Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-06-04
The Baroness
Richter 5
She Was a Very Slippery I
Criminal :
By F. A. mitchell

l have been detective for many
years and have learned one thing per.
fectly-that is, that would rather
take the risk Of placing a man under
arrest, even II he be armed to the
teeth. than woman. Women are
stronger In their weakness than men
are In their strength, and they are
much more cunning. A woman will
be granted certain favors that a man
would not even ask, and, though the
person who has her within his grasp
fears that his request is ruse to give
him the slip. he has not the power OF
resistance to refuse her.
One Of my first duties as plain
clothes man was to arrest q woman
whose name was supposed to be Vron.
sky, Pole. She claimed to be coun.
tess in her own country and was O
very high stopper. She had robbed
man Of several thousand dollars and
had disappeared, but after an interval
information came to our office that the
same woman was living in apartments
in another city in high feather as Bar
oness Richter. the widow Of German
nobleman.
~ toward the softer sex, but had no
idea when | started out to run in
woman swindler that l would have
any conjunction at doing my duty. Go
ing to the apartment house where the
lady lived. went up in the elevator
to her suit of rooms and pushed the
button of the electric bell.
A woman answered the summons
who. had she not been in the uniform
Of maid. should certainly have TAX
en- for the baroness. She was come
ly Of face. and her figure was superb
had been chosen for the Job be
cause I was considered capable OF
playing the part of gentleman, and
this faculty was expected to give me
an advantage in gaining admission to
the lady's presence without exciting
suspicion that l was an officer Of the
law. ! was dressed In the height OF
fashion and wore a solitaire din.
mond scarfpln. I had with me a card
with the name engraved ON Il of DR.
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