The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-22
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Experience OF a Detective.
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By ESTHER vANDEvEER
Experience OF a Detect,
By T vANDEvEER

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"Mr. HAWKINS" said the chief Of the
- detective bureau. a robbery m
murder have been. committed during
| the night. and l have been called upon
to send 4 ma to make an examination
Of the premises with d view to picking
I'D a ,lpw. The murdered man .is Mr..
Charles FOrsythe. u wealthy gentle
man. whose address you will find on
| this card. am assured that nothing
lii the rut,,D. where the murder was
committed has been touched. 20 at
once aud see what O can make Out
| ;f IT." t,.rI: !, y < r :
Hawkins went to the address given.
where he found "A dwelling indicating
that the inmates were people OF con
siderable means. He was received at
the door by the butter aud shown mt"
a room where lay the corpse o, Mr.
Forsythes on the floor. rhrIr mad evl
IDENTITY been a. struggle. durlI2 which n
had been stabbed to the tear, y II"
eau drawer stood open Wh!"h. ,ihtl ~
! IDENTITY been rif1ed Severn >nr', pH"nr
of jewelry we're scattered nn 10" t'""
Hawkins was informed that IN" VI
tim had been fond. 1T, .jeWrirN. .~lt,rn@,A
he wore very little of it OH MS nw
person. He had kept what he "wnru
n~cr;,sn- rs cf,,I xlnnv., re-
stickpins, rings. etc. in the dra wer
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 |" in his vest
pocket. He was a silent man. as de-
tectives should be. taking in what be
heard and saw and giving out nothing
Indeed. after bis examination of the
room the only information be gave any
one was a list Of the articles of jewelry
that be had picked up on the door
This he handed in to a Mr. Withers. a
relative Of the family who had been
given the care Of the house. This list
was given because the articles we're
retained BY the detective. He kept
some other articles. but since they were
Of no especial value he 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 n 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 p%ersons: Miss Ashworth. q gov
erness: a cook. a 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 a preliminary ex
animation Al to their possible com
plicity in the murder. The cook and
housemaid we're very III at ease. The
only person who seemed to be sufi
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 EngIishman
getting his his In the wrong place.
Nevertheless. he was a good looking
man. ,'% - .
Hawkins soon set them all at ease
by asking questions which pertained
to possibilities of entrance and exit to
and from the house. whether a door
or a window had been left unfastened.
what time Mr.. Forsythe had gone to
bed. whether any one Of them had
heard "A, 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 o ap
pear. however. to deceive Miss Ash
worth. who continued to look at him
rs if. he had his eye on her and was
simply asking the questions to throw
her OF her guard while his steel gray
eye was searching her for guilt.
While this examination was being
made the door opened and Mr.. Withers
entered and said to the detective:
"Mr. Hawkins. 1t has just been dis
covered that some Of Mrs. Forsythe's
Jewels have disappeared"
Hawkins turned those merciless eyes
uf his upon Miss Ashworth. She bore
the glance for u few moments. then
swuy-d and fell fron the chair In
which SHE sat. The housemaid picked
her NJ. and with the assistance Of the
others she WAS laid on the sofa.
~'I'ieaSp All eav the ROOM" said
Hawkins in that we'll mnduIated voice
II his ..
Ever, one departed. and all those
stln ;lah npen under examination seem.
III wei, pleased 1T being dismissed
M Hawkins closed The door after
hem and the. al returned to the
servants quarters, where they discuss
Il what had Mrnrreti. all talking at
nnre Hawkins remained In the room
with Miss AsllwOrth only n few min
uteS. when h+ Hi ont. saying that
1he INDY had recovered. and he direct.