Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1913-05-16
An Arrest
BY JAMES B, BARSTOW

Mrs. Burrage tMlle de Fou and
Signorina Tarantola. with number OF
other aliases) was the most accom-
plished swindler ever had anything
10 do with in all my term of service
on the police force She must have
belonged to well to do family or had
a talent for languages, for she could
pose as native of any civilized land.
One day my chief told me that he
had reliable information of this accom-
2lished confidence lady; that she was
living In apartments and he wished
me to go and arrest her GO in plain
clothes" he said, land keep your wits
about you. She is very slippery and
will elude you If you give her the
slightest opportunity
started out with the intention OF
being thoroughly on my guard knew
that iathouses are apt to be conven'
lent for those who wish TO light out
suddenly and took with me sufficient
force to watch from every direction.
Having stationed man in front in
rear and on the roof of the adjoining
building, rang the bell at Mrs Bur
RACES door. The summons was an
swered by a maid dressed In uniform
"a black dress, apron and cap, She
held a silver salver in her hand for a
card.
But | was not there for a call. NOT
did 1t suit my purpose to send In my
name. brushed past the maid and
passed through the living room to d
bedroom. where found lady in dis
habille.
what are you doing here?" she
asked, betraying foreign accent
81 have come, madam, to ask you tc
make call upon the Inspector
THE inspector! What does this
mean?"
THAT you are under arrest
She pretended for awhile to be be
wildered nj the idea of being arrested
but wheL she found would listen tC
her no longer she agreed to accom-
pany me without urging if would per
init her to put on costume suitable
TO the street After examining the out
lets and seeing no possible way OF hel
making an escape | consented The
room was at the end of the suit, on th'
fourth floor and no fire escape within
reach There was no possibility of heI
getting out except through the Twin!
room. SO | retreated to that apart
ment. but insisted that the door be
tween the two rooms should be suf
ticiently ajar for me to hear, thougl
not to see.
There was but one door opening
from the suit to the hall. and at thi
door | had stationed a man with order
TO let no one pass On one side of tn,
fat passageway was the living room
on the other the dining room and kitch
en-. But what interested me was tn
bedroom in which had the prisone
cornered. | could not for my life Sc
how she could escape me
Mrs. Burrage, or whatever her NAM
was, took her time about dressing
listened for every move, and she mad
enough OF them for me to know by tn
sound that she was still there Thi
was gratifying, for. though | saw n
way for her to escape me, would hav
felt uneasy at any lengthy silenc,
When a quarter Of an hour had passe
and she did not appear | asked her
she was not ready She replied tina
she had no one TO hook the back OF he
dress | told her that | had often pc
formed that service for my wife and
she would come into the living room
would accommodate her She said sh
would prefer that ! come In to be
Resolved not to grant anything sh
proposed. | told her to come out to M
which she did with evident reluctance
hooked her dress for her and whe
she went back 10 her bedroom to pr
on her coat and hat flung the doc
wide open, so that she could complet
her toilet under my observation. Sh
was so slow about it that finally tol
her that would give her Eve minute
by my watch to finish She got ni
her wraps within the time and sal
that she was ready TO accompany N
But she must ask me to go throug
the rooms with her-if would N