Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-09-04

I ENTERED WITH REVOLVER IN MY HAND.
planned that the door of his room,
which he had locked ON going out, was
aJar.
The absurdly conspicuous position of
the jewelry In the room also had Its eff
feet upon the jury, as Indicating con
spiracy. Ii became clear that the fel-
low might have cleared himself imme-
diately after arrest If he had chosen to
do so.
Nothing else but an acquittal was
possible, and Montagu left the court q
free man. left II very much puzzled
and fiercely angry man, for beyond
doubt | had been made tool by this
rascal for some purpose which | could
only conjecture. The Scotch-lrish OBJ
stinacy which inherited from my
grandfather asserted itself, and this
fellow Montagu became to me as If he
had been my natural food and | beast
Of prey.
When he left the court building | was
on his track, and for an hour or more
had some interesting experiences In
Swallowing" 1t became obvious to me
presently that another person whom |
recognized as detective of the regular
police was also on Montagu's trail, and
Montagu must have perceived 1t also,
for he began to dodge and double and
finally SHOOK" US in a manner really
quite clever.
| For some minutes l watched the de
tective madly rushing around the
neighborhood. 1t was futile, and upon
a sudden inspiration l went into bar
ber's shop and had my beard removed
Then l bought hat of style that
had never worn before and rather
loud" overcoat. After these precau
tons l rode in cab to a railroad sta
ton, where, to give myself confidence
In my own Judgment, l Immediately
bought ticket for Chicago. A few
minutes later | was aboard train, rid
ing in the same car with Stanley Mon
tagu. | rode with him all the way t.
Chicago, followed his trail with grea
difficulty for few hours in that city
and eventually traced him to a hOte
where l was fortunate enough to secure
the next room to his.
My first act was to bore holt
through the partition, and by means o
this aperture l was presently able It
observe confidential and very joyou
interview between Montagu and anoth
er man, who divided with my forme
client an enormous roll of money. Tn
other man was Warren Ramsdell.
The game then became perfect.
clear. When jewels Of great value ar
stolen their description is flashed al
over the world, and their sale become
very difficult. But by associating him
self with known criminal and by put
ting up job by which 1t would imme
diately appear that that criminal ha
the Jewels and could be induced to re
turn them Ramsdell had stopped al
the usual precautions and had mad
the sale of the jewels easy and safe.
Having heard the conversation Q
these rascals. I stepped around to tn
hall door Of their room and kicked
: open. l entered with a revolver in m
hand and perfect readiness to shoe
: somebody cleaning from my eye. Thi
btate Of feeling is always perceptibl
and never fails to have its effect upo
) the other parties concerned.
The result was that l obtained
complete record of the disposal of til
, jewels, by means Of which all except
t very few Of the smallest were subs,
: quently recovered. But, after all, In
mysterious client escaped punishment
l for Mr.. Ramsdell felt obliged to shiel
! his own brother. and the case againi
the two thieves never came to trial