Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-10

DR.. Fucnivall, and Wrinkle meekly
obeyed.
At Station 16 DR.. Furnivall picked
up two policemen, whom he took with
him to the hotel There the landlord,
after few words that startled him
good deal had been spoken in his ear
by Or. Furnivall, Immediately showed
the party to the suite occupied by the
rich and exclusive Van Dykes. The
husband and wife were alone together,
and while the officers drew themselves
up, one on each side of the door, DR..
Furnivall removed his spectacles and
advanced to the lady, who sat by the
window, with book in her hand.
Madam" he said, "be good enough
70 look at mel"
She was a tall blonde with a beau
tiful skin of red and white, willowy
form, luscious lips, and blue eyes that
were incomparably lovely and melting
and tender. She beamed up at him
with smile that would capture the
heart of almost any man except the
one she was bestowing it on at the
moment. He stood with one hand in
his pocket, and easily repeated the
command:
Mrs. Van Dyke, tell me in as few
| words as possible, who you are and
what you know about the attempted
theft of Nine. Selba's diamonds"
In colorless voice, she answered at
once:
Our name is Seely, not Van Dyke.
We pretended to belong to that old
family for social reasons. We are ad-
venturers. My husband and have
followed this singer three months
waiting for an opportunity to appropri-
ate her diamonds, which, we discov.
cred, she always left in charge of the
hotel wherever she was stopping, on
returning from the theater. At this
small hotel there is but one night
clerk, and the last bell-boy goes to bed
at two o'clock in the morning. We
! studied to get this clerk out of the
way for few minutes, leaving the
safe unlocked, and it must be after
the bell-boy had gone. My husband
learned the make of the safe, ex-
amined those like it at the salesrooms,
had small piece of iron made to fit
into the bolt-socket, and last evening
managed to spike the safe in the face
and eyes of the clerk-an easy matter,
for he used to be q professional
sleight-of-hand performer. We had be-
come acquainted with the Thorndikes
at the table, and knew that the daugh-
ter would not dare to waken her moth
er by screaming, for she has seri-
GUS heart trouble and the physician
has warned them against startling her
in any way, so that if the daughter
could be made to believe there was
somebody in her room she would be
likely to run to the clerk, who would
probably start so hastily for the scene
that he would not give much attention
to the condition of the safe.
1--WE had secured room just undeI
Miss Thorndike's, and at three O'Clock
this morning my husband, through
long tube of tin, made on the tele
scope pattern, which he thrust up to
her open window, initiated certain
noises, as if man were stumbling
around in the dark. This awakened
her, and she did as we had studied II
out that she would do-she ran for the
office. And while the clerk was alb
sent from his place I fastened down
and secured the black bag containing
the diamonds. But a policeman, who
as we have since learned, was in the
habit of coming to the back door fol
dram which was furnished him every
morning at just that time by the night
clerk, saw me at the safe and"
Eyes, but please tell me what Mr.
Wrinkle had to do with all this?"
"Mr. Wrinkle was the provision w
made for my escape from conviction II
case l should be caught in the risk!
venture. 1 posed before him and hi
+ pupils as a completely helpless hyp
motto subject in his hands, taking grea
care that he and they should become
convinced that his mind dominated mi
, wholly, even at a distance. Then 1
, our plan should fail in any way, ant
, should be apprehended, I could pre-
, tend to be in hypnotic trance, pro
duced by him, and acting under his ID
, rection, with no responsibility of m!
own. l had many witnesses, his pu
: pills, to prove that he could command
me in this way. Then he, not l, woul'
be convicted"
The authors of this ingenious
scheme were found to be two note'
> English confidence workers, wanted II
:. London on so many serious charge
that, being sent back there by tn
: United States authorities, they wer
. each of them given sentences tina
> meant practically for life.
: Copyright 1909, by w. G. Chapman)
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