The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-12
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.,.,t t;ane since, while our reI,oElss
ssMiS;t.,,s d town In the interior, ne Ma n,.
Was ssrn1aintance OF welt.so-do ln saaa,s
sn so after making some INQUIRIES ~ IN.
~ the growth and prosperity I, =. In that
CURED there sasy we Wss sn q Course il shs a
city. ., Inc The The farmer laughed quietly a
m ,aonaent. and then said a.. !, nsrience in
mo lT eSnn;t often tell my trst eApesteney
l uvm lions of your City, .o9t au n.y.
seeing s over Il now as nseo 70 ns, s ,nv
~ tsn con about It. Sone yeawls W. c;ty 81,
safber died he went 10 ~ he hnI,cht him d
hnsSness, and while thsio - ~ Sono ashe lived,
ooIa watch. He wore u ~ aa ar " AGO. he gave
and wnen ne ao,,rSe was strongly aIIacns :.
IL 70 me. " end NOT little prouu Oh ~,
10 tne Ma W.. s.S,er, nut 1t in my pocket upo.a
especiMis mn ~ nv first visit to De.rols. ~. I
tne oces r aonht that looked AZ u nun IN
naSn 49,. aas aay. and you will not pe at az
oreo Ius' when tell you that ! naa noS
s IN the city two hours peioie ~ "''
missing, chain and all. .o.., where
CT Informed the clerk OF the ho1fi d |" not
was stopping Of my loss, ana Us IN mu anS
remember being josseied 0! any o he sa;S
could give no clue TO Ene ' =, On officer,
ne nt,v;seil me TO offer alarge reward lol .ne
,se,,r,, If the watch, and added that no CUES
tinns uould be asked. put sucn ah az
Wert,ssment i'm the morning papers, a u;
s.1r;no the afternoon received hoIe IN
Sorm;Sp me that Il / would be at the corn !.
rf p. and L. streets that evening az ',
O;cjocl, with the reward (SlO0} my Watsi
wo,,Id he returned to me. The note als'
stated that I must come alone, anu II uu
ring the Giay made any attempt TO lniol y,
an officer the writer would not NEE! miee' a ano
That I would be watched all tne Ciliu; ,a ",,,
the only way that Icouid recover my m"'''
was by doing precisely as aaye 4 ;rS;n.ted
and after waiting few moments wei
dressed man in passing me asked me III
time of day. replied that it was7 occlock
Az that he asked me to walk along VIZ
him short distance, and as we Maihe4 u
incurred If / had brought the Sl0O. re
nlied II, the affirmative, when he handed M
nv watch, received the money, ana wa
about to leave me, when stopped MN, an a'
told him I would give him Sl0 more 20 Iet
me how he managed TO pich NY HoJIM ns
svou promised to ask no questions, put
wonld show YOU if it wasn't tor that maj
standing over there on the corner. lie IS
detectiye officer and knows me, ant
the man pointed across the streel
looked in the direction he had In
dicated, but could see no one Una
looked like an officer, though ther
were plenty Of people standing IL \
that locality. 'That tail fellow with III
stove-pipe hat on is the one In mean; oh hI,,
must be of. Goodbye The man nul
lied off, and I saw him disappear around
corner; then again tried to see sthe ia
fellow with stove-pipe hat but if he ma
been there he had disappeared, and
started for the hotel happy in again pos
sessing my fathers last present to me. a
this thought / put my hand IN my veS
pocket where had placed the watch but
) moment before, and the next instant yo
for the rocket was empty. The thief ha
indeed Compiled with my request, an
shown me how it was done.' ] didn't a,
vertise for it again, and ! came home VIII
out telling the hotel clerk about that eV
ning's eXp erience."-Detroit Post.