The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-22

accused of theft. No man innocent, no
purer girl ever lived than she, yet she
was not proof against scandal and Cos
sip, and, horror-stricken, ashamed. cow
ed. she sought to forget by travelling from
one end of the earth to the other.
It was in PittSburg that the seed of
scandal that led to Miss Condit Smiths
murder was planted. In Washington she
was known as Polly" Smith. There
she was loved. Women car9'1 for her be-
cause she was sincere and Jensible; men
were fond of her because she was pretty
and always agreeable. She was laugh
ing, light-hearted girl, welcomed every
where.
From every side came invitations for
'Polly" Smith. She was sought at the
White house, at official entertainments,
at private houses. In fact, 1t may be
said, that no girl in Washington society
had more invitations or was more popu-
lar than Miss Polly"
When the invitation came for her to at
tend a house party given by her wealthy
friends, the Moorheads, at No. 92S Ridge
avenue, Allegheny City, last fall she ac-
cepted. Washington was gay enough at
the time, but particular friends of hers
were giving the house party and she hated
to disappoint them
1t was a gay house party they had in
PIttsburg. Polly Smith was the gay
est Of all, and when the time came for
everybody to go home she was the best
liked of all the guests. No one denied
that she had been the lie of the party,
and that without her things would have
fallen flat.
r. aftor tho house nartu had hrO1<ap
up that the scandal took root. The
hostess had missed jewelry to the value
of more than s., 600. Her guests were all
persons of the highest standing and of
unimpeachable character. She called in
detectives and told them their names.
She at that time
SUSPECTED NO ONE
of having taken her jewels who was num-
bered among her guests. But the police
are no respecters of family pride and
family names, so the detectives began to
search for the jewels among the guests
at the house party.
The superintendent of Pittsburg detect
ives, John Glenn, undertook the case, as
the stolen Jewels had been wedding
present to his bride from Mr.. Moorhead,
and aside from the intrinsic value, about
81 500, were more precious to Mrs Moor
head than any money. The eight serv-
ants in the family were after most care
full investigation relieved of suspicion.
Many other detectives were employed,
and 1t was through a New York jeweler,
to whom some unset diamonds were sent
for resetting, that the first clew to the
lost gems was received. Whoever stole
the Moorhead diamonds had pried the
jewels out of their setting and then en-
deavored to have them set in new fash
ion so that they could never be recog-
nized. Money, then, was not the motive
of the robbery.
This gave to Washington detectives
the first clue to the Moorheads' guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Mocrhead could not be
made to believe In the guilt of any OF
them, but a Washington detective, fol-
lowing descriptions and circumstantial
evidence, finally convinced the Moor
heads that the thief actually was Miss
ConditSmith, the accomplished and
lovely girl whose talent and popularity
made her welcome everywhere and who
had repeatedly enjoyed the honor of re-
ceiving side by side with Mrs. Mckinley