The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1857-07-29

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81 swear to you, Monsieur lie Sous
Project, be is not here b -
~ swear to you, Monsieur lie Garcou,
he Is He slept here-he didn't fad
your bed confortable--he came to us to
complain ofit-here he is. among my men
aud here am / ready to look for q flea or
two in hi, bedstead. Picard (~catiug TO
one of the subordinates, aud pointing to
b waitef) collar hat man, and tie his
hands behind him. Now, then. gentle
man, let us walk up s~tairsin
Every man aud woman in the house
was sccured-the "Old Soldier" the
first Then l Identified the bed in which
l bad slept; aud then We went into the
room above. No object that was at all
extraordinary appeared in any part of
II. The Sub Project looked round the
place, commanded every body to he 81
lent, stamped nice on the floor, called
for o candle, looked attcntively at the
spot be had stamped on and ordered the
flooring there TO be carefully taken up
This vas done IN no time. Lights were
produced and we saw a deep raftered cav
ity between the floor of this room and
the celiugo the room beneath. Tarough
this cavity there ran perpesdicularly a
sort please of iron thickly creased; aud
inside the case appeared the screw, which
communicated with the bed-toP below
Extra length Of screw, freshly oiled,-le
vess covered with felt-all the complete
upper works of a heavy press, construct.
ed with internal Ingenuity SO as to join
tne fixtures below-and when taken to
Dieces agaiD. to po into the smallcs5 nos
sible compass, were next discovered, aud
pulled out on the hoor. After some III
tie diflcuity, the Sub Project succeeded
IN putting this wonderful machinery TO
agefher and, leaving BIS men to WORK IL
descended With ne to the bed room.
The smothersng canopy was then lower
ed but not $ 9 noIseiess,y as had seen 1t
lowered. Wien I mentioned this to the
ksefect. hls answer, simple asst was,
had q terrible signiheance.
oly men, said be-" are working
Rdowu the bed top for the first time the
men whose money Jon won were IN bet
ter practice.
90 We left the house In sole possession Of
1.-TWO police a !ents-every Que of the IN
mates being removed TO prison on the
spot. The Sub-Prefect after taking
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Tbs rest OF my story IS soon told.
ii was and re examined; tn
gambling house was strictly searched al
through, from top to bottom; the priso
ners were SEPARATELY lnterrogated' am
two q the less guiity among them mad,
confession. discovered tina the ole
soldier was the master OF the gamoiint
6 ~honse-Jassics discovered hat he hae
q been but OF the army; as o Vag
aboud, years ago. that he bad been gn'i
ty OF all sorts OF viiialnies since; tina
ne was IN possession OF stolen property
whIchsthe owners ldentiheoi andthat he
.d5t crooPler, anotfer aecompiice, am
the woman who had made my cap OF col
fee, were all IN the secret OF the bedstead
There appeared some reason to dono
the inferior persons attached t
e the house knew anything OF the suff ca
ting machieery; and they received IN
benefit OF that danbt, by being trea'e'
SIMPLY as thieves aud vagabonds. A
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