Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-08-04

. Jew YORK n Y, July 11.-Not long ago there
n appeared the advertisement of certain rem ",H
able professor, who for the sum OF one oolliaf
agreed to people the occupations pest netg" "
them to remove evil influences and TO reveal tne
names of their enemies. This advertisement was 80,
fully clipped from the papers by snaii, udrA"
oroar with hazel ewes in a office and past
cd into large book which stood the top or ron
top after which she noted an ADDRESS on my
eather notebook time, in another section
Of the citv an Immigrant who was the proud
nronrietor of small store clipped the Same
advertisement from the paper and stuned II hurreuS
into her handbag her husband came INTO the st"ie
on the way to his mornings work
A month later the immigrant woman was shown into
the downtown office citys detective headquarters
ga introduced bv the inspector Isabella Good
win detective. small, dark-haired woman with Keen
hazel eyes. Seated in small straight packed chalr
the Immigrant woman told the story of a swindle'
the nathos of which was lost in its revelation OF
ignorance superstition. The woman detective sat
silent occasionally taking notes and asking questos
when thread of the story became dilcult 10 Iol
The immigrant woman and her husband nal been ad-
mitted at Ellis Island five years before The nus
hond who was bv trade a marble rubber, had secured
Mace in a small town in Pennsylvania, where he hac
been paid $40 week. For this he pollshed marble I'M
der water which, winter, when there was Ice caused
his feet to crack open bleed, and his wife kept
house After a year of this they had accumulated
money enough to take them to New YORK, wnere the
husband obtained job at $50 week. rms was IN
deed luxurious salary instead of increasing their
standard of living, the immigrant woman stin lived
as frugally as possible and saved money.
When they had $500 in bank they bought grocery
store while the husband still kept with his work
The business profitable and soon the immigrant
woman found she had paid the small mortgage on the
store and had $4,000 in bank She on the verge OF
buyng a chicken farm selling her store and moving
into the country, when the professors alurins ad-
attracted her attention and she determined
to seek his advice
For the sum of s25 the professor removed evil
influence which lowering the immigrant wom-
an told the of several remote persons who were
Jealous of advised her not to buy the chicken
farm Instead. he explained, she should by all means
invest her money in stocks the stars showed that
this would be her most successful lne and he re-
lated numerous instances individuals who had in
vested in under his direction who
now riding motor and sending their children
to college.
The woman had finally been convinced she
solved mortgage the store to obtain more
money for investment so that in the end she could
surprise her husband with the enormous returns OF
her thrift. For this money the professor presented
her with impressive looking documents bearing gold
seals descEibing mining stock which had never been
heard of by but the professor Then suddenly
and inconspicuously professor left The rest
was up to Mrs Isabella Goodwin, detective.
In order that the professor might learn that
the police were case Mrs. Goodwin disguised
herself as entered the employ of neighbors
of the seer then discovered that the professor
had employed a constantly while in the city,
and finally the of the doctor. Here she
found that professor had been suffering from
Ger Of the stomach, in which case he could not have
gotten far away. His plan would be to stick to the
large cities where there specialists and plenty
of medicine. Goodwin objects the publication
of some of methods in detecting and capturing
criminal since in her profession the penetration
disguise or makeup and the discovery the crook
that he is being pursued mean the absolute fail
ure of case and possibly throat 1t is there
fore merely necessary o say that a
professor apprehended and subsequently died in
prison. AS the victims of the swindle although
thew lost greater part of their savings they
covering rapidly and now on the road to wealth
again.
Mrs Goodwin considers this of the most inter
esng in her career on the New York detective