The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-11
Jittin AS'rrklp Gribapr
ruE DETECTIVES ADVENTURE

Just as ! stepped on the wharf at Butla-
lo, gentleman tapped me ON the shtul
or aud said This way ifycu please. "
As did not hnpp,n to please, Tut was
turning to lork AFTER my baggage, he
sc'g,d hoM Of NC and said, "C0mc long,
sir."
| said, " DON'T be rude, my man. am
not on duty u5w, aud cannot attend TO
your case, whatever II may be-
Bot can TO yours rcturtcd he, !" 81
come alrug without any more ado
"Ciuim your baggage Train lcov's
in five minutes :" shouted tho purt'r.
Z" NV trunk! Check Tor burlington -
saidl. Check for the stution.housc,
put IN NV pcrliscinus, ncw.madc iricud.
"What ON earth do You mean You
will max, me miss the train s1id |.
But not the st'tiou," he replied, dri.
". 50 come uluug.'
.sWal vuu pie, So to Introduce your
self before We proceed withour ocquaint
ancc I"
81 am Deputy Crane, Of Buffalo" he
answered.
"And nm Deputy Wood, Of Chicago
But trains or | will see you on my re-
turn"
There was n little confusion. Al
aboard" shouted the conductor. And
nll aboard they got, excepting Deputy
/ Wood and his t.unk, which TO my Ger
b tain knowledge, were left standing in th'
| dcrut. the one for moment about al
spc, ehlcss as The other. Deputy Gran,
presently remarked that he had never be
B fore had the pleasure ormcctng Deputy
. Wood. a' Chicago, but hc thought hr
I friends, Smith, 1nucs g. Company, nigh
have been moro fortunate, aud IL Woul,
have the rootncs 10 walk up TO the CITY
Hotel, where they boarded such MS m'
for nothing, he would send for thcm.
knew there was some mistake, but
thought itwcull hinder mo only on
train, aud as the adventure might b'
worth ul IL cost, would 50 along with
out further explanation.
We were soon Ht the iron gate an
rrnlincs of the City Hotel, as Gran
fncctiously term, II, and whilc he wa
zone for Smith & Co had time to re
fleet. "Grcat robbery In Buffalo" Th
store Of Smith, Jones g. Go. robbed q
somo thousand dollars worth of silk'
besides notes and drafts tor several thou
sunl more. One thousand dollar
, reward for detection Of the THE
g. :" This notice had been Iub!ishc
so long before that should ntvcr huv
thought Of it again, had not the rrcscn
cli ,odc r. fresh my memory. But ] ha
not long To med tate before smith, Jouc
. g. Co., with halfa dozen clerks, were ol
hund, all identifying me, FROM Smit
down to the crrGnd boy, ns being th
Identical man who was lurking roun
the pTcmis y in u suspicious manner th
day before the robbery.
"Wcll, my man." said Deputy Gran
pattinc me on the shoulder, guilty q
not guilty I"
Huagry," rcplicd, "andityou pleas
we will 20 and get some breakfast"
"Thcrc is ice in that. But could yo
feel yourself with yoUr hands tied t'
T gcthcr That Il according to the rulC
Of the honsr," aus Hcred Crane.
Now hold on Crapcp | cXclaimc'
this iokc has gone Tar enough. We ca
.tclcnraph to the chief in Chicago, an
re, our answer in half an hour, whic
will put the matter all right, and in tli
mean time will eat some breakfast un
be re- ady for the noon cl Xrcss.'
Tearing leaf from my mcmornndu'
book wrote, A" Chief DeicctYe Polio
Chicugn, describe Deputy Wood, an
say where he is"
Crane took the dispatch, signed h
own nam, TO II, and sent it forward IN
mcdiutcly. Shortly the answer was RI
i turned: "ncputy Wood, 30 years, rC
4 hair, lrccklcd lucc, five feet eleven, drcs
}. c1tn full suit shccp's gray. On way
= Vermont, and probably passed Builn
! this morning. Has any accident ma
I, pened 2" Signed Chief Detective p
Is lice, Chicago"
This was conclusive, and was straigl
4, way escorted with many apologies by II
new friend from the City Hotel TO q
American, whore ! was invited 20 c
and drink, not at the expenses OF {
city, but of the humble servant. VIII
the chicken was broiling we talked ov
matters, and came to the conclusion III
0 as had not been in Buffalo before
more than n year, somebody had 81
Y looked wonderfully like me; and tho
sand dollars was ofiircd TO any one "
would produce him, which reward Dep
, " Crane almost felt in his pocket Wit
\, he nahbrd me NJ the station.
Amer break fast we walked down
the stare Of Smith. Jones a. Co., a
rplkcd over lie affair. Jones opologlz
ird snid he supposed they ''must hn
, been mistaken in the man, which p'
haps was not strange, seeing our ntte
~ tinn was not called To you particularly
s' the time, and several months hud ihit
vcncd; mistakes will harpen in very go
70 families" Having delivered himself
IS this doGhtful admission vf my homes
" and entirely original joke, Mr. Jones
n tired into The counting room, luokli
=, very unconvinced, and the clerks, as
!, by common instinct, began 10 put ba
'e all the loose goods on tho counter
though they feared / would grab tEcm
ia NV way out of the store. Cranc tlli
=" wos thoroughly convinced, before | ba
y. him good bye at the depot, that so far
al was concerned, u was all right, /
pr persisted that !. was a very natural m
D" take, begged my pardon AID hoped
would sec him on my return.
For u month or more, while among I
n friends in Vermont, thought little OF /
occurrence. II was true that the the
, sand dollar reward wonld occosionn
n. come into my mind, but as | was :
employed in the case the prospect
>, getting il was exceedingly small.
=" my return l spent few days in NJ
York, visiting old acquaintunces a
I making now ones, mostly among the
tective branch Of the police, as the u
of business to which was devoted c
: be best learned by niingling with adep
W. One day, while passing down w
street, some person slapped me on
shoulder in a familiar manner, saying
the same time, "IIew are you old fello
a. When did you come back , Was
= you going 10 speak TO a fellow 'cn'
I n Ma1.s tlta thine !,