The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-07

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this7" he asked her.
No, SIR" she declared.
HAS any member Of the householder"
'T don't know, sir: 1t might be; it is
trimming frequently used"
you want to help US catch the thief,
don't you. Miss Beachyr"
"Oh yes, sir"
Then you must do exactly as / tell
you. Now listen carefully. / want you \
to examine all the gowns in the house,
and when you find one with this kind OF
trimming, clip a bit Of II and send It to
me, and be sure that you say nothing to
anyone. Do you understand"
Yes. sir; I'll be careful. sir"
"Goodl You may go now"
He then sent for Mrs. Gibson. He IN
sisted upon knowing. though tactfully,
about her meeting with her husband at
the Copley-Plsza hotel. Mrs. Gibson ap-
peared to be suppressing anger.
1T is true that saw him there" she
admitted. MY divorce suit is pending
Of course, but I have seen him frequent
ly since our separation. I desired to
come to some amicable settlement re-
garding the children. That was my only
motive In meeting my husband"
sss sss go
I ventured a question as we speeded
homeward. why did she send for you
il she objects to Investigations"
Mrs. Gibson did not send for me-" he
explained. to my surprise. Pm work.
ing for the New York representatives OF
Lloyds who insured the gems"
Then the agitated voice was not
Mrs Gibson's, but someone's from the
insurance company's office! Extraor-
dinaryl
dropped into DR.. Holmes Office the
siOnal appearance leaving as | entered
the door. Ny friend seemed thoughtful
That was Mr.. Hall. Mrs. Gibson's at
torney." he volunteered.
All. Perhaps he had further infor-
matiCn?"
"On the contrary he seems to be OF a
mind with his client-that the matter
should not be investigated too thorough
ly. He asked for what Information
have obtained and my theories Need
less TO say ! refused him. He came to
New York to meet Philip Macmillan, the
old ladys SON.
Macmillan had been quoted as saying
that his mother believed the theft to have
been perpetrated while the family was
at dinner. that being the only time when
the upstairs rooms were vacant He was
said to have expressed his conviction.
however. that the jewels were not taken
by a servant.
While We were talking; one Of DR..
Holmes operatives who Ad visited Man
chester. arrived and handed the detec-
tive an envelope, which he said Miss
BeaChy had sent. Upon opening it Dr.
Holmes extracted a fragment OF passa-
menterie. Carefully placing il on a
table. he produced the spanGIe from his
card case. together with a second SPAN
gle which / determined TO he what he
had picked up from the rug before the
pier glass. The bits of pearl were iden-
teal
she said she found EN- on a gown
in a closet" the operative explained.
She said that the gown was worn the
evening OF the robbery"
The next day l again visited Eagle
Head with DR.. Holmes. We we're not
admitted. however. Mr.. Hall met US
and refused to allow us to proceed
We hunted up Chief OF Police William
II. Sullivan. of Manchester. and laid the
matter before him. He secured a search
warrant from a local magistrate and re-
turned with US to Eagle Head. Mr..
Hall again met US. and refused to allow
DR.. Holmes to search the house. al
though he permitted Sullivan to do SO.
He returned to US in a short time. saying
he had found what We wanted. The
spangled dress hung in closet.
Then our case is almost complete"
DR.. Holmes remarked as We directed the
driver Of our taxi to take US to the
train.
The next day DR.. Holmes left for a
flying trip to Canada. so It was not until
the first OF October that l again talked
to him about the Macmillan jewel rob
berry. Mention Of II seemed to annoy
him.
"oh, It was complete all right" he de-
clared disgustedly, but there ii dropped
and there II will remain. Two persons
were implicated, and at this minute IL I
put what evidence I have in the hands
OF the district attorney OF Essex county,
Massachusetts,, there'd be an arrest to-
night"
why don't you do 1t, them" I
quired in establishment.
ASK Stevens he snapped. He