Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-07

after the baby or arrange tor some
one to do so if she wanted to so up
to town for day.
my husband may send me a tele.
gram to spend the day with him,
she said. "And, naturally, | should
like to go"
".As a matter of fact she received
two kilograms the day before she
went up to town." the landlady told
the detective, but she did not show
them to me, so | don't know what
was in them"
But the detective soon learnt. They
contained instructions to his wife to
come up to London the following
day, as everything was ready.
Inspector Shore spent weeks be-
fore the accused woman was brought
to trial at the Old Bailey, making in
uuiries in every direction for the
missing husband. All the ports from
the Continent were closely watched
for his return. while the houses and
haunts with which ne was known to
be familiar were watched by the in
spector's assistants IN case larpey
Put in an unexpected appearance;
but all to no avail.
II hope she's acquitted he said to
one OF his assistants on the day OF
tie trial. Then we shall get HIM
what makes you think that:
answered the other
Because when he thinks the
coast is clear he'll send her line to
come to him. unless. as | strongly
suspect, it has all been arranged be-
forehand what they would each do
in case only one was captured. The
robbery was too well planned for
them to have overlooked that point.
| believe he's in London somewhere
now waiting, but he'll find can
wait longer" he added grimly. I'll
get him if I've got to wait years.
That woman's never going out of
my sight till know where her hus-
band is"
Mrs. Tarpey's Trial.
Mrs. Tarpey was defended by the
famous Montague Williams, per-
haps one of the most eloquent and
one OF the cleverest lawyers who
ever defended an accused man or
woman. Williams knew how to
stage-manage trial, and when the
pathetic, pretty little woman stepped
into the dock to answer the charge
against her she was carrying in her
arms her baby. She looked SO in
nocent, so charming with her little
baby, to which she was paying con-
slant motherly attentions, that it
would have taken very hard-head-
ed jury to convict her on a charge
OF assault and robbery, and see her
torn from her child for a number Of
years. Montague Williams hardly
required his own eloquence to con-
vince the jury that his client was a
wronged woman, and she was soon
released from her trying position
after triumphal verdict of mot
guilty"
But Detective Shore, at any rate,
was not to be taken in quite so cas-
lily. He had dealt with too many in
nocent-looking women, and the
more, innocent they looked the more
suspicious he became that there was
something behind the pretty mask
of their faces. He had made up his
mind to watch Mrs. Tarpey and, ac-
cordingly, from the moment she left
the court she was never out of the
sight of himself or one of his as
sistants.
Several weeks slipped by, and
Mrs. Tarpey lived quietly with her
child as though she had come to the
conclusion that her husband was
not worth troubling about. Then
one day she suddenly appeared
dressed in widows weeds, as though
she had made up her mind her hus-
band was dead.
'Now things are going to move"
said Inspector Shore to the detec-
tive who reported that fact to him.
That's signal to her husband in
some way or other. | think he must
casually see her, not necessarily to
speap to, and the clothing she
wears is a signal to him, probably
to let him know she thinks it is safe
to rejoin him. l suppose you haven't
noticed her stop and talk to any
stranger?
"Not one," replied his assistant.
Everybody she has spoken to has
been friend or tradesman."
Patience Rewarded.
The Inspector was so sure that he
was right that he threw up the great
er part of his other work which his
responsible position at Scotland
Yard entailed in order to keep an
eye on the young and innocent-look-
ing widow. Day after day he spent
in one disguise or another outside
her house, and practically followed
her about. But day after day slipped
by and Mrs. Tarpey never varied
her ordinary routine of shopping or
calling upon her friends.
Then one evening she came out of
he house Unexpectedly, and, after a
careful glance up and down the road,
she hurried away with the detective
after her. This time there was no
calling on friends or shopping. Mrs.
Tarpey entered house in Maryle-
bone Road and hardly before the
door had closed on her the detective
had called the policeman on his beat.
who lives in that house!' he
asked.
ITS let off i'll apartments, sir" re-
piled the policeman. "Most of the
people have been there for years."
do you know any OF the serv-
ants?"
ooh, yes"
"Any newcomers lately?"
"On1y one, dark gentleman. He
appears to be foreigner, but he
rarely goes ou except for few
minutes stroll in the evening"" re-
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