The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-30

SNoiru iIoul uSI purse, NulCu was III
her desk. Miss Gardner cashed the
check for $50 at noon. and. after
paying the exchange. received $3.50
About o'clock she asked Miss Noble
to keep the money for safety. The
money was placed in the purse by
Miss Noble with $1.lO In change.
For the purpose OF attending the
lecture, all of the grades were dis
missed at o'clock. and the entire
lower floors were vacant as the teach
ers went to the auditorium for the
address. All classes in the High
school were dismissed and the stu
dents assembled for the lecture. The
address was begun at 3:15 o'clock,
but Mitchell had some back work to
make up and spent some time In the
Laboratory. He walked into the hall.
and, as near as can be estimated,
about $3.50 o'clock went into Miss
Mobiles room.
AS he walked down the narrow
hallway he said he heard a noise.
but walked into the recitation room.
and after taking a few steps re-
members nothing until aroused. He
was taken to his home, 1925 Jeffer-
son street.
Scene of the Robbery.
The room CT Miss Noble Is in the
southwest corner OF the building on
the third floor. Originally II was
part of a large room. but a partition
was erected, and in order to enter
the room It was necessary to pass
through a narrow hall. formerly
used as a cloak room. At the end
OF the hall there is partition,
which divides on a cloak room. used
by the teachers. From the recita-
tlon room to the cloak room there is
a door about two feet from the door
through which Mitchell walked. As
the lad entered the room Il would
have been possible for anybody 10
have concealed himself in the cloak
room and then have struck the blow
from behind.
A tennis racquet, belonging "a
David Humphreys. a student, was
found by the side OF Mitchell. The
racquet was in the cloak room. and
II Is the theory OF the school officials
that the guilty person was doing his
work when interrupted by the ap-
proach Of the boy. 1t Is believed
that he darted into the cloak room
and, as Mitchell entered the room
and advanced towards the desk a
blow was struck with the racquet.
No cash was cut on the boys
head. although a welt was raised on
the back of his head on the left side
Whether the racquet was used as the
means OF telling the boy is a mooted
question, as 1t is claimed that so Sc
we're a blow with the edge would
have cut the skin.
Mitchell had a ring with an emer-
aid setting in his pocketbook. After
he revived this was missing. although
a small amount of pocket change in
his trousers pocket was undisturbed
None of the other desks were tam
pered with and. nothing else has been
missed from the building Frequent
complaints have been received OF
small amounts of money and valu'
ables being missed from the CLOAK
room. but nobody was ever caught
Yesterday afternoon Professor w
lH. Sugg notified Chief of Police
Henry Singery and the chief assigned
Sergeant Lige Cross on the case. Lit
tie tangible evidence was gathered
Hast night, and the case remained {
mystery today.
Various theories are offered, bu
the general opinion is that some
body with a knowledge of the situa
tion had a hand in the affair. No
body at the school remembers seeing
stranger. and only a few personi
were aware that Miss Gardner haC
given the money to Miss Noble e
lplace in the desk A stranger
. would hardly have entered a schoo
building during the afternoon at
!, time when ordinarily school Is II
session and have sought out thii
room, which is located inconspicu
ously.