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Show Luxury and Crime. A recent KnglUh rohbery case which reads almost lilo one of tho Sherlock Holmes stories related to the detection of a thief through his fondness fond-ness for flow em. The only clew left by tho robbers of a hoitso noar Northampton was a frnRnient of a (lower, whose petals weio fcc.ittered over the door. No (lowers of tho Bnme Fort worn Rrown In the unrden of tho house robbed or by the neighbors, but an Investigation of tho floral hhops hi tho nearby town showed that u (lower of that, sort had been purchased tho evening before by u man who was recognized from tho description given to bo a well known burglar. At the trial It was shown that, although al-though tho nlfilit hud beau warm, tho thief, who was of delicate health, had worn a light overcoat, which crushed tho petals of tho (loner beneath, and these had fulleu to tho carpet when he had opened his coat to stow away tho jewels which constituted the greater great-er part of tho spoils. Although the clew was a slight ono It was correct und tho luxury loving crook will havo no need of flowcis to decorate his broad arrow -at for some tlmo to come. |