The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Grady's Romantic Death

While Grady went to get it she emptied
the vial into the dirty glass. Grady soon
poured quantity Of the yellow wine on
top OF it and then filled the cup But to
her horror. he handed her the glass and
took the cup.
mo. no. john" she gasped. you take
the glass. I'll drink from the cup"
Why" asked Grady. his eyes afame
with sudden suspicion. what's the mat
ter?"
"Oh. only that left kiss for you on
the glass;" she faltered
Grady took the glass and slowly, very
slowly, ne raised il toward his lips, all the
while gazing unwinkingly at the woman.
Just at his lips the glass stopped and the
woman could not avoid a shudder. she
covered her eyes and Grady, used to read
ing peoples minds, read hers He let the
glass fall and shouted:
$50, It's murder you want-well, muir
der 1t shall be, but I'll do the numbering.
She saw death In his eyes as he seized
her arm, but before death he would first
have his way with her. She screamed and
pulling with the strength of despair. twist
ed the arm out of Grady's grasp. leaving
half her sleeve in his hand
Still. there could surely be no hope for
her. and yet az that very instant when he
poised himself to plunge after her again.
his eyes turned CLASSY; paralysis seized
him and he sank slowly into his chair
while the fainting woman tottered out of
the door.
The next day. it so happened. Sheveln.
the Waterman. confessed to his connection
with the Manhattan Bank robbery. The
police were just taking up the trail that
led to Grady's connection with the affair
when the news came to HEADQUARTERS that
Grady was dead
He was found with the sleeve of
woman's dress grasped convulsively in his
hand. On the table was bottle of wine
and cup. broken glass and spilled
wine on the floor showed traces of poison.
Greed of the "Fences'
An autopsy performed on Grady's body
showed no sign OF poison. His death had
been caused by apoplexy. The woman who
meant to kill him by poison had actually
done so by means Of the furious emotions
she had aroused. She could have taken
the diamonds had she only dared to wait
Thus died Grady, still free from the
law. and with his great fortune in da-
monds in his pockets. Yet he died in an
agony Of furious disappointment as miser-
ably as it is the lot of man to die. For
him. as for Mother" Mandelbaum. 1t was
destined that the lesson should be finally
but tragically unprecedented crime does
not pay
AS general thing the receiver of stolen
goods is the greediest, highest listed ind
vdual who ever squeezed dollar. The
bargains he drives are so one-sided that
unless the thief Is unusually shrewd ne
will find his profits dwindling to almost
nothing by the time he has disposed of MS
plumber. The margin between what the
thief gets for his stealings and the price
they finally bring is enormous, and even
with only few thieves working regularly
for him the fence" finds 1t easy to get
rich In very short time
The greed Of the fences" is one impor-
tant reason why many criminals find It
difficult to reform The more thieves
fence" has working for him, the greater
his profits, and naturally the longer they
remain in the business the more valuable
they are. When thief reforms the fence