The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-18
The Puser's
Confidence
ByHUNrLR vEYMAN
Copyrighted b. E c. PARCELS
b HUNTLEY vEYMAN
c02yFIsliea Is E. 9. RargsIls

II was spoken OF as the sllckest rob
berry ever perpetrated on a London
Jewelry house. Lady Stanton was
looking at n diamond tiara and bein=
waited on by one OF the partners whcl
a gentleman lounged forward. famiI.
larry addressed her and. ,plcking up
the tiara. walked out OF the store With
It The act was so audaetous that be
was given time TO mix with the throng
In the street and get safely away.
II was a jewelry house that had
never been robbed before. and the de-
cislon was Immediate TO spare no ex-
pense to run the robber down. The
case was given to the police, with Il
grand reward attached. and Scotland
Yard put its best detectives at work.
Two or three private agencies took up
the trail for the reward there was In II.
and when clew seemed to lead TO
Paris a French detective prepared TO
follow It From some line OF reasoning
not made public all the officers came to
an agreement that the robber was en-
American and that he would seek TO
get away on the Blue Star liner Mon.
arch. The press didn't say anything
about trails, but four of the detectives
followed their noses at least and Sc
cured passage on the Monarch. Had
one OF the male passengers come TO
them half an hour before sailing and
admitted that he was the robber and
held out his hands for the bracelets
none OF the four would have sailed. AS
II was. no one came forward, and they
felt II a duty TO make the voyage to
New York and keep an eye on every
fellow passenger. They knew nothing
OF each others presence In an otfieiaI
way. II any one OF them was to give
his confidence TO any one, the purser
was the man to unbosom to. and 1t was
not long before he had call. II was
a Scotland Yard man. He was wear
Ing false side whiskers and passing
himself on as a retired English retail
grocer who was making the trip to see
bis sister In New York.
Il think have a clew already" he
said as the purser promised to respect
his confidence and assist him in any
way he could. There Is a Frenchman
aboard calling himself Dubois. he
speaks English passably well and
claims to be going over in the inter.
ests Of the. wine business. but he isn't
fooling Inspector Saunders little bit
He's my man or don't know crook
when see oner
The next burst of confidence came
from Dubois. He identified himself rs
belonging to the Paris bureau and
added:
"Pist! It was easy enough. pick.
ed him ont from the 800 passengers al.
most at a glanee He IL an English.
man and claims TO be a retired grocer.
and shall give him rope until We
reach quarantine ON the other side.
Should he suspect me and try to jump
overheard I hope may have your as.
sistance.-
Mr.. Dubois was assured that the
purser and an the other officers of thu
boat stood ready to lend justice all
possible assistance. and he then made
way for detective from a private
London agency. The man wore false
stomach and a wig aud used the Ian.
cashire dialect. He introduced himself
as John Stone and asked for the purs.
er's confidence at once.
1--WE got him right between my
thumb and finger, this way" he said.
with grin. THE trail led me Us
straight as turnpike can't ask the
Monarch to turn back. Of course. but
III have the darbies on the fellow as
soon as we sight Sandy Hook Lord.
but 1t was dead easy. He calls himself
French name and tries to disguise his
English, but any child could spot him
OF. Help me to keep an eye on Du.
hols and there will be something in it
for YOU
The purser smiled inwardly and gave
his promise. He thought there were
others to come, and be was not mis-
taken. Mr.. Hiram Wilkinson next in
troduced himself as being from a pri-
vate Liverpool agency. he had a wig
and goggles and was trying to biIz
through his nose and be taken for
New Englander. he felt that h. had
tOLuc " the ElSuI party III SVlAhuS "
the purser. and he didn't shut his
mouth until his secret was out.
"Its the Teller as calls hisself Stone
be whispered. II spotted him the in
slant he came up the gangplnnk, but
dasn't Tickle him on sight am max
ing the voyage to play my fsh. I'll
bet pounds to shlllings 1 make him
trap hlsself in less than three days
He claims to have brother In the
butcher business at Albany. butA OF
course that's all In your eye
you think he's the manY queried
the purser in an absent way as he be-
gan to see the humorous side Of the
situation.
'Say. now, take good long look al
him yourself He looks the thief from
head to heel. Haven't you noticed hls
nervousnessf Hes afraid hes been
followed He'll make a 8gbf NJ n