The Indianapolis journal., 1898-12-15
AIDED THE DETECTIVES
PRETTY NETvTIE KING ASSISTED IN
LANDING A DRUMMER"
He Wanted to Employ Her Because
She Reminded Him of ~ Girl
He Had known.

Nettie King, eighteen years old, pretty and
with wealth of auburn hair, helped Detec-
tives Gerber and Morgan yesterday In the
arrest of Charles Gift. travelling salesman
for a company manufacturing electric cigar
lighters who was slated at the police station
on the charge of offending persons on the
street.
Sunday afternoon, as the story goes, MISS
King was stopped at the corner of Pratt
street and Massachusetts avenue by Gift,
who raised his hat and asked abruptly, DO
you want a Dostion?''
He stood squarely before Miss King and,
though she was startled she answered hes
itatingly that she was looking for work
THE reason / stopped you and asked you
the question" continued Gift, lis that a
young lady who looked almost exactly ike
you once worked for me and | was attracted
to you by your resemblance to her.
They had few more words of conversa-
ton, Miss King says and Gift made an en-
gagement to meet her at the corner OF Me-
ridian and Washington streets yesterday
afternoon. Miss King lives with her mother
at 1902 East Pratt street. She told her
mother about her peculiar meeting with
Gift, and the mother, being an older ana
wiser woman, became suspicious. after
much thought she decided to call on super
intendent of Police Quigley. He told her
that he would like to catch Gift but 1t
would probably not be possible to do SO un-
less her daughter assisted him. Mrs. King
agreed to do this and they arranged that
Miss King should meet Gift as she had
promised.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. King and her
daughter went down town, and When they
reached Washington street they separated:
Mrs. King passed over to the south SIDE OF
the street and her daughter continued 10
walk west on the north side. A few minutes
after L o'clock Gift met the young woman
at the northeast corner of Meridian ana
Washington streets They stopped lt anu anu
ing them from across the street. rev
yards west of them stood Detective GERBER
and few yards east stood DetectiVe MOT lot
gan, both apparently idlers, watching the
street crowds
wages Raid to girls Wh9 boe Tfore IN and said
I'm going to buy that place out My stock
will be here Jan. IL. / usually pay cashiers
who work for me SO a week, but you Will
pay $15'' Gift might have talked on indefi-
nitely but Miss King turned and left him.
Gift strolled west, and when he was out OIL
and asked her what he had said. She told
them enough OF Gifts talk to make them
think they had a case against him and they
started to trail him. They found him in the
Bates House billiard room and arrested him
Miss Gift and her mother had gone to the
police station and they confronted Gift in
Chief Colbert's office The faces of Miss
King and her mother were working as if
there were a tempest of hot words about to
fall on Gifts head Now don't lose your
tempers," Chief Colbert cautioned them.
Then they told their story. Gift had moth
ing to say. He was led up to the cellroom;
Gift is an intelligent-looking, well-dressed
man. His home is at s21 North Pine street
and he is twenty-seven years old. He is
married. His father is in the shoe business.
Gift, it is said was three years ago the de-
n a much
the present one, and the plaintiff was given
a $500 judgment against him.