The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1917-02-08
Tracked by a
Human Weakness
By WILLARD BRAKEMAN

yer Waters was n summer settlement
Of wealthy persons who were not there
In winter. hut Marston had remained
' beyond the usual time, and the tragedy
! occurred late IN November
/ Tie house had evidently been enter
I ed for the purpose of plumber. 1t was
/ generally known that Mrs Marstun.
| who was ia the city ut the time of the
murder. had great deal Of valuable
Jewclry Some Of this was at the
country house. and it was all taken by
the robbers. as were her husband :
studs, sleeve buttons. scarfpins. etc.
, When the police. who were called in
at once. came they took possession Of
| the premises, allowing nothing 10 be
touched Till the arrival OF Dempsey, n
detective. who was to make a thorough
| examination
Dempsey had a reputation Of being one
nf the most skilful probers Of crimes
/ In America When he arrived he be
gan his search for something the Grim
inal or criminals had left as "a possible
| clcw There were no footprints which
are usually considered the most impor
tant pointers. Indeed. after an hours
mcthodical Investigation Dempsey had
discovered nothing Then his eye
/ caught small object under a dresser
from which Mr. MarSton's belongings
| had been taken.
Drawing an electric lamp from his
pocket he flashed It upon the object
and revealed stud. Taking 1t up. he
/ saw that II was mosaic and rccOg
nizod IL as one that must have been
| made In Italy. Evidently In taking II
articles OF like character had been kept
the thief had dropped it and it had
rolled under the dresser.
This was the only clew that was
/ found. Dempsey inquired OF Mrs
Marston how many studs Of the set
her husband had possessed where they
had been procured and any other in
formation the lady might give lie
was told that there were three studs
in the set. with pair of sleeve but
tons g. match. She had brought them
from Rome with her after her last Wis
it there during the previous summer.
The design was the same on all the
studs and the sleeve links. a copy Of
the head Of statue in the Vatican
called the Apollo Belvidere
THAT will do" said Dempsey. at
may be long chase. but II persisted
in the thief and murderer will at last
Ice found"
Dempsey did not begin To probe the
matter till "A month after the robbery.
then he got W a circular, a copy OF
which he sent to every wnbroker
and manufacturing jcwelcr in Amer
lea. lie gave description of the mo-
sale stud and n picture of II. He got
nothing from any pawnbroker, but
from u jcwelcr he received letter
stating that two studs answering the
description in his letter had been made
into pair Of earrings in his shop
Dempsey responded to the letter In
person and learned that the work had
been done for woman. She was well
remembered by the clerk who took the
order and was described rs about
iwcnty-cight or thirty years old, large
rather fiashy In her dress. and her face
and neck had been 'calcimincd
From this point Dempsey worked
with large corps of assistants. whom
re employed 10 20 to public places Of
amusement. dining places, cabarets-
indeed, such places as are frequentcd
10y the floating population of cities
Nevertheless a year PASSED with no
results.
At last one of Dcmpsey's assistants.
a girl about sixteen years old. report
I'd that a friend Of hers had told her
that she had SAT- next To woman az
movie show who wore mosaic ear
rings representing "the head of a man
with curly hair" The assistants were
instructed 10 follow the person IL met
with and note the residence But the
woman with the earrings could not he
found So the game was lost
But Dempsey went at once To the city
where the discovery had been made.
hired Il special corps of assistants ana
went about himself where pleasure
loving people 20.
one evening after dining AZ caba
ret he was lighting cigar and about
10 move on when a woman entered
brushed past him and took a seat nj
table with her escort, pcmpsey's eye,
were out for earrings. and he thought
those the woman wore werc mosaicS
lie took n seat at n table near the one
at which the couple sat. but not near
enough Ia get n close view of her ear
rings. The man ordered drinks. after
which the couple danced. While they
were dancing Dempsey took a scat
within few feet of the one the WON
an had left though his back would be-
toward her when she returned she
took the seat she had occupied before.
Dempsey turned around and. seizing
one of the earrings I'm his hand. hrough;
il 10 within proper focus for his cyes.
When Mrs. Marston was going to
bed that night she received n telephone
message from Dempsey stating that he
had found the stolen studs, the wearer