The Washington herald., 1915-10-03

tCopsrist.. 1915 By Mcclure Newspaper s,adieats.)
Mr.. Casey" began. as we watched
q drunken man rail-fencing across
the street and back. on his way home.
How do women criminals compare
with men in ar;fulness?"
"A man may be smart, crafty and
cute. and as sly As two foxes rolled
into one." replied the onices. But a
woman can beat him." I near, my
son. that a smart woman 10 smarter
than a smart mah IN certain lines of
criminal work.
How dc you account for that"
Il don't account for 1t at ali. It's
to be aharp as steel to make h sue
cess at wire-,spping an. *tne Il;
denS, a%1is Wis, the you and Eaa sa
ected u to some ext mt To make
! I.y meaning clear to you. l will tel
you a little story"
or feur doors. Mr.. casey began:
Susie. Never mind the rest Of her
country town, and learned stenog-
raphy and secured a place In the Of
fce Of a manufacturing concern. Su-
sic was ssa aIs hardso%s Ssr Er ana
the perfect satisfaction Of her en-
Il dom; believe that she ever had
the concern became hard up and had
to let a part Of its force go. Susie
so,s. Hs sPs s.. nas sIfsn fund:
unless 11ies 81 she could g.. aaotneS place
,hins. tfns sssia.s being the st.nesrspser
Miss Susie was assistant cashier. She
also went to the bank to araw the
money for the weekly payroll. 1t was
checks and banking and made the &C
bank; without thinking or planning.
for a year past and took it in TO the
It without a look or word. 1t should
soisr! cHs DesR 81. had drawn ' It for si4os
The firm had a considerable bank bal
ance, and when the check was present
ed; the sssy money was counted out with
you can see how cool the girl was,
money back 10 the once, and counted
shSeopes shs fns S0.s INTO er
pocket At nve o'clock she shook hands
with everybody. got q good word from
hadn't raised a check after It was
written ana signed nor had she de-
the S.nR but sns Knew
that the check would be discovsred;
In four er flve days, and she prepared hH,
You Will want to know" CO.. .tinued
the of.eer after Wo1' Women1t' 'n.d "hIw Ss.n !
bounced % ID Oh the force Tor ever-.,esp-
ing, and the concern which lost the
money. employed me as q private de-
esys M. susie. of and sSi ON her s
but / wasn't fool enough to think that
an ! had to do. was to sG to To-, her so
boarding house and kindly yh ask ner 70
went to the house and saw the lana.
lady. Miss Susie had skipped out
within half an hour Of getting home:
a an suitcase teal and walked off,. She told her
staten Island to be a goyerness"
vent wei COWS aoWs to diSH the island and spent
two days on the hunt. When ! re-
turned began to s search oi re6s sns iScS sscseti
s.ms at asnSS% ssro.. ss snewssey. " WHO had se.-
her leave the house with the suitcase.
and had followed her to dun her for
a small amount she owed him. He
a mile from the old one. and SO wa.
put right on her trail"
Yes 20 ! learned from the iandiady
when I called; Miss Susie had been
there but only stayed one day She
herself r. of =; 70 az RusIo 10 ;oiS n%a
seS ssae eompsny. snn ~as didn't SeiieS. il:
Relieved that she had made q third
Jump because she had grown sun-
picious that some one was on her trail,
and she wanted 20 hide it"
After three days. and mile away.
I came across the keeper OF the cor.
ner news stand: who vas jSss jSos -siS@t About
house. It was . bright thought that
had been ordered by young lady.
with big. blue eyes and chestnut hair.
and I had every reason TO believe that
I had found Miss Susie again. A. po-
lice detective would at once have
walked into the house. and made the
work that way He He may nnr,.l hunt mus, doTs IN
made BY a regular officer"
"And you went after one?" was
Z did There was a police station
within three blocks ard in twenty !
I was back with an onicer; !
Miss Susie mad skipped again, nd
this time she didn't syen tax: her
- course. and Il she saw me talktrg !
70 the newsman. she had no reason 7
20 helievs that was on her trail Gut .
her suspicions had been arnNssd by |.
something and away she had f"En !
60 far as the Isnd'ady could tell, the |
rirl was not The least alarmed. She
knowing that he wouldn't dafe make !
het. / pulled out my stock OF the long