Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1911-07-05
Bv cLARISSA MAcKIE
copyr,ght by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

.,oo of the Raddason house after the
robbery.
paddason. After this careful inspec-
Non o, the premises suppose you
have some theory to advance. Mr..
Fem
The detective frowned at the mil
,onaire victim of the jewel robbery,
and then his frown changed to n smile.
Oar IL would never do to antagonize
tbIs man who had employed him and
who had promised him personal re-
uard OF thousand dollars. besides
HE professional fee, II he recovered the
stolen Jewels. Nevertheless Detective
Fem was reluctant to confide his the
cries TO any one.
swell. SIR" he said patiently, ito
spn, IN what have gathered, you say
ron retired last night about 1870 and
fiat the jewels were placed for safe
teeplng under your pillow. You were
all alone In the house for the reason
that your wife and family are at your
country home and you merely stopped
here Tor the night, as you were In town
for the purpose Of getting the jewels
from the bank to take to Mrs. Rad
dason. You say you found the care
taker absent and decided to remain
here all night, as you were too tired
to 90 on 10 hotel.
"You went to, bed after assuring
yourself that the house was without
any other occupant than yourself. You
are quite sure that you did not miss
gone closet In your searchT'
Mr.. Raddason shook his head posi-
lively. Il tell you. Fem. did not
leave a corner uninvestigated. l be-
gan at the wine cellar and went up to
the garrett, and there was not recess
or closet, a curtained doorway or
piece of furniture that did not peer
behind or under or poke at with my
cane. Can't fool me on that. I'll
swear there wasn't a human soul In
this house last night save myself
when I went to bed"
."And you heard no unusual sound
during the night?' asked Mr.. Fem.
mot a sound from the time l drop
ped of TO sleep until awoke at I TO
find the jewel case gone from under
my pillow"
Didn't feel dull or stupid as II
drug Ut some sort had been used to
keep you quietf' pursued the detec-
tive
Never felt brighter In my life" as
sHred lladdason. Put my hand under
my pillow for my watch, looked at 1t
'aud then recollected the jewel case. 1t
was gone"
Cant understand why they didn't
take the watch, too" mused Detective
Fem.
That's another funny kink In the
matter. Every door and window in
the house locked as snug as you please,
and yet the jewels disappeared. Chain
up on the front door and the other
doors locked on the inside. What do
you make OF itf' Mr.. Raddason look
ed down at the thin. wiry little man
before him with skeptical eyes.
There isn't clew to hang theory
on declared the detective frankly.
nothing except the trapdoor to the
roof. You noticed that the hook was
UNASSIGNED on the understood"
''ies. but this Is detached house.
and there is no way n thief could make
getaway from the roof"
Thieves used to go about their busi-
ness on Shank's mares, didn't they,
Mr.. Raddason? And after automobiles
came into fashion you read about
them going on into the country and
making their getaway In a motorcar
Well. what would you expect Of the
thief of today. Ell? The latest thing
In transportation. Of course" The de-
tective smiled at his employer know
ingly.
IAN aeroplane, by Jove:" calculated
Mr., Raddason.
That is my idea" admitted the de-
teetiye modestly.
And very clever theory, too" ad-
mitted Raddason genially. Now, Mr..
rem, il you have no objection just
give me an outline of how you be-
heve the robbery was accomplished"
IT'S soon explained. sir. The crook
knew OF your intention to get the
Jewels from the bank. possibly trailed
you from your country place. where
ne might have had pal in your en-
pioy; was sure you had 'em In the
house, waited till you got to bed and
asleep. lit on the roof with his ma
Chine, came down and got the jewelA
skipped up through the skylight and
INTO his flying machine and 30 away"
MY dear fellow, that's a pretty
toeory. but how many crooks would
nsk discovery by turning on Job In
such conspicuous thing as an aero
pane? How many men Of that class
could afford to even hire one Of the
machines, much less md q mechani-
snn to operate It for him. You're
areamfng, Fem. Five-ten Year, from