The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-18
NEGREss TRAILS
EMPLOYERS HUBBY
Result Is That Duke Rees, Slight,
Pallid Person, and Bee" Watson,
Fat Affinity, Are Arrested.

Duke Rees, a slight. pallid person,
has a fat affinity. Bee" Watson %
her name. In the Central police sta
ton, Saturday morning. she modestly
said her name Is Beatrice, but that
folks called her Bee" for short In
the light OF which, Mrs. Adele Rees,
determined woman, considerably
long on ayoirdupois herself, rises to
inquire In mild tone or voice, who
Is being stung.
Mr.. Rees il a bartender and has
been married five years, the happy
event taking place In Buffalo. Most
recently, he has been employed In
the Bartenders' club, hectic insti-
tuition, where the lights burn until
sunrise dims their radiance. Until a
few weeks ago, Mr.. Rees used To re-
pair to the family home at No. 800
Randolph-st., directly his nightswork
was done.
Lately, he has been remiss In the
matter OF homecoming and his wife
instituted an investigation that led 20
several startling disclosures. Among
the latter, may be mentioned Bee
Also she learned, she says, that her
hubby was having a dress suit built
along the most approved style or
architecture. The trousers were to be
full and wide and the coat and vest
were TO be so constructed as TO per-
NIT OF more than the usual expanse
OF shirt front.
The reason for this extravagant
sartorial departure lies in the fact
that Bee" has given Duke three or
the finest studs that ever graced
dress shirt. They are constructed
from $40 gold pieces OF the most re-
cent issue. Mrs. Rees admits that
$40 gold pieces may look all right
| in shirt front, but what she Is most
concerned about now Is Sundays din
ner. According 10 her philosophy, one
OF those $40 gold pieces would look
considerably more at home in the
family exchequer than gracing Dukes
| dress shirt.
Mrs. Rees says that Bee" Is re-
sponsible for the gold pieces and that
! she has also induced Duke to Invest
In the dress suit Together they are
TO lead the grand march at the Bar
tenders ball. social event OF some
magnitude, which is scheduled for the
near future.
To return to the matter of the incar-
I CeTaIlOu Vi Iuhc DtC, ~ oPRSS'o
that Mrs. Rees went on their trail
several days \ago. One night. she
chased the pair IN a taxicab, but lost
them in the crowded streets. She
realized that 1t was useless tor her TO
! attempt 10 run down her Grant hub
by, so she employed her washerwo-
man, a Negress, of giant proportions,
to do the job. The Negroes did the
work She traced the pair to a room
ing house on Lafayette-blvd.
| Mrs. Rees' son held lonely vigil
all night long over the place and at
2: 80 o'clock Saturday morning, he saw
Mr.. Rees and the coy Bee" enter.
He called his mother by telephone
and she went to Central police sta
ton, where she got the assistance OF
Detectives Black and Wilson. Then
the entire party proceeded to the
place Mr.. Rees was much confounded
when he was leaving the place with
bee" to run into his wife. They
were leaving just as the detectives
arrived.
The two were locked up in the Gen.
I trial police station and later in the
morning. a warrant was secured for
them. bee" has q residence on Mon
| roe-ave.