Grand Traverse Herald (Newspaper) - April 19, 1861, Traverse City, Michigan GRAM TRAVERSE HERALD III TRAVERSE CITY MICH 19 1861 Q IK IS AT Traverse Grand Traverse County Michigan HATES rr in it M s nr Fifty annum in for One Dollar per ten for Ihc twenty-five cunts for subsequent Yearly for ono For squares for half n for one col tin tn nt the rates pre- law fifty prr Colin of 100 for the first insertion far Every figure counts a iL work v unc e m by Muth All it per and figure work double price for strictly in All Kiwis of Job Neatly anil Escorted TRAVERSE COUNTY OFFICERS ol FOWLER E SYKES BATES City County of Deeds BOSTWICK II HOLDEN Circuit Count II HANNAH Trv City N SMITH Northport H HODDEN to runt Counsellor Solicitor TAX AND NORTHPORT MICHIGAN South of Union Pork Counsellor ut SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY City Traverse County Michigan Oilici- in House TRAVERSE CITY HOUSE I 1 A M If O W LIE m r his ami his mi in the rmm instill open for the MI public Tli proprietor returns I'm ihc lie lias 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future reference Who Wouldn't be a BY P A Mamma I wish I lived away Away across the great big sea Where little children play And then how happy I should be I wish you'd be a heathen too And then we could all have bread And good warm clothes for sister Sue And brother Willie too and Ned The folks would come and see you Mamma you look so sick and And bring some bread and butter when They hear my dying wail Mamma can't Christians bounties shed Except on heathens Can't they give To sister and me some And let your little daughters live I went to church to-day and heard The preacher or the heathen pray But not the tirst For hungry little Christians say My little dress was worn and thin And i sat shivering in the cold While other little girls put in The box their shining sums of gold They told me that this was to buy For little heathen children bread Oh mother how 1 wish that 1 Could be a heathen and be fed They laughed at my old faded And put on many airs j 1 thought ot Goo in my distress And hid my face and uttered prayers Mamma shan't we be heathen too bo we can have some clothes and I and niy little sister Sue And brother Willie too and Ned THE YOUNG WIDOW A from a Portfolio Sitting in the front office one morning engaged in tbu Now York 1 hoard the chief's excitedly The sergeant answered it Bond Brandon tu next reached my oars through the half-open door Before the sergeant repeat the order 1 had id him mid was standing by the side of the chief Hit down Mr hu said us he continued some notes in the register 1 obeyed and anxiously awaited his commands 1 have a singular case before me ho and 1 am about to try your ingenuity to unravel it My expectations were roused On the 19th of last month the Hon Mr ut his mansion in the Fifth avenue which was ended by nearly all the elite of the city I remember 1 said Do you remember what occurred Almost every lady in the room loot some article of I replied Exactly for which no one could account as the party was most select and it would have been an outrage to lave suspected aay one present of stealing in such a wholesale manner 1 acknowledged the justice of his remarks The On the 13th of the month a grand promenade con- cert was given at the of Music and the same hing occurred This would not seem so singular as there vas plenty of opportunities for the professional but the remarkable feature is no gentlemen vere robbed but all who were ladies is indeed I replied responded the chief in a dubious Kow for the last Yesterday morning you lave probably heard Mr of at Grace Church The assembly wus arge and of course composed entirely of the ton The received the congratulations of numerous friends nd left the church but had not reached the carriage when she suddenly discovered that one of her bracelets vas gone A search was immediately made in the church ut it was no where to be found Then came another and and another cry from various ladies had lost one or another article of jewelry with an I was getting excited What are your I asked I would first have heard said the chief ng at me closely as though to test my penetration 1 reflected a aud could form but one opinion There must be some said I figuring at in fashionable society who is a second ou in the lifting profession A very proper said the chief smiling at But let us determine something For is it a man or likely n remarked as none but women suffer from the most adroit practice That would first said the chief ut on the other hand a man might perform the deed his practice to females only to throw blame on one of them I acknowledged the possibility of his suggestion though it had little effect upon me You have the continued the chief I give you one week to solve the mystery and to bring the adept to justice Here is a list of the principal You shall take your own course as to the plans you follow Good morning 1 knew that this been placed in my hands as a test of my skill and resolved if within the grasp of man ingenuity to compass it It was a most singular case occurring as it did in the very hoart and center of the first society It was impossible to accuse any one on there must be proof positive before a word could be uttered How was it to be I sat down and thought seriously faying ont my plans as I grasped at each point of the case Then rose to act Dressing myself in the very height of fashion I hired a carriage and drove to the house of the Hon Mr I found him at home and stating my vocation and pose was invited into the library I fear you