The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-11-11

/ Wl9n the messenger came, ne nanQeQ
it to him with bank note, with few
words spoken in a low tone. Tbs
messenger gone, GrisWeld called for q
brandy-and-soda, gulped 1t down in q
way that showed his state of nervous
excitement and, still without seeing
the doctor or the detective, hurried
out Of the barroom.
Britt gripped the doctors arm
Go after that boy" he said Find
out where he is goir g, and join me at
Headquarters. Make it quick, doc!"
Fitch fastened in pursuit of the
| messenger boy. Britt walked with
quicR strides to the subway, where he
boarded a local for Blocker street.
The physicians pursuit of the dis
| trict messenger who had carried the
note from GrisWold ended at the
shirty-third Street station of the Sixth
avenue elevated railway. All Fitch
! wanted to know was the destination
of the note. Fitch, though an anna
teur, had acquired SO much skill from
association with the famous Head
| quarters man in efforts to free his
sweetheart that 1t required no
| prompting to look over the boys
shoulder as he stopped to buy a
ticket. While fishing in his pocket
for grubby nickel, the messenger
momentarily held the envelope in such
a position that Fitch Wsss able to read
both name and address. The doctor
| hastily jotted both on The margin OF
a newspaper, and then he crossed to
the downtown station, and in 20 min
utes knocked at the door of the de-
tective's room IN Police Headquarters.
This must be the woman" he
heard Britt say to RaWson, as he en-
tered after sharp Come int
Hello, doc!" said Britz. Il guess
| we've found her. These are the full
names of all the MiIlicents registered
in New York hotels, and my man re-
ports this signature is exactly like
the name attached to the note found
in the Indians clothes"
What's the name?" asked Fitch.
'Millicent Delaroche," answered the
detective
That's the lady" answered the
physician. 'The same name Is on that
envelope GrisWold gave the messen-
ger. She lives in the"
Hotel Renaissance, said Britt der
cisiVely. Doctor, 4 tell you we're get.
ting warm. As the kida say, We're
burning up!
A conference followed, IN the course
OF which Britt, Fitch and Rawson
elaborated a plan to ascertain whether
the jewels Millicent Delaroche men-
toned in her note to GrisWold were
the original Missioner diamonds, or
merely gems the clubman had bought
for her. To learn that fact was not
so easy as it sounded. With weeks
at his command, Britz could have
gained the knowledge in roundabout
way, but he had no such time. There
were not even days TO spare; there
were not even hours to waste. Bris9
knew as well as If he saw it in black
and white that the Orientals, both Of
high and low caste, were centering all
their subtlety, skill and ingenuity
upon the possession of Mrs. Mission
er's jewels anyway, the Maharaneo
diamond-and he sensed the impors
lance of anticipating them before tho
night was over. That realization was
based on the assumption that tho
contents OF the Millicent note as yet
were unknown to the more important
OF the Hindoos. Britz knew the men
he had caught In Bruxton Sands room
could not get word to the Swami nor
to Prince Kananda before the morn
ing. He had taken care to prevent
that by rushing note to the captain
of the Tenderloin precinct. requesting
that the prisoners, instead OF being
taken to the night court, should ba
held at least for the morning session
in Jefferson Market. His zeal led him
to lose no time In heading off the orr.
entails, even with the burglars bottled
up for twelve hours or SO. Had no
guessed he himself had helped to con-
vey the letter from the Hindoo cap.
tives to their Brahmin master, he
would have been twice as Jealous,
LuOuSu II 1S QuuDtlul u0 COulQ NAYS
worked more rapidly than he did after
his talk with Fitch and Rawson In
the seclusion OF his own office.
In pursuance of the plan arranged
In that conference, RaWson went to
the Renaissance and got from the
management all that was known there
concerning MilHcent Delaroche. She
was Mrs. Delaroche, whether wife,
widow or Divorce the management
could not tell. She had been In the
hotel several months; she had one OF
the most luxurious suites in the big
building, and she seemed to be boun.
tifully supplied with money. Her
gowns we're gorgeous, and when she
went out, 1t was In an electric brough
am she kept in the hotels garage.
Mrs. DeIaroche had few visitors
The most frequent was man about
town who sent many roses and huge
boxes Of bonbons to Madan1's apart
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