The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1900-08-30
AFTER MANY YEARS

" was accidentally shot by an oihcer,
troVN resisting a crowd Of street car
.yhS W." and died in hospital, after telling
lNrh,,,1 said a st. Louis detective who
ns IN Washington on a stu hunt last
N "The job began eight years ago, and
W. rerfectly innocent woman into two
~ u that sort of trouble which consists
l,,rrg l'"' n gray dress the shape of a gun.
% W. p and going TO sleep at night behind
d ny'', iron bars. I'll have to take YOU
,be b,einning Of it to give you the con
tection' .s.orooor ,bo,, o;-b,
oco n truck drove up in front of
ls~n s, Louis house, not far from Shaw'i
W.. ard one of the three men in the
tl..S.t'va'ked up the front steps and pulleS
". beu The only person who happened
w in the house was the maid Of the lady
si the house.
..nsd the door bell.
%Stv stress didn't tell me she was ex
,sc,ins any sofa,' said the young woman tt
r. man. in some surprise
SWeli it must ha' been ordercd-here'i
Ao name and address, said the man on the
s,n, producing card.
,irbe maid was IN a quandary as to where
a. ,bould have the couch placed, the es
,.,g.bment being already pretty wei
,...ted with articles of furniture Of that
~, bn, she finally directed the three met
:, carry it to the second floor and place
/, IN one of the bedrooms. The men de
"osted the box couch according to the
r,T, directions, and went their way. Tn,
~,id went 10 her own room on the third
aoor TO DO some sewing for herself, anc
|, couple OF hours later the mistress OF the
s,,Bisbment returned. The mistress Of
Aha establishment hadn't been in the room
,ro minutes before she discovered that she
va, ont lust 81, 900 worth of diamonds. The
,ve,s had been left by her in a jewel box
IN A bureau drawer, where she had seen
them only few moments before leaving
be house on her shopping expedition, but
when she opened the bureau drawer upon
l,r return the box was gone. The mistrcsi
N the establishment made careful search
ii the room, and of the adjoining rooms
beiore she summoned the maid. Then she
rsne for the maid and cross-examined heI
with reference TO her visitors during the
afternoon. The maid told the mistress that
he three men with the box-couch had beer
As only visitors, and showed her mistresi
,be box-couch The mistress at once said
that she hadn't ordered any box-couch, ant
accused the maid OF being in cahoots with
he three men who had brought it, declar
'ns that the maid had arranged for then
10 bring the couch in order TO divert sus
picon from herself. The girl cried and pro
.ys,ed and went on her knees, but the mis-
,rescs Of the establishment WAS convinced
.tAl, the maid was the thief, or at least the
lcccmplice of the thieves, and she locked
he doors and declared that when her hus
band returned from his office she would
. have the girl arrested. She did summon q
couple Of men from the st. Louis centra.
| sfice when her husband returned from
business and announced his belief, too, that
She girl was either crooked herself or in
Vague with crooks, and the detectives gath
gsd the girl in. They investigated her, and
they found that she had first cousin whc
vas well-known sneak thief. They failed
" 6nd that the girl had ever had anything
10 DO with the crook, but the mere fact
Tat she had any such relative was enough
Ld when the girl was tried for the theft
u the jewels it was the biggest point
gunss her. The chief tried to put the girl
through the third degree, but she stuck tc
Ter assertion that she was innocent, in the
iis all sorts OF promises Of lighter pun
Gmsnt Il she would own up and make
hne sort Of a statement that would give
line as TO where the jewels could be re
hn with tul al a gfn
70 her assertion that she was innocent got
|. lot Of her Questioners going, but she was
mNcted OF grand larceny, anyhow, and
Htt away for two years
The girl didn't get any good time fol
god behavior, for she became thoroughly
iudened over what she called the injustice
her conviction, and she cut up SO in
PRISON that she had to do her entire two
'e-S' She came out of prison a pretty
@e woman, and a pretty hard one, and for
couple OF years she went pretty craggy
@Orse-t the central office people had theiI
Nts on her all the time. She didn't do any
ISlg TO get herself bshind the bars again.
wv ior al that she was often pretty close
@N We'll, some good women OF st. Louis
We along and took an interest in the girl
wy had a lot of good traits that they saw.
" 'aey built her ap. They took care o.
While she was studying TO be trained
s-%' ana couple OF years ago they got
.Ie position for her as one OF tho trained
'Ises ,ne IN leading St..Louis hospital.
AZ "e' couple OF weeks ago a sneah
iu' We'll known to the st. Louis police
, .'ppehed to get mixed up with bunch OF
,s''' car strikers who were attacking .
tau when one Of the officers on the cH
80 '.u away into the crowd this crook got
4. Vu'e' IN his stomach. He was taken t.
ayspta! in which this young woman
M 'eAins You about was a trained nurse.
ill., soon as the surgeon looked him over
ma. wiz MN that he was goner. The
49, was perfectly conscious and pretty
STJ. Sry,ar al that for a chap so near the big
i' ia,ue' and when the consultation of the
nv 'a around the bunk was over, and he
N ,o Nhitecapped nurse sitting at his side
Ar ,s r DIT Of start when he examined
svI1e S'uFts' de looked at her intently for
d H. Sld then he asked her to bend close
rrora r' IUr ms voice wasn't particularly
toDs ne then asked her if she hadn''
d Ii,;ni ittie two-year bit on the charge
Nal She told him frankly that she
a. su,t saa then he said to her:
Ram, vel I'm glad I've run into you befor,
ran 'o as1 tue discard. got you those two
,ons al, ana | always meant to square you
hat 7 i, n Dut they We watched me SO close
aljs rn nv'er had show. 1t was Inc that
s1T sT you do the time
MOksS ~ ne tod her how tho job had been