The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-24

tried and condemned. confessed his
guilt.
A dramatic example of a mans guilt
being disclosed after the lapse of many
years comes to us from the reign of
Louis XIV. During the DAYS of that
monarch brilliant able was one Of
a large party who had assembled on a
certain occasion round the royal sup
per table. The able added to the in
terest of the evening by telling the
adventures Of a memorable career.
Il remember" said he, very we'll the
first Denitent who came to my con-
fessional. I was young then, and lit
tie accustomed to hear the secrets Of
court life. The man was a murderer.
who told me the story of his crime"
The able was pressed to tell the tale
or to give a clue to the culprit but
he maintained a guarded silence.
Presently in came one Of the most
trusted of all the monarch's favor
ties.
"Ah! M. TAbbe," said he. recogniz-
ing an old friend. Gentlemen" he
continued, turning to the company,
II was the first penitent whom the
able ever shrived. and l promise you
when l told him my story he heard
what astonished him" That night
the nobleman was carried to the Bas-
tile, and the evidence of crime COM
iipItSN Ahli ~ yeas DElOIt was COLL
plete.
Cigars and LIQUORS vanished mys-
teriously from the shelves of a Lon
don restaurant Watching seemed of
no avail; the stock still disappeared.
At last the detective came upon a
broken piece of button. 1t was treas
ured, and a visit was planned to a
man already under discreet surveil-
lance The suspect was wearing a
coat which in one place had only half
button, and suspicion became GER
tainty in the minds of the officers;
but they went to work with caution
and unfolded their errand The man
laughed loudly.
Think I've got light fingers, do
they? You can search. and welcome"
But his mood changed and his face
fell when a detective stepped across.
and, producing the fragment of but
ton, matched it on his own garment.
The transition from bravado to dis
may was dramatic and ludicrous.
Every pretense broke down "Al
right" he muttered, and surrendered.
For long while the parcels and
boxes carried in the guards vans of
certain trains from Euston Station
were tempered with. The detectives
watched closely, but had no clue When
the train reached its journeys end the
cords and locks of the package were
all right, but some of the contents were
missing. At last suspicion fell uron
the guard, and it was put to the test.
A smart detective contrived plan, and
duly secreted himself in the van The
guard of the train was a crafty fellow.
In addition to the flag and lantern
which a guard is supposed to carry, he
had number of skeleton keys, with
which he adroitly opened bags and
packages as the train flew northward.
On this particular night he was tempt
ed to look into large wooden ! ,ck-
age which wore the appearance OF con-
tanning good things BY the aid of
ecrewdriver and a hammer he raised
the end of the crate, and forced it
| half open. What was his amazement
! when he found 1t contained the detec-
tive. who sprang out and arrested him
| on the spot!
| A story is told of a young man, the
representative of a large firm, who car
ried a large sum of money with him,
spending the night at a hotel at Prest-
burg, Vienna. AS usual he remained
some time smoking in bed Suddenly
the burning cigar fell to the floor. He
bent over to extnguish it, when he saw
hand projected from under the bee
to put the cigar out. He lay awhile,
and then, saying aloud, How cold
il is! l shall get my coat" he jumped
out of bed, flew to the door and raised
an alarm. The would-be robber was
caught. He confessed he knew the
| occupant of the room had money,
which he hoped to get while he slept.
He had been a fireman formerly. and
could not resist the impulse to extin-
guish the burning cigar. This habit
proved his Nemesis.