The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-05-12

conversation, while his confederates
weru securing the plumber, and from |
all accounts, it seems they knew well
where to go. Mrs. Wilson was often
in your store, L am told; can you tell
me whether she appeared to examine
the place at all 2" t a
In moment light broke over the
mind of Mr.. johnson, and he remem-
bered his interview with the widow,
some few days before.
's' Why" he said, II showed her all
over the store myself. What fool l
must have BEEN"
.'Ah," said the detective, laughing,
''it's the old game after all. thought
so +; clever woman is always to be
found in conjunction with these fel-
lows" 'a4 aa5
"z "Wel, 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 short
ly have the rest of the gang here
When I left you [ ran of, to your
store, after setting a watch on the
house, and brought the porter back
with me. was at stand still for a
moment as to the best step to take
next, when l 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 mistake, and
also to detain you in the room in case
they should attempt to escape. He
swore positively to him, although he
only saw his back, and on doing so 1
came up myself and the rest you
know, as far as this house is concern
ed. I despatched one of my men to
make inquiries of several of the lead
ing railway ticket Offices, and from
his report have good reasons to be-
Iieve that the whole party meditated
an emigration to some of the large
cities out West tomorrow. So we
have only just had time to put the
stopper upon them.
Mr.. Johnson, burning with indigna-
ton 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 vio-
lently, and two young men, of emi-
nently gentlemanly exterior. were
ushered into the room. Seeing two
strangers seated there, they were con-
siderably astonishcd, and muttered
something about expecting to find Mr..
Vaughan. .-s ...... .....l
q "All right, sir" said the detective :;
"I will lead you to him when 1 have
had moments conversation with
you. Be kind enough to allow me-
and he advanced with handouts in his
other hand. They attempted to blus-
ter; but on being told that the "game
was up" and Vaughan in custody,
they subsidized, and looked very blank
indeed. In few minutes they were
all conveyed to prison, before any in
timation of the occurrence had reached
the ears of the neighborhood. ss
RECOVERING PROPERTY.
One thing remained to be done, and
! that was to ascertain the whereabouts
of the stolen property, the amount
must be, all agreed, very great, to
have allowed the conspirators to keep
up so good a style. This difficulty
was easily solved. One of the police
men on watch had seen the young
men issue from house a few doors
distant from the one occupied by
Vaughan and his sister. On repair
ing thither, startling revelations took
place. 1t was found that Mrs. Wilson
had been the manageress of baby in
stitution, and derived large profit
therefrom. How she obtained the
children is and ever will be a mystic
ry. Certain it is that the police when
they searched the house discovered
several infants, and all the necessary
appliances for many more. The nurse
in charge (for the babies were we'll
tended) implied that great number
had been sent away 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 trou-
bic of rearing their offspring. In the
lower apartments valuables 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
all undergoing long sentences, but the
implication of Mrs. Wilson (who was
really well born and the widow of
coloneD was no easy matter, with such,
consummate tact had she acted her
part. She did not, however, escape
scot-free, as Mr.. johnson, to his own
chagrin, learned that the fair widow
had availed herself of his kind offer
few days previously, and had sue
eeeded in obtaining q quantity of
goods on credit, that were lost to him
forever, .a. Ha7s- h-
For obvious reasons we have sup
pressed the real names of the chief
actors in this little comedy; but our
readers may rest assured that in every
other respect the tale is strictly true.
-Neao York Euening Post:
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to engrave on tombstone the fol-