The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-11-16
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The following seooust q , oonAdsaes open-
tion. yesterday. On q railroad ftsain, Chicago
bound, will be rad With more than ordinary in.
terest, as it introdncesa new feature into stale
and threadbare subject While this feeling il
not unmixed with regret that the pestilent leecA.
"a were suffered 10 escape the penalty of the law.
yet it is great satisfaction to know that Tor
once, after having played their game with their
usual skin and success, they were forced by the
GOODNESS and prompt interference Of witness Of
the tzsnsaction, to disgorge all their ill.eotten
booty. 30 90 i-r..s
The night train on the Pittsburg, Fl. W.yne
and Chicago railway, bound for Chicago, on leav.
ing valparaiso, Ind, Tuesday night, among 9th
ers' hao three new passengers, an elderly gentle
man and two younger men, who had followed
him into the car. Like others of the same pro
fession, they were very well dressed, pentlemanly
and companionable fellows, capable of winning,
with their oily tongues, the confidence and es-
tecm OF any one not sufficiently acute to pene-
ara'e their disguise in very short time. The
Oh gentleman walked into the car, followed by
the two sharpers, one of whom took a seat iInIne-
diateiy behind the old man, his "pal' seating
ilmselt IN another, and remote part of the car,
put where he conld observe the progress made by
the former in cultivating his new acquaintance.
lie had the satisfaction of seeing matters pro-
gress swimmingly. An hour or more passed,
and the smooth tongue of sharper No. /, judi
cious disbursement in the purchase of supply
OF chesnuts, and rambling conversation ON gem
eral topics had completely won the old mans
heart - 'rlr
While thus beguiling the tedioua hours during
which time the victim about to be "Aeeced" en-.
]oyed many hearty laugh at some witticism or
repartee perpetrated by his genial young friend,
the suspicious moment arrived, and sharper No.
appeared upon the scene with the stereotyped
question: OF when he proposed to settle that
freight bill. No. .was apparently completely
nonplussed, and tried to evads the opportunities
OF the dun, stating that he only had q check for
*l,lOO, and would settle it when they arrived in
Chicago. 1t was no use; he would not be put
on any Longer, aud stated that he intended to
get OF at the next station. In despair No /
turned to his venerable friend and appealed to
him to extricate him ron this dilemma The
amount needed was only Us, and the old man
was only too happy to accommodate him, taking
the, chek for $1,lO0 as collateral The usual
coincidence occurred here as in similar transac.
TONS the amount needed was just the size of
the victims "pile." As soon as the creditor had
got the money, every dollar the old man had, he
left, and went into another car. No. 1, how.
ever, in the coolest manner Imaginable kept his
seat next the man he had victimixed, determin.
ed not to eIcite his suspicions BY leaving too
abruptly. ~
Now, for the sequel Xgentleman sitting
short distance Of. while pretending to be in a
very profound slumbcr, had witnessed and heard
the whole Of the transaction As soon a. the i'm
Fortunate creditor had left, he approached, the
other, still sitting by the old man, and, Selling
the rouge by the collar, said to him in language
not exactly orthodox, but probably iustifable
under the circumstances, "Get that money id
quick and return it." He attempted to explain,
but was interrupted in his palaver with, "Nev-
er mind. jus. do a. tell you; go and get that
money or by Cd I'll fix you; now look sharp
This time. the admonition was needed, and go-
Ing to his confederate, the money was produced
and returned ts tho old man, who was dumb
founded at the turn affairs had taken, and vas
near fainting with terror ut the explanation.
The only regret Ut the de,s0uspsent Of the affair
il, thst the conductor was not called and the
rascals given into custody. The two rascals
curled themselves up in the smallest space in the
corner of tire car, and in anything but an ami..
bic frame of mind, if their looks Of mingled rage
and modification were . safe index. Therethey
remained until the arrival Of the train at the
Rock Island station, six miles from this city,
when the par mobile fratrum leaped from the car
and made the best time for the woods that had
ever been Witnessed In that suburb. ~