Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1919-12-18
The Tcll-Talc
Gloves
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By EVELYN LEE


would never have gone on with the
Folsom case IL i had not met the sis
ter of the party principally at interest.
her brother Gregory Folsom. He was
high class wholesale diamond sales
man. had over 100000 in diamonds
and pearls ready 10 start on long
trip, when between the hours Of seven
and twelve, while the pair were at
theater, slick thief had forced a
door In their fiat. had burst open the
safe with that terrible instrument OF
craftsman Ingenuity the drag" and
had departed with the chamois strip
In which the gems were stored.
] was al the time stenographer
and private secretary 10 the chief ~
the detective bureau. was consider
able OF favorite with my superior
and had natural liking for mysteries.
Such the Folsom case was in the eyes
of four OF the most noted experts
OF the department, who visited the
scene OF the burglary and came back
shaking their heads seriously, with The
announcement
mo clew."
II was the following day that the
chief hailed me vi my desk In q ban
tering sort of way. See here. Whar-
ton" he observed. you have done
some good theorizing in your time
and have expressed Il longing for some
AAta
puzzling Folsom case strike you? The
big four have thrown n In the air on
a no th0roughfare' basis. The big
jewelry firm has offered $1,000 re-
ward Why not take hand and earn
enough 10 make you feel comfortable
for q few years."
had a talk with The head Of our
crack professional quartet,e soon
afterwards. Blake Muriel was his
name and he had done some marvel
lous things in the sleuth line. bu, he
was short and snappy In his reptiles
10 my interested inquiries.
Don't wing any hopeful flight on
that mixup." he advised. ITS simple,
but trackless. One person broke into
the house. forced the safe and walked
on. IL was neat, quick job. In one
thing, however. the criminal. for such
he was. and an accomplished one at,
that. beat us 10 il. We relied on fiuger
marks There wasn't one.
Two hours later I visited the nat
where the crime had heen committed.
II was Gregory Folsom himself who
met me al The door. and when ! had
introduced myself as special In
vestigatOr from the bureau he cordially
and courteously invited me into the
fiat. He looked anxious and de
pressed. showed me the forced door
and that of the safe and ! was about
to make my departure when Il beauti
fu girl entered the room
MY sister" he introduced briefly.
And then: "Eunice. this is n man from
him all know"
The charming creature bowed 10 me
pleasantly Then to her brother.
did you mention the man whom +
noticed hanging around the building
day before Yesterday"
"why, no. =" responded Folsom. You
can't describe him"
And the gloves, Gregory"
"Ah. yes. the gloves | didn't think
Of that" said Folsom and his sister
lefr the room and returned with q pair
Of Kid gloves in her hand we found
Il. "a Iaft Oh
ded up a. if worn for some purpose
and then thrown aside
examined them carefully. They
showed creases and peeling where
they had evidently been used for
some rough work They were i'm
mensely large. quite beyond the mum.
hers kept in the average glove stock.
They were brand new. Studying
them closely dScernod that they
must have fitted to great Splay hands
Another discovery they We're brand
new and workmanship upon them
showed that They had evidently been
made to order.
Something IN my manner seemed 10
inspire pretty Eunice Folsom with
curiosity and hope DO they give
YOU any clews.' she inquired eagerly.
And in response | turned back ,hc
inside OF one glove. Across II was
stamped the name Of It's maker. Jules
Lefarge. % Conway street
Very mts-h 80" ! said. You have
furnished full start IN the ques, for
"A man with remarkably iarg, hands
who wore those gloves 81 ~ to leave
behind no teIl-tale finger prints"
Within an hour | was al he eStab-
iishment of Jules Lefarge. II was no
trick for him to Immediately recall
supplying dozen pairs Of gloves made
10 order for man with very large
hands n month prior They had hecn
delivered To Benjamin Stole. az Park
Row. ! hurried thither TO learn from
the landlady that the man with the
big hands had paid his bill the day
previous and had departed Put
letter had arrived that very same
evening As duly commissioned ennis
sary Of the police | deemed il best to
appropriate Il. The address Of the
writer IN neighbOring city was given.
I reached IL the next morning. called
ia TWO detective auxilHries and located
the writer of the letter and his guest
in the man with the glovcs
1t was with good deal ~ salts
faction that ! encased those hrawny
hands wNh a pair OF handouts II