Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-02-05

sir, some men work in exactly the SAM
way at all their cracks and you can tel
their handwriting after bit of practice
l therefore examined the place, and, as
suspected, found that this robbery had beer
done in a similar way to the one in London
For it had occurred to me that Mr.. Dovel
had not left London for nothing, and now
was pretty sure that he and his pals haC
done this job as WELL After making m,
inspection, and asking the proprietor to sa.
nothing about my visit, returned to Lime
street station. [ then found that | coulC
return to London by slow train at one
O'Clock, which, as l had nothing to do il
Liverpool | preferred to take rather thar
wait for the 3:45 express. L was in much
better spirits now than | had been, and q:
| entered the train | made up my mind tc
look after Dover in London, whittier
hiding 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 it
had fallen, two other and larger pieces
came in and fell on the floor.
There was no one else in the compart-
nent, so put the scraps together, just to
see what | could make out of them, and to
my astonishment | read
/ | will be at , O'Clock
you do it.
l. Dover
Good time.
That was all The last words, on the
smallest bit of paper, | did, MT care for, but
the other parts made my heart jump when
] read them, for | made sure that | should
now catch Mr. Dover for the robbery at
Liverpool. The instant the train stopped,
out jumped, and began looking into the
carriages as l passed, pretending | had
lost something.
At last | came to carriage near the en-
gine "a second class, on the floor of
which [ could see several bits of paper,
and upon going in | found for the car
riage was empty an envelope, addressed
to some place in Camden Town, in the same
handwriting as was on the bits | had.
While | was examining the envelope, |
saw three men coming from the refresh
ment room in the direction of the carriage !;
30 | seated myself in corner next the
door and shut my eyes. | was more than
ever convinced that | had now got clue
to the Liverpool job and | determined to
keep my eve on the former occupants OF
the carriage, who now returned to their
seats.
The smell of rum which pervaded the
compartment convinced me that they had
been indulging pretty freely, and while
they We're in earnest conversation | opened
my eyes, and sitting nearly opposite to me
was Dover himself; the other men | did
not know Before the train got to Rugby
they were all fast asleep, and as soon as we
stopped, out | jumped and left them still
snoring
You went for assistance l suppose, .
said l.
No, sir" replied the guard, with a
knowing wink. q wanted them in Lon
don, not Rugby; for, you see, by keeping
the train ght have excited suspicion,
and my birds might have flown. No, sir,
London was their destination. aud | could
catch them on their arrival"
!. Well' said l, " but you left the train
you say ?'
q. did, sir, for it occurred to me that
the $40 up express from Liverpool was
due. and knew that it left Rugby few
minutes before the train in which Dover
and his friends were. Just as got out
and shut the door, had the satisfaction of
seeing the train shunted to make room for
the express, which came up a few minutes
after. | was soon on my road to London,
where | arrived about nine o'clock.
:. had Just an hour and half to make
my arrangements, and while my men were
quietly jogging along near Tring in the
slow train, | was on my way TO Bow
street. Notwithstanding the lateness of
the hour | was soon in possession of the
necessary authority, and taking two of our
men with me. | returned to Euston Square
We had to wait some little time, but the
train at last arrived, and | led the way to
the carriage in which had left Dover and
his associates. They were just getting out
as we reached them; and a gentle grasp
on the collar and a word in the ear reduced
them to terrified silence. Their baggage
was also seized, and in a portmanteau was
found a quantity of the jewelry which had
been stolen in 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 burglary was proved against them.
The rewards were paid over to me after
the trial, and l was very much compli
mented by the judges on the manner in
which | had managed the capture"
| +h,nl- Iacnrt-a1 tho
wards" said l but what became of the
Inspector
80, Mr.. r, sir He went across,
as | had told him, by the mail to Queens
town, and got to America the day before
the ship in which the forger was.
lie boarded every ship, and from the
description he had received he caught him
afore he went on shore. There was no
doubt about him, for some of the identical
notes which had been issued in London
were found upon him.
Mr.. r didn't bring it back, sir
he only took possession of the money, for
he thought it would cost more to bring him
home and prosecute than to leave him
where he was. The bank gentlemen said
he was quite right, and gave him $50 for
his trouble When he returned to Eng
land, one of the directors of the bank, who
is our chairman, sir, was complimenting
Mr. f upon going to Ireland and
then Mr. T spoke up for me and
KNOWN as | didn't care about the force,
he told the gentleman so, and he after a
time, offered me the place | have now,
with prospect of "a rise if | behave
myself. So you see. sir, it was, as said,