The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-10-12
TRACKS EVIL DOORS
WOMAN DETECTIVE FEARLESS IN
HER WORK.
ethel King Responsible for the srs
Ing Up Of Many Gangs OF Grim
Inals-AbIe to Take Care OF
Herself.

should You meet q good-lookinG
sailor boy. with a complexion some
thing too good for one who follows tns
sea. take a second look at him. AZ
may be Ethel King, the woman detec-
tive Of Philadelphia, in one OF nef
many DISCUSSES.
Take a searching glance at the mes
senger boy who runs, with nead down.
to deliver a missive. 1t Is possible
that the female sleuth may be hiding
her identity within the blue suit
Look around you in opium-scented
| Chinatown. The dapper woman VINO
| trips past the lookout at the gambling
Joint. with a side glance at the closed
| door. may be pretty Ethel King In the
| costume of her sex, but sent on a
| mission that is very unusual 10
woman.
At home Miss King lives quiet
and secluded life. Few of her associ-
ates in the clearinghouse at wnlcn
she has her room know what DIS
tinguished parsonage is the dark-eyed
girl who is so frequently away on
mysterious trips.
Absolutely without fear Miss King
has accepted any dangerous work that
has come to her in the line OF duty
She has donned the uniform OF a
United States sailor and haunted the
docks and navy yard vicinity In search
for information regarding sailor GRIM
inals.
Being a small woman and looking
rather diminutive in boys clothes
Miss King had no dificulty In assum-
ing the character of district mes
senger Mercury. She readily assumed
the jargon of the corps, az well as
the uniform of the messenger boy. and
did valuable work in breaking up g
series of offerings and clever swim
dies that the youngsters had carried
on for years at the expense OF the
J company and its customers.
she learned that the boys were in.
J the habit of meeting In the street and
J exchanging caps. SO that should a
complaint be made of money collected
I ON prepaid messages. or of cash miss
ing from envelopes intrusted to the
boys for delivery, 1t would be easy 70
establish an alibi. Miss King astound-
ed the management of the company
) by her revelations concerning the
tricks. of the messenger boys and en-
abled the regular sleuths of the con-
? Germ to checkmate the systematic
J stealings and guard against repeu-
ton of them.
> AS a scullery girl Miss King assist
ed in the arrest of notorious woman
thief who had been in the habit or
hiring out as a domestic for the pur-
J. pose of allowing her criminal friends
+ to enter and rob the house at night.
Q The woman sleuth washed dishes ana
watched the other woman, and when
the critical time came, and the house
was raided In the dead Of night, the
d would-be thieves were caught In 2
; trap.
Miss King has assisted in the sup.
l. preston of the opium traffic and OF
the gambling dens of Chinatown. She
e has made friends with the yellow man
l. and in due time betrayed him to the
notice. She has been threatened time
and again. but has not 80 far been at
. tackled. Threats she ignores, and any
D. one who has talked with her for
Is time is impressed with the idea thai
3. in a tight corner she could well takt
care Of herself. for, as she says:
n "A woman is as good as man II
~ q gun fight, and am always ready
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