New-York tribune., 1901-04-21

disappears. and, as is only natural servants are
the first to be suspected. The loser of the article
Is so sure that she did this or that that she put
IL carefully away, or that she it lying In
certain place at certain time She is so
Vhced herself of the truth OF her recollectons
ia' she would be willing almost to swear that she
is not mistaken. And yet in five cases out of ten
she Is wrong, and finds the missing trinket on a
garment or in place where chance or she
hersef has put 1t. Every house mistress with a
large ana more or less careless family knows how
often this occurs and how little circumstautial
evidence can be really relied on.
Il have seen many blunders made about such
thhss IN my own family, says experienced
housekeeper that if juryman nothing in
the world would induce convict criminal
on circumstantial evidence, no matter how clear
the case seemed TO 1t is my firm conviction
that many unfortunate creature has been
hanged or imprisoned wrongfully. Only the other
TO Nine . = 10 nv her "a ea dIld OF iite went %
had accompanied her client to the room, bothN
table 1 will send in the pins with the waist said
n half grown girl came in with the unfinished
" Stay here. said the filter to her. and hand me
the pms as need them Gracious; how awkward
p upset the box full Of pins on the table and floor.
nd Gk sbn them up child ana be quick about It,
toner. BY that time the girl had picked up the
the room with the readjuSted waist.
. But where is your pni exclaimed the woman
after she had helped my friend with her dress
The brooch was gone. thorough search was
made Immediately. but II had disappeared. Every
article of dress examined the floor scrutin!zed
IN every direction and every piece of furniture
looked carefully.
The pin could not be found Then the little as
sistant was sent for and questioned and finally
she and the filter had remarked the ornament
there was no question about its having been taken
off in the room, and suspicion naturally fell upon
the little girl, who had come in afterward and
upset the pins hut who positively denied ever hav-
ing seen the brooch. And she suggested herself
that she should be thoroughly searched. This was
done at Madame's command but with no result
The child the sole support OF an invalid
mother, and my friend Mrs. X who has n kind
heart, and. Ike myself. does not believe In CON
victng circumstantial evidence begged of Mad
anne G. to let the matter drop and TO dismiss
the girl without further evidence. which Madame
consented 10 do the condition that the affair
should be reported to the police and the pawn
brokers notified. About two weeks after the occur
Mrs " made a call at a house where the
drawing the head of a flight of pol
ished marble steps, and she went down them
her way out she heard something knock on each
step she descended. Picking up the train of
her gown to what made the noise. she felt
something hard in the heading of one of the pleats
and there, securely pocketed. she found the miss
ing PIN IT happened to be the dress she had
worn at Madame C.s. and the ornament must have
been knocked off the table by the falling box. and
found secure lodging place in the trimming. which
had been too carelessly examined at the time"