Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-06-09

: In moment a light broke ovel
i the mind of Mr.. johnson, and h,
!. remembered his interview witt
? the widow, some few days before
: "Why," he said, II showed bel
8 all over the store myself. What
a fool | must have been"
"Ah," said the detective laugh.
, ing, sits the old game, after all,
: | thought so; a clever woman is
, always to be found in coDjunc.
. ton with these fellows"
"Well, / 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 | ran off to your store,
after setting a watch on the houses,
and brought the porter back with
me. / was at a standstill for mo.
ment as to the best step to take
next, when l was told that you
lhad gone into the house. / then
Iscribbled 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 de-
tain you in the room in case they
should attempt to escape. He
swore positively to him, although
he only saw his back, and 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
lof several of the leading railway
ticket offices, and from his report
| have good reason to believe that
the whole party medltated an emf
grafton to some of. the larger cities
out west tomorrow. So we have
only just had time to put the
stopper upon them" siof
Mr., Johnson, burning with In
Idignation at discovering the real
character of the people he had
been associating with, resolved 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
gentlemanly exterior, were ush.
cred into the room. Seeing two
strangers seated there, they were
considerably astonished, and NUT
tered something about expecting
to find Mr.. Vaughan. l 6I
HAll right, sir" said the detect
i've; 81 will lead youto him when
/ have had a moments conversa-
tion with you. Be kind enough
to allow me-" and he advanced
with handouts in either hand.
They attempted to buster but
on being told that the "game was
upP and Vaughan in custody, they
subsided, and looked very blank
indeed. In a few minutes they
were all conveyed to prison, be-
fore any intimation of the occur
renee had reached the ears of the
neighborhood. '''
e RECOVERING PROPERTY.
One thing remained to be eone,
and that was to ascertain the
whereabouts of the stolen proper
ty.1 The amount must be, AL
agreed, very great, to have enabled
the conspirators to keep up so
good style. One of the police
men on watch, had seen the young
men issue from a house few doors
distant from the one occupied by
Vaughan and his sister. On re-
pairing thither, startling reyela-
tions took place. 1t was found
that Mrs. Wilson had been the
manageress Of baby institution,
and derived large profit therefrom.
How she obtained the children is
and ever will be mystery. Ger
tain it is that the police when they
searched the house discovered sew
eral infants, and all the necessary
applications for many more, The
nurse in charge (or the babies
were well tended) implied that
a great number had been sent a.
way at various times, and the only
probable solution of this strange
matter was that there existed In
New York class of people who
were able and willing to pay heavy
premiums to any person charitable
enough to relieve them from the
trouble of rearing their offspring.
In the lower apartments yalua-
bles of all kinds were brought to-
light, such as silks, jewelry, gold
ornaments, etc., and for many. of
them owners were found. The
three young thieves are undergo
ing long sentences, but the ifnpli.
cation of Mrs. Wilson, (who was
really well born, and the widow
Of a colonel) was no easy matter,
with such consummate tact had
she acted her part. She did not,