Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-03
'1HHND[lH FAILS
Plotted ROBBERY
t.oueEkrEpER ron woopFoap,
vtso Lost FORTUNE At
vvAvERLX. Ex-coNvlcr.
WEALTHY BACHELOR HAS
coMF,pENcE IN HousEKEEPER
REFUGEE . DslIsve oniesrs' Theory
ThaI Wssnan 10 DslIIah and Net Her
csssls. q. che cIalms-NNsman's
H.ssani. N 1x-csnvls4, ossn In
Wawsriy psie. - Thafl sf e4s,boo

Wsvsriy Prie. - Theft sf e4aboo
wavsfiy. sept 3-where Il Ex-con-
~aoe John 1dxman. Dressnt husband OF
Dslilah TAils, hersslf an sx-oonvict. al
legged murdsrsss and. judging from re-
cent Developments advsntursss7 That
y the question the local authorities are
now trying TO solve and when they
solve II, they believe they will have
likewise solved the mysterious disap-
pearanco ok 3z3.510 In moneys and se.
curities abstractsd from under the
mattress of Bachelor Henry Woodford.
OF this city. Friday night or Saturday
morning, 80
These facts have been ascertained
by those working on this. the largest
theft successfully accomplished IN
Lows In many generations:
Firman was seen in Waverly Friday
evening. ~
The riansular piece Of glass cut
from the upper sash 08 down stairs
window which euablsd the thief to
remove . nail which held down the
lower ssh was cut from outside but
was pushed outward from the inside.
DeluAh Eails must have been In the
house whom the glassFWas cut
Deiilah FAus knew the 343.610 was
under the old mans mattress.
The anger peints on the glass are
those of man, not Of . woman.
Fruaa has not been seen in the city
since .s4 schherx
DsHlah IAils. altho the wife Of Fir
man. has cast . magic spell over Bach
elor Henry Woodford. 20 much 20 that
he u IN. love with her. So much 10
he in love with her that he will not al
low any one to even direct suspicion
aga. It the woman.
Dslllah Fails was the first to direct
the old mans attention to the cut win
low sash. It was done In an adrolt
manner and seems to have complete.
" disarmed Woodford Of any sus-
picion regarding her, even tho his in
fatuation would have allowed such .
thing.
Taksn From Under Mattress.
The $3.50 was taken from under
the mattress of Bachelor Henry
woodford.s bed presumably while he
slept. It consisted Of the following:
Notes and mortgages 900
Certificates Of deposit .......... $50
Cash =. ..........a 10O
Coupon due n....s............. u. ~
strange to say Woodford did noe
know Of the robbery until he was eat
ing breakfast Saturday morning. It
was then about . o'clock. The Falls
woman suddenly opened the door to an
adjoining room.
"Oh," she cried, 'Iook there"
Woodford looked. In the lower left
hand corner Of the upper sash Of
window . small triangular piece Of
glass was missing. It had been cut.
! "A nail that had been used to hold the
lower sash in place was missing.
Tho window was opened. Eighteen
thousand dollars worth Of notes were
scattered about the noor adjacent.
You have been robbed" cried the
woman. She was apparently very much
solicitous for the old man. In the
gaunt but ono time fair features Of
this woman Of the world an expression
Of clever anxiety crept. In his fas.
cination for her Bachelor Woodford
read pity in her eyes.
He FASTENED up stairs to his bed
and lifted the end Of his mattress. The
old envelope that contained the papers
and money was missing.
One would have thought that Wood
ford would have at once reported the
robbery to- the authorities, but altho
the theft was learned at o'clock Sat-
urday morning. the sheriff was not
notified until Monday.
Not that Harry Woodford did not
mourn any over his lost wealth. The
eccentric bachelor loves his gold. 80
sSs,1,o
years. But since the world began the
proven better safeguards for crimi-
mails than all the clever planning Of
the most skilled william.
Doxs Toe Late"
Naturally rs So0n as the robbery
was reported. the authorities tele-
phoned to Waterloo for the dogs.
They wece sent af once. They fol-
lowed Q trail from the. window to the
Illinois Central depot The route led
thru little used streets. Every lamp
post had been givsn wide berth by
the fugitive. AA the depot the trail was
lost. Tho man had made his getaway.
''0ivo q thief good start" reiterate
the authoffties. ''and he can banle
even the hounds."
when the onicers called at the
woodfor4 home 70 ascertain the par
ticulaFo el the robbery, Delilah
Fails adznatsed them. She insisted
on being the spokesman. She told
the Story of the theft She h9d Q
theory which WAS that the bold mid
night rohber had affected an en-
trance 70 the house thru tho window,
that no had secreted himself in q
closet until his victim had left his