Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-09

the person who finds himself in a for
eign country without even change Of
r1iment or q handkerchief. This most
iustihablc resentment was added TO by
the impotence Of the police and the
Indifference Of the railway authorities,
and that it might have been stoppad
long before is proved by the fact that
when tho situation was really Crap
Piled with IL was not long before the
whole network of intrigue was laid
bare.
EMPLOYEES HAD CONTEMPORARIES
The methods OF the thieves were 20
simple that they were almost bound ,o
succeed. but az the same time so in
gonious that no one detected them. in
the beginning the police were led as
tray by the theory that as the small
luggage had been stolen by information
al thieves. the same gang must BE-
at work also on the registered bag
gage and much time was lost
Plain clothes detectives travelled with
the baggage cars, turning mp at obi
moments, and still the thefts continued.
Boxes either disappeared altogether or
were rihed Of whatever seemed worth
while 20 the thief As nothing came
Of travelling with the luggage, IL was
argued that the theving did not occur
IN the train but at its destination. and
marked namely that II the luggage
turned up az ALL 10 was never az its
proper destination. This was the clue
which led TO the unraveliug of the
whole mystery.
once the police got on the tracks Of
the system they had the employees shau-
owed until the guilty ones showed their
bands when they were either promptly
arrested or further Swallowed Co ind
srh F 40
worked well for "a short time, but tho
moment one or two arrests had taken
place tho thieves took fright ana
while the thofts ceased the means Of
catching their perpetrators also ceased
SO that there are many still al large
and even unsupported The task OF
catching them has been put into the
hands Of the deputy commissioner or
the detective department. Signor Rossi
who was the chief private secretary Of
Premier Giolitti lie has called the
chiefs Of police of the larger towns Of
the pcuinsula together TO consult as q
what measures 20 take for the disCov-
crv Of the guilty parties, and 10 en-
sure that nothing Of the kind shall hap
pou again.
Tn the first place they hope 90 induce
one or more Of those already iu their
hands 70 give away their confederates
and that the guilty ones also fear this
f. proved by the fact that here and
there railway employees i'm the lower
ranks have disappeared. one or two
have offered % incriminatc others on
condition that they themselves are Go
20 scot free but these offers have not
been accepted
FIND DETECTIVE IN TRUNK.
To describe am the DISCUSSES and sub
tcrfuges to which the police have had
recourse i'm their Investigations would
he tedious. but one was really ludi-
crous and at the same time most sue
cessful Ricardo Biauchi one Of
Italv's cleverest detectives. Joined one
of the big Atlantic liners at Gibraltar
with particularly conspicuous ana
roomv trunk-ono Of the American kind
with bulging sides so that II VIII only
stand on end Bianchi unprecedented
n south American magnatc, was lib
eraUv sprnklcd with diamonds. and
would not allow his luggage out OF his
sight when he left the steamer az Ma
NOS Tie drove Immediately 90 the
cation and booked for Pisa, boasting
I'm "a loud voice Of his importance ana
wealth Needless TO say the trunk aid
NOT turn up I'M Pisa hut stopped on the
yay M Rome II was so large and
conspicuous that the thieves thought
that il would not be safe 10 wait as
IL would never be- forgotten, so they
began operations at once. The lock
resisted for some time, and as they
worked the thieves discussed future
pIans. freely mentioning the names OF
their confedcratos At last the lock
gave way. but instead Of the gold and
Jewels They expected 20 see, man
stopped out with revolver In each
hand The men who opened the trunk
were arrested Immediately, as was the
man who registered IT, but the greatest
gain was what had been heard while
the detective was concealed In the box.
Thirty men are already In prison
awaiting trial. while dozens more are
under observation So close a watch
! is now kept in the trains that during
one wakoful night during which ! oc-
| cupicd a compartment In hrst-class
carriage observed that regularly every
half hour q head was thrust through
| the door and a Eood-natured nod given
| me when I opened my eyes, as much as
! 60 say you Soc I am watching over
vou" Thus the much tried traveller
| On italy can now travel with a certain
amount OF confidence.
CONSTANCE HARTMAN.