The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-15

and the stewardess promptly denied
1t and asked to be searched. This
was done and nothing was found. Then
the most of us agreed that Mrs. Ora
nam had left her cash and diamonds
behind her when she sailed, and she
got even by calling US lot of idiots
and sticking to 1t that whoever rob-
ped her had used false key to open
ner trunk. Only IL hours after,
bachelor made a complaint to the eff
fect that a gold watch set with dia-
monds had been taken from his room.
IL now became evident that there
was thief aboard, and things were
made very uncomfortable for all. In
the excitement We almost forgot Miss
Davis, but she did not forget herself.
She 1t was who suggested search of
all the suaterooms and proffered her
key. In so doing she got herself dis
liked by an old chap who was in the
calico printing business in New York.
lie said he had been turning out calico
warranted to wash for the last 40
years, and he'd be hanged IL he'd have
his honesty called In question at this
late day. This put a quietus on the
proposition to search, but It left a most
uncomfortable feeling throughout the
ship. Some one was stealing, but the
passenger who suspected another
might be in turn himself suspected
The captain and purser did their best,
but struck no clew. That evening Mr..
Greenleaf and Miss Davis had a quiet
confab together on deck. Their scheme
was to lay trap for the thief. The
young man had a very handsome dia
mond and emerald ring on his finger.
IL had history, and while he was re-
lating the history he removed the ring
and Miss Davis took possession of it.
When the talk had been concluded he
held out his hand Tor the jewel, but it
was not to be found. She contended
that she had returned 1t almost at
once, and that he must have dropped
it on deck. She even led the search for
1t, and when 1t could not be found she
criticised young Mr.. Greenleaf for
careless fellow, He was rather infat-
uated with her, but he had grain or
two Of common sense left and he
decided to make change in his
program.
There was one more alarm That
evening about $1,000 worth of jewelry
was taken from another stateroom.
There was a row over 1t, but the
officers of the ship could do nothing
except to station sentinels in the pas
sage-ways thereafter and make every
person identify himself on going to his
stateroom. Mr.. Greenleaf said nothing
about the loss Of his ring. No doubt he
wanted to, but of what use? 1t was
noticed and commented that he and
the ingenious Miss Davis had quarrel
ed, and many theories were advanced
as to the cause, but none of them
came within 40 rods Of the truth.
His withdrawal gave the others a
better chance and they were not slow
to take advantage of 1t. In the smok.
ing room, in talking over the mysteri-
our thefts, man from Passaic, N. j.,
was imprudent enough to observe that
Miss Davis ought TO be suspected as
soon as any one. He had scarcely ut
tered the words regarding the young
lady when nine young men called him
liar and horse thief and fell upon
him and beat him until he looked like
raw beef OF these nine, two got
change for hundred dollar bills and
three lost rings or pins before Miss
Davis had got through thanking them.
The others were coming home dead
broke, and thus escaped.
Miss Davis had a surprise for us
when the steamer was finally dragged
and pushed into her slip and the pas
sengers began to disembark. She told
us down at quarantine of the surprise.
She expected her Uncle Joshua to
meet her, and she wanted to play a
trick on him. She therefore dressed
up as Salvation Army lass to go
ashore. She made a clipper, but no
one could have possibly recognized her
as the girl who had boarded the Baltic
on the other side. Uncle Joshua was
there with a cornfleld smile on his
face, and she got into hack and dis
appeared within few minutes.
That was the last any of us saw of
Miss Davis, The rest Of us read in
the newspapers. Her supposed father
was a forger, and they were fleeing
from England when they boarded the
Baltic. The telegram was from con
federate and caused a change in the
program. All the stealing aboard could
be laid at the young lady's door, and
she had brought over a large sum of
money besides. There were detectives
at the dock, but she outwitted them.
They were on her trail for weeks and
weeks, but did not succeed in arresting
her. For an ingenious young lady she
was hummer. You not only have
the statement of steady, conserva.
tive old bachelor for that, but the
various impetuous and infatuated
young men who lost rings and pins
and ran to change hundred dollar bills
are ready to furnish corroborative ties.
timony.