Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-08-13

was h'O 1Coio yOuhSCi thah h1dife "a uo-
BILE, generous, light hearted fellow; full of
wit and good sense, the centre of Joy in
any social assembly where he might be;
beloved by all who truly knew him; and
one of the best looking fellows l ever saw.
| was anxious to know what had happen
et, and Harvey soon emily ghtened me.
He has been apprehended for robbery,
sir! my visitor commenced. Two weeks
ago he stopped at a hotel in indianapolis,
and during the night of his stay, banker
was robbed of over one hundred thousand
dollars in gold and bank notes
But how came banker to have such an
amoun, of money with him?' asked
He was on his way to St. Louis with it;
and as nearly all the way was to be travel
ed 0y rail, he felt safe to have it with him.
But how came your brother to be sus
! pee.ei?'
is curious, sir-,he whole of it. said
H. vey. Charley reached the city late
in the afternoon, and went at once to the
hotel and engaged room. Then he went
and transacted some business, and return
ed about nine O'Clock, having eaten supper
at small cook-shop in another part Of the
town. He went to the office and got the
key to his room, and wen; up to bed. The
apartment was small one, land had three
doors. One opened into ha'l--the one
by which he had entered. Another open
ed into closet; and the third, which was
fastened upon the opposite side. seemed to
open irto another room. He said he took
particular notice Of the doors, because the
room was so much smaller than the ordi-
nary bed rooms. and because he hence sup
posed that he had been put into a mere
servants closet, which belonged to a larger
and better room. The adjoining apartment
was intended for gentleman, and this for
his attendant
However, Charley concluded to put up
with it, and say nothing about it. He had
at first been tempted to go down to the
office and make complaint of the smallness
of his room, and the questionable charac
ter of his bed; but it was only for one
night, and he thought it best to let it 60
And so he retired. He secured the door
| leading to the hail. but in his quandary he
| forgot the other. 1t was fastened upon the
other side, but still he would have secured
1t in some way had he thought of it.
He retired, blew out his light, and went
to sleep. He had slept some time, but not
very soundy. He never could sleep well
when away from home. When he away
from that fair and loving companion, who
made his life bright and joyous, he could
only slumber and dream and lie awake and
ponder. 1t was sometime past midnight
when he was startled by hearing some one
in lis room. He had been sleeping more
soundly than usual under the crcumstan-
ces, and there might have been considera-
BILE movement before he awoke. He start
ed up. and was just in time to see duskv
iorm move from the foot of his bed, where
us clo.hcs were, towards the door which
led to the adjoining apartment. The moon
was up. and there was light enough to see
outlines quite plainly.
Charley leaped from lis bed and NOV
% towards the door. He reached it, and
opcnei l. just in season to see the same
dark form passing through the doorway of
tn. next chamber into the h II. He dart
ed forward; bat when he reached the /
hall he found it dark as Erebus The |
only windows were at the extreme
ends, and they were curtained. If there
had been lamp burning in the hall, it had
been put out He entered the hall, and |
listened, but he could hear nothing. His
first impulse was to follow on. But what
was the use? He bad not even a sound to
guide him. and amid the various entries,
halls. and the passages he would be sure to
lose his way. His next thought was OF
giving an alarm. but what good would that
do? He might raise the whole house for
nothing. Perhaps there had been no mis-
chief done-perhaps none intended. He
thought he would return, and if nothing
had been lost. he would retire again
He went back and felt his clothing
Coat, vest, pants, cravat. shirt, and all the >
rest were there. He looked under his pill :
low, and there were his watch, his pocket
book, and his pistol. All was safe, and he |
resolved to seek his rest again. But before t
doing so, he thought he would see if there ,
was any in the adjoining room--the one '
through which he had passed. He went C
and looked in. He saw bed, and he was C
sure there some one in it. That was C
enough. Tie closed the door as easily as 4
possible, aud having pulled two chairs and v