Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-12-22

| he Stacked in his endeavors, and the autho-
rites, having no patience, arrested him.
The result was, the affair broke down, and
Thompson also was discharged, with, hatred
ranking in his soul against Warner for al
lowing himself to be persuaded into the be-
lief against him.
BEGINNING OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
From this time, the torpedo or internal
machine was almost forgotten, and when
thought of at all, was regarded as one of
those mysteries that were never to be solved.
We had not lost sight of it, however. It
was no discouragement to us, that the Chief
and his force had failed, and having fixed
our suspicious against Drury, we went pa
tiently along in collecting everything that
evinced itselito his involvement. By-and-
by we picked up circumstance then
came along another and after a little
while, we had together show of proof
which, if not exactly fit to be used in court,
was confrmatory OF sound opinion. We
found Drury, after brief supervision of his
movements, to be engaged in various specu-
! lations of felonous character; we found
that he was educating his eldest son to
crime; we ascerlained that the fortune
which he possessed, and out of which he
had purchased the "Merchant's Bank of
Canandaigua," had been chiefly made by
coming Spanish dollars and doubloons, and
by engagements in extensive local counter
teiting operations.
When we got as far as this in our inves-
legations, ten and five dollar counterfeit
bill on the Eagle bank OF Bristols, r. l., ap-
peared. A woman named Margaret o.
Connor was arrested for passing them in
Boston another individual was arrested
for passing them here. With both of these
we ascertained that Drury had intimate
communication, and by the fortunate obser-
walton of one of our correspondents in
Bristol, we ascertained, that Young Sam
/ Drury had, in the month of June last, been
at the Eagle Bank in Bristol, and obtained
five hundred of the original ''ones' of that
institution, from which the altered fires and
tens were made. To clench this point, we
at once wrote to the bank, and secured an
identification for the boy, which would af-
ford facility for his ultimate arrest, on
the torpedo business for we already had
strong reason TO believe that he was the
person, who, in the blacked face and slouch-
I ed hat, had carried the Internal machine, at
the direction of the elder Drury, TO Mr..
Warmers house.
ONE EYED THOMPSON.
! About the time we had completed this
measure of precauion, we received an un-
expected visit from the famous One Eyed
Thompson. Eyincing great agitation, he
told us he came to us fer protection, which
he feared he could get no where else. He
understood that there Were warrants out
against him for passing counterfeit money
that certain officer had the warrants in
his possession, and the favor which he
wished TO obtain was, to be allowed to &C
with the officer, before being locked IN
prison, to the stores where the bills hat
been passed, in an ordinary guse, in order
TO test fairly and without prejudice, wheth'
er he would be recognized as the man who
passed them. He represented in the mos
earnest manner, that the accusation wa
false that there were enemies conspring
against him, and that his great concern, il
relation to an arrest, was the condition 0
his wife, and the difficulty he would have
: in getting bail. All he wanted was fai
chance. We agreed he should have it
sent for the officer, explained our views
and the two went together to the stores
where the notes had been passed. Thomp
son asked of the tradeS,nen to see bills, as i
he were an officer himself, and at the samt
time requested description of the passer
In each place he came off unidentified, ant
, the officer saw that he had no cause to in
terere with him.
For this favor on our part, he expresset
, great gratitude; and as we were enabled
10 show him, pretty conclusvely, that Dru
+ ry was conspiring anew to fix the torpedo
: business upon him, we proposed that h
: should prove his gratitude, by aiding us il
: the development we had so long bee
: about. His intimacy with Drury woul
facilitate the task besides, he had talent
: that We're equal TO the business. We stim
4 ulated him with his duty to Warner; hi
n duty to himself by removing Warmers sus
4 pcions, and lastly, with the danger whc
S he suffered from the gradual combination
e of such a subtle and powerful enemy a
n Drury. Upon this last motive he actet
n and went to work to save his own lite.-
IS We make explanation to show, that he wa
d not stool-pigeon, and to explain that W
is were not using one. A stool-pigeon is a
n accomplice in crime; in this case, ThomT
= son being free from implication in the pa,
i ticuar offence in question, was to act ratht
y as an amateur policeman, than in any lowe
It character.
J. He feared, however, that it was now b'
yond the power of man to make out tt
IF facts. There was time when 1t migl
=, have been done, but that time was gone.-
y, He himself had aided in the obliteration
d the testimony, in chagrin at his prematul
J. arrest, and had sen. the man, IA recent
h discharged convict,) who had secretly mac
= the box at Drury's order, to California,
IN get him out of the way. He feared, tn
N even should this man be now persuad,
Iy back, the corroboratipg circumstances,
ie to where he had purchased the WOO
a where he. had got the cover grooved, al