The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1914-03-11
A Successful
Hiding lace
By JOHN L. LARNED


No one would suspect, the way to DO
i. Is 10 put them i'll such plain view
,lst tac seeker can look right at them.
cood way is to give them to him
nrypr felt 50 much doubt as to my
t,,.na tttrd fur detective work as once
,,hot was fooled by an Old woman
,ro,k whom | knew to be guilty Of
,,lgf Was trying to prove on her.
Nv chief told me one day that mum
her of baubuotes had been stolen from
a cashiers drawer, and he wanted me
r, Get on to the thief. | interviewed
tfa-ra4lier, who told the that certain
man had ltneH in the store when he
al9csd tie bills in the drawer and saw
rim do ii. Tie cashier was called to
tbe rear for a few minutes, leaving the
mon where be was outside the counter.
u}ea he. returned the man Was gone
and 50 were the notes.
Fortunately the cashier could give
nrefty accurate description Of the bills.
They we're all tves, al! new and ali
an fhe same bank The suspected man
Vas arrested, but nothing was found
nm hiin hut Il little silver change. 1t
wgs evident that he had got rid OF
tAa biHs nosed around among his
bennts for awhile, hoping to learn
.ametAips At several stores in the
nairhlorhood left Il description Of the
hlls and asked the proprietors to let
NE know ii any of their customers
presented one of them,
Happening in at one of these stores
Inter On was shown a bill answering
a description of those stolen. 1t had
hnen naid for groceries by an old Wo-
man who lived near, she receiving 81
or n in change | gave the grocer
another h.l for it and took it TO the
cashier fl4m whom the money had
been stolen. He identified it as one of
The lost notes.
Investigation showed me that the old
woman and the man suspected of
stpf3iug tie money were known to be
eroHies Size was 4 notorious receiver
Of stolen goods. and there could he no
doubt That she was spending the stolen
money. Doubtless she had the Whole
or what vas left of it in her posses
sian, for the man who had been arrest
ed far stealing If would not dare carry
or pass any of 1t himself and would
nat be likely TO have more than one
aufadante In the matter, Added 10
dis. | was told by one of her neigh
hogs thai She knew the old woman had
Tie money in her possession.
Iprasasret net to take the chances
Of masins a slip by getting out
search warrant. so | suddenly appear
ed It she woman's house. locked the
la5e GA the inside and went TO work
lightning in the gQrret, fouudi pref
II dark and eaiad on the occupant for
iieht She gave me candle, making
no comment on my proceedings what
ever taking the trouble to light it her
SEE. Having finished the sarrct, rip
ping gp bose boards in the floor ana
te2riuS away plastering. l descended to
Ire eauI story, where | caHSae6ed
#-' ''F'fN ttaiii ~ amy ipGAti>- 't4t VIZ
aad st tie business, | looked especial
Is In shoes, in eroekery in stoyes~in
deed, In any receptacle where one
"aa.d ordinarily not expect hiding
place because i was in such plain
view. ! stretched an arm mp chin
9aF aHI pulled q lot of SCOT down on
4a, hat TO bills Coming on down to
t'a main h0or, looked in closets, I'M
Ger carpets. In everything hollow.
having finished this hoor, went
ial7, Ill Che cellar, extending my can
re between the ioists where they rest
ri on 5ho brick walls and turning over
e}s'5 tling contained. From the peak
OF the reet to the cellar floor nothing
WIS onud
3el#9 70 The main floor, | found the
'fa woman peeling potatoes as ancon-
9tei@liJ rs Il she were not under the
e'.-4 aai suspicion. Placing the can
a.s eA lie table, | sat down on a chair
q. l9-s and think over what | had bet
Of d. did not think to blow out the
eaH3's, which had burned low In
ee-d, i bid reached some folded pa
pr tHat had been wrapped around its
OF. n. q keep it steady in the socket.
a TOO large for it.
's ym through with the Light"
t33 Gle Old woman.
confess you've beaten me.
Il" there are some stolen bank
-.'. 't' }enr possession, but / can't
ea lp."
s'A- 5a out the candle and resum-
til of peeIing potatoes
- Las where the stuff is, mother"
p" after some thought, "and FL
off,
'l you'd better 30 over the house
aon might find it next time,
al may do enough damage to
III pay the To collect from YOU"
say. me a knowing loek when
7id this. l knew it meant some
4',, uet | was a tribe slow In inter
lt+tias It.
~ W. | said presently you
4. "a 1e 9aia far the damage I've
4'', tlov would Que Of the bills suit