The Marshall republican., 1911-07-06


duties Of citizenship. After much
thought I bit upon the followfng plan:
I gave the facts to a detective agency
and asked that 1t endeavor to put o
man In the house with a view to max
IND q search for the stolen property.
II gave one Of its best men the
Job, and by watching the house for
some time he finally found the prem.
ises left I'm the carr Of a servant. En-
tering surreptitiously. he searched a
room which he had taken pains to
learn was the bedroom of the young
lady I had seen at your store. He
found the bracelet between the mat
tresses Of her bed.
Feeling that I have cone ever more
than my duty, I leave the matter In
your hands. IL you will get out a war.
rant and search the second story back
bedroom Of 80 Warren street you
viii ind your bracelet. AT any rate.
the detective saw II there less than an
hour ago"
While Judge GrifBths was sitting on
the bencb-he had Just pronounced
sentence on a crimlnnl-a hurry call
came ove the telephone for him to
come home ut once. lie Immediately
adjourned the court and, calling a cab.
drove to his residence. Hastily enter.
Ing, he found his family in a most dis
tressing situation. The house was in
the hands Of officers Of the law. who
had in their possession the Identical
ruby eyed bracelet he had thought Of
buying for his daughters birthday
present. II had been found between
the mattresses Of her bed.
That some OF the constables recog.
nized a Judge Of the criminal court
did not absolve them from doing their
duty. Miss Grifhths was taken by
them in a carriage to court. her father
accompanying her. where n charge Of
larceny q made against her. Her
father gave bail for her appearance
Tor trial, and she returned with him
to their home.
4 mystery doomed up before Judge
Grifiths. Not for a moment did he
suspect that his daughter was guilty
OF theft. What puzzled him was that
no had examined this very bracelet
with n view 10 buying II. He was
sure that he could net have taken Il
from the store by mistake. And II he
had done SO how could Il have come
between the mattresses Of his daugh.
ser's bed7 But the mystery was nothing
10 the terror with which the incident
inspired the Judge. without IN cxpla.
nation his daughter must be tried.
convicted snd sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary. On Just such evidence he
had sentenced hundreds Of criminals.
He went nj once TO Benknrd's and
was closeted with the head Of the
firm
ON hearing the judges crrand.
Mr.. Bernhard told him Of the anony-
nous letter he had received and show.
ed him another that had Just come In
apparently from n different person. nu.
thorixing him 10 say to Judge Grifiths
that II wouIi be to his advantage 10
recommend to the governor OF the
state thnt u pardon be granted TO Edith
Trowbridgc. whom he had sentenced to
serve two years In state prison. This
was NIL the Information received on
tho subject. except that Bernhard had
recovered his lost property by acting
OF the advice OF his first correspond.
ent.
For the nrst time the judge recalled
the Trowbridge case. II was plain
that some u interested In that case
had planned ~ ingenious method of
placing hls daughter In the same posi-.
tion ~ that occupied by the girl he
had sentenced. Furthermore. he saw
at onee TINT the scheme had been no
adroItly managed that there wns little
hope Of exposing the perpetrators.
Whether the scheme had been work
ed In the interest VI an innocent or
guilty person the judge did not know.
He had no evidence TO prove that n
scheme had been worked Mt nll that
could be satisfactorily presented to y
court. He went ut once to the gov
ernor Of the state and laid the case
before him. The governor yielded to
his solicitations and issued q pardon
for Edith Trowbridee.
Al soon ms Miss Trowbridge was
free Judge Grifiths received word
that the person who had worked up
the case against his daughter would
explain on n promise OF immunity.
The Judge. glad to remove the obloquy
that rested upon his child, acceded TO
the terms and soon after received a
visit from George whitcomb. who said
TO him;
"You convicted an innocent girl on
circumstantial evidence. After the
trial l saw you walk up the street and
enter q jewelry store. went In after
you. stood beside you at the counter,
saw You look at the bracelet and heard
all you said. When the clerks back
was turned ana you were intent upon
another article ! saw an opportunity
TO steal the bracelet. To do so and
make a plan for laying the theft nj
your door occurred TO me. At the risk
OF you or some other criminal Judge
unnXlu. nae x..tA-a -. cant AItaa n<rnxy