have assumed a fruitless task Mr ha said when we were seated I expressed my conviction of success How do you intend to he then asked I remarked that I should be governed by circumstances but desired a full list or as near as possible of all his guests on the evening of the ball He went out a few moments and when he returned handed me a complete list which he had obtained from his lady I ran my eye down the column with eager interest many of the persons I knew cither personally or by reputation they were principally married and their families One to make an impression on my mind I had never heard of her and though it was a hazardous move I ventured to ask who she was Mr Madame she is an old friend I knew her husband M Delauney when I was consul at Paris He was second of Police and died during my term She is an American by birth whom he fell in love with while ou a visit to Paris with her father a Boston Merchant She is very beautiful and amiable This disarmed me for I knew another question won id give and his report was perfectly satisfactory I next the names of a few persons who had lost jewelry lie marked their names ou the paper I then took my leave with many expressions of good will and hopes of success from the Hon gentleman My next visit was to the residence of the ladies who had victims of the mysterious pickpocket Mrs with whom I was acquainted received me kindly and eagerly gave me all the information in her power Her loss was a large diamond of great value of which she gave me a concise description also a gold locket taken from her eldest daughter containing the portrait of her deceased husband By her kindness I was introduced to several others who hud lust various arti- cles in the way of brooches necklaces and other articles Some of these had lost at the Academy others at the wedding of Jrace Church Having obtained all this information I sat down to consider and found myself about as wine as when I com- One of the ladies hud lost n bracelet at the first mentioned ball and had loaned me the fellow to it This being the only clue I resolved to work on it Taking a list of all the pawnbrokers in the city I visited each ono and made a thorough inventory of the recent jewelry receipts but find nothing to match my bracelet nor accord with my descriptions of the other articles lost What was to bo done I asked this question as I was seated in the office after my long and fruitless search In answer to it came an idea In a moment I was iu my carriage ain and off to Mrs have you gained a clue she exclaimed aa I entered hastily Not replied But all is not lost that is missing Tell 1 added who gives the next grand in your circle Mrs Johnson When To-morrow Can you get me a billet d Certainly Then procure it immediately for Mr LcClair a siana planter of your acquaintance Jf Miss Belie your daughter would play my chape roue it would be the better for our scheme Miss Belle was a gay frolicking girl of eighteen with black eyes and a merry laughing was especially fond of adventure and being let into the secret gave her ready to accept my protection for that ing only as the playbills say The morning I received a invitation to attend Mrs Johnson's soiree in 18th street At the hour 1 handed Miss Bello thu carriage in front of the house and led her into the grand reception room I had got up in tremendous style I was id to be determined to make a hit whether I did or not will appear in time I am afraid that if asked I could not have told the use of the jewelry 1 wore Certain it was that I had plenty of in abundance exactly in taste but like my belted across my vest and a large seal dangling from my fob all spurious they were my baits which I had thrown out as an angler throws out a single line with a dozen hooks on it That was my cash capital upon which 1 would win my fortune of If there was a pocket there I was determined ho should have a fair chance at if he bit at the bait he would find a hook in it for every article was fastened with a steel chain The pleasures of the evening proceeded I was to several interesting ladies and gentlemen of con- genial temperaments and as I conversed apparently unconscious of any purpose I scanned carefully each and every individual of the company Belle in a whisper What Mr Le Who is that lady in the centre of the group by the window Why do yon think her asked Belle in a tone of curiosity and surprise Because it is 1 replied Her face is pale most to except the one little spot where she paints while her black eyes dance about like an ebony coffin relieving a dead face She is dressed in mourning and yet she is the most gay aud fascinating person in the room Belle almost held here breath as I gave this tion and with her hand on my arm aud a blank expression upon her face she said You don't Who is she I repeated quickly Madame Delauney of Paris Madame Delanney I murmured to myself The of the Hon Mr the of the intendent of the French police Umph Do you think her very handsome asked Belle Yes as a vulcanized de Medicis Introduce her Something in my manner must have induced my fair chaperone with the idea of on adventure for the duction was made with evident embarrassment on her part and she lingered close by gazing in the face of M Delauney and myself with an air of puzzled curiosity As my inquiring glance met that of Madame Delauney I thought I detected something like a was not mere shrinking of the eye a double tation of the she seemed to read my vocation at a glance and felt a flush of fear This may however She have been the result of my own conviction dressed in