Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-31
CLEVER CAPTURE OF CROOKS
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shrewd GirI, Obbcd of Her Jewels,
Gets Busy quietly aud
yVlus.

There is an old story Of q woman who
kept a bold robber in conversation until the
police came. Then she tainted.
This is the story OF a girl that didn't
faint.
Until Sunday afternoon Miss Luella
Kautz Of Chicago never had caught a rob
her. she had seen pictures OF them and
she had read stories about them;
she had even seen one after he had served
a sentence in the bridcwcll. She knew rob
crs were bad. She knew they sometimes
wore masks and carried dark lanterns
which threw a garish. conical light And
they were thoroughly bad.
Bat last Sunday she caught two Of them.
Mind you, she caught them.
Miss kautz lives with her mother at EOS
Cass street. She is % years old. She looks
Just 90 and her pretty smile and her de-
mure eyes never would give out the intl-
nation that she could catch robbers.
Last week two men came to the Kauts
residence. Mrs. Kauts occasionally permits
a room or two to be rented. These two
men engaged lodgings. Their names were
J. h. Cochlan, % years old, and ]. A. def
ferson. 80 years old. They were quite at
home In the broad daylight. Even he It
said that robbers like It better at night.
They told Mrs. Kautz that they were
way office and they were stylishly dressed.
At any rate, their prosperous appearance
completely disarmed Mrs. Kautz OF any
suspicion.
When Sunday came Miss Ksutz, In pre-
pairing her toilet, discovered that a dia-
mond sunburst. a diamond brooch and a
gold watch were missing from her room.
Did she run screaming to her mother and
alaVd tho household2 She did not.
Did she call the police with loud ac-
claim? Quite the contrary. The small mat
ter Of a few diamonds more or less seemed
10 weigh less heavily on the smiling girl
than the fact that she had just washed her
hair and couldn't do a thing with It. She
proceeded with her toilet with calmness and
deliberation, all out Of keeping with the
times.
Leisurely She went to her mother and
said, as if she were commenting the fact
that the rain barrel ought to be covered so
as to keep the flies out:
my diamonds have been stolen. I be-
lieve our new guests are the thieves. I am
going walking with them and when we
leave the house call the police"
Then she brushed back a stray wisp OF
sunny hair and strolled into the parlor,
where one of the new guests was seated.
Beautiful day, isn't It, Mr.. Jefferson"
she observed with a trace of languor.
"Sure is" said Jefferson.
"Td Just love TO go for a walk. Wouldn't
YOU? Let's walk for a ways" she burst
out most ~gorgeously.
Here is where jefferson forgot his role
and became just human. In the gorgeous
presence he fell back into the part Of an
ordinary man. He couldn't take adyan-
tage Of the opportunity quickly enough.
Soon they were walking about and Mrs.
ry..4- - aa.hGnu fraptiaanv 10 tho tale
nhone. 1t will be remembered that the
lrl is the mother of the woman.
The day didn't seem so beautiful onoe
Kiss Kautz and her companion had circum-
navigated the Observation-Disclosures be-
ing peculiarly apropos of the day-and they
returned to the house. The police had not
arrived. Miss Kautz had to screw up her
courage anew. She talked entertaininEly
and m out pieces on the piano.
pretty soon along came Cochlan to join
he merry group. Then Jefferson had a
bunch that he ought 60 be excused for a
minute. He went TO his room.
The police from the CHICAGO avenue sta
ton happened in about this time and pretty
soon Jefferson and Cochlan were doing a
sketch entitled "we're Bound TO Stay to-
gether Till They Fake the Handouts OFF"
After the patrol wagon had taken them
TO the station came the time when Mis-
Kautz showed the trait which spoils most
theories about women. She declined to
faint. Instead she said:
Lets see what they've got"
In the room occupied by the two men
were found two suit cases filled with wom-
ems dresses and finery. Under the bed
covers were found the lost diamonds. Later
the prisoners pockets gave up a lot Of
! clearing house checks for amounts ranging
from $7 to s17O.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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