Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-11-28
"No; he was a junior clerk"


81 want you to think again." said |.
"Try hard to remember whether there
never was any other man here with Hawes
on any occasion"
After rejecting for little while, he said
he thought he reccllocted his going up
stairs not long ago with another man to
private room.
"Did you wait on him yourself at the
time you speak of" asked.
"No, most likely it was Joe Harris"
"Wil you send for him, if you please ;"
Joe Harris came.
"You wai,ed OIL Mr.. Hawes few days
ago, when he dined with another gentle
man in private room up stairs, didn't
you |"
"Yes, SIR
"N no was that other man -
"Ile is youug man who is a clerk il
livery stable in Sullivan street"
"What are his looks p
Gle is tall and light haired
"Do you know his name ;"
"l!ii uamc is Edgar"
[ hurried up TO Sullivan street, went into
the first livery stable came to, inquired
for the proprietor, and asked him if he
had a young man in bis stable of the name
Of Edgar.
lie said he had.
"Does he keep your books ?"
"Ies-he takes orders for me-
"Let me SEQ some of his hand writing,
if you please
lie stepped back into the Office and to k
from desk q little order book | opened
it there were some orders, has lily written,
no doubt, but in a hand almost like beau.
tiful copperplate.
This was my mani felt nearly certain
of it. asked where he lived, aud was
told with his mother, widow woman, st
such a number in Hudson street, | star
ted for the place. 1t was now pino O'Clock.
Arriving al the house, [ rang the bell. 1t
was answered by servant girl.
"Does Mr.. Edgar live here I inqui,
red.
"Ycs, sir"
"Is he at home!'
"No, sir"
"When will he como home p
81 don't know
docs he sleep here 7"
"Sometimes he does, and sometimes he
doesn't"
"Whore is he likely to be found! 1
should like to see him.
She said she really did not know, unless
perhaps it might be at billiard saloon
not far off.
went there A noisy crowd was
around the room, and / closely scrutinzod
every face. No tall, light-haired young
man was there. | asked the barkeeper if
Mr.. Edgar had been there that evening.
He said no he had not seen anything of
him for two or three days. 1 asked him
if there was any other place lie knew Of
that Edgar lrequented, and was told he
went good deal to a bowling alley in
West Broadway, near Duane street. Not
much yet, | thought, as hurried on West
Broadway, Descending few steps into
sort of vestibule or Office to the bowling
saloon
elias Mr. Edgar been here this eve.
ming" I inquired of the man in attend.
anee.
clio is here now" was the reply; in
the other room, through that door,
passed through the door indicated into
the bowling alley, anu accosted the marker:
''Is Mr.. Edgar here .
"He has just gone-not more than ff-
teen minutes ago"
"Do you know where he went to? :"
''It seems to me that some of them said
something about going to the Lafayette
theatre"
am on his track now, said to myself
only fifteen minutes behind him.
bent by steps to the theatre, taking
with me a comrado in the police service,
whom encountered as | was leaving the
saloon. We hurried on with the utmost
rapidity; but, on renchng the theatre,
found to my disgust, what had already
feared, that the play was over, and the
theatre just closed.
"Better give it up for tonight" said my
companion 1--WE know enough about him
now, and can take up the search again to"
morrow"
1T wort do, Clarke" said l eve have
inquired for him at too many places. Stay
I've got notion he may be heard OF at
some of these oyster cellars hcreabouts."
| went into one Of them and asked if a
tall young man, with light hair, had been
there that evening,
A tall young man, with light hair and
moustachc, had come in from the theatre
with lady, aud had just left.
asked my informant il he knew The
lady.
She was a Miss Kearnoy, he answered
I "Whalp y continued, "didn't her Sis
ter marry the actor LcvisoD !"