The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1913-01-11
A Detectives
Singular
Experience
Hs Located His Quarry. but
Lost the Game
: By HELEN ArwATu


By HELEN ATwATIR :
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"Mr. Hawkins" said my chief. ''you
have the name Of being the sIickest de-
tsctivs on the stan. wish you to try
to catch the slIckest adventures the
country has ever been troubled with.
She has called herself Mrs. wainwright.
Mis- Thorpe. Margaret vane. and It Is
suspected that she has mayqueraded as
q man calling herself Edgar Martin.
dale"
what crimes has she committed:"
'sThat's.a secret. We are employed
to produce her BY private party who
agrees AZ soon az she IL in our power
to furnish the necessary papers to hold
her. What We are expected to do is to
catch her. and there IL q good $i5.OOG
for doing It. Now. I'll tell you what
I'll do. II you snare her Ill give you
the lions share. $4,000"
n suppose you have located her,"
II have. A telegram has come from
an agency In Chicago stating that she
was seen In that city yesterday. and by
my order shadower has been put on
the case with Instructions to keep her
in sight TIL We can send q man there
to pounce upon her. l wouldn't trust
one Of their men. for believe she
would b. too sharp for him. Besides.
II will require one to whose Judgment
We can trust not to put US in 4 position
antagonistic to the law"
81 see" replied. and after some
more talk an to details left the ONCE
and that evening was speeding on
train to Chicago.
will call my quarry Margaret vane.
since that IL fhe most attractive of her
variou. aliases. The morning reach.
ed Chicago reported at the detective
agency that bad put the shadower on
her. and q man was sent with me to
the house where she was staying. a
family hotel. where on looking over the
register found her entered A. Mrs.
Thorpe. asked the clerk II MIR.
Rowland was staying at his house.
and when DE said no ! told him that
Ind come there to meet him and that
presumed he would appear either TINT
day or the next. That gave me nm ex-
cuse TO 20 to the hotel frequently and
loiter about there II found 1t expedi
Ont to do no. ts
There was no photograph Of the lady
TO be had. and my first work must be
to iocate hse among the guests. !
didn't care to make an arrest. lp fact,
could not well do 70 without requisi.
tiou papers. which had not ! must
proceed very differently. Indeed. !
could form no plan. but must be guild
ed by circumstances. had descrip.
ton Of the woman ! was after. and
the first one spotted turned ont to
be the lady herself. call her the lady
because to look at her and on hearing
the well bred moduiated tones of her
voice no one would take her for any
thing else. She was about twenty-five
years old. comely and either to the
manner born or had the faculty Of per-
sonuting one who was. It occurred to
me that the work was engaged in
might be dangerous. ! couldn't get 1t
out Of my head that she was not an ad.
ventures. but typical lady. did
not wonder that the chief had admon
ished me to exercise caution.
kept Miss vane under my eye ex-
cept in the middle Of the night by put
ting 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 gen.
tieman OF professional cut. She had
followed him when he went away. and
be had gone to a law ONCE. Inquiry
about him there resulted In discovering
that he was the Junior partner Of the
6rm Of whitney. Johnston 4 Gregory.
! loxt no time In finding out the
standing Of the nrm 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 a woman whom had understood
was wanted for some heinous offense
! was at 4 loss to imagine. Mr.. Greg
DRY. who had visited her. was good
looking young man. aud thought 1t
possible, even probable. that she had
eot him under her thumb. as 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 a day or two after
I reached Chicago that Miss vane had
called for her bill. Where she was go
ing was not known. hut felt 1t neces-
sary to remain at her hotel that night
TIL the last train had left for any
where and he there In the morning In
time to take the first. The lady did not
depart that night. hut about In the
morning. carrying only light suit case.
She took a carriage. called another
and followed her to the Union station.
was next 10 line behind her when
abe bought ticket. which was for
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