Richmond planet., 1900-12-15
PRICE SCENTS
FOUND FURs THERE
= Detectives Csms.-Msa willismss
-. Predisamsnt.,

Detectives found furs and silks b
the value Of 81 800 in the psrlor Of
Mira. Susan Will ms highly respect.
cd eolorsd lady, Ne. 1918 St. John St..
Tuesday night. They were pasked In
. sugar Lsrrel, and In one long bundle.
The colored lady was the only sur
prised member OF the group when the
detectives found the comparatively fu-
signihcant-lookiHg barrel and bundle
90 full of valuable articles.
The furs and silks were stolen frou
Mrs. Eliz,beth 81 q nan, of No. 17H
b., Washington. Phe story OF hos
shey came to reach Richmond In rath
or long.
Colonel HI dmsn United States srrav
retired, husband OF Mrs. Hoffman,
died at AtlspLic City last summer. He
and Mrs. Ho hman had for yesrs bean
prominent figures 10 Washington soci-
ETY..
WEALTHY PEOPLE.
They were very wealthy. Colonel
Hoffman and his wife went to Atlantic
Oity last MINER for the bent FL OF the
the formers health. lie died.
In sep,emb, Mrs Hoffman sent the
colored butler back to Washington 90
open up the residence % she proposed
TO come home in . week or two. The
only servants left with MRS. Hoffmad
were her white maid and the coiored
cook. After the departure OF the buk-
Ter, the cook. Sarah rips,ey, complain
ed to Mrs. Hc fman OF the ioss of SO
which she alleged, had been stolen OF
she butter.
Mrs Hoffman at once disohsrRed tl,s
butler. and sent ths cook 20 Wishing
SON TO open up the house. Sarah wenS
down 20 Washington, aad IL day o.
swo wired that large quantity of furs
and silk portieres had been stolen from
the house.
THn BURGLARY nxPosrxD.
Mrs HUfnan came to wsshioasou.
rep orted the burglary TO the police.
and upon her suggestion the butler
wss arrested. Mrs. Hoffman was Rad
70 believe the butler guilty, but woui
NOS hear 60 the arrest Of che cook. va
had been in the employ Of the fsmil
for years. Three detectives tried
but failed. The case was then civs
60 Detectives Sam L. Brown aud Han.
~ Lacy, OF she Metropolitan force.
HARD 10 CONVINCE HER.
They saw Mrs. Hoffman st hsr horn
Sunday, and tried to convince her thss
her cook had stolen the property. tn
cook was know TO be listening to ths
conversation. On Monday morning
the cook, 8 rah Tinsley, was arrested.
She confessed, after being in fail sav.
erl hours. She said che had shipped
ssme Of the furs to Richmond.
HAD BEEN sEsT HxR.
The detectives discovered that they
had bean sent to Mrs Susan Williams.
but no address was given.
Detective Brown same down from
Washington Tuesday night and At
onee communicated with the Rich
mono detectives. Sergeant Alsek
Thompson, chief OF detectives, and
Walter Schleif. went to work Will
Brown, and Ia an hour or two haC
found Mrs. Susan Villa ms house at
lois st. John street, and the missing
property in the psrlor. She had not
opened the packages, and he'd no idea
whence they came. The detectives
say she tells the truth when she e.ys
she did not know who sent her tn.
packages. Sarah Tinsley is originally
from Richmond. or Henrieo. She was
coming down here in few days on =
visit. The detectives found q lette-
which she had written to Mrs. Susa
Williams, telling her to send the paci
ages TO certain person Ia Henrict
whose name the officers will not Civ,
The property was taken to the Secop,
station. and sent back to WAshingto..