Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1915 — NEGRESS TRIES TO SWALLOW DIAMOND [ARTICLE]

NEGRESS TRIES TO SWALLOW DIAMOND

Detectives Force Woman to Surrender Valuable Unset Gem. Shreveport, La. —A I*6o unset diamond proved to be a Jonah in the mouth of Katie Beetle Brown, negroes, domestic and self-styled widow on a recent afternoon when Detective Reidheimer detected the woman ae she started to swallow the gem. Celllnc for Detective Williams, who was in the station at the time, Mr. Reidheimer seised the negress and grabbing her below the Adam's apple before the jewel could reach the epiglottis, the officer, by a line seriee of osteopathic maneuverlnge with his fingers, slowly forced the woman to disgorge the diamond. Messrs. Williams and Reidheimer were slightly bitten In their successful efforts to rescue the gem.

CoL 8. W. Neville of 909 Ttaas avenue, notified Chief Gray that he had yost a valuable diamond pin. Detec tive Reidheimer was assigned to the case and -a short investigation convinced him that the gem was In possession of Ratio Brown, a negress, who had been employed as a domestic by the Nevilles. The detective, learning that the negress wss about to leave the city, was watching the railroad stations and was rewarded by the sight of the Brown woman and her mother as the former was ch-vok-ing her trunk to Marshall, Tex. He placed the woman under arrest and took her to the station, keeping a close watch on her movements. Just as Kate was told to empty the contents of her hand satchel for inspection she made a quick move to her mouth. The detective was the quicker, however, and after a brief struggle, the gem came up.