The Cairo bulletin., 1906-08-02
A Boys Find

crnoon Major Adams, retired army
officer appeared ut the station and
made complaint that his daughter had
been robbed of two valuable diamond
/ rings that forenJon They were on
her dressing table MS She got M in the
morning, but ms She was going horse
! back riding she left them there
+, The majors household consisted Of
himself. wife. daughter and girl OF
all work who had been with them for
seven years. The girl had done the
chamber work and left both windows
open to air the room, it being in the
spring of the year She admitted to
seeing and mosin the rings, but de
ulod taking them The police came and
questioned her. and. although the fam
IFS protested that she could not be the
thief, she was arrested and locked up
Whenever there is a crime there must
be an arrest is the saying in every
police force. II Mary, the girl, didn't
steal the rings. then who did?
Before noon next day there was an
other complaint A Mrs. Williams the
wife Of d retired manufactures, lost a
diamond bracelet from her room. one
of the stones was loose, aud the brace
let had been laid aside to be taken 10
the jewelers. after luncheon, Mrs.
Williams had the bracelet in her hand
at 10 o'clock An hour later 1t had dis
appeared, and she could vouch for the
fact that no one had entered the room
meanwhile
The police wanted a victim, but could /
not find one. They searched the house |
ana grounds for what they called a /
clew, but went away no wiser than /
when they came
While they were muddipg about on I
this case, aud only the next morning. /
the third complaint came in. Three
diamond rings Were taken off the dress
ing table Of Miss Saunders, wife Of ex
Admiral Saunders
The person arrested for this robbery
was the family coachmau He could
prove by one Of the stablemen that he
had not been near the house for two
hours. and he had the backing Of the
whole family but the police again
asked IF he didn't do it, who dd?'
The three rObbcries created great
In the town and every
body had half a dozen theories t. ad-
vance The one that seemed most ra-
.ional was that a slick thief from Lon
ION was working the town. The police
'Ould find no stranger TO suspect No
'eSident Of the town had met a suspi-
'ious character No matter how Slick
he man was, there must he some rea
enable explanation of how he could
inter- second story rooms In broad day
ght and steal the iewelry and get
way without being seen.
The fourth robbery also occurred in
he forenoon. The wife OF n retired
Merchant was working among the
lower beds under her bedroom window
rom to H. Only the gardener passed
er During the interval a diamond
was taken from her dresser
20 one could have got in by the win
ow. and as her husband had been
Ting In his own room, which adjoined
ers. he must have seen anybody who
ntered in the regular way.
There were two servant girls. and
ley were arrested against the protesta
ons Of the family As II was seen that
ie local police were making n muddle
the cases Scotland Yard man was
mt for and came down. =
For three days there was no robbery.
ha ofF3gat t.Faa syvrrflip,r around auI [ !
aiming to have driven the slick one a"
way when two more diamond rings u
ere taken just as mysteriously In u
us case the plumber was taken when J.
IL door Of the room was locked. There
as but one servant, and the lock on
e door was patent one and she ~
'uld hy no possibility have had a key. u
hoover came and went used the open "
lndow That was on the second story
III only TO he reached hy the use Of g
1g ladder There was no ladder about ="
. place. No man carrying q ladder 10
uld have escaped observation nc
4 vegetable peddler drove up while ~
q detective was scratching his head 81
u looking for clews. and. seeming 10
he great Interest i'm the affair he was NJ
once locked mp on suspicion. He F''
uld prove that hc had not been with w
mile " tho house FOR two hours po
fore the robbery. hut he was hustled TO
cell 10 give him time 10 become 'V
nscicucc stricken and own NJ. a.'
There might have been other rob ~
r'es but Tor dough- faced boy su
ont ten years old who had The rep ..
ltion OF knowing oven less shan he ''
KIDD 10 know. lie WIS the only
IA of a waShwoman. and through her ~
j the boys on the street BE- heard an
out The robherics Tie had mo iheo -, -.
g Of his own. lie had heard about
ewes and always wanted 10 SEQ one.
3 be hoped the culpri, would 10 ar -
ted 10y daylight. 80 that he could ~.
n look at him ~,
he Saunders hoy was stretched on -.
grass in his mothers yard. he le- .,,
left to mind the house On her all ~
ce and beside him were half % doz
IRA gwerts 81 % looking glass that o.,
been broken. Suddenly a maggie -,
n down and seized one ~ tho r-ae. g..
nts and few chattcr'ng away. lack a..
t~hed the bird rs 10 fits nest. FOL ...,
-rd i'. climbed 10 tho most and. Gov ga
into a.. found every piece az MISSING +b.
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