The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-01-03

soon reduced them to terrified 81
lence. Their baggage was also seiz-
ed, and in a portmanteau was found
a quantity of jewelry which had
been stolen at Liverpool.
) We had them up next day, and
they were fully committed. At the
trial one of them turned evidence,
and by those means the city bur-
Iglary was proved against them. The
, rewards were paid over to me after
Ithe trial, and was very much COM
, plimented by the Judges on the man.
ner in which / had managed the
capture
Il think you quite deserved the re
| wards said ! 'but what became of
the inspector
1b, Mr. t, sir. He went across,
} a dad told him, by the mail from
: Queenstown, and got to America the
day before the ship in which the
man was.
He boarded every ship, and from
the description he had received he
: ioaughs hiin afUre iie went ON shorc.
!, There was no doubt about him, for
some of the identical notes which
had ben issued in London were found
upon him.
> 'Mr- T didn't bring him back,
sir, he only took possession of the
!, money, for he thought it would cost
| more to bring him home and prose-
, cute than to leave him where he was.
> The bank gentleman said he was quite
/ right, and gave him f5 for his trouble.
When he returned to England, one
of the:.directors of the bank, who is our
chairman, sir, was complimenting
Mr.. T upon going to Ireland
and then Mr.. r spoke up for me;
and knowing as didn't care about
The force, he told the gentleman so,
and he, after a time, offered me the
place l have now with a prospect of
"a rise if 1 behaves myself. So you
, see, sir, it was, as said all through
a bit of letter as l got to be mail
guard
Il am very much obliged to you,'
said /, for your narrative; il has
amused me very much, indeed
Il am very glad to hear it, SIR re-
: piled the ex- detective, 'and (yOu will
: excuse me, sir, but l think as I've
seen you before
very likely said l laughing,
your experience has doubtless led
you across my path.
'Ay, thought as much, SIR said
the guard; Il see you when Mr.. -
offered me the post / have. / re-
member you was coming in as l left
the bank
> Il dare say did, my father sees a
, great many people at the bank l
. said.
> Is your father Mr.. George SoGer-
? vile, as lives near H when he is
at home, sir p
+ YES said l; Il have just been at
my uncle's house now, and on my way
l to London, where my father is at pres
: ent.' 4
well, that is curious, SIR said the
: guard, touching his cap, 'as l should
> see you here this evening, and I'm
Q proud to have met you, sIf'
/ replied, and the guard running
e to the door, exclaimed Here's the
mail, sir; if you'll show me your
: things, I'll see that they are all right.
: And once more touching his cap, he
t withdrew. The mail soon drew up,
and having been comfortably bestow-
D ed by the guard, as we spun over
the distance that lay between S.
: and the metropolis, pondered on the
singular story had heard until l fell
], into a doze, from which / was not
t thoroughly awakened until the train
e stopped 'to take tickets
J., We were soon afterwards run into
v the station, and as / stepped out of
t the carriage l found the guard ready
! to assist me. He soon extricated my
a portmanteau from the heap at the end
: of the platform, and insisted upon
: carrying it to the entrance of the sta
tion, for, strange as it may. appear,
r there were no cabs in attendance that
e morning. AS we emerged into the
1 street hanson drew up close to the
| departure entrance; and the guard
hailing Jehu, we waited until the fare
E had alighted. What was my aston
: ishment to find that the gentleman
WHO was about to take his departure
: thus early from London was no
D other than my fathers confidential
/. clerk, respecting whom my fatherfhad
already communicated his suspicions
/ lin the letter | had received the morn
! ing before. ] started involuutarily
t at the sudden appearance of the very
I person whose affairs / had come to
e London to investigate, and followed
!, his retreating figure with so earnest a
gaze that the guard, who had been
observing me closely, said
I Beg pardon, sir, do you know that
!. gentleman
4 'Certainly, do, replied; i have
/ come up on his account; Mr.. Barton,
> my fathers confidential clerk; but l
7 am afraid all is not quite right, 1 ad-
4 ded, thoughtfully, and in an under
}. tone. c
Il suspect there's 'little game,
;. said the guard; the man as is gone
in there was called Byles three years
= ago. 11l15
l was struck with astonishment at
a this remark, and asked my compan-
ion il he were certain that the Oi-dis-
y AMI Barton was in reality Byles, alias
= Chatham.
t sAs certain as stand here replied
IS the guard; 'and take my word for it,
h sir, he's after no good. If you don't
think me presuming, l should like to
!, ,Ihear what is up
sWe.l,' said I,'the matter is conf
1t dental one; but may tell you We
s have reason to suspect that MIR,
a. Byles's accounts are in a most unsat
n nIisfactory state. Can We not inter.
E. cept him, for l think he intends to
IeI bolt
= sWe shall soon see, SIR replied the
n guard his detective nature showing
W for q moment; she will be easily
" caught, reckon and as he spoke
d the ex-policeman led the way to the
departure platform.
20 Here, amid the crowd of people
le who had taken their tickets and were
II struggling to enter the different ear.
" riages, it was no easy matter to rec.
/. ognize Mr.. Barton, who had doubt
Is less his own reason for eluding OBJ