New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-01
That Mystericus Lodger.


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Afew days since officer Hale was informed
by Q friend that he believed he had got on
the track Of something. Hale asked him to
+" Two weeks ago last Monday & wen dressed.
but rather mysterious booking Individual, called
on me and asked it KNEW where he conld hire
the upper part of o house with quiet neiehbor.
The rent was nothing-all he asked was pri-
yaey." ss&Ex4s a5 ~
- Well, what reply did youmake'"
~ told him ! had such an apartment to rent,
and that he could have the same for six dollars
" Did heigive you referenee'" -
NO but paid six months rent in advance"
swell, go on. % gs
"The day after we concluded on the terms he
made his appearance with a load Of all kinds
of queer things The moment he got them in
his room he locked himself in and was not seen
again for the next two days, when he stole out
On tip, toe, about nine clock at night, and re-
turned with two furnaces, three dinner pots,
and crncible.n
Well, what more ?s .
The next evening be stole out again. and
returned with an apron full of bricks, and q
pail full of mortar These were followed, the
next night, by q basket OF charcoal, and about
what he could possibly do with all these things,
but failed The door is still locked, while the
windows that look over the back shed are barred
with bexes, baskets, etc y ~
@Weh, what do you suppose this all meanss"
sc will tell You what i think it means. I
imagine that he's o maker OF bogus coin, and
that the pots and coal are used for preparing
the metal ~ " %zs 'f8SEEfat
s'But what do you suppose he wanted Of the
bricks and morsars" A. e5,e
" 20 inelose hi hi<erucibles with"
And what of the oyster shells I" -
. 10 5.o. make g cement to be used in adjusting
The suspicious of Haie's friend seemed so
plausible, that he Communicated the facts to
one Of the police magistrates, who agreed that
the strangers movements we're sufficiently mys-
terious to o5lustify an examination
This was just what Elias wished for. He had
a taste for such things, and is never better
pleased than when t' smoking out'' . scamp who
has taken extra pains to avoid an arrest, Elias
returned to :. his friend,'' and informed him
that he would make characterization that night,
while the tenant aseut ss on his nine o'clock
jaunt" Heswas as good as his word He was
on hand little before nine, O ehort time after
which, the mysterious tenant crept stealthily
out OF the front door, and vent towards Pearl
street. The moment he was outBof sight, Elias
and friend vent up stairs, forced the lock, and
wenk The moment Elias saw the arrange
'menssshe was satisfied. that he had made "a
tenIstrikes-had reached the headquarters of
D piece OF iniquity that could not be too early
broken up. On the inantlepiece were twenty
three half dollars, q bar of solder and a paper
Of sulphur. On the floor were baskets, dinner
pots, chunks of iron, pulverized OF ster Shells a
heap Of sand, q hand barrow, three broken
jugs, demijohn Of vitriol, . vial of quicksil-
yer, and champagne basket containing about
fifty pouo DIS Of broken glass. This, the friend
informed Elias. was to give the coin :. the pro-
per tome" piece of information that Elias as
sured his friend, was justified by the laws of
metallurgy. - e e 8 s5ls a. 3
Having made up Ills mind that he had efound
the fellow who got up that coin passed in Troy
last month"; Mr.. bale took up position in the
hall for the purpose of arresting the operator
before he had la chance to9discoyera that his .
secret was exposed The ruse was soon crowned
with success. A little sitter ten the stranger
tnrned with three links of stove pipe under one
arm and q sledge hammer on the other. Hale ;
laid hold of him the moment hestepped over the
threshold This led to a struggle. During the
struggle the parties got upon the sidewalk The
sidewalk containing piece Of peach skin,
caused the parties to plunge into the gutter. In
getting up, Mr. Hale's prisoner effected his
escape, and ssstruck out for freedom in man.
ner that would have done honor to a frightened
locomotive. He ran down Lydius street to
Broad. down Broad to Westerioo, and down
Westerloo till he disappeared Somewhere. y
Hale continued the search for an hour and
half, but was at last forced to give it up So
The my sterious 1odger had made good his escape,
while Elias went home to swear about his bad
luck. =2-s===s4s
The next day the fugitive was found in the
woods, near the Aims House On bringing him
60 thepeliee office it was discovered that he was
the lunatie who escaped from the e,ea Asy inm
a week ago. The discovery has made Hale feel
sliphtly Soltsb. The idea that an Albany po-
lieeman should be sold by "a man without
brains" irritates him awfnlly We can't say
that we are surprised at it.-[ Alb. Police Trib.
As,asA4 "a ~Fb =-S-T- 49, Is s.
HARp HrT.-An. exchange paper says; 's(sen.
Jackson's Cabinet was u unit, hut the Cabinet
OF Gen. Pierce is a cipher" A Western editor
thinks it is composed Of vulgar fractions.