Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-02-25


the lady declared that she believed
many robberies were committed by
connivance of the servants and this
was case I'm point,
After the matter had been duly dis
cussed by all except Its perpetrator.
who had maintained n modest silence,
Georgia as soon as she got me alone
told me that she believed the man was
a jailbird who had escaped or had end
ed his term and that she had completely
deceived him. She asked me TO assist
her In carrying out her scheme. | told
her that the police would be only too
glad to be interested In 1t with view
to capturing the man red handed.
volunteered to sound them and learn
what they would prefer to do
did so and was told, after giving
them Georgia's description Of the man,
that he was probably Red Mike, who
had recently been discharged after do
ing term In state prison. They beg
ged me to secure them an opportunity
to trap him. l suggested that they put
a guard around the Middleton grounds
and take him as he entered, but they
said that by this course they would
have no charge to make against him,
whereas II he were permitted to enter
the house and was caught there carry
ing away property he could be sent
back to prison for another term.
When l reported these facts to
Georgia she asked me to grant the re.
quest of the police, but declared that
the matter must be kept from her
mother. did not like to be mixed In
a matter Of discrimination, but Georgia
said 1t could be managed with her
mothers knowledge Of 1t. finally left
her to do as she pleased She deter,
mined to communicate with her father,
who, returning from the city, after
hearing the story and giving his daugh.
ter the usual scolding upon one OF her
unusual pranks, decided to give the
police the opportunity, II It occurred,
to get In criminal who was bent on
making a dishonest living
On the night Of the expected bur.
glary we amused ourselves us usual
till about II o'clock, when we all went
10 our rooms aUree,ng tbot ali lights
should be turned or at u. The rob.
berry was to be committed at 1. l
turned of my light at the appointed
time and sat in the dark In my clothes
My room overlooked the clubhouse
where the ladder that the burglar was
IN usa WINS kent and tho window
through which ba was N antar was nm
tho aame s,da of tho house shortly
baFora I o,clocL ha0an n watch unon
tho outbouaa lint who, Ton m,nn,as
altar tbo anno,ntad time hod olonsod
and ali was nu,ot made nm nv Mind
that a. mas rooro,o who haS hoon
sooIod ,nstood 90 M or,n,noI
A. aeven,een minn,os n, whon
was about m give nm tho watch and
90 IN had I saw n Gonre stealing m thn
outhouse Tho door had bean n,,rnoso-
IN Iagt otor hv tho nol,co NIL, ,yoro ,n
a room ovarlooL,ng tho outbouso
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was ied OUT through the hnll ne pissed
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saw MN start' ior ne saw her' not IN
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