what was termed second mourning of a black satin skirt and flounces fringed and ered with green leaflets a pink bodice cut low in neck and bordered with dark velvet The sleeves were exceedingly wide with loose wide A scarf encircled her waist She wore no ornaments savi a ami a solitary diamord ring upon her middle finger Having made this scrutiny at a glance during she seemed to have done the same with roe 1 summoned all my resources and at once began an attack in French She seemed pleased at my addressing her in that and whether the rest were ignorant of that tongue from what cause I know not we found ourselves The fair widow seemed quite lively and had it not for her white ghastly expressionless face she would have been handsome indeed But added to this was a wild feverish fire ever burning in her black eyes which at every varying emotion seemed io throw off sparks like that from hardened steel when k We soon became and 1 was on the point i f asking her to promenade in the garden und hail turned my head to look at Miss It whon I a slight click and felt a gentle pull about the waist J did not start for I almost expected it but looking around carelessly 1 met the cold features and liery of Madame Delauney turned upon me and I thought 1 perceive a purple line rippling beneath the nf her pale skin like the waves of a lake 1 did not down fortunately it was not necessary for Madame back was towards a large mirror and into it I beheld my watch chain hanging from my pocket one side had been cut I was now convinced The mysterious adept at who thrown he de la erf ate of Now York into a fit of regular excitement nnd made tin in fear to appear in public with their jewelry the who had caused each one of the first circle to misti u-t the honesty of the other stood before me Yet how was I to proceed It would uot do to arrest her on spot Mrs Johnson would never forgive me for the scandal it would create and the company lose their I was in a dilemma and as ono of the young friends approached i made hor obeisance ami turned away As I walked towards Miss Bello her mother intercepted me nnd asked what prospect 1 had could there be any suspicious person now in the company Several my dear 1 replied with mock gravity Gracious rue who are they 1 Mr whom you I replied No said she Have you learned I put my hand down to show her my cut watch chain but it was gone The fish bad run awny with the bait hook and all The affair was getting serious and I becoming excited My dear Mrs K said I give yourself no uneasiness you will more jewelry after to-night Permit me to speak a word with Belle I J to the side of my fair I whispered Can you be discreet As she said smiling And piny a part Like le grand tragedienne Then invite Madame Delauney to promenade on rear piazza the night is beautiful from there into the garden and take up a position near the which opens into the next street Keep her engaged and be astonished at nothing that occurs Bello arched her brows nnd nodded assent I next strolled carefully into the hull opened the front door aud looked oat Raising my linger the driver of my own carriage approached It is almost needless to state that he was a policeman in disguise What he asked Good Drive down the narrow street the house and stop at the garden gate The house was situated at the corner of a narrow street with a high brick wall extending trom the rear of the next house This wall screened the little flower garden mid contained a gate for tbo use of the servanta When 1 returned to the drawing room Bello and Madame Delauney were absent I found them in the garden plucking some flowers and 1 joined them making some casual compliments As soon as I had joined Belle started off for the house Madame Delauney was about to follow when I quickly arrested her Madame Dejanney you are my prisoner I quietly said What do you mean she gasped recoiling from me That I arrest you for theft When you next steal a watch chain you should be more expert As I spoke I opened the gate and revealed the carriage and policeman Come The scene caused her to cower before me I then told her in hurried words that her whole career was known to me that if she would go peaceably she might save much shame and disgrace She hesitated for a ment and then drawing herself up proudly replied n I will go with you but netter beware when I shall have proved these disgraceful accusations false I assisted her into the carriage and taking a seat oppo site we were whirled rapidly away towards the office Although the hour was late I found the old chief up He smiled graciously as I led in niy beautiful prisoner and narrated the incidents with her arrest She was of course searched but ing was found until on turning up the wide sleeves of her bodice we found a number of secret pockets in one of which was my watch chain She evidently bad not com- her operations of the evening The da Madame Delauney s residence was searched and nearly all the missing property recovered Her house was rare depository of jewelry of every kind and estimate Upon conviction she confessed that she learned the art of theft from her husband who accustomed to show her each scheme of villainy that revealed to him in his connection with the Paris police The ring before noticed had a spring diamond knife for a setting which would easily strike through any golden ligature and she was easily able to secure her prize She pleaded poverty as the cause of her crime as prior to the death of her husband she had lived honestly She Buffered a slight penalty on condition that she would leave the country
