Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-07-28

he did.
1t was winter, and grew dark about
$50 in the afternoon. At this time
Erfert closed and locked the store.
and with the other clerks, apparently
started for home. He accompanied
the others, as he had done the night
before, to Sixth and Olive streets, and
then left them, afterward making
circuitous route and returning to the
store, into which he disappeared. He
emerged almost Immediately, carrying
two packages rather heavier than
those which he had taken the night
before, and fastened with the shawl
straps. After he had locked the door
and picked up the packages, which
seemed to be very heavy, the opera
tive, who had approached him unob-
served, touched him on the shoulder.
'Mr. Furlong is at his Office in the
Chemical building and wants you to
come over and see him at once" he
said.
What does he want to see me for?"
asked Erfert.
tive. "He will explain that when he
sees you
Il am in a hurry and haven't time,"
said Erfert. Il am late anyway and
will call and see him tomorrow"
"You can either go with me right
now" returned the other, cor / will
call that policeman across the street
and have him take you to police head
quarters, and probably Mr.. Furlong
will go there and see you. Now it is
up to you. If l take you to police
headquarters your name and picture
will appear in the papers in the morn
ing and you will probably get a lot
of undesirable notoriety."
Il don't want any notriety," an
swered Erfert, "but can't understand
what Mr.. Furlong wants to see me for
tonight. However. l will go with you,
but 1 will put these packages in the
store"
What is in them?" asked the opera
tive.
Il have two fine clocks which were
sent over to my store by mistake and
are too expensive to sell at auction"
answered Erfert, land intend to take
them back to the main store, where
they belong"
WELL" said the operative, ''you
take them up to Mr. Furlongs office,
and after you have seen him he will
probably allow you to take them to
the main store"
The operative brought the man to
| my office. l was already acquainted
with all that had passed, because, un-
known to the operative, I had put a
second operative to watch him and
bring back a report of all that oc-
CURED. The second man reached my
office few minutes before the first
arrived.
When Erfert and the detective were
seated together in the private room
turned to the young man and asked !:
Fred, what have you ia those
two packages?"
"They are two clocks" answered
Erfert, (which were sent over to the
auction store by mistake. They are
expensive clocks and 1 will not sell
them at auction, and intended to take
them home tonight and return them
to the main store in the morning. be-
fore l opened the auction store"
What other stock have you on
your person which was sent over to
the auction store by mistaken" I in
CURED
Il have only few stick pins and
a few other small articles of iewelry, +"
said Erfert.
Put them on my desk" I said.
Erfert complied, and the articles
that he had concealed in his pockets
were worth, according to the prices
marked on them, nearly four hundred
dollars. There were stick pins, gold
rings, and other small pieces of good
1ewelry. Thinking that possibly he
had not emptied his pockets, I in
spected them myself and found a
memorandum book, in which Erfert
mad Kept an accurate account of all the
articles which he had stolen from the
JeWelry firm, the cost price of each
article to the company, and the price
he had received for a large lot of
articles of which he had already dis.
posed. This book was written in
cipher I also found a key to a safe
deposit vault
Fred / said to him, you have
stolen thousands of dollars worth of
Je"elry from your employers. You
were practically raised by them, hav-
! Ing been in their servica ,oort,, III
your me- and the company has al
ways treated you well and justly.
NOW that you have been caught red.
handed think it will be to your in
terest TO tell the whole truth about
what you have taken, and to do all in
your power TO return as much of the
: plumber as possible"
( the Office was on the fourteenth
hoor OF the Chemical building. Erfert
I'D owl