The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-02-17

contented himself with nodding to hi
porter, and saying-''Tell the gentleman
to be quick, then"
The porter vanished. and Mr. John
son. although feeling acutely the awkard
ness of the situation, did the best thin!
he could do under the circumstances, ant
asked Vaughan wherefore he left him 9,
/ abruptly in the street The former en-
j deavored to make some reply, bu5 hi
nervousness increased so painfully that i
was incoherent
THE ARREST.
Once again the door opened, but thi
time ii was the detective who appeared
| closely followed by a couple of police
men. Advancing straight TO where Vau
CHAN stood, apparently transfxed witt
fear, he laid his hand on his shoulder and
sald, "Will you come quietly or must
use force ?''
To the dismay OF Mr.. johnson, who
expected an outburst of passion, Vaughan
asked in trembling voice:
"What is it you want me for?'
Robbery of $4,000 worth of goods
from this gentleman's store. Have you
anything to say about it?''
|
hand for the handouts.
/ During this scene no one had tho't of
Mrs. Wilson, but their attention was now
called to her by a heavy fall upon the
ground. and they perceived that the nm
fortunate lady had tainted away MI
johnson, as soon as he could breathe
again, demanded from the police officer
the meaning of the intrusion, insisted
upon it that there was some mistake, and
attributed the agitation Of Vaughan and
| his sister to the horror they felt at a
charge Of this kind being brought against
| gentlemen.
The detective, without saying a word,
fitted the handouts on the young nan S
wrists, and signed to the policemen to
remove both from the room. As soon
as the door closed behind them (Mrs.
Wilson was carried out) be smiled and
said Il know well enough what [ am
about, sir, but did not Ike to arrest
friends of yours until | had satisfied my
self that | was not wrong in my suspi-
cions. Vaughan is the nan who held
your porter in converse ton, while the
confederates were securing the plumber,
and from all accounts it seems they knew
well where to go. Mrs. Wilson was often
in your store, [ am told can you tell
me whether she appeared to examine his
place at all l?''
In moment light broke over the
mind of Mr.. johnson, and he remem-
bered his interview with the widow, some
days before.
why" he said, ~ showed her all
oyer the store myself. What fool l
must have BEEN
"Ah," said the detective, laughing,
Its the old game, alter all. | thought
so; q clever woman is always to be found
in conjunction with these fellows
"We!l, ] could forgive the sister; she
may have been led away but as for her
brother =
Lord bless you, sir-he is no more
her brother than you are all we have to
do is to sit still, and we shall shortly have
the rest Of the gang here. When left you
| ranoff to your store, after setting watch
OH the houses. and brought the porter
back with me. | was al a standstill for
a moment as to the best step to take
next, when | was told that you had gone
into the house. | then scribbled the
note and sent it up, TO enable your man
to take look at the prisoner, as did
not wish to make a mistake, and also to
detain you III the room IN case they
should attempt to escape. He swore
positively to him. although he only saw
his back, aod on his doing so [ came up
myself, and the rest you know, as far as
this house is concerned. | dispatched
one of my men to make inquiries OF sew
eral of the leading railway ticket offices,
and from his report [ have good reason
to believe that the whole party meditated
an emigration to some OF the large cities
out west to morrow. So we have only
just had time to put the stopper upon
them"
Mr.. Johnson. burning with Indignation
at discovering the real character of the
people he had been associating with, re-
solved to stay and see the end OF the
whole affair. In the course of an hour
the front door bell rang violently, and
two young men, of eminently gentleman
Iy exterior, were ushered into the room.
Seeing two strangers seated there, they
were considerably astonished, and NUT
tered something about expecting to find
Mr. Vaughan.
'Al right, sir" said the detective :
Il will lead you to him when I have had
a moments conversation with you. BE
kind enough to allow me-" and he ad-
vanced with handouts in either band
They attempted to buster but on being
told that the ''game was up' and Vau-
CHAN in custody. they subsided, and
looked very blank indeed. In a few min
utes they were all conveyed to prison,
before any intimation Of the occurrence
had reached the cars of the neighbor-
hood.