The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-02-09
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STORY OF A POLICEM AN.
THE PARTNER.
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He was gone considerable time, and |
was getting exceedingly impatient, when
to my surprise. and CONSERVATION, he re-
entered the yard accompanied by a police
officer. '.You are the gentleman from
whom Mr.. Evans received this fifty pound
note few minutes ago-are you not2''--
eyes, to be sure" I answered stammer-
ing, and coloring, why, scarcely knew.
"Then step this way, if you please, said
the man. "That note, with nine others
of the same value, is advertised in the
evening papers, as having been stolen
from agentleman IS counting g-housein Mark
Lane" thought should have tainted;
and when a paragraph in the Globe was
pointed out to me, offering reward on
the part of Mr.. Hutton, for the appre-
henslon of the person or persons who had
that day stolen ten ffty-pound Bank Of
England notes.-the dates and numbers of
which were given-from his Office, I was
so completely stunned, that but for the
police officer should have dropped upon
the floor. "This, perhaps, may be cleared
up" said the officer, $50 far as you, Mr..
Hart, are concerned; and I will, if you like,
60 with you address at Great Wimpole
street; 1t was of course necessary to
acknowledge that my name was not Hart,
and that had given a false address
This was enough. Twas at once secured,
and taken off to the station house, search
ed, and the other, nine notes being found
upon me, no doubt was entertained of my
guilt / obstinately declined giving my
-real-name-very foolishly SO, as now
perceive, since Mr.. Hutton's clerk, the
moment he saw me the next day at the
court disclosedit it as matter of course
The result you know. Mr.. Hutton, when
he heard acho it was that had been taken
into custody, kept resolutely out Of the
way; and, after. several remaks, [ was set
at liberty, the magistrate remarking, that
he knew of no case which showed, in a
more striking light, the need of public
prosecutor, in this country. My account
of the way in which became possessed OF
the notes was, as you know, secuted, and
quite naturally; Mr.. Curtis, of Bishops
gate street, having denied all knowledge OF
Mr. Brown, or that he had commissioned
any one to present me with five hundred
pounds in exchange for my acceptance
Thus sigmatized and disgraced, I return
ed home to find my father struck down, in
what was at first thought would prove
mortal illness by the blow Captain Bran
ston's door shut against me-and the set
tied marriage of my eldest sister, Jane
with an amiable young man, peremptorilly
broken off by his relatives on account o
the assumed criminality Of her brother
"a "This is, indeed, a sad, mysteriou!
business. Mr.. Webster I remarked
when the young man had ceased speak
ing; ',but pray, tell me, did either Mr.
Hutton or his son know of your applica
ton to Mr.. Curtis?'' '-
l6g .Icannot say thateither of them die
d though it ismore than probable that linen
toned it to both of them.'' Ta- eszs
'9'2 "Well, Mr.. Webster, / have confdenct
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in your yeracity; but it is essential that
! shonld see your father before engaging il
this business" .a r9sisl 0a4
y'siSs'He is anxious you should do SO, AM
as early as possible -7 s@
III II twas then arranged that should cal
on Webster, senior, at three o'clock th
g same afternoon, and announce myself t
the servants as Mr.. Thompson. wa
punctual to the time sppointed, and wa
forthwith ushered by one, OF bis daughter
into her fathers presence. He was no