and, of course,
] knew old Svendeleri had got the swag
And that's the whole truthIsir.
| @''But why did Svendelerl write those
! post cards to you" asked the sclicitor,
| incredulously.
! HE didn't write them at all wrote
them and thought he'd pay up rather
than be cross-eXamined about the di-
| Almonds. [ didn't think then that he
knew of my going to Rottenborough.
| But, you see, he did; and wien he
[ proved that. saw was caught in my
own trap, and there was no use per
juring myself by swearing I wasn't
| there, or by telling the truth, Tor no.
body would believe that. But hope.
MIR. Pitt, you do?''
well, it's rather hard job; but I
| DO believe your story said Mr. fit
! London Truth.