Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-25
Set a Thief to Catch a Thief.


stealing a valuable article from the
house of Il friend, | should have called
that person a story teller, and deliberate
| ~ knocked him down. But then, man
never knows himself until he is tried, and
so it happened that /. John Granger,
| hitherto considered honest, did nefariou:-
| ly abstract a thing Of value from my
friends house, and did often gloat over
the same in secret.
Occasionally, / will confess, cortrite
pangs assailed me; but. as time went on
these became less and less, and so it
vas that, about six months after TIE
dreadful event. [ had almost ceased to
remember that | was-well, I'll put it
politely, and say "kleptomaniac." And
then something happened, alas! which
brought my crime home to me in man
! or which / shall never forget
1t was, as | said before, about six
months after / had committed the dark
deed when | received Il very troubled
note from my cousin. Dollie Leslie, urG-
ing me to 90 to her at once.
As / had been kindly put "in loco
PARENTS" or in loco fraternis," to Dolie
by her husband during his enforced
absence, she having no other male rela-
tive, there was nothing for it but for me
to 20 Immediately. So | went, and a
pretty kettle of fish found when | got
there. 1t seems that Mistress D0llie,
never very wise, had engaged for herself
companion, as a kind of solace for her
husbands absence.
This uion Misc 7 ,,cyy Ei,.,,,o ,,
by name, had decamped with Dollic's dia-
raond bracelet and a host of other trifes.
At least so my cousin declared, and had
no reason to doubt her word, for after a
great deal of trouble / elected the follow
ing facts: that Dollie had never even
taken the trouble to verify her compan-
IONS references, that she had thrown her
self headlong into a gushing friendship
with her new acquaintance, and that Mis-;
| tlrman had greatly admired Mrs. Leslie 5
Jewels, which, needless to say, had never
been properly locked up.
| After administering severe lecture to
the youthful matron on the sin of leaving
valuablcs about and thus exposing other.
wise virtuous people to temptation--i
could speak feelingly on the subject
next questioned the servants.
From them / CLEANED good bit of in,
formation. None If them could abide
hers" "She wasn't real LADY," For her
part, she never could see what her mis-
tress took such n fancy to her for, polk
ing, prying thing'-this last from Dollic'7
own maid. | returned to my cousin in
the drawing room, and found that young
lady PROSTATE with grief, partly at my
| lecture, and partly ut the thought OF los
ing the BIB bracelet, Ff-frank's last
| p-p-p-rcs-
"nollie" | said severely, you must
rouse yourself; come now, give me all
accurate description of Miss Firman;
and if You have such thing as photo.
graph of her, let me have tit will be
invaluable to us in tracking her down."
Dollie, thus adiured, sat up, dried her
eyes, remembered suddenly that Lucy
had presented her with a photograph OF
| herself, and, after some delay, produced
the aforesaid likeness. Armed with this
important aid to detection, which l care
| fully placed between the leaves of my
pocketbook, went straight off TO police
| headquarters and there detailed the case
Dark eyes" said the inspector. 70
whom | had been describing the suspect
| ed woman. with fairish hair, tall, good
| figure. rather handsome. faint indications
of muStache. HIM, think | know the
party; been under suspicion before '
| Then there was silence for space, while
scratch, scratch, scratch went the pen
of my companion.
| That is all the information YOU can
afford me, then, he said at last, looking
| steadily across at me.
An, with the exception of the photo.
| graph" ! replied, taking out my pocket.
book, and tumhling among its leaves toI
the picture. 1t was growing quite dusk
in the little office and | could scarcely
see. Here it isl" | exclaimed banding
it over to the detective, and feeling very
confused at my remissness i'll not show.
ing it before
| Whatever he thought about my stu
pidity, cannot tell, for in few minutes
| found myself in the streets, with Mir
Hunters last words ringing in my ears -
We'll let You know, sir. as soon n
We have anything worth communicating.
The next day l called upon Dollie. tol(
her what J had done, and also warned
hcr that though the detectives were upor
Miss riruan's track, she must not hop,
too much
a woman like that win have goo,
many dlSguiScs," added, "and be a pas
mistress in the art of eluding the police
NolI' about month went by. and
had heard no news from headquarters
"hen one morning | was startled to lie
SclIe a wire from them saying that tn,
bird was caught.
p Never had a neater case in my life
81, exclaimed the delighted detective
whom interviewed about an hour after
, ward Really, the impudence of tn,
woman was remarkable" he continued
Living in one of the best London square,
with a party She calls her aunt. About
, - much my aunt as hers he inferno
, lated, with q chuohie. However" n,
. added, more seriously. "she is safe eno,,u}
; now; and aunty is with her for the pres
cnt to keep her company. And now
sir. he added, will You step this wa,
and identity hery"
/, Il can't identify her. I added; II hay,
rover seen the woman in my life; but
win bring my cousin. her late employer