Maryland free press., 1866-08-09

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To combassI tiroyed ccnclusiyelyItlmt Ii,g had
been robbed; and that witlaent doubt the, KAYE
and revolver had been taken, at that tnie. ALSO,
that no trace of any of the stolen articles was
found about me, Jm5 house, or my oiiae, Sndilnst
further if i had desired.te rob the mail might
have waited until itad arrigea at the Office, ana
thus saved myself the crime os murder. Against
the, third statefaan ti[foid the Ireason f MY re-
manning in the Office so late, and brought Tor
ward witnesses ID pruve that Ioiten did SO on
Wednesday evenings, iu order that, the nhli
might be delayed aslittie M' pGssiss Fdrtilsfi
that the reI'son Of Gy rempin,ng ~ iSY9g n at
Office was that could not open the door, ana
brought forward ltelfaet that the KEYS were nus
sing, to sustain my declaration.
Although these arguments were byi Nolc hfahs
fully satisfactory TO those who took ihe gr"eaG
,sa' @S. rsl.s. Ess sGII,slt IlsE Is iars
which T. pe,sdilyo obtidhely BY consent st3 th
dee sr u s nsaa lHsffa sf t6 Is
to pnfsiie every ymeans toFpEnyD nyd innbceaes
Which VI ,,, slt could 0ny b dYas Y " diseoveggrs
-. 1 aecordingy placed, the, best detectives at
work, with orders to communicate to me the first
suspicion fhaf fhey entertained, for n found II
wis ahathing lnt comfortable "a belookodlafson
u rt NV ~ S"sd - H5fa III ~ eE mt II" "ss ss WV VIZ
THUS three weeks passed away Ewithouti a,tfr
thing of interest occnrrings Gnda the end oftlat
tite could endure the suspense no iofgeri ~
Therefore, Iswrote aoaauell fsisad Of nipes Eshe
was then on the detective force of p, at~L
---, and together We SET about the search. .t9ShI
% 4 week passed away without bringing more to
light, and causing us to dcspond, for we feared
be impossible to discover him. lWe had been at
work two days in the ci'y Of d, and being
abelt to ehte1 entered tile lotel Office to settle
Having no small bills, there WAS considerable
change handed back, among it a ten dollar bill,
which hid been torn in stwo,.9 AsI turned it
carelessly oyer found that the parts had q been
fastened together with the margin Of u couple OF
rssidge.stanirey which ai,d printed upon it, isko,
l557Plase,,"" put, the No., and fPhEe'1 had
been crossed out, and suhstitnted in their place
waH. t'sar - and ftls64, 'tnrating thread rraiat.
l5-ls64,m which was the day before the, rob-
berry aud murder. This may seem all common
enough, butito me twas a ray ofliglH and hope:
for thcchange ,was'in my 9Yn, handwriting, 4
also remembered perfectly well making the
change; also, that had placed my initials on
the underside, aud that the bill must. huyc been
la the safe at the time of the robbery. Calling
my friend, I'VE wentinto a side room, and there
carefully removed the paper. On the under side
We discovered, as fhad expected, tic letters J.
d, much blurred from wetiing, but stih ieglblc.
My friend agreed with me thai it was a very i'm
portant discovey. and in order to press It tor-
ward, we eaiiedri ia the landlord and questioned
him. ...-r
Heremhered having received the bill that morn
Ing and lntt rather questioned n,king 1t en- ac-
ceant Of life TUT. sOn being psked'to discrbe the
man, he said, ?
. 'ais near as can reco!fcct, he was about five
feet ten inches in height ,rnd qaite stout in pre-.
portion. lie was dressed entirely ia black. 1he
only peculiar mark thit lnolieed was deep scar
running across his face and llis left eye wasgone
the place being ..uppled BY peace of black silk,
wAek he siio~ed very piaitity when he wink
edy1,t 1n5rs. i3 i8uiIi9 dlal ju5a Ygisd
4 think must have started very .precepiibly
whenqIheaia thfs description, for 4 drssc0saifked
ihe man inlnleedately US = ruuher fsH The firm df
Cagley Mason, Of Boston, who had been in our
towu 70 ,abouts week previous to the- marier,
and had letl the. same morning, i His,9w4 n.rne
was Sames Bnrnhanl.
oAswoieouid k,Fnnot,ing more from tReIand-
lord, save that he ordered the ,baekman, tp drive
to the Boston depot, we dismissed him and held
acensnits,ion9l WeJb0th agreed thatft was best
to go immedintely to; Boston, see Bagieyl and N.lr
son, aud, ifpossible learn Of Bprnham whereas
boutse Carrying ont this plan, we carhed ffo4f
the firm tbs. following facts :,,e ,{,,o., adj hre
Jines Burnham was good, reliable business
nan. lie had been in their employment for d.
bout fifleel years, and lbfy Yere willing trust
him with any amount of their funds. lie was
now in Vermont, where's had been since tsaslAa
H. and "a n had Al n9' t0 ihef esE'ain 4aRswlsasG
Il This rrther,perplexed7u us butat last we detdrt
mined that he must have, deceived hi1 elnployers,
and although We did not think that We mad sufii-
cieHt cause to arrest hinr, ,.stkwe determined to
track him. For purpose we went TO Vepmont,
and fell in with him Mt Montpelier. FORA week
we obserccd his every iBeaen, but at the end oi
thai time hal discovered nolhing sayy that he
woald stay ia the town about c,week longer
Feclilg that myffiend was tsiyeapable OF watch
ing him alone, 4 determined TO go, to Boston ,te
see I'll could learn anything new; and according
yiohi tie nlDrnihg of the 2ist Of pfi leit having
FIRST Arranged u, s. stempf cypher, byIYhich .we
co,iid totiinbnicate with each other II occasion
reauiredit it,. in9iT9 '>nnf'n ~ - dot oti 'ug
siEarf on hemorniilg ofithe a2d, d,@as siand-
ing on. The steps of the ----- Hetek when 4 pa.
per dropped at my feet, dpparehtiy from one Of
the upper windows. Shopping down lficked II
up, but discovered that it was but amply eyel-
opep and was about to drop it againg when 'the
tlie nanie upon it caught my eye, III WAS tllat W
Heading merchant Of -. Looking up al
the wiudowgI saw TO by surprise tile hlte d
Sames ,Burnham, and than be tprneh deadly, palt
When he say me, Feeling certain, now ib4t, he
knear my efreatd 1s,fwd that IL would not lie SAT-
to kt hun escape longer, immeeaiaielyi dstermi,
inet On having him arrested at all ha2ards. llur'
riediy wriiiHg desijatch witch 10 the Operstei
read, ''yQin me in Portland -to1neYr9w, "a mans
diately upon the receipt Of this you may close tll,
bargain which tsiIokc to you aoodt Yesterday =
but 10 my, friend, ,,;J,fpei BuHnham is in IBps
| ton. Why IRE you not? have n clue. Shal
arncst hhnlhnihcdAltciy.r f1se6tlitSo9h Abe iele
graph ofice, aud hlen hurried to the lpo ice stu
ton. Here ! told my story in us taw words a'