C. S. Montanye

“ The necklace of the society leader was as well known as any of the city's points of interest. Purchased before the war, by her most recent husband, the beautifully matched and glowing rubies had caused a metropolitan sensation when worn. These were the stones Sadie the Dip wanted as the price to be paid for marrying her, but neither Yegg Sam nor Gentleman Joe Pallis hesitated. ”

“ Thirty seconds or so later, using his pencil flash light, he opened the door of a small storeroom, a room in which the ladder he had descended terminated, and soundlessly passed out into a corridor, where the banisters of the stairway were revealed to him. A thick carpet on this stairway muffled his steps, as he groped his way carefully down from tread to tread, passing as quietly as a sinister shadow. ”

“ Gentleman Joe limited his talents to the procuring of illicit wealth, by adhering solely to check raising and worthless transactions. Yegg Sam Somers, on the other hand, was a safe blower of the old school, a cool, merciless individual whose trade-mark in nitro was on twisted boxes that ranged from Bangor to Key West, and from New Orleans to Seattle. ”

“ Necklace is worn only from November until March. Is kept separate from other jewels. This box is contained in a secret drawer of a vanity dresser which stands in a boudoir on the second floor. To reach the hidden drawer remove the last drawer, right, insert hand, and find spring in rear. This spring releases the secret drawer which drops at bottom of dresser.”
The seller of information passed the report across to the crook, who had listened to the reading with glittering eyes. ”