Show TRUB TV date S S T TOS 0 ry v ian y acler by 0 bubile t the gentleman from paris IT TT ALL came about from engaging a caretaker without looking into his hag antecedents dr aud ai d mrs jerome De the last named being at italian countess find a winter home in minneapolis they were in the habit of going south bouth for winter and left the western home to in charge of a venerable ser vant nt one year when they returned to minneapolis they discovered that the servant had disappeared and with him jinmy of the precious possessions of the family these included a rare watch that had find once been the property of cardinal richelieu chelleu Ill and a grape cluster design in pearls diamonds and platinum the work of the peerless artist benvenuto cellini it wits was felt instinctively that the stolen goods had bad been taken to new york so doctor depinna called upon george B dougherty a clever detective of that city who had made a rep uta tini by solving more than one perplexing case its ills first inquiry concerned the venerable caretaker the victims were sure that he was all right they feared in n fact that he might have met with ith foul play As a proof of the mans good name they exhibited a sheaf of letters of recommendation he had brought wl with ill him when he be applied tor for the lob job daugherty lai estimated and found that nil all the letters had been forged this satisfied him that the man was a crook and from the character of the robbery lie was convinced that the caretaker worked with confederates ills first move was to make a tour of the pawnshops pawnshop of new york after that he visited many of the dealers in antiques on the second day of the search he was fortunate enough to come across the famous richelieu chelleu Kl watch in a shop on sixth avenue tho the dealer pretended to be very much shocked when he was told that lie he had purchased stolen goods and in reparation said he was willing to do all in his power to bring the thief to td justice ue he stated that the man had bad told him his name was mr coates aud ai d that he be had picked up this antique and others in the rue hue madame that street of famous antique shops in the french capital it had been picked up truly enough but not in the manner nor in the place suggested by the clever crook the dealer was able to give a very good description of the man who had sold him film the watch lie ile said that he was of medium build smooth shaven of an olive complexion and with dark eyes the rogues gallery was consulted and the detective found several men by the name of coates but none of them answered the description of the gentleman who seemed to be so familiar with the rue madame dougherty now turned his attention to the secondhand second hand band stores anti and by great good luck he located a dealer who had purchased the grope grape cluster design made by benvenuto Cel cellini lint this man ins as able to give him a clue regarding the whereabouts of the elusive mr coates ile he said lie he had gone west aw aud au d thought he was living in wisconsin it did not take dougherty long iong to get to milwaukee and there with the aid of the police he located the man for whom he be had been searching so long lone lie ile was existing in a hall bedroom and having spent all of his money was on the lookout for a fresh job the detective in shorts short had struck him at the psychological moment dougherty played his part cautious ly Us ue might haie hae arrested him ou suspicion but he did not propose to do anything like that what he wanted was real evidence at their second meeting he began to talk about antiques and said that lie he had a customer who was anxious to get some rare seventeenth century works of art that lie he was willing to pay any a big price for the right kind of articles the so called mr coates swallowed the bait allue allt e hook and sinker and offered to take the detective to a place in new york where he could get the watch once owned by the great french cardinal the rest of it was detail it was proved that the fellow was the ile confederate of the care caretaker wio 11 had ad robbed the western home of doctor depinna Depin lj nl and after the usual formalities t le s he be was placed on trial and promptly convicted ile he was given a long sentence during which it Is to be presumed flint he had ample opportunity for improving ills his knowledge of the french lai and french antiques Sor |