The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-03
JOB WHO.
by Harold Carter.

There is no doubt said Jansen,
| filling his pipe that when a woman
takes 10 criminal career she 10 abso-
! lutely unhampcred by any of those
scruples that assail at times even the
worst OF men Not only is she more
desperate, but more ingenious
/ Jansen. who had recently retired az
/ ter a lifetime spent in the service OF
one of the largest insurance compan-
les, paused a moment
i was recalling the case of Mary
! l.eho She was half white, half Sioux,
a dangerous combination. How she
ever became housekceper TO old Mr..
! iajch and his brother | don't pretend
TO know. When | heard Of her two
old men had just died under peculiar
circumstances and the woman had put
| In claim for $4,000 life insurance.
which the younger carried In her IA
yor
"Thc insurance had been taken out
originally in favor of Frank IIatch's
wife When she died, childless, Mary
! LCho persuaded him 10 continue his
policy and 10 substitute her name.
| John Hatch, the elder. had bitterly OPP
posed the plan The brothers were
! prosperous farmers I'm one OF the west
crn states. they had always lived to-
gcther-tne bachelor John and Frank
and his wife \ few weeks after the
wife died Mary Lcho appeared from
| somewhere and was installed as house
/ kccucr This was some months be-
! fore the tragedy.
II was sent CIT by the company to
! Investigate The claim ! figured out
that the woman had murdered the old
man 10 prevent him from perSuading
hi, brother 10 Civ" mp his policy: that
! she had then killed the brother for
/ the money. \ glance at her confirmed
| this view She was the type OF un-
! scrupuloUs adventures that often
Iproys upon such men, ignorant OF the
world. bat practical and hard head
ed who most easily fall victims 10
such rs she
The death OF Frank had occurred
some i've weeks after that Of John.
I'm each case the victim had fallen dead
while reading the bible. as they com
monl, did, before retiring TO bed
Mere morally certain she muir
dercd thcm the chief of police said
But there's only one thing suspicious
and 1t doesn't seem TO bear directly on
the case Some call il coincidence
What's that asked
The bible was open a the same
place when each OF the brothers drop
ped dead. he answered They used
~ read 81 through regularly three
times a year before going TO bed
And each fell down with the bible
open AT Job vito. "He shall return
no more to his house. neither shall
his place know him any more
II didn't fall to the ground and
close?
IFS biz family bible, and they
read il from a stand he answered
He brought the volume and showed
u - me We turned TO the page. and
read the passage There were thumb
marks on many of the corners through
ont the volume. but especially here AMI
the page was slightly adherent To the
next And suddenly "A thought flashed
into nay brain | knew the woman was
of indian origin ! asked to have her
brought in
Mary Lcho stood by me. defiant
and reckless I guess you're one of
them detectives. she sncered i know
You're all against me- but know my
rights under the law. Yes. look at the
hook she cried. with a bitter laugh
You know the psychological twist
that impcls murderer to return 20
the scene If his crime Very similar
~. | have found. the criminal is in
stinctively impollcd to say something