The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-07-13


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rArHER THOsE sEvEN.THIRTlEs.--
All ara4 A SIMPLE JOB.
We'll, Sir, there i certain amount Of
interest attaching to the conmonsss jobs
in our line, % you say. But the dstsc.
tive systsn il this country ain't what it
i! In Old Esgland: it's younger, you
know. There are some smart. fellows
among 10, though; not that I'm one of
'sm. I'm modest, I am. But I'll toll
yout how I done up that Osdell job, if you
care 70 hear i. I dare Say it'll sound
simple enosgh to you, Sir. It does to
me. =, - -. I-.'. ~ .
ol Osdell's banking. house in the village
Of l., iu this State, was cracked
some three months ago, and ono thousand
four hundred and twenty dollars in Sew.
.Tbirtiss vas carried Of. Mr.. Osdell
sent = 40 for . detective, and I went
down e L.. It was . simple enough
state Of things. A young fellow BY the
name Of Lawrence Haight had left town
Immediately after the robbery, and inqui.
riss at his boarding. house allowed that
hs left without giving any notice Of bis
intention. He had been idling around
.ths village for some weeks, and tho wo-
man he boarded with said he had been
pretty Assl up for funds, but had told
her hs expsstsd sons money frem his
uocls; aud tho day after the robbery he
had paid her up and left town. I called
st the pSst. sfhee and found that no letter
had como for Haight; those country
postmasters know every latter that passes
through their hands, you see and at the
express Office the same tidings were rem
dersd. Haight wss no doubt the robber.
I set out 70 find him.
The ticket sgsss ard The bsggsgs man
st the little railroad depot wsrs positive
hs had not left town that way. Nothing
he'd been seen Of him at The depot.
= went back 70 the villsge-half mile
Or % Of from the railroad it was; rail.
roads don't, turn, out much for little pla.
nss like that-sod touhd that my man
had probably thought to hide his trail a
little BY walking to tho next station
sbout elk miles away. I took horse and
rode owe. there. At the hotel where I
took dinner I found that man answer
ing the description exactly had stopped
there TO supper the day after the robbery,
registering bis pams % Barton Love-
A. soon % I saw that knew tho fellow
must be a fat, for hs eouldn't have pick
Cd out more suspicious name than that
70 travel on, could he9 h., h.i IT,.
known hate TO disguise itself as love often
before that, you see; it'ss common game
enough
We'll, with. that eIsw I just followed
my man right over his ground. There
wss'a nj . hotel hs stopped At for the next
week but had . dozen people in it who
h,d sosissd that young man with tho
queer name. So l followed him easy
enough through the States Of Connect.
cut, Massachusetts,, aud Vermont, back
again into Northern New York, and
aess,s she St. Lawrsues River into, that
uou!dy ,ld town Of Kipgssoo in Canada
West Bat there fiot sight & him. !
visited svsry hstel il tho plscs, high end
low, and got msay trace Of him here
and there; but what way hs went from
there fossd Il impossible 70. learn. So
after beating sbout the bush for few
days, reluctantly gave up the search,
and returned home, where l had othe,
business a the time. 4ts. e. .a~
About tive weeks ago I had > call TO
Chiosge 10 the course Of another job !
was working up. and after attending to
that affair it just occurred 10 me that l
would tsks 4 look after that Osdell fellow.
l set ous then to search oil the hotel reg.
listers in town, and wssn't long in find
ing the name I wanted. The second
house I visitsl-ths Tremont-ths name
Of "Barton Love snd lady" on the regis
tor. I talked with the clerk about it,
and found that my man had staid in the
city ove, night, and had taken passage
On enc Of the railroads running out Of ths
Great Central depot. There are 3 roads
tbst run ont Of that depot-ths Illinois
Ceatral, the Michigan Central, and the
Burlington and Quincy. So was about
in tho AZ Of tho man q three cross roads
uncertain which Of thsm leads to the
place he wants to 60 to. In such . case
q that, Sir, when there seems to bs Dc
kind Of ! choice il the matter, my rule
is to always take tho least likely route
Because, don's you sss, thief who had
fears Of being followed would do that
very thing to throw his pursusrs of the
scent. Now Of these three railroads, ona
VA, the very road I had reason to believe
ny man had cons 70 Chicago over when
10 hft Casads, snd that was The Michi'
~ Central road. So il bsiag least like.
/, that nan wosld come 70 Chicsgo and
than 90 right back on tho same road hs
eoms o., thst wss ny soats. Not much
keen judgment 10 braa on .abont that,
you'll ssy; and you're right, there wasn't.
h wss shout ike 6ippipg up . copper
and crying ''lssls ":rsils 'hi Wy. beads that p
way." s.ia ,a5 \ -. e5, 70 no II, s. 7aae
~ ~ I sasplppsl d The arss station I came to,
On the Michigan Central road, .pd made
isauiriss for ny maa asd womaa. III