Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-11-13

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tone at all times of the night, but SO indis
tinctly that he could make out nothing o
. any consequence. However, by som,
: means or other. he came tc the conclusion
, that they were about to leave the country
, and he Immediately determined upon a des
perate effort to ascertain the correctness O
: his suspicious. Accordingly he impaired
to Mr.. f., his associate bondsman, a full
account Of all he had been witness to, and
| his strong belief that they had or knew
something of the money. They immedi
ately concerted plan 10 to test the truth o
, their suspicious; as precautionary meas
/. ure, a physician ofenlinence was consulted
as to how long person might be kept un-
der water and resusicated. As it mipht
be that they were about to remove, no de-
lay i'll executing the scheme was consider
ed safe. The same morning, Judge X
: sent to Mr.. w. wishing him to come and
make a final settlement at his house some
time in the day About eleven O'Clock
Nh W. arrived at the house of the Judge,
and under pretence of talking the matter
over free from interruption, he proposed a
walk. They, in company with Mr.. +. left
the house and proceeded across the lots to-
ward piece Of woods. They walked on
nil they were nearly halt mile from any
house, and had come to the side Of "a mud
dy brook entirely hidden from view by
surrounding hills and woods. Wholly un-
suspicious of what awaited him, what must
have been Mr. W's establishment when the
Judge stepped before him, and with coun-
ienance and tone of voice not to be misun-
ders,ood, told him the intent for which
LEY brought him there, and charged him
With The embezzlement of S33 900 of pub
lie money, their reasons for thinking so,
and telling him if he did not disclose
where it WAS they would drown him on the
spot. Unawed by these threats, The hard
ened man, with an i'll affected look of inno-
rence exclaimed, Il know nothing of the
matter" No sooner WAS this said, than
with prompiness characteristic of the
man, Judge X. throw g OF his coat, seiz
ed Mr.. W. and plunged him into the wa
ter Mr.. f. held a watch and counted the
seconds, that they nigh; not drown the
man. After as much time had elapsed as
could with safety to the unhappy man, he
was raised from the water. 1t
was sometime before he could speak-but
when he did, ii was only to protest his in
nocence, but it was in manner and
tone of voice, that bore witness to the GER
tainiy of his guilt. All efforts 10 make him
confess proving vain, he was again plung-
ed blythe powerful arm of Judge K in the
water This time it did not fare as well
with him. He was kept under water so
long that when taken out he appeared a
lifeless corpse. 1t was long time before
they were able, by their utmost exertions,
to restore him sufficient to speak. When
he did speak 1t was TO repeat the same de-
NAL asbetore. The heart of an ordinary
man must have failed, in either situation
that ofJudge X. or Mr. W. But the for
mer WAS well satisfied that the other must
knew something of the lost funds. Placing
himself i'll Il position where he could note
the expression of the twice drowned man,
he thus addressed him: "Mr w. we
know that You have in Your possession or
know something of that money. Now
disclose everything or We will siuk your
body under the weigh of Il guilty consci-
ence. In that water never to emerge with
life, and we will hurry your guilty spirit
wl.hou. one moment for repentance, before
the tribunal oi Heaven, 10 receive the rec
ompence Of your crimes. Disclose at once
or You die" This was uttered in a tone
and wilh an emphasis that forced upon the
mind of Mr.. w. the absolute certainty of its
lulflmeni. The guilty man trembled. For
IL Ill.
adversary was stll sounding in his ears
the certain doom that awaited him. He
! coul mol conceal the truth any longer
That power which had aided him in the
commission of the crime, and till now had
kept him from the disclosure, had forsa-
ken him, and the thought of rushing into
the presence of his God. with his sins un-
repenled. of, forced him TO reply: 81 will
lcIl YOU all know about it-your suspi-
cions are correct; the money is in our pos
session, or at least $4,000. Of the re-
naming $1,000 know nothing. You
will iind il either in Il black trunk in our
bedchambei, or under the hearth" Judge
X. leaving him in charge of Mr.. +. till he
should ascertain the truth Of the statement,
started for the house.
He was seen by his wife, and the lady
by whom The tale was related to the writer
,omi,,r acrnes tho fields covered ~ II h mud