The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-06-22

man snouung along byINe: Side Of TING.
train. WAS on the side opposite TO that
from which the passengers .Wculd' ,ell+li.tf
and the suspicious actions'of' rllQ. man,
forced me to watch HIM He na$StdSSG
close to me that | could ,lGvQ !tiQl:lGil.
him had my window been eIeIsIiil!lE,t$
he did so tho light Of ai erpttric%lSiiFip
disclosed the fact that 'hG. mall ,liH'
satchcL The thief had bocnrreEbelEa:I5
ready. The man approached a.GQal GIlIiy
and stopping showed the oarGlIeE!hG.lGnG.
it. Then he returned to the tl1lll' and
came aboard. ..s..s..s.5,,'';':..:
II said TO myself; That. fehlo.Al!:Iis'
an artist He Will remain on..bjQEiE't: !!l
the robbery is discovered, 'if4lieyt5sSdl:Eil
and even allow himself to be So0filisiE,
Then he will quietly Gomez batkjinikg9t'
the satchel and jewels. TlinseitlWls.
my cue to act quickly. Neutrality-suspicious.,
train knew lhat the detcctiyG.W@l!ll :SGe'
me therefore gently raiSdd''tlfga sash
and deity let myself to the ground, slit'
Of the window. l quickly took thiSattlt:
ell, ran to the end Of the depdtiaIid;
found a place where could shove ,it:f&G,
under the platform. Then | cllmIMil;
back into the berth, and after that j. qst
sure you slept very well. " .':E%
The company applauded this descplp:'
ton Of how the robbery had been cong.
mittcd, and Mr. Mitchell bowed. !;
Wait, my friends we mot through.
/ yet The woman who had robbed me-
had the supreme audacity to report her
loss, or perhaps wo should say that she
I was so angry that she became drsper.
ate. have reason to believe that she
had an accomplice in this man, and that
suspecting him Of robbing her She,
would have been willing to give testi-
mouy against him if caught and trust
to escape herself by turning states evil
dence. When we were running in e.
! New York, Mr. Barnes directed that all
should be searched enjoyed that |
assure you. 1t seemed so amusing to
+ look in New York for what knew was
in New Haven. At the same time was
anxious TO get back to New Haven aus
/ quickly as possible With that end in
view invited MIR Barnes to breakfast
with me | tried to make it appear that
! was mXious to have him agree to he
the only detective On my track, but in
reality | wished to discover whether he
would be able at once to place a SPY at
my heels; thar is, whether be had "a
man at the Grand Central already. This
found was the ease / therefore was
obliged to 20 to my hotel as though
having no desire to leave town again
Then subsequently / eludcd this man
by the convenient bridges across The
elevated railroad | went to New Fa-
ven found the satchol. and then dcpos-
tied it at hotel near by for safe keep
ing. Ny object in this was plain.
knew that the robbery would get into
the newspapers, and That Ivy behaving
suspiciously ut the hotol--0t course,
was isguised-attcnion would he mt.
tracted there. This did happcn, and the
result was that the jewels were given
into the custody Of the police authogI.
ties, the very safest place for them, sc
far as was concerned Gentlemen, that
is the story Of the crimc which ! com
mittcd ] have 0nlyto shoW my receipt
from the Boston custom house and my
bill Of sale from the Paris dealer to hC
ablo TO recover my property Are you
satisfied, Mr.. Randolph
Entirely. You have Won fairly, anC
| have a chccl, for the amount with me
which you must accept with my con
gratulations upon your success. -
Il thank you very much said Mr.
Mitchell, taking the check. Il take TIN
because / havo immediate use for it, 81
you will learn directly. Now | mus
tell you the true story Of the other rob
berry"
At this all were very much astonish
ed. Mr.. Thauret appeared tTiie nerv
GUS. He placed one hand over the tn
Of his claret glass and let it rest ther
a moment, after first having taken a sil
from it.
Ito he cOntinuedi