Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-22

( them for the next three hours. Tney
went to Coney Island and both appar-
emily had plenty Of money to spend
| more than two men in their stations
would ordinarily have.
'The chain is now complete. Your
butler and Gowan are in collision.
think I have gathered sufficient EVIL
dence to warrant their arrest. When
the officer arrives, we can have your
butler summoned and questioned
When the narrative was finished Mr..
Patten grasped Mr.. Robinson hrmiy
by the hand and, slapping him IN the
shoulder, exclaimed admiringly: My
boy, you're a wonder: IeE cScS@S:: 10
be on the detective force"
"No, I can't believe such pertidy en-
the part of Samuel" broke in Mrs.
Patten. There must be some mis-
take He has lived with us so many
years, and has always been so faith
full and honest"
MY DEAR" replied her husband, lit
is Just that kind who do the most
harm. 1 am sorry to think Samuel
guilty. but there is no reasonable
doubt of it in my mind. YOn women
always allow your sympathies and no
tons to get the better of your juds-
ment"
The daughters looked on Mr.. Rob-
inson as q marvel Of astutencss.
A little later the door bell rang and
a detective was ushered into the par
lor. Mr.. Robinson repeated his tale.
The officer listened attentively, but did
not appear very much impressed by
what he heard, probably through jeal-
ousy, Mr.. Patten thought.
II think" observed the professional
crime-searcher upon the conclusion OF
the amateurs recital, that you have
been misled by series of remarkable
condolences. Is this the pin you
speak of" and he displayeG a golden
| lions head with ruby eyes.
Mr.. Robinson gazed at it in mute
| establishment, but nodded in the az
| firmative.
We'll" continued the triumphant
detective, this pin came into the pos
| session of the cook, to whom the gen.
| tleman refers by a mere accident. 1t
| was not the gift of an admirer, but
was dropped in the house where she
resided by one of the accOmpliceS IN
| the crime, for there were two thieves,
and they are both at present behind
the bars. l have a little story of my
own to relate.
"On the day when the plumbing in
spector called at your house, house
around the corner was visited by
man who stated he had come to re-
pair the telephone wires. He carried
with him large bag Of tools, and was
| escorted by one of the servants to the
roof, where he remained about half
an hour. \ few days later, somebody
having occasion to go up on the roof
| found a stack of tools there. Remem-
bering the man who had come to fix
the wires, word was sent to the tele-
phone company that he had left some
of his implements behind. The tele-
! phone company replied that no man
had been sent by them, and that they
knew nothing of the tools. Then the
matter was reported to US as look
ing somewhat suspicious.
"The outfit was discovered to be a
plumbers instead of lineman's. 1t
was also reported that the cook had
| found a breastpin on the stairs be-
| longing to no member Of the house
hold. By putting two and two to-
gether, we decided that this telephone
man was in some way implicated in
the burglary at your house.
Among the tools turned over to us
was a hammer marked with the letter
J. We searched a business directory
and visited every plumber in the city
whose name began with ]. endeav-
oring to locate the owner. Only this
morning did we find him. He is a
man by the name of Jordan, in Brook
Ign. He easily identified the whole
outfit, and stated that the man who
was responsible for it had reported
that he had accidentally dropped it off
ferryboat This fellow was called
forward and | Immediately put him
under arrest. He confessed his guilt,
betrayed his accomplice and said that
they had pawned everything.
The robbery had been cleverly
planned. He had wandered over the
roofs after dumping the tools out Of
his bag. until he reached your house;
then, on a signal from his pal, he had
lowered the bag by rope to the
second-story window, and your valua-
bles were thus made off with"
Mr.. Robinson was not as much in
terested in these details as the Patton
family Mumbling something unin-
telligible about an engagement, he bid
an abbreviated goodnight and sneaked
away.