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


cumstances | must 90 10 what | might
call the beginning, Years ago certain
circumstances in my eariier life gave
me ml intimate acquaintance with the
methods used by detectives, and ! then
acquired the idea winch led mo into
this undctakng--thal whcrc the crIm-
inal has succeeded in escaping actual
watching during the commission Of his
crime, 50 that there is no witness TO the
act, the detective is almost powerleSS
until he learns the object for which the
crime was undertaken. Am | not right,
Mr.. Barnes"
"To know the object Of crime, Of
course, is great assistance, but much
would depend upon the attendant cir
cumstances.
True. The object then is important
From this point reached the conclu-
sion that if man approached another
totally unknown to him, at night in a
lonely neighhorhood, struck him on the
head killing him, and then, unseen,
reached his own home, itwonld lest IN,
trely with himself whether ur net he
would ever be caught | wanted a
chance to try this cxperimeut-thar is,
to commit a crime solely to test the
ability Of the detectives to discover me
afterWard. The difficulty was that a
gentleman Of honor would scarcely wish
to engage III such a reprehensible piece
Of business For years, therefore, could
think Of no way to have my wish, till
the mTest chance threw the opportuui-
ty within my grasp Matter fill up the
glasses.
Hc paused IA moment while this was
being done. The men went around with
champagne, and when Mr.. Thauret was
reached he asked to have his burgundy
glass tillod also Mr. Mitchell was again
speaking when the waiter returned with
the red wine and did as requested. Mr.
Barnes also presented his glass for the
same liquor, saying in an undertono to
MIR Thauret, II cannot take too much
champagne
lone Of my hobbies, continued Mr.
Mitchell, "as you all know, is the col
lection Of jewels. A few years ago |
heard that a magnificent set was offered
for sale. A rich East Indian noblcman,
so the story goes, had procured the gems
us present to his wife They wero Of
the choicest quality and of each exactly
! two, matched precisely i'll size, cutting
| and cOloration In time he had twu
daughters, twins, the mother dying at
| their birth Eventually these girls grew
up and were married, the ceremony be-
mg a double wedding The father took
1 the set of jewels and divided them, give
ing 10 each girl enc Of each. ThiSgrcat-
/ ~ diminished their value, for tho
matching Of gems adds 10 their lnice.
"RevefseS Of fortune tempted one of
these women to Offer her jewels for
sale. They were taken to a Paris deal
er, who CHANGED to be man through
whom / had made many purchases lie
undertook not onlyto dispose Of theEeme,
but TO reproduce them with "A high or
] der Of imitation, so that the woman rc-
/ taiEed the original settings and con-
tinued to wear what her friends sup
posed to be the genuine gems bought
| tho unset stones subsequently her Sis
ter, learning the secret, and seeing that
| there was a way by which the jewelry
could be retained, while the jewels
/ themselves could be turned into money,
engaged the same dealer to serve her in
similar way OF course | was douhly
anxious to obtain this second lot, for by
doing so | enhanced tho value Of those
which had already. | therefore bought
them also. -
He paused moment, to allow the
company to recover from the surprise
at learning that the stolen jewel, were
his.
This lot was sent to me through the
Boston custom house ] instructed the
dealer TO do this because had found
that goods can be received with less de-
lay in Boston than in New York. Being
notified by my broker there that they
we're ready fo7 delivery, | went TO Bos
ton and obtained them. lplaccd tEt
wallet in peculiar satchel which bad
been made TO order for me, and carried
il TO my room at the Hotel Ncndome
Later III the day met Mr. Randolph
and went with him to q tEcator lie
was 10 return to New York Ivy the mid
night express and went with him Il
the depot As we stood awaiting on
turn 10 purchase.tickcts you may imag
inc my utter establishment to see WON
an pass and board the train having n,
satchel in her hand There could bc NJ
mistake whatever, because The satche
was peculiar, both in shape and color
Of course | saw at once bad been rob
bed. 1t was useless to 90 back to my ho
tel. for that would DO timo wasted. ]
bv any miracle there were two sucl
satchels, mine was safe in the hotel
therefore astonished Mr. Randolph b.
offering to accompany him, and | di'
so, occupying the same section Wit
him.
"While ! was thinking what action
should pursue, knowing that once tn
train started my thief would he safe a
far as New Haven, Mr. Randolph bcga
to praise ~. Barnes. and iikc q flash
; came to Inc that this was my CHARGE.
would rob the thief Of my own proper
ty. THIS if caught could not be IN
,,r;corod while if mot / WQuld not Cui