Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-01-09

I sergeant Pegram sut other men 90
the trials of the other servants ana
! quietly took up the task OF watchins
| Hallet
1 It's these confidential ones that tbs
masters won't suspect that have the.
oesC chances to get away with the
| swaS' SAID Sergeant Pegram to him,
self' ana he kept after HaIlet with
characteristic patience But for SONS
.ilne ne could make no progress, and
the PAPERS began to make fiings an
the lnehciency of the police depart
Ineht- But Pegram was patient and
kept on In his own way, although he
oeSan 10 detect signs OF coldness at the
central office.
| other clews were followed also.
famous private agency conceived ths
1cea that the money was stolen on the
train and went to work shadowing tina
train employees who made the trim ON
october 6. In Few days they had dis
covered That Harry WimpIe. a train
! butcher with sporty tendencies b,d
! been plunging on the races since Oc.
tooer D in manner wholly dispropor.
tionaIe TO his income. He was arrest
ed.
,
/ previous to Wimple's arrest he had
! run INTO a new lead with Hallet which
| nIleo his professional heart with great
| Slee. He had followed him to a dis
tant part of the city where he made n
long cali. The next day Pegram called
at the same house and after adroit
| questioning learned that the name OF
Haliet was not known there. but that
the tall man with the side whiskers.
who called yesterday was Mr.. Jenlin.
! son. who rented suite of rooms uu.
stairs. where Mrs Jenkinson was In.
! stalled.
Not that | know she is Mrs. lem.
| kfnson," remarked the girl who an
| swered the door and to whom he WAS
talking. and it is mighty funny tn
me the way they live, even if he is a
! travelling mana 'runnin' in ard a
, runnin' out again at all sorts Of hours,
an never here regular nights or Sun,
days or any time. But it's none of my
/ business, I'm sure, so long as Mrx
Jones wants to have 'em in her house"
Here was lead indeed-Hallet keen
ing an establishment under an assumed
name. and a doubtful establishment
at that. And when Pegr, m a few days
later found that Hallet, under tho
name of Jenkinson, had paid 81 900 on
/ a cottage in the suburbs, he did not
| hesitate TO arrest him.
After he hal laid the case before Mr..
Charlet Tat s'utlensn was forced
10 adm that l. looked bad for Hal
let. although ne occurred strongly
against the arrest But ,he police do
n \ r-frr ef.raV fr,t-9r aH \
! was a confidential servant who knew
! or the circumstance of the money in
I the house and who might easily have a
! Key TO his masters room and this
/ man was living a dual life and made a
| purchase of property immed ately af-
! ter the robbery occurred. and made a
! cash payment that was plainly out of
proportion 10 his station. The case was
plain. Moreover, the police had no
other clew and it was eminently de-
/ sirable TO apprehend the thief rather
than accept the clew of a private de-
/ tective agency. So Wimple was turned
loose and Hallet arrested. He was
stolid but protested his innocence and
finally waived examination and was
bound over TO the criminal court, and
not being able TO secure bonds was
/ kept in Jail.
All these events had required some
six weeks. A week after Hallet's pre-
liminary trial Mrs. Willard Charlie
ton arrived home from abroad. A day
or two later she asked her husband:
where is Hallet?"
Then Charleton gravely told her the
story of the robbery and its conse-
I Quences.
Madam's forehead wrinkled and she
| looked grave.
Where was this money, dear" she
/ asked
I'm my small alligator satchel-dont
you remember ! was throwing a few
things into il the night you left. It
was when you called me into your
room for a moment was the time the
money was taken"
/ And the police have arrested Hal
( let for it,"
YES" he replied; "and the case GER
3 tainly looks strong against him-and
yet"
/ why, the great geese" replied Mrs.
! Charleton. "and am another. You re-
member l followed you back into your
room while we were talking, and Sec
ing that brown package which was
/ lying half in the satchel, thought il
was those silk mittens Aunt Mary
wrote me she had sent me to your Office
J address and which you had told
re had come and that You would
bring home. and picked the PACKAGE
up and threw it in that litter box Of
mine in my closet"
| There was a scramble for Mrs. Chart
tons apartment, and sure enough there
was the precious package.
| The case against Hallet was dis
missed and the triumph OF Sergeant
1 Hallet turned to ashes and ridicule.
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