The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-08-08
A Detectives
Singular
Experience
He Located His Quarry, but
Lost the Game
By HELEN ATWATER

have the name of being the sickest de-
tective on the staff. | wish you to try
to catch the slickest adventures the
country has ever been troubled with
She has called herself Mrs. wainwright,
Miss Thorpe. Margaret Vane. and it is
suspected that she has masqueraded as
4 man calling herself Edgar Martin
dale"
what crimes has she committedT
That's a secret. We are employed
to produce her by private party who
agrees as soon as she is in our power
to furnish the necessary papers to hold
her. What we are expected to do is to
catch her. and there is good $4,000
for doing it. Now. I'll tell you what
I'll do. If you snare her I'll give you
the lions share. $4,000"
II suppose you have located her"
81 have telegram has come from
an agency in Chicago stating that she
was seen in that city yesterday. and by
nv order a shadower has been put on
the case with Instructions to keep her
to pounce upon her. wouldn't trust
one of their men. for | believe she
would be- too sharp for him. Besides,
it will require one to whose judgment
we can trust not to put US in position
antagoniStic to the law
+ 81 see" replied. and after some
more talk as to details left the office
and that evening was speeding on Il
train to Chicago
will call my quarry Margaret Vane.
since that is the most attractive OF her
various aliases. The morning | reach
ed Chicago | reported at the detective
agency that had put the shadower on
her, and a man was sent with me to
the house where she was staying. a
family hotel. where on looking over the
register | found her entered as Mrs
Thorpe. asked the clerk if Mr..
Rowland was staying at his house.
and when he said no | told him that
| had come there to meet him and that
l presumed he would appear cit her that
day or the next. That gave me an ex
cuse to go to the hotel frequently and
loiter about there If found it expedi
ent to do so.
There was no photograph of the lady
to be had. and my first work must be
to locate her among the guests. |
didn't care to make an arrest. In fact.
l could not we'll do so without requisi
ton papers. which l had not. must
could form no plan. but must be guild
ed by circumstances. | had a descrip
ton of the woman | was after. and
the first one | spotted turned out to
be the lady herself call her the lady
because to look at her and on hearing
the we'll bred modulated tones of her
voice no one would take her for any
thing else. She was about twenty two
years old. comely and either to the
manner born or had the faculty of per-
sonating one who was. 1t occurred to
me that the work | was engaged in
might be dangerous. | couldn't get it
out of my head that she was not an adj
ventures. but typical lady. did
not wonder that the chief had admon
ished me to exercise caution.
kept Miss Vane under my eve ca
cept in the middle of the night by put
ting a woman in the hotel to post me
at the slightest sign of any intended
move The day after my arrival my
watcher told me that my quarry had
been visited during the day by a gen
tleman of professional cut. She had
followed him when he went away. and
he had gone to a law Office Inquiry
about him there resulted in discovering
that he was the Junior partner of the
firm of Whitney, Johnston & Gregory
| lost no time in finding out the
standing Of the firm and learned that
they were not criminal lawyers, but
did general law business of the most
respectable kind What they could
have to do professionally or otherwise
with woman whom. had understood
was wanted for some heinous offense
I was at a loss to imagine. Mr.. Greg
DRY, who had visited her. was good
looking young man. and | thought 1t
possible, even probabl that she had
got him under her thumb. as l infer
red she had got other men under her
thumb. and despite the fact that he
was lawyer would relieve him Of his
surplus cash.
My spy reported day or two after
! reached Chicago that Miss Vane had
called for her BILL Where she was go
ing was not known. but | felt it neces-
sary to remain at her hotel that night
till the last train had left for any
where and be there in the morning in
time to take the first. The lady did not
depart that night. but about 8 in the
morning. carrying only light suit case.
she took a carriage. | called another
and followed her to the Union station
was next in line behind her when
she bought a ticket. which was for
Philadelphia. and purchased one for
the same place. was delighted at the
change. for it would be beneficial to
get her nearer home. Shortly before
the train started young man came