Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-27


One OF the most marvellous cases of con-
hdence game, theft, bunco and prostitution
unraveled itself before Justice Anderson
and a jury In Criminal Court No. ] the past
week and eliminated Friday afternoon IN
verdict of MOI GUILTY
The defendants In this case were two
women of fine figures and handsome, dash
ing appearance, one a pronounced blonde.
Hazel Newton and Chaunt Garland
are the names these two women are
known by,s and the charge upon
which they were tried was the larceny of
diamond pin, valued at $3.50, from the per
son of Capt William Shalley The women
were ably defended, it is needless TO state,
by Mr. Darlington, and the trial lasted all
Thursday and until Friday afternoon But
20 the story.
To begin, A la novelist, the story opens at
the Hotel Barton In this city. The pro-
prietor had been missing various articles
from the hotel but could not locate the
thief Al the appropriate time It appears,
a suave, keen.looking alleged sleuth put up
at the hotel and made proposition to the
landlord to run down and discover the thief
or thieves. His proposition was accepted.
Whereupon the sleuth, whose cognomen is
Laughlin, visited police headquarters and
so hypnotized Major Sylvester with his
manner and story that the major detailed
Officer Peyton to aid him in his work.
Officer Peyton had no experience as
sleuth or at least, no national reputation as
such. and in the hands of Mr.. Laughliu, he
was, besides being a most submissive cop,
fine foil for that astute individual in I'M
pressing everyone and especially the Hotel
Barton people with his accomplishments.
And he proved them too.
Now the most remarkable part of the mar
rative comes in. The two thieves were two
walters in the hotel and MI Laughliu had
them dead to sights" They were ar.
rested and singular to state got off after
conviction In the police court Of petty lar
ceny, with nominal bonds, and skipped the
city. to resume operations elsewhere with
some other sleuth Sticking pin here our
readers viii now follow us while we recite
Officer Stahls story-the officer who ran
down Hazel Newton and her chum, Chaunt
Garland and caused their arrest in Balt-
more Said Oiiicer Stahl TO the GLOBE:
you will recall that in February last
several touches were reported to
the police in the 9th precinct executed
by two women drcssediu automobile coats
and quite dashing in appearance. One was
the case of Congressman who met the
danes and was done up on a chair by the
lady sitting on his knees for SGo7, The next
was that of Lieutenant King, just returned
from the Philippines from whom they eN-
tracted his roll and watch, but the lieuteu-
ant swiped one Of them on the jaw and re-
covered his money. Then an $500 govern
ment employee got up against the game and
lost his wad. The next two well known
men about town took the danes to the
owen house, and while enjoying each
others society i'm separate rooms Hazel
touched her man for s27 but she got knocked
down and kicked out of the hotel for her
gains The last touch was Captain William
Shallcy's diamond pin. This was secured
in a hallway to which he and one of the
women retired while the other kept watch
for the cops
81 had couple of pigeons whom put
ON TO The DANES and they soon learned their
names whereupou ! wrote Hazel and her
partner to meet me at the postofice Friday
night beginning of March last. That night,
however, / was unable to keep the appoint.
ment as was engaged on a raid with my
sergeant ON T. street ! lost track Of the
danes for awhile but coming up the avenue
the Post the re porter said
"Stahl, there are those two women.
"I looked at the two ladies, who were
conversiug with the alleged sleuth Laughlin
and Officer Peyton, and sized them up.
called Peyton to Que side and advised him
to shake Iaughlin as intended to pinch
the women, as ! had good reason to believe
that they were the danes who had been do
ing the touch acts reported at headquarters.
Peyton protested and told me was mis-
taken; that the women were doing good
work for Laughlnand running down crooked
work and that they we're about to make
a pinch themselves Of the two walters at
Hotel Barton.
We'll when / found that / could not get
Peytou to believe me, / postponed action,
but located the women at 372 Missouri ave-
nue. and laid low. Shortly afterward the
Shalley touch came of, and the descrip-
tiou Of the perpetrators tailed exactly with
the two women. 1 then ascertained that
they had skipped TO Baltimore, and learn-
ing their address from my pigeons" /
gave the information which caused their
arrest In that city and their transfer TO
Washington Now, in the course of my i'm
vesugations I learned that there is a kind Of
national bunco game being played In diff
ferent cities by alleged sleuths. IL Is
worked in this way, and is as you see, ex-
tremely ingenious.
'rhe seuth gets his stool pigeons as
walters In a hotel or club. The alleged
walters begin stealing small articles and
keeping each separate theft below the
grand larceny amount After awhile the
landlord becomes worried and endeavors to
discover the thieves In which, Of course, he