The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-12
|CLEVER WORK
| BY DETECTIVES
Goods Stolen in Washing
| ton Recovered Here.
FURs WORTH S., 500.
They We're Shipped Here in a suga,
Barrel.
C0L0RED WOMAN IS Hr1a
coLoREo WOMAN is HrL5.
"ss''ins'o" Detectives. Assisted b,
essfs' iomi'nson and schreif,
Ne"t'o the Iscsi,lcnceo of Susan
Williams, TO Whom Goods
We're Shippcd.and Found
Them in Her rartor.

De'ectives S. l. Browne and Henry
Lacy OF the metropolitan police force Of
washington, D. c.. assisted by Detectives
-A ioihinson and Waiter Schteif of
eiss ci'f' dld clever piece OF work here.
iS'st nishs by which they recovered f,,rs
valued at SlSO and other vxtIribles stolen
In Washington, 1T is alieSs.. hv :, co,a-e,,
woman from Mrs, Elizaos.a Hoffman,
widow of Colonel Hoffman, a retiret. army
officer
The story is altogether unique. Mrs.
do1lnin left here HANDSOME residence
NO Isl n Street. N. ~. for Atlantic
ety, ~ j., during the summer accom-.
panied by her late husband, who was
seeking health at the famous resort. She
TOOK WITH her her cook, Sarah Tinsley who
mad been i'll her employ about a wear and
In whom she had absolute confidence She
also TOOK two other servanus-a colorett
butler and u white maid During the fall
her husband died at Atlantic city
Some weeks ago Mrs Hoffmssa sent her
outler To Washington To get her house in
Order. preparatory to her return for the
winter Soon after the butler left for
Washington Sarah Tiusiey reported to
Mrs. Hoffman that she had been robbed
pf so. ami accused the butler OF having
taken the money.
Later on the butler was discharged and
Sarah was sent dawn 20 lake charge of
the Washington residence until the arrival
OF Mrs Hoffman She had been there but
snort while when she reported to her
mistress that some one had robbed the
house of Sf.SG3 worth of fyirs.
The case was reported TO the police, and
suspicion at PHee attached to Sarah but
Mrs. Hoffman stoutly refused to have her
rarf nv. ..pr-..s .s-1,, Y-.,
in her cook. The butler was arrested and
held for some time, bat his guilt could
not be established
Three other detectives worked on the
case, but We're unable tu leeate the thief
when it was recently tened over 10
MessrS- Browne and Lacy. who, after some
investigation felt satisfied that Sarah
Tinsley was the guilty party.
Mr. Browne, by a piece OF clever work.
saw a letter from Sarah Tiasiey. which
was mailed to Susan Williams. No. fdfS
ST. John Street. Richmond. Va.
THEY. DID QUICK WORK.
He and Mr.. Lacy arrived here at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and together
with lIessrs- Tomlinson and Schle-t To-
Gated the stolen goods and had them in
the SecoHd-PoIice Station by $50 O'Clock
last night.
Susan Williams. in whose parIor the
goods were found in an unopened sugar
barrel aut larger roll. claimed to know
nothing of the contents. and no arrests
were made here. Sarah had written
Susan Williams. VINO was friend of hers,
that she would be here December 18th to
spend the Christmas holidays. she having
once lived in fIenrico county and having
many acquaintances here
She will hardly be able to make the trip
since the developments of last night. as
she = held in Washington on the chnrse
OF grand larceny. with much strong EVIL
dence against her. The Washington OFF,
GERS viii leave for horne this morning,
and .the goods VIII be shipped to Wash
1uyton to-day.
Messrs. Browne and Lacy were warm IN
their praise of the work of the Richmonfs
detectives last right. and said it Was
largely due to their assistance that it
was so promptly and snecesrsffI1y done