The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-05-31


agent that Barton Dexter was none
other than Edward Michler-in other
words, myself.
The case was at once put into the
hands of a detective agency, with in
structions to see that the so called
Dexter be arrested on arrival. The
next morning an enterprising reporter
sent a message to a New York paper
giving the whole story.
A hundred or more American news
papers wired passengers ON board the
Unicorn to send them news of Mich
Ter. l can't give all the items that
were sent. but 1 will give a few from
a single paper:
Michler Isl a small. delicate man with a
feminine voice. His wife is rather mascu-
line. 1t has got out on board that they
are under suspicion. They seem very
much troubled.
1t is now pretty we'll determined that
Michler, in addition to being a diamond
thief. is clipping with another mans wife,
or. rather, another mans wife is clipping
with Michler, for no one would accuse so
gentle a man Of leading such a woman.
While Michler and his wife were sit
ting on deck last night in a secluded COR
ner, suddenly a passenger flashed a match
to light a cigar. Mrs. Michler was seen
to thrust something under the folds of her
dress. The case is being discussed In the
smoking room. and some say that the dia-
mond thieves will throw the stone over
board If arrested on the ship.
The Michlers today had a terrible quar-
rel. Passengers in staterooms near theirs
heard Mrs. Michler say to her husband
that If he did not settle a large sum of
money on her after their arrival In New
York she would inform on him to the pO-
lice. whereupon he asked her IL she
wished the whole ship to know that they
were diamond thieves.
As we near port Michler and his wife
are becoming more and more agitatec.
Mrs. Michler was yesterday found weep
ing by the room stewardess, who went
into her stateroom for the purpose of
making up the berths. 1t is rot known
whether the diamond thieves are aware
that they are to be arrested on their ar
rival at Southampton or not.
The sea was very rough today. and Mrs.
Michler. who is inclined to be seasick,
kept her room all day. Michler also was
affected. but he kept the deck. He was
observed to go to the side of the ship for
the purpose of relieving himself OF his
dinner. A passenger who was watching
him says that a lump the size OF a walnu
was cast into the sea. In the smoking
room they are now betting-odds 8 to l.
that this lump is the diamond.
BY Cable on the Lizards.-An inspector
from Scotland Yard came aboard for the
purpose of arresting the Michlers. To
avoid being known as a detective he was
dressed in the uniform of a British adj
miral. When the Michlers saw him Mich
Ter tainted. His wife ground her teeth
and stood firm as a British tar on the
deck of a battleship. The dramatic eli
max of an inspector dressed as an adj
miral putting his hand on a mans shoulder
and saying. Il want your was spoiled by
Michler's lying like a wet rag on the deck.
The supposed admiral was Obliged to lift
his prisoner up by the collar.
BY Gable From Southampton. The
Michler affair has collapsed. When taken
ashore and examined Mrs. Michler was
found to be the husband and Mr.. Miehler
the wife. They proved their identity as a
respectable married couple from Cape
Town. Scotland Yard is furious. it being
supposed that the real diamond thief hired
them to let it be supposed that they We're
carrying 1t to Southampton while he took
another ship for New York.
This last item is true so far as IL
goes. but it doesn't tell all. was the
person who Informed upon Michler and
his wife. l found In Michler an old
friend who was going home to Eng
land. confided in him and offered hin
a quarter interest in my diamond to
fool the detectives. AS 500 as the
world was agog over the diamond
thieves on the Unicorn l slipped out
of port disguised as a superannuated
Jew.
The diamond was so shaped that in
being cut it required to be made into
two gems. 1t is not. therefore. one
of the large gems Of the world. But
the smaller stone made Michler rich,
and the larger n made me richer.