The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-11-13
A Turkish
Sleeve Button
Experience OF a Detective.
By ESTHER vANDEvEER

mir. Hawkins" said the chief Of the
- detective bureau. n robbery and
murder have been committed during
the night, and ! have been called upon
to send a man to make an examination
Of the premises with a view to picking
ND q clew. The murdered man is Mr..
Charles Forsythe. wealthy gentle
man. whose address you will find on
this card am assured that nothing
In the room where the murder was
committed has been touched. Go at
once and see what You can make out
| Of it."
Hawkins went to the address given,
where he found dwelling indicating
| that the inmates were people Of con-
siderable means. He was received at
room where lay the corpse Of Mr.
Forsythe on the floor. There had evi
IDENTIFY been struggle. during which he
had been stabbed to the heart. A bu-
reau dra wer stood open which had evi
IDENTIFY been rified Several small pieces
of jewelry were scattered on the floor.
Hawkins was Informed that the vic
tim had been fond of jewelry, though
be wore very little Of it on his own
person. he had kept what he owned.
consisting of studs. sleeve buttons.
stickpins. rings. etc, in the drawer.
The robber had taken all there was ex
cept the few articles dropped on the
floor, either during the scuffle or In his
haste of departure. Hawkins gathered
up what he found and put it in his vest
pocket He was silent man. as de-
tectlves should be. taking in what be
heard and saw and giving out nothing.
Indeed. after his examination of the
room the only information he gave any
one was list of the articles Of jewelry
that he had picked up on the floor.
This he handed in TO Mr. Withers. a
relative Of the family who had been
given the care Of the house. This list
was given because the articles were
retained by the detective. He kept
some other articles. but since they were
Of no especial value be did not include
them In the list.
Having finished his examination of
the room In which the murder had
been committed. Hawkins requested
that every one in the house. including
the servants, be assembled In the draw
ing room. Mrs. Forsythe and her chill
dren were excused until after the 9th.
ers had been inspected. and then the
detective excused them altogether.
Those assembled consisted Of the fol.
lowing persons: Miss Ashworth. a gov
erness: cook. housemaid and the
butler. or the four Miss Ashworth
showed the most agitation. They seem
ed to realize that they were brought be-
fore the stranger for preliminary ex
animation as to their possible com.
plicity In the murder, The cook and
housemaid were very i'll Mt ease The
only person who seemed to be suffi.
GENTLY conscious of innocence to be
perfectly safe was the butler. an Eng.
lishman. whose name was Mosely.
That he was Of the lower class was
evident not only from his position as a
servant. but that he had the manner
Of speech Of a low bred Englishman
getting his his In the wrong place.
Nevertheless. he was n good looking
man.
Hawkins soon set them al mt pase
by asking questions which pertained
to possibilities of entrance and eXir to
and from the house. whether door
or Il window had been left unfastened
what time Mr.. Forsytbe had gone to
bed. whether any one Of them had
heard sound In the night. While
making these Inquiries the detective
indicated by his features and tone of
voice that they were Of vital impor-
lance to the case. They did not ap-
pear. however. to deceive Miss Ash
worth. who continued to look at him
MS If he had his eye OH her and was
simply asking the questions to throw
her off her guard while his steel gray
eye was searching her for guilt.
While this examination wns being
made the door opened and Mr. Withers
entered and said to the detective:
MIR. Hawkins. II has just been dis.
covered that some Of Mrs. FOrsythe's
Jewels have disappeared.
Hawkins turned those mcrciless eyes
Of his upon Miss Ashworth she bore
the glance for a few moments. then
swayed and fell from the chair In
which she sat. The hOusemuid picked
her up, and with the assistance Of the
others she was laid TN the sofa.
please all leave the room" said
Hawkins In that well modulated voice
Of his.
Every one departed. and all those
who had been under examination seem
ed well pleased at being dismissed.
Mr. Hawkins closed the door after
them. and they all returned to the
servants quarters. where they discuss
I'd what had occurred. all talking mt
once. Hawkins remained in the room
with Miss Ashworth only few min.
iites, when he came ont. saying that
the lady had recovered. and he direct
ed the housemnid to get viuaigrette
and take IL In to her. Then he de
parted.
Those who had Witnessed the COVER |
ness collapse. when II was announced
that Mrs Forsythe's Jewels had also