The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-12

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learned further that the husband had
died but short time before and that
| the family had come to New Orleans
from some place up north, The hus-
band s body was entombed in New Or
leans; lt was likewise discovered that
the little store was n resort for per
sons who would bear watching The
officer noticed that the woman who was
The occupant occasionally left this place
OF business carrying a basket on her
| arm and that she was always looking
over her shoulder and peering about as
II she suspected she was being watched.
Tracking her one day, she led the way
! 10 the ST. Louis cemetery on Basin
street. Approaching a tomb she knclt
down before 1T and bowed her head as
| If engaged IN prayer. The detective
might have been a little supersttions;
he had no taste for pondering over
tombstones and epitaphs. To him there
was solemnity hanging about these
above ground repositories that caused
a creeping sensation, and he sbuddcred
as he passed along amid the bones and
| dusty remnants of decayed humanity
A fearful Memento Mori'' lurked in
their silent hideousncss. He was now
quite upset because of his surroundings
and the seeming grief of the woman
kneeling beside the tomb. His Irish
heart was almost touched to the aban-
donment of the case, when the woman
arose and scattered the flowers she car
ried in her basket with tender care up.
on the tomb Of her husband Leaning
against tomb nearby was r we'll
dressed man apparently waiting for
some one, As the detective carelessy
stranger. and as he did so he saw a
signal of recognition between the man
and the woman. The latter, having
completed her seeming errand Of love,
pcered cautiously around for moment
and retired from the cemetery. The de.
tective thought she might have come
there TO meet this man, but had been
fotled IN her intentions bv the appear
ance of third person
1t was Sunday that the occurrence
described took place. On the same day
Of the week following the detective.
disguised as decrepit old man appar-
emily almost blind went into the ccmc.
terry early and took a seat beside a tomb
not far from the one upon which the
woman had placed the flowers the Sun
day before. lt was nearly noon-day |
when the suspected woman with her
bas ket upon her arm came in. The |
basket was filed with flowers as before.
She was dressed in deep mourning and |
seemingly bent on q sorrowful errand |
This time she did not kneel, but sat
down beside the tomb and bowed her
head as if in contemplation. After n
short time the stranger of the week
previous entered the cemetery and ap-
preached the sorrowIng woman bv a cir
cuitous route. Neither of these persons |
seemed to take any notice of the cid
man leaning upon the nearby tomb. The
stranger and woman met and engaged
IN conversation. They were partially /
from the view of the old man.
who now Strengthened up and hobbled
towards them, upon which the stranger
suddenly bolted over an ad Joining tomb
and took to his heels. The disguised Il
officer rushed up 10 the widow and de.
manded to sec what she carried in her
found 10 contain set OF dies for coin.
ing imitation silver half dollars.
The woman was arrested Her little
store was seached, but nothing of an
ncriminating nature was found there
The woman said her name was Wood
and that her husband had died but a
short time before. She had since his
leath regularly visited the cemetery
very Sunday for the purpose of deco
laughter TO support and had been sorcly
pressed for money. The dies which she
'arried in her basket had been left
With her by man who asked her to sell ,
hem for him. On second thought she 1
had resolved not 10 comply with his re- ;
quest as sDe reared sucb an act might
DC wrong. She had gone to the GENE
cry that day for the purpose of re-
uruing them,
Her explanation was not altogether
to the mind of Fitzpatrick
The woman appeared innocent and art
ess and while her statement bore a pos. !
lbllty of truth, there were altogether !
90 many suspicious rcumstances con- $
lected with the affair TO warrant the i
'fficer in turning her loose
The Widow Wood. Notwithstanding S
Ter protestations of innocence. was
'laced upon trial charged with having 4,
ounterfeit dies in her possession. There
vas no question in regard to the pos.
ession of these dies-hut did she have
knowledge of their nature. or was she {
'IctIm of cunningly devised scheme of
person who was seeking TO dispose Of I
hem.
There were at that time existing in !
Iew Orleans as in other cities at least /,
wo classes Of persons subject to sit on !,
uries. On the one hand there was
he fellow with the dark brow, who Z
hought there was no great harm in =
'assing counterfeit money, On the 7
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