The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-02

ers OF observation, ms en-"ilte9h ness
and his devouring energy In the discharge
OF his difficult duties. For II must be re
membered that the chief OF the Paris de-
tective police wields enormous power anc
is allowed q certain discTetion-eXcept o.
course, when a crime has been committed
Ito save innocent persons the disgrace o.
public scandal
few months ago l was smoking q
pipe In his study. room hung with tro'
pties-a museum OF crime. I saw hin
take UP a thick leather-bound volume, the
drawings. ''This is my diary" he began
but suddenly stopped when he saw me
start.
what's the trouble?''
Your ,eS,T.,sy d,ary; ~. And you never thought
No" he retorted with smile; "thss
fact is. here are my impressions. and
certain facts"
did not even know the end OF the SEN
reading at once; and the moro / read the
more I rnarveled, The next morning we
commenced work, and this series Is the
Tesult--A. K)
TH HE usually quiet Rue du General
Appert was in state of great
excitement. Carriages and
cabs drove to the house. OF Ma i,
dame H, and crowds OF "eii,
dressed people elbowed their way TO
the salons on the first floor, 1t was
few days before Mademoiselle ivo1he
rs marriage, and big dlsPiay
had been made of the trousseau ana
presents.
The three reception rooms were
thrown open. and long narrow Iaples
wbero iewelry and lace were eXhl olteo1
n class ease had been specially fitted
TO guard the contents against lndiscreet
fingers. IL.
As a rule, detectives--who. by the
uniuitiated are often taken for poor
relations-are engaged to guard the
property, as it is difficult to Know now
many unlimited may manage t9 MAKE
their way into the house. Madanie
caution: and this mistake caused INC
TO make her acquaintance.
It was discovered that q costly pen
daut had mysteriously disappeared, ana
early the next morning l was In the
Rue dn General Appert, seated oppo'
site Madame H (tbe widow OF
wealthy merchant), her daughter
Yvonne. and fat, red'taced, pompous
gentleman whom the ladies addressed
as Uncle Jerome. He was loudest il
his lamentations and ! soon discovered
the reason; the pendant had been pre-
sented by him, and he seemed to take
il as personal affront that the thieI
should have selected his gift.
I had many questions to ask, so that
] had 10 cut him short and beg the
ladies to show me the glass case from
which the Jewel had been, aostracted.
This case was absolutely intact, and
the thief must have watched his oppor~
tunity to raise it unobserved Only
man with cool head and steady
hand would have dared to attempt this,
in a room full of people with hall
dozen attendants near the tables
Uncle Jerome had already questioned
the servants, driving them to the verge
OF mysteries. ] came TO the conclusion
that thew knew nothing. and that no
information of value could be obtained
from the ladies or their loud-volced rel
ative.
While ] was examining the room IN
search of n possible clew, heard Uncle
Jerome call out in angry tones.
"And what about the baron coatf
Does Monsieur Goron know anything
about that7H
turned around.
HWhaf baron, and what coat7'
"rWelI, YOU see, Monsieur Goron,
said Madame Il cit was altogether
an unfortunate dav for when Baron
s. asked for his coat it was no.
where to be found. y 80,
"Has anything else been stolen?' I
incurred. g,
think this was quito enough TOT one
afternoon.
~ think So too.' interrupted the
nnelc; -'the baron must have. hne
opinion of the people you receive.
And turning to me, he added
''I have the pleasure of being one
al the baron s friends, and it makes it
very awkward for me-very! ] intro
duced tim here.
A. nv request Madame mnde n rongh
sketch az the pendant. It was of OTi.
entail design, set with large diamonds,
ending in q small lotus flower.
7 also asked for the address of the
baron whom I wanted to see about the
coat. and learned he was a Russian,
very rich. living IN the Avenue dc
l'Alms. As / rose TO leave, Uncle ]c-
rome insisted on minute s private
conversation,
"Monsieur Goron.r hn began when
VIC were alone, ~ did not like to
sneak before my sister-in-law; but 7
consider it my duty to mention a GER
tain gentleman TO you-Alfred o.,
y relative by marriage of Madame
Il. n Goodfor- not hing, who has
been mixed up in several ugly affairs.
begged my sister.in-law repeatedly
not to receive him; but lie plays the
makes himself at home here-too much
So
''Do vou mean to imply-'
81 Implv nothing, I am only giving
you a hint
The valet opened the door for me,
and at that moment closed cab drove
in; Young man alighted and re.
maincd talking to lady inside. 4
lace veil hid her face.
who is thatf'' I asked the valet
"Thai s Monsieur Alfred - he re.
plied, with the shadow of n sneer
'.and that woman inside is his friend
Tins. -
''Who is Tips?'
Not much good
Alfred. apparently, was not q per.
soma Grata,
Thus far ! had no clsw whatever. |
therefore resolved not TO act before
had seen both the baron and Alfred.
In nv Office two inspectors met me
with smiling faces.
"You were right. sir said one
about these bicycle thieves. We ar
rested them this morning and found
about twenty CYCLES in the place yor
mentioned -