The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-16
WOMAN A THIEF
AND NOT BEGGAR
New York Commercial Man
Robbed by Female He Was
Trying to Befriend.

Cleveland, August.-G. NJ. Wheeler of
the J. F. Douthitt company, a big i'm
porting firm on Fifth avenue, New York,
was in the city few days ago on mis-
sion that rivals meIodrama. To recover
the heirlooms of his family. keepsakes
handed down from his forefathers, worth
thousands, ne is pursuing a woman adven-
turess over tfe country and half the
world.
The woman partook of his charity and
ungratefully departed from his home with
the precious relics. She is in Europe
now. Wheeler and the detective who &C
companies him will follow.
The rich New Yorker swears he will
spend fortune and ten years of his life
TO bring the adventures to justice
On a bitter cold night in winter there
came ring at the door of Wheeler's man
sion, A frail, thinly clad woman, SILVER
ing in the driving snow, presented herself
to the servant that answered.
Il am a relative of Mr. Wheeler's, said
the stranger. "Tell him my name, that
am starving and cold. 1 want TO stay
here tonight"
Tell her to come in said the master
tentatively when the servant came with
the message. Then Wheeler conferred
with the sister who has kept his home
since his wife died. The woman waited
in an ante room.
She entered. To Wheeler she seemed i'll
and in need of help, but her features did
not bear out her tale Of relationship, and
the name she gave must belong to a very
distant branch of the family, thought
Wheeler He let her remain for the night
That night and other nights Wheeler S
mansion was her home She came to look
upon the house as her home and seemed
thankful. One day a week later, when the
master and his sister arrived home they
found that an old carved chest that held
family jewels, linens and ancient keep
sakes was gone. The woman. too, had
gone.
Angered at the loss of the vaiuables
and more at their guests ingratitude,
Wheeler notified The New York detectives,
but without result and private agencies
were called in. She had disappeared COM
| pletely.
Weeks of search developed a slight clue.
a detective in Weehawken, n. j., tele-
gTaphed that a woman answering descrip-
4 ton was in his city Wheeler chose a
trained sieuth for his companion and hur-
ried to Weehawken.
! on arrival there the woman had gone
and the world wide pursuit began
! To Paterson, n. J., next. then to Jersey
! City the trail led; then to Cleveland On
the train coming here, Wheeler ana ms
1 sleuth met County Prosecutor w. H Nc
! Cannon, returning from vacation. They
met by chance and were introduced. They
| asked his aid and he promises 1t.
whole day the pursuer. lost here
/ They found the woman had eft again
| for New York, with a male : npanion.
| Back to New York Wheeler ut post
| haste.
| A letter received from him by tr4e pros
! ecutOr says: Arrived only TO learn she
/ took boat across the sea to Antwerp
| l cabled and find she landed and is of
/ for Switzerland. Though the keepsakeS
may be gone, 1 will catch her If it takes
ten years.
! Detectives on the continent are already
enlisted in the chase. Wheeler and his
/ sleuth companion Will start soon.
|
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