The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-11-02

1t to him with bank note, with few
words spoken in a low tone. The
messenger gone, Griswold called for a
brandy-and-soda, gulped it down in a
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 going, and join me at
Headquarters. Make it quick, doc!"
Fitch fastened In pursuit of the
messenger boy. Britt walked with
quick 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
Thirty-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
ticket. While fishing in his pocket
for grubby nickel, the messengers
momentarily held the envelope in such
a position that Fitch was able to read
both name and address. The doctor
hastily jotted both on the margin OF
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 a sharp Come in"
Hello, doc!" said Britt. Il guess
we've found her. These are the full
names of all the Millicents 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 de-
cisively. Doctor, l tell you we're get
ting warm. AS the kids say, We're
burning up!'"
A conference followed, in the course
of which Britt, Fitch and Rawson
elaborated 4 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, Britt could have
gained the knowledge in a roundabout
way, but he had no such time. There
were not even days to spare; there
were not even hours to waste. BritZ
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 Maharanee
diamond-and he sensed the impor-
lance of anticipating them before the
night was over. That realization was
based on the assumption that the
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 a note to the captain
of the Tenderloin precinct, requesting
that the prisoners, instead Of being
taken to the night court, should be
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 he
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, |
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 |
all that was known there |
concerning Millicent Delaroche. She |
was Mrs. Delaroche, whether wife, |
widow or divorcee 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-
tifuliy supplied with money. Her
gowns were gorgeous, and when she
went out, 1t was In an electric brough- !
am she kept In the hotels garage.
Mrs. Delaroche had few visitors.
The most frequent was a man about
town who sent many roses and huge
boxes of bonbons to Madam's apart.
ment. Did the management know !
him? Oh, yes. II his name was of
any real importance to the interro-
gator, the manager did not mind tell. |
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