The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-16

ting was huge Great Dane dag.
looked down at the beast and specu-
lated on him. HE looks peaceful
enough" 1 said to myself, "but I'll
wager If he'd get word from his
master he could throw any man to
the floor and hold him there"
Unable to Signal.
/ had an arrangement with TrettiN
that 1 would stay as long as could
and haggle over the price; and that
after l had seen the entire collection
/ would walk over to the window
facing the street and light a cigar
cite. That would be the signal for
the raid. But that arrangement did
not work out AS soon as we got
woman went to all the windows and
drew the llinds.
After talking a great deal about
Government inspectors to impress
me that they had to be most care
full, one of the men brought in from
an adjoining room eighty-one trays
full of the most beautiful medallions
( | ever saw. I was dazzled by them.
They were spread out on chairs and
lounges, and began to gloat over
them as any true collector would
AS was going to buy them 1
counted the pieces as L inspected.
There were more than 1890 medal
lions.
FWhile I was making the inspec-
tionsI heard the tinkle of a piano in
the next room, and then 1 heard the
brown haired woman tell one of the
girls to play a certain air. The girl
did play, and very we'll. Then the
woman-obviously their mother
called her younger daughter and di-
rected her to play. Her execution
was also good. I know the piano
was played to ahay excitement, for
when thieves are in the tense BUSH
ness of making a transaction for the
loot they need something to calm
them, and nothing soothes like
music. Besides the girls, the wom-
an, the Great Dane and the whole
setting helped to stage the PROPOSE
ton.
said I would take the medal
lions at the price agreed upon.
The trays were packed in trunks.
I asked the men to help me get the
trunks down to the motor car wait
ing in front and to go back to the
hotel with me, where I had ar
ranged to make payment, 1 told
them.
Seized by Police.
AS soon as we reached the. side
walk eight detectives, the Great
Trettin in the, lead, rushed down
upon us from hiding places in door
ways and around the block. They
seized the trunks, arrested us--my-
self included-and then made a
sweeping raid Of the premises, talk
ing altogether seven men into Gus
tody-still including me. 1 looked
around at my fellow prisoners and
suddenly discovered that the in
terpTeter, who had my $4,000 marks,
was not in sight; it was easy for
me now, a prisoner, to become in
dignant, so I ragged up and down,
shouting my innocence and declar-
ing in loud American voice that
| had been victimized, yelling to the
detectives that L had already made
a deposit and the man who had nv
money was gone. 1 was still play
ing my part, and 1 still had them
fooled.
Trettin looked at me and grinned.
He realized that the Police Depart
ment would have to pay me the 50,-
900 back If he, failed to catch the in
terpreter, so he himself went into the
building and made search. He
found the interpreter in a hallway.
That made eight prisoners, including
me. But Trettin still was not salts
fed.
/, | saw that he was going to arrest
the two girls and the woman, and |
objected. He insisted, but 1 made
such fuss about it that he finally
agreed to let them go free. The !.
other prisoners thought that / had
rarely outtalked Trettin. They still
were unaware that / had any other
power except the power of speech.
.3@,Suddenly Trettin changed his mind
about letting the woman and the girls
go free. 1t appeared that some one
had taken the medallions of List,
Wagner, Johann Strauss and other
famous German composers and had
given them as presents to the two
innocent, towheaded little girls. Ger
tainly as students of music they
were delighted to have these medal
lions and they wanted to keep them.
They told Trettin so and he was in
furiated. He wanted to take them
to prison, and it was all I could do to
dissuade him. 1 even urged him to
let the girls keep the medallions.
But he would not do that.
All of us went to prison in two
police cars, and the machine in which
had taken the long drive over Berz
lin. After the thing was over and
seven men had been lodged in Jail