The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-18

: in a doorway. but it's sleep that don't
And you told your wife that you
Were going to catch the robber?"
Not word to her nor to my moth
,, er-in-law, who then lived with us; /
never discussed Yolice matters with
was a daisy. She had a face on her
like baby, and she was always sml-
ing and Eood-natured. The nearest she
would come to speaking of police mat
tiers was to sigh and say now and
then:
Casey, my son, why can't all folks
be good. when It's such a easy job"
because they don't want to throw
the police out of their jobs / would
answer.
Well. you started out on the trail?"
I said said as Casey made long pause:
ing myself That robber mustn't get
to recognize me by my face. or he'd
be off to Chicago in n hurry. 1 made
look up lost grandmother. The dis
dozen chaps who had known me for
on. / acted the part so well. sir, that
the boys tried to put knockout drops
in my beer"
And what happened?'
Nothing of account. I walked and
walked. and l had my eyes peeled,
but not a blamed clew did l pick up.
What made the matter hundred
Times NfIStA W dS llldl pll Tie SttO1u
day of my Watch two more robberies
occurred in the neiGhborhood l was
watching"
You don't sayi"
That's straight goods, sir, and the
Commissioner telephoned me:
Casey, you are the biggest dub Of
the gang"
I'm sorry, sir"
You don't know enough to pound
sand"
And there's ten detectives in the
same hole. sir"
You are right about that. but do
you know what's going to happen to
you"
The bounce. sir. and me with a
mortgage on the house"
Right you are. You bring me that
rohber before 6 o'clock or you are no
longer one of the finest
Those were hard lines. Casey. I
said.
81 went around the corner to shed
tears, sir. but they hadn't started TO
shed yet when I sees a woman COM
ing toward me with heavy suit case
that made her lop-shouldered. Who
was that woman. SIR =.
Il couldn't guess In a month of
1T was my mother-in-law. sir. and
something told me that she had made
plunder!"
Holy smoke"
"She was hurrying as fast as she
could. and she seemed upset. She
didn't look at me as she passed, and
followed her right to my house and
into it. She turned to order me out.
and | removed my false whtskers.'
And she fainted?'
Not so as you could notice it, sir.
On the contrary. she gave a little
laugh and said:
Well. son. you have got me with
the goods on
And she was the rohher7"
"She had done the 'leven jobs single
handed, and brought the plumber home.
1t was valued at $4,000, and was
stored away in a spare ROOM
And you-you-
Commissioner:
would you like TO see the robber
we have been talking about"
1T would be good for my eyes
he says, and l had her there in half
an hour.
NO less. sir
"But-but-
Sir. a policeman's duty is first to
the force; second to the alderman with
whom he has pull; third to the pub
TO his mother-in-law
And she was tried"
"She was tried and got seven years"
And did she blame you"
Not at all. sir. Said she:
Casey. ye swore to do yer duty. I
We sauntcred along for a block |
without word. and then Casey said: |
You asked for n case of sublime |
heroism. Would you mark this as
one"
THE sublimest l ever heard of. |
You have noticed that nothing was
said of his wife. That's like Casey. |
He doesn't want to force too many |
characters on you at once.