Boone County Recorder . JUST WHATYOU. TOLD be one of the wealthiest as she was oneof the handsomest and most attractivewomen In Clifton. I suspect only what I have toldyou, I replied; and if you base yourfuture investigation upon what I havesaid, I do not wish to publicly figure, inthe affair. You shall not And I will prose-cute my investigations in such a waythat Mrs. Ashleigh, if innocent, shallnot know that the faintest suspicionever attached to her. To make the story as short as possi-ble: In the cottage occupied by were found nearly all thespoils of the pocket-picking, the la


Boone County Recorder . JUST WHATYOU. TOLD be one of the wealthiest as she was oneof the handsomest and most attractivewomen In Clifton. I suspect only what I have toldyou, I replied; and if you base yourfuture investigation upon what I havesaid, I do not wish to publicly figure, inthe affair. You shall not And I will prose-cute my investigations in such a waythat Mrs. Ashleigh, if innocent, shallnot know that the faintest suspicionever attached to her. To make the story as short as possi-ble: In the cottage occupied by were found nearly all thespoils of the pocket-picking, the lar-ceny and the burglary, besides burg-lars tools and innumerable articles foreffecting disguise. Confronted withthese evidences of her guilt, she calmlysaid: The daughter of poor but estima-ble parents, more than fifteen years agoI left my home in disgrace, to get myliving by my wits. Eventually, I attached myself teagang of miscreants, and met with won-derful success as a pickpocket and con-fidence woman. My face and m


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