The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-06-10
ANDERSON s. c.. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1859

that he had resigned his situation on the
day that had been immured in the eel
lar. They had found, too, that he had
been living very fast life, and that the
manager OF the office where he worked
had not been sorry when be left, fer he
had often been under the influence Of
liquor, and lie was scarcely to be trusted
about important work. They had further
ascertained that two men had taken two
fun nished rooms in the vacant house ad-
joining Lie Baw's on tho evening before.
and though neither of them rcsembled
Petrie in appearance, they had no doubt
that it had been him in disguise. They
had telegraphed also to New York, in
quiring whether person cf Petrie's de-
scription, either as he really was or rs he
appeared with the disguise, had been seen
there, and they hoped to have some cor
rect information for me in the morning.
l spent the rest of the evening in the So
cety of Annie LIE Baw and her father,
and considered it the happiest of my life.
Her pure heart rejoiccd that she had done
me good, and her eyes beamed with pity
as she talked of the tortures l must have
undergone. In short, I loved her, and
unconsciously to herself the feeling, which
began as mere sympathy, deepcned into
love on her part, though l did not know
it then.
Two weeks passed before any trace was
found of Petrie. At last it was discover
ed that passenger resembling him had
crossed in the steerage of one of the In
man steamers, and detective Steel and my
self were dispatched in pursuit. At Liv-
erpool We were somewhat at fault, but by
dint of close, untiring search on our own
part and that of Il Scotch detective by the
name of McLevy, we at last hunted our
prey down to the city of Edinburg Hav-
ING ascertained that Pctrie was common
name in Scotland, we went TO the capital
of that country, and there We got good
assistance. Petrie had dropped the char
acter of poor man, which he had sus-
tanned while on beard the steamer, and
was now sustaining that of millionaire,
who had made a fortune in America. The
detectives pounced upon him as ho was
going 10 church, and VIC brought him
back to this country to pay the penalty
of his crime.
At his trial he pleaded guilty, and said
that he had seen the telegram to Hardie,
as it was being changed from one line to
another at Boston and feeling persuaded
that | would be the bearer of the money,
he determined to make bold attempt at
getting possession, and adopted the plan
which was so successfully carried out.
He had got two.thrds Of the money, the
accomplicc whom he had found it neces-
sary to employ having been satisfied with
fifty thousand dollars as his share of the
prize. He, too, was captured by Petrie's
description of him, and both are now SER
wing their timo in prison.
The cashier of the bank retiring soon
after, the directors were kind enough to
bestow that position on me, in reward,
they said, for the sufferings had under
gone in their service About q year after
my return from Scotland | paid visit to
Boston-not the first since l had met the
pretonted detective there, by any means
but mention this one particularly, be-
cause then took Annie home with Inc rs
nv wife; and she has since proved herself
the dearest and best wife III Providence,
her only fault being that she occasionally
laughs at me for having been so easily de-
ceived by Petrie. meckly reply that l
do not care now, since my captivity
brought mo the good fortune of meeting
her.