Show 01 s V BS STO tos jy WV by vane wynn 1 uel the modern jekyll and hyde mystery Is nothing particularly sensational sat ional in a single robbery in one section of a city but when a dozen occur in as many nights and they all show evidence of having been committed by the same person it la 13 time to sit epand up and take notice that was the feeling of the brooklyn police not long ago when indignant householders came one after another to enter complaints about a strange man who was terrorizing the peaceful city of churches detective krummel was detailed to make nn an investigation and he be did it with the thoroughness with which the modern detective Is compelled to work when he matches his wits against the expert criminal one of the victims was the minister of a prominent methodist episcopal church krummel first obtained a description of all the stolen goods and then with the assistance of the police bureau he made inquiry in all the establishments of the city one of the articles that had been beef purloined was a handsome watch which happened to have certain marks upon it by which it could readily be identified after the lapse of some days this watch was found in a brooklyn pawn thop the proprietor said the bit of jewelry had been pawned by a young woman it required time and ingenuity to trace this person but she was found eventually and when questioned said that the watch had been given to her by another woman this second woman was located and she said that it had been given to her by one james glafey it was not difficult to find the residence of tills this man but when the detective went there he was confronted by an unusual state of affairs the wife of james hinfey was at home and she proved to be a woman of culture and refinement the home also gave every evidence of being that of persons in good it if not affluent circumstances cum stances when she learned of the charge that was made against her husband she was amazed and indignant mrs flamey said that she had been married for some years and that her husband was employed by tile united states government at a salary of something like a week his working hours she said were from four in the afternoon until shortly after midnight lie he was a model husband in every way and was extremely generous to her she was unable to state the exact nature of his employment but sold said that he spent all excepting his working hours with her together they visited the art galleries and places of amusement and altogether had an ideal and happy existence it was a perplexing situation because it if the suspicions of the pollee police were true this mao man must be a regular raffles if not a modern modem counterpart of the celebrated jekyll and hyde one of the victims of the robberies was a merchant who complained of the loss of a quantity of jewelry b belonging e to his wife A watch was set upon the odd mr hafey and this particular victim was stationed in a place where he could see the suspect NIt without hout being seen after the test had been made he said 1 I have hare no doubt about it this man Is the same person whom I 1 saw coming down the driveway of my home on the evening that the robbery took place tills this was important but it was not quite sufficient for legal evidence the detective managed to get into the house of hafey at a time when he was not at home and he made a thorough search of the premises in a room that was kept locked he found ft a quantity of goods that scarcely belonged to the couple the find included seven suitcases filled with jewelry furs silver diver cut glass find and numerous articles of wear one of the detectives said at tile time judging from the number of things that have been identified by the owners hafey must have committed something like thirty burglaries between the first of january and the middle of april OP ile he was taken into custody amid the tears and protestations of his wife personally he was silent but the magistrate ritte before whom he was taken held him in boll ball to wait awalt the action of the grand crand jury service |