The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-03-07
How the Jewels
Were Carried
Of
BY EDNA C. WHITNEY


In your business, isn't there? / said
to Leonard Kelp, a detective of high
standing.
well, / reckon I've done my share
of it, he replied. 1.-The crooks study
| TO beat us and we study to beat them.
It's to be expected that well get the
| worst of 1t sometimes. It's like other
things one has to learn, matter of ex-
perience. When | began / got fooled
! lots o. times. The trouble with me was
| that was too smart"
Tell me about one of your curious
cases.
"One had only few years ago had
some points OF interest In 1t. We got
an anonymous letter stating that the
butler and lady's maid at swell house
in a suburban town would run away
on certain night carrying a lot of
plumber in jewels with them We were
cautioned, however. against giving
away the information All we were ex-
pected TO do was to be on hand and
take em in when they started out.
"Well, concluded to go by the let
ter received. It's best not to take
matter of that kind into your own
hands lest you spoil 1t all. We went
to the place an hour before the expect
ed exit and waited till an hour after
the time | was getting pretty tired
and was about to give it up, thinking
the case was one of those bits of false
fnf two CD
much of, when | saw a figure moving
along the side Of the house staggering
under something, / couldn't tell what.
Getting nearer, saw him put ladder
up TO one OF the back windows. then
throw a handful of gravel against the
panes.
81 waited and In few minutes saw
something white waving in the Win
dow. The sash had been put up, but
so carefully that I hadn't heard any
noise. The next thing l could distin-
guish was something dark coming
down the ladder but IT was so dark |
couldn't see things continuously. /
heard a slight sound, which judged TO
be the ladder removed from under the
window, then saw or heard nothing
more till two figures passed within
few yards Of where was standing be-
bind tree. followed in their wake,
and when they got out in the road ]
could see that they were a man and a
woman, the man carrying a suit case.
They took the direction of the rail-
way station, and when they reached
the street leading down to 1t they di-
verged, and knew just what they
were going to do. There was only one
train leading into the city at that hour
Of the night, and they had timed their
exit to take It.
They reached the station ten min
utes before the schedule time for the
train, and went up on to the plat
form as though intending to take the
train myself. / made up my mind as
soon as l looked at them that had
slick pair to deal with. They were /
made up first class. No one would /
ever have taken the butler for any (
thing, but a gentleman, and the maid /
must have been prettier than her mis- /
tress. They were both in travelling rig. I
and, though they probably had on their
masters and mistress clothes. their
costumes fitted perfectly.
Il thought 1t best to take them in
before the train came along, so walk
ed up to them aud said to the man,
I'll trouble you for that suit case
There was a scene, of course, but
had an assistant ready and called him.
took the suit case from the hands of
the butler and demanded the key. He
gave 1t to me at once, and, opening the
case, there, sure enough, were the jew
els mixed in with women's lingerie.
"'See here, said the fellow. this is
robbery at an unfrequented railway
station at midnight. Now, I'll make
you an offer. We are clipping. and I've
got hundred dollars in my pocket
I'll give you rather than be exposed
Let US go with our property and the
money is yours
81 laughed at him, telling him that l
had been informed Of the 'elopement'
and was not to be fooled by his story.
ne idug . iuhAu was ubOuL " 50 AhIp
Mysteries when two girls and two fell
lows rushed out from a dark corner,
one Of the girls shouting: It's all right,
Mr.. Detective. / put up Joke on
them. wrote that letter, knowing
they were going to elope, but | didn't
know. Kit, you'd take it so hard
"She put her arms around the elop-
ing girl and tried to quiet her, which
was no easy job The groom looked
as though he would like to kill this
joking friend who had brought her
friends with her to see the fun.
"As soon as | saw that 1t was a
genuine elopement, with a frolic of
added. | took the matter
In good part, pronounced it capital
joke and interceded with the bride and
groom for the joker's forgiveness. She
was the brides sister, and it was all
in the family. But there wasn't much
dime to make up. for the train whis
tied and In a few moments pulled up
10 the station. The clippers got aboard,
and the young scamps who had played
he joke fred volley of rice and old
shoes at them as the train pulled out
That's the biggest sell on me ever
lad In this detective business"
1T was a pretty serious joke to play,
wasn't it,"
Serious! Did you ever hear OF a