The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-25
PRETTY GIRL EARNS
FAME AS DETECTIVE
One of Indisna's Charming
Daughters. of Prominent
Family, Good SIeuth

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Sept. 24-one of
the prettiest girls in Indianapolis and
maid belonging to one of the best families
OF this state. descendant of one of Indi-
ana's most respected sons, is making a
great reputation as a sleuth. She is Miss
Susan B. Noble, a grandniece of James
Noble, who was United States senator
from Indiana from 1916 to 1881, and OF
Noah Noble, who was governor OF the
state from 1881 to 1897.
Miss Mobiles first exploit was to arrest
two men on the street and deliver them
TO the desk sergeant at the police station.
She is employed by the Charity Organ
3zatfon society. and for severel months
there, were complaints about two men
VINO were begging at houses and on the
streets The two men appeared in differ
ent DISCUSSES. sometimes as cripp1es.
sometimes as the sons or wealthy parents
VINO mad cast them on, sometimes as un-~
fortunate investors in the West who were
trying to get to friends in the East.
Miss Noble became satisfied that the
two men were working together, and
after the police had failed to bring them
In she started out to find them. Her
search was pafnstaking, and for nearly a
week was kept up day and night
Her First Capture
One evening while passing along Wash
mgton street she spied one of her men,
She walked up to him, caught him by the
lapel of his coat and demanded that he
accompany her to the police station
The fellow pulled back, but she tight
ened her grasp upon his coat and menac-
1ngiy pointed to a big policeman at the
corner
If you don't co. she said, "Pll call
tnat policeman and have you taken down
In the patrol wagon
The man looked at her and seeino do
termination In her manner. walked with
her to the police station and was turned
over TO the officers as a vagrant. He re-
iused to give his pal away, but Miss No
pie judged that the other man was not
Tar away at the time of the arrest This
.hougnt came to her. from the way the
man mad looked across the street when
she first accosted him
gong back of the opposite side of the
street she recognized the fellows mariner
ana arrested him, and in twenty minutes
re. TOO, was slated at the station house
Tor vagrancy
"A more difficult piece of detective work
has Just been accomplished bv her
though the prisoner ESCAPED at the last
ineht-through the bunglng of men. A
man named Rhodes deserted his wife and
FOUR children. Miss Noble was sent to
catch him. ~
she learned that Rhodes spent much Of
ais Time with woman who kept board
ing house, but the woman positively de-
MED any knowledge of his whereabouts
'Wlthn a short time she also disappeared.
and Miss Noble believed that she had
gone TO join the absconding husband.
she started out to locate the couple.
OUT 1t was month before she could find
even slight trace of them.
Searching for Wife Deserter
relative of the woman inadvertently
remarked that the boarding house keeper
nao gone to Martinsville, and Miss No
ole iono"ed put no trace of the fugitives |
could pc found. She made several trims to /
that city and finally the postmaster re-
membered that he had forwarded letter !
TO the woman at Morgantown.
MISS Noble went to Morgantown. but
the parties were not there After DAYS. of
search she went to the railroad station,
described the woman to the agent. and
was told that he had sold such a woman
a railroad ticket to Bedford
MISS Noble followed to Bedford, but
there nothing could be learned Of the !
couple She spent several days In the
search, and at last was rewarded by
meeting a quarryman. who said that such
man as she described was In Quarry |
town and had recently been Joined bv |
his wife. Going to Quarrytown, she found !
hhodes and the woman living together. |
and the absconder was arrested and
placed in JAIL
:, Unfortunately for the young sleuth |
they are building new Jail at Bedford |
anC Rhodes was incarcerated in tenn /
porary structure When the jailer went to |
call him for breakfast next morning he |
FOUND that his man had escaped during
the night.
Miss Noble has taken up the chase
hgam and says she will have Rhodes IL
she has to follow him all over the coun
try. And the detectives say she will