The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-14

given n suunrr apat ard rr,,n I'M, l,,,
10 ou Miss .Iraso, nod a., .,,,L,r ,,.. ~,
i ~, Whsr ,rfod ~ ~ ", 49,.
smiles 90 ,..,.l ,ho s,,,i,rs
= home N mo ST.. had aanataa 90 ~.
I that she fourd M, cnrg,rt,f las, ,h.rs
a sepupd 20 a., corn, ,,,iS,aL,
, after had dec,a.d not to las. nn,
+ more nancy
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ONT Ia ir5i, "a ir,ert ra,, - -
, speralup Mis- fath.r,. ,nr,r,, cash :,
, was s,,i IVA Lol %, n1n T.. ~ ,....
, ser's safe. Tina, uas nhar he hsgar
n,,,lrc Gard, n'i,,, Nj I,lu"a IL
n,nch h. b,i Lac, ,r,.r ,,,, ,,,,,,',,].,,
, mo- our rn,,,i ,,, h,, ,t,, ch, ,.,, "a,
. I,ost half of !, was c,,,,,,,c.,, M onJ
he himself ,y.rt ,o for "a g., ao,,,rs
th,t h, had oro. sharn"d T., 49,
, frourxe Of three weeks tho "J,5snn
Crowd" WAS Hi.sol,ea Ono os,,.r on,
otb,r n,g r,.spal out ~ Mic s,,,r, on,1,
, and Withdrew nra N,ss tuds,, ,as
rcytain, several ,honsana dollars 70
the rood Nobo,tv WAS vil,;ng =, al.
NIT his exact lnss Jpd.pd marty
rycry man Hrd ab,,t II and annisd ,,y
loss ot all lint At ,he .,n, limo encb
loser knew tho, IN. n,bnr ,oser ,;.d
There was no cnrd n,avine for finn and
soon after II had ceased We uere
treated to several scnxn,;ors Ia sp.e,s.
sion. The first WINK tine ais,rn.,ro,co
of several diamond rings and hroce.
let, which had he,u ,,f, an tbe n,anc
by n u,aver Tl.y b,a J,s,n,,,,r,1
in broad DAYLIGHT win neon,c si,,i,y
or moving about. and IA The yolue was
considerable the sensot;o, was annual
After a little Il was fnnnd TINT ,hs
jewe!ry had been taken while only six
people were In the cabin. Fonr NJ tbess
we're married ladies, the Ann Miss
,Judson. and the sixtb Tho y,un,, not.
uralist who lind bpep taten for lacy
The cabin was turned n,s;d. do,vr /,
the search, hut the missing yplpnb,es
could not be found. Then eyervons
Of the six persons demanded TIM, Nj,
or her stnteroon and ,upyao. h.
searched hat the cantai, hnsbeJ mai,
tiers up bv suggesting that ope - ths
servants was The thief and that tbe
p,,uder woula soop bo Jiscoysrad
Three DAYS later married woman ma
sensational complaint to make. Dur
| tur hcr temporory absence fror, he,
'a,etcroom some one had entered Il ond
/ wu e'on in cash, n pold watch and
10 postlg hreastpip. Her ststeranm ote
onty Two doors below mine ana II
leaving al, f,om at three o'linct In ,be
afternoon haa ra,,.tE a oljmnsa ~
! some one ,nteriru ber's I ius, yo,
| sight OF a SKIRT, hut | Mas .prs IN ~
own mind that II WINS o,e r had .e.r
Miss Judson wear. The hold rohher,
was shock to eyervon. Wa .nrs,v
had a thief aboard the shin. pnssenusr
or servant, and no ones belong inr,
would be safe unit, that tbjef wa, AZ.
covered, II was nat,,ra, IN ~ ars, NJ.
pect the servants, and the cantain bad
them before him In succession and tried
his best to fix the guilt. While hi,
was going on the mate and stewardeN
were searching quarters aud baggage.
but no admission was made by any d
the questioned. nor could any trace Of
the plumber be found. Some thought
the thief had flung the stuff overheard
to escape detection, but the majority
settled down to the belief that one al
the passengers was the guilty party.
Many who had iewelry and small sums
of money fastened to the purser, and
people began looking nj each other IN
Ar unpleasant way. One-haf nrnts t.
ably suspected the other hall. but that
wasn't discovering the criminal. / felt
sure | could give good guess az ID
who II was, but guessing and declar.
ing are two different thInrs. Mis-. Ind. FL
son was loud In her Indignation and
feverish in her anxiety 10 haze ~
mystery solved, and the average Dc.
tectiyc would have reasoned TINT xhe
rather oycriid 10.
-Four days Inter anothsr .,o,.roor,
was entered and more ieweIrv t.Lsr
md right IN the midst Of the Ssn.aticr
! lady missed a pair OF dinmond ear
rings which she had mt out ~ cts.r
There was an ipdjpnation meettrc n
he cabin. md several ner.ons mad.
speeches and introduced resolution.
md the captain found bis nosItion
mast embarrassing ON. n vas er,lrv
decided TO hold ali The n,ssenger. .rd
eryants together on deck While
earch was made Of every s,a,eroom
This search was most thorough and ex.
austiye. but not one Of ths m;ss,rc
auables was discovered. II was
oweyer. the last theft com n,tted 49,
aps because every ladv tnrnsd 40,
er last ring 70 the nurssr ~ 80. n
eepiup. The remainder ~ ~. vnx
&c was ANYTHING but comfortabIe =.
yeryone feit that he mini, ba nnJ..
usplcion and there were ,srv ~,
rs,y.,ls sych,naad >. ~ &