Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-11-21
LOVE LED SLEUTHS
UN RIGHT TRACK



liz.......-Sea.- s.. S.aa,ie baAer
last night unCOnss iO..,i1 ico &C.
t,esaet, ~ nCr aaSftasc nance
anu tncu tainted wtscn size -aw
handouts clicked On tttc NriSsls VI
tlsc man. Julian IA Davis. twenty
one years oi0. Nantcd Oy the po-
lice for robblne the NaUnt "a tnc
sOuu>9iNatna S,asc Insane Asy-
iuuI oi ncarty Sl.SDO.
rallies by tWo -lcuths. Miss
Baker left a hotel in PcnnsyiNa-
MIA Avenue. wendell her Way
. .. --.. ... ga. $685. sstrOss~s-s and
sought "A dark spot beneath a big
tree On tits utss utCrn cuge ot the
Natl al seventh and A. Streets,
Northwest where she knew Ia
sis- with "a heart full o. love tor
her. Was waiting 10 Kiss her Tor
the lat time before fleeing from
the ~oiicc On a fnOtOrcl Gle.
Davis. standing beneath the
tree. had Just folded the girl In
his arms when a startled ex-
ClanatiOn escaped his lips He
had glanced up 90 sec two plain
clothes men coming toward him
with long strides. There was "a
tall iron fence behind him. From
his right and left the detectives
were coming. There was no way
TO escape.
Before Miss Baker realized the
plight in which she had piacco
her lover Detective Sergeant
Lawrence O'pca. OF the Central
Ofuc-c. and Detective Joseph W
Ibach. OF Harrisburg, Pa, had
locked handouts On hiss wrists
Davis turned To- his sNCethcart
and "a "a voice. broken with sob,
snfd. I'm arrested ~ thief.
iittie girl" Mss Baker rccled
ans sNonnCd.
Aftcr "A few seconds Miss Baker
RECLAIMED her faculties with a hy--
frricnl CRY. Then she cried "Dh.
did Ia. Julian. did Il. I lei
them here 10 yOu. Can YOU ever
forgive me2 I didn't know they
were following me. boy; 1 didn't
know"
While the girl stood sohhing
and her whole form trembling
t~pnyul-lv ely. the detectives lcd
Davis 10y dark and deserted
where ne WAS scare he'd ana
charged with being tuCitiN g
from Justice. Tho girl made her
WAY hack fo her hotel.
DaN-. chief clerk at 'hc Penn
syIyania state Insane Asylum.
was discharged on October llth.
lie went 90 thc home OF Miss
Takcr a. 202 HARRIS Strccf. Var
rfehurr. and told her ne had been
oTcr,d "a lob IA Baltimore. short
Is after ne went 90 work Tor th'
General Electric supply Company
OF baltimore.
KNEW TIE COMBfNATioN.
Rut n chief boolSkccpcr nt ths
insane asylum Davis knew tn
animation ~ the vault. and ih'
ease with which the vault Nigh
"A "a ian
/ according 60 the police. last Mon
day night. according 20 his owl
admission. Davis lay In walt out
side. the aeVium until ne saw fts
night wntchman leave the build
inc and start AGREES a field 90 hi
homo for midnight lunch
Davis. the police SAY. admit
creeping I'm the ungtnrtcd ONO
az the ASYLUM. spinning the con-
bination and stepping into tl
vault. closing but not locking a.
? massive steel doors 30 hc COul
not b. seen. Under the elcCtr
p HIGHT Ga the vault ne took frol
III his pocket several pieces OF 80
metal and "A file. 10 H. said. The
ne easily fashioned Key 90 al
e lock the drawer In which the cas-
was kept. Having been In po
j., session OF key 60 the drawer u
simple for him Co remember q
u outline and make key IN
p would open the drawer.
IL - charged hc found mo
than Sl.2ff iu the drawer.
this money. $500 wnS in gold. al
the remainder in bills OF large 4
nominations and q pOckCtfui
silver. The police say hc ios h
the drawer. extracted the ki
md placed q; Ira his pocket ste
ped from the vault. locked G
big doors. arranged the Comhiu
tiOu and stole away.
In Harrisburg hc chartered
auto and made midnight ia
across the country 60 FORK. L
paving the chauffeur S25 and an
). boarding a train for Baltimo
10 appearing for work in the OF
81 the General Electric sup
- Company at the proper hour
Tuesday morning. The police
Davis telephoncd To Miss Bak
sent her special delivery