The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-12-12
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it was pretty good, and we had some jolly
business. Ay,' he concluded, with a
good scent it's almost as excitin' as fox
huntin', is thlefcatchin' for some of
those fellows is as cunnin' as foxes, every
bit.
lit was through robbery and bit of
paper that | was made guard, as | said
just now.
GLOW was that?'' said I, catching at
the idea of a story to beguile the time.
Il should like to hear bit of your ex-
perience as detective.
1T amt much of a story, sir, but I'll
tell it to you with pleasure - and taking
few rapid pulls at his pipe, the guard
commenced
1T was about two years ago, and there
had been great plate robbery IN the
city, and the thieves had got clear away.
SO we was all obliged to keep our ewes
open and our wits about us, for, though
we had some suspicious, there was no
real clues to go upon; it was mostly guess
work. Two or three men was arrested.
but nothing was even proved against
them, so they was let go, in course.
Nothing ever transpired respecting the
robbery, and it was almost forgotten, ex-
cept by some OF us detectives. fora reward
OF elOO had been offered, and we was. In
course, anxious to catch the man, As we'll
for the credit Of the force as forthe money,
which, sir, was not by no means to be
desplsed. Well, sir, [ wasn't half salts
he'd about one of the men who had been
arrested, and whose name was Dover.
lie and another was always together, and
we In the force nicknamed them Chat
ham ItnUar
had Chatham ,(whose real name was
Bylesl up, too, but nothing turned up.
However, one night after the business
had blown over a bit, [ thought I'd have
look after Dover; so | goes to where [
was sure to find him or his pal, in an
ont-of- the-way place near Field Lane
When the door was opened, [ saw as the
woman was a new hand, and didn' t know
me. So [ asked if Dover was in. No
says she, he's gone out of town. In
! which dlrection?' says [. She pointed
| upwards, which meant north Indeed,
says |. We'll, tell him as Mr. Moss
| wants to see him as soon as he returns
maxim a shot, sir. | was at a man as
suspected was fence, and who | had
my eye on. All right, says she, and
shuts the door.
Thinks [, I've not done bad stroke
of business this evening Mr. Moss and
| will settle our little account now; so [
went quietly home. Next afternoon, just
after dinner, a message comes from the
- Bank for Mr. T, our in
spector. Telling HE to be ready in case
OF bcln' wanted, GA, he goes, and in about
an hour he came back and said, We've
got a job tonight. ne says, for a party
has wrote another geutleman's name by
mistake, and bolted with large sum of
money and his young woman, as is sup
posed, to America. We had to start
that evening for the nine clock train for
Liverpool, which we did, and arrived
| there about four the next morning We
immediately put ourselves in communi-
cation with the local authorities, and
| searched several outgoing ships, but
| without any success. just as we were
| leaving one of the vessels, the captain
said to me. It's pity you didn't know
little sooner, for an American barque
sailed yesterdays tide for New York. ;
The devil it did, says Mr.. T.
Yes, says the captain; and you may
depend upon 1t your man was off in that
vessel.
We're done, them says MIR T,
and will have to go back with our tails
! atween our legs
We'll, says [, I don't see that, by no
means. When does the mail go? I
asked the captain.
! It's goHe, says he; went last night.
/ That's no good, then, says Mr. t
And he was very angry at being done.
4 think, Mr.. T / says, as we
| walked away, 1 think We can catch him
| yet
''How?' says Mr.. T
why, said |, let us take the mail
| steamer to Dublin this afternoon and 60
| by the mail train to Queenstown We can
catch the steamer there, and pin your
man in New York.
| BY lingo! we will,' says NIr. r
that good idea; only I'm afraid /
shall have to 60 alone, for you will be
wanted in London, you know, next week.
I had forgotten that, and was very
much disappointed at not being able to
accompany Mr.. r 10 New York.
However, says he, I'll not forget
you when | come back
And IN order to arrange our plans
and have some breakfast we returned to
the railway station Well, [ saw Mr.
t off for Holyhead, and felt very
much annoyed at not being able to go
with him-though had | known it was
the best thing that ever happened to me,
| shouidn't have felt so sulkv, You may
depend. As the boat left the landing
stage, | turned into - street. and
walked about bit until I saw a great
crowd opposite jeweler' shop. What
up !? thinks | F.; anything in my way.
SO L asks bystander, and he told me
that an Immense amount of iewelry had
been stolen the previous night, and there
was no trace of the robber 'Ho no /
| | thought. And asked to see the owner
Of the shop; and telling him who [ was,
[ requested to see some traces Of the
thief work, for, sir, some men work IN
exactly the same way at all their cracks.
aud you can tell their Handwriting afta,
a bit of practice therefore examined
the place, and, as | suspected, found
that this robbery had been done in q
! similar way to the one in London. Fo,
it had occurred to me that Mr. Dover
had not left London for nothing, and
now | was pretty sure that he and his
| pals had done this job as well. After
making my inspection, and asking the
proprietor to say nothing about my visit,
| returned to Lime Street Station.
then found that L could return to London
by slow train at l o. clock, which, as
had nothing to do in Liverpool, l prefer
red to take rather than wait for the 3: a
express. | was in much better spirits
now than [ had been, and as | entered
the train | made up my mind to lock
after Dover in London. whether | never
doubted he had returned for of all hid
ing, places, sir, London is the best. SO
made myself as comfortable as possible.
Nothing happened till, as we were nearing
Stafford, a bit of paper was blown into
my face, and as |, out of mere curiosity.
stopped TO pick it up from the seat where
1t had fallen, two other and larger pieces
came in and fell on the floor.