Litchfield enquirer., 1860-10-25
Atisfella,1p.
From the Journal of an English Police Officer.
 HINT ON THE HIGHWAY.

There was 8 shrewd robber somewhere The farm houses were robbed, shops wcr' robbed the tlIs at the bars at tue wa. side inns were robbed the people had :hcl pockets picked All this happened ill re zion of country between Sidney and. Low stonc--not field of vast extent-and yet the robber or robbers could not be found Officers had searched in every direction. and several suspicious looking individuals had been appreheudcd, but the real culprit still remained at large.
 One day the mail was roib,d d, and on tlle next q mau had his pocket picked of twt hundred pounds, while riding in the stag, coach-for my narrative dates back to tht old concling days.
 1'Lc Inuncy had been carried ill his breast pocket, and he knew that it was stolen frt m him while he was enjoying bit of d tloze on the road
 had been confined to my house by Se- were cold for several days, and was not fit to go out HOW but as this matter was be- coming so serious, l felt it my duty to be cn the move, and accordingly fortified my self with nanEcl, and set forth.
 tad had 10 settled p.n in my mind, for l had not yet been on the roud, aLd was not thoroughly "post,d up."
 4 ride of five mi;es brought me to Sid ncy, aud thence meant to take coach to Lew stone where Sam Stickuey, one of the shrvwtcst of men, lived. Stickney had al ready been on the search and wished to con suit him before making any movement.
 reached Sidney at half past five in tlt morning, and the coach left at six. Low stone was sixty miles distant, so l had q good ride before me. During the early part of the day, rode upon the box with the driver and from him gaiucd consdera' ble information touching the various robbe- ries that had been committed. He was forced 10 admit that several persons hue been robbed ill his stage, though he dcclar cd that he could not sec into it, aud hat not ,he most remote idea of who the robbcl might be.
 We reached Bonnivilc at noon, where wt stopped to oine, aud when we left the plac. l was the only passenger. At the distance of twelve miles at little village called Cuwthorne, we stopped to change horses and here another passenger got in. l lat b, en occupying the front sent, as that hap pentd to be little wider than the others and gave me a better opportunity for laying down ahd when the new co,ner entered h' took tie back seat. He was q young mal I judged, and not very tall of stature, bu 50 completely muffled up was he in shawl and muiflers, that his size of frame was no so easily determined
 He was very pale, and coughed very bad ly /; and l at once made up my mlud tha he was far less fit to travel than l was Al ter we had got fairly on our way, remark ed that l had been suffering from sever cold, and that this was the first time ha' ventured out for quite number of days He looked at me out of pair of dar bright eyes, and when he seemed to hay determined what manner of man Was, h said:
 "I have something worse than Q colo sir :" he Lroke into fit of coughing whicl lasted a minute or so, and then added" won't be great while before l shall talk my last ride"
 Again he was seized with spasm coughing, and when he recovered, he added "The disease is eating me up, and shakn' me to pieces at the same time."
 He further stated that he had started c a tour for his health, but that he had give it np. and was now on his way home, whIe place he was anxious to reach as soon possible. Another paroxism seized hl and he intimated that he was unable to co verse, as the effort brought on his cough. had noticed this, and made np my mind t trouble him no more even before he had gl l en me tue hint
 After this he drew his outer shawl close
 about his neck, and after having secured a easy posture, he closed his eyes, and WI | not long in following his example.
 Toward the middle of the afternoon, u coach stopped at small village where v }. changed horses again, and where four pa
 sengers got in. This broke up the arrang
 ment of my friend and self for rest. us
 had to take of the strangers on his sea
 while took another on mine, the other tv 'e occupying the middle seat. The new co to CTS soon broached the subject of the robt
 ries which had been committed in that zion, and iisteued to gain information, 5, possible but they knew no more than a
 one else. They had heard all,about it, a
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