The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-02-09

AN AUSTRALIAN DETECTIVES STORY.
OR MURDER WILL OUT"
From "Opce a Week"


OR MURDER WILL QUIZ
From "Once Week"
81 am a detective in the Victoria police.
and have been one for some years ); | was
formerly one III Paris, and was EMPLOYED
as such i'll the Hyde Park Exhibition of 1851
Since then have been in various parts of
the world i'll fact there are very few of the
force that haven't Knocked about the world
good deal. However, at last have settled
IN Australia, aud hope my rowing is ended.
have never had but one crack case entrust-
ed to my care | have sometimes tracked
thieves from the diggings into the interior.
and found them boundary riders on stations
or clerks that did not keep their accounts
straight. and found them bullock driving
up-country, but these were small affairs; a
pair of bracelets soon settled such: bur
once had a matter to find out on the very
slightest information received, which reouir
ed all my skill am. all the resources Of nv
long experience, Some years ago there liv
ed about u mile down the river. beyond the
bridge yonder, an odish man, who was re
ported to have made somewhere good pile.
he was thorough hermit seldom stirred
out. except to go to the store to buy few,
A'0~~SSHiASHy
never was known to beat down or hagol.
about the price of anything. This natural
ly led to the surmise that he had plenty of
money. Near him lived another single man
III slab and bark hut he was shoemaker
by trade, but III sail township like this his
customers We're few, and his livelihood pre-
carI"us lie was known to he as poor as lis
nelgbbor was supposed to be rich and was
as much dependent on the forbearailce of his
Creditors as the other was ON his ready mon
ey' between these two solitary men, living
on the river side, there sprung up strange
~ intimate friendship; always after break
fast, very often through the day, and regu-
larly at night they had their pipe together,
sometimes with a panikiu OF tea only, at 9th |
ers glass OF grog. There was dim nys |
terry hanging over the supposed rich man |
history where lie had come from or how
lie HAD made his money, 10 one knew, and
his churlIsil ways forbade any one to ask
him.; he and the shoemaker were all the
world to each other, and beyond that neither
seemed to care anything. In this uniform
but curious mode of life. weeks and months
passed away the only difference observable
being, that although Gar Stevens, the shoe
maker: had no more customers than former
ly' he now seemed to have money always at
command, and net only paid off his old
scores but had ready money for all lie need
ed.
'One morning, hovever-it was in the
winter season, and the GIenelg WIS rolling
its turbulent waters muddy and swift. dow,
TO the SETTLE old mans hut was not open
ed; wood spitters passing by observed that
the OLD hermit rs not summing himself and
smoking his Guilty as usual and that night
Stevens came running into the township
greatly excited, and calling oil Mr. f. at the
inD, told him that not having seen old lief
frey all the day, lie had forced an entrance.
into the hut, but that the old man was not
there, and what had become of him he did
not know. policeman, for H. is a police
station, was Immediately sent to take charge
OF the hut till the magistrates should make
inquiry. Some days after the inquiry was
made, nothing came out of it, further than
the suspicion that Jeffrey had met with foul
play. Still nothing was proved. nor could
be proved, until the body could be found
for eccentric as the old man was, who couldI
say that he had not got up in the night. and
as suddenly started from H., as he had once
suddenly made his appearance there?
las soon as intelligence of this affair
reached headquarters at Melbourne the mat
ter was placed in my hands. with instruc
tons to exercise my own discretion in nv
proceedings, absolving me from all DISGRACE
if failed, and promising me one hundred
pounds if | succeeded. My plan was adont. |
ed after much consideration, and have no
reason to regret the steps | took. as will he
seen III the sequel | took the little steam
er Western, Capt Lucas to Portland 266
mikes, and after stopping dav or two VI
Macs celebrated hotel, | started 10y the mail
for the far interior After three deys' Jour
ney | arrived at II. as traveller, looking
fol job of work | had tolerabIv heavy
swag aud this with my pannikin and biIlv
gave me all the appearance of a bona III,
one went straight up to the bar. had INV
nobbler, lighted my pipe, aud then sat down
outside to consider my next movement. II /
was necessary should have some one in nv
confidence, but resolved not to trust Tin.
local police, as in these remote stations their
life OF idleness often III skes them loafers and
gossips. resolved to call Mr. T., the hotel
keeper and postmaster, aside--he had been
an officer in the army many years-aud tell
him my Grand. did so-never was secret
better kept-and returned as If nothing had
occurred. Towards evening the bar was
pretty full. and took the opportunity of
saying publicly to MIR. T. that / was out OF
work, that was groom, that did not
want to go on station, and should be Glad
of chance job, BE at once told me to 90
to his stables and tell his foreman 10 take
me on as an extra stable hand gave Mr..
7. my sway to take care of; it Contained
my uniform, and my authority from head
quarters to act as detective He under
stood all and that was sufficient
''As groom remained here seven months:
able Tor long time to do nothing; but feel
ing more aud more confident that the peper
al suspicion of Stevens was well founded.-
or course became intimate with him Int
only III the evenings when my work was
done; III all respects acted as an ordinary
groom, receiving nay weekly wages. and
carefully avoiding everything that might !
lead any one To suppose | was anvtbiuo Int
groom Often have laughed witI,i1 NV
sell as mounted trooper has ridden no and
called me to take his horse, aud give him
feed !, however. kept my own counsel and
little by little light dawmed upon INV track
Over The never filling pipe | had freouent