The Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1870-1875, 1870-12-15

I AAM &&@ea MHt8@ A@N aNtEetAlfe 81 NAFE
& To note Gown tho result No ts0ni
had hlF. Wilson removed khe cas-
than az exclamation Of surprise fe
from him.
why, Mr. Wnmog said he. 'shi
watch is one which used Cd belong {
H Mrs. Wllm0t. and which lEas sfoieI
some three years ago.
WHAT" said Mr. Willn0t Mrt
Wilmat' watch. Are you sure2"
" Yes, sir; quite sure. l remembe
many paousarities about lti and her
i can identity some special repair
that myself made.
This IS Verv strange, said Gu
manager. The thieves who stOl
this watch must be closely Conneete,
with the present outrage.
MIR. Porter, can We have a special &
" nc 0nee2 z" said our n ageF
addressing the station master.
Will order one Immediately, sir
and also telegraph 20 see IL the linr
is clear"
4 While this was being done. Mr.
/ Wllmot asked the doctor il ! could b
/ safely moved, "a he wished to take
4 me to II. TO be ready to identity
my assaiIaRes, should they be cap
tuTed. LAe doctor gave il as bis
7 opinion that might Ia taken, and ID
i expressed has 3linFnass to accoups.
nv us, TO Dc Ks-1g in case OF need
We were SOON en- our way IL N
and early in the morning We arrived
there. Mr.. Wilmot and two detect.
ives at once proceeded to the bank
and in about half an hour Mr.. Will
mot returned to the inn, where / re-
malne1 with the rest of the party.
He said that Mr.. Garstang was no.
there, he having gone away early the
previous morning: but the detectives
had been stationed where they could
watch all who approached the bank.
Wilson, the matchmaker, had gone
round TO several Of his fellow trades
men IN N and at last he found q
person who recognized the watch as
one which he had cleaned on several
occasions, and for Garstangl Thus,
then, had we got another link in our
chain-one stronger than any of the
others. Porter, the station master,
had ascertained that Garstang often
drove out Of N in a deg cart, and
mostly in one direction. On arriving
at this town we succeeded in ascer-
tanning where GarstaBg's dog cart
invariably went. This was to house
in the suburbs, standing in grounds
of its own. aud inhabited By al old
woman and her daughter. When
we reached this house, part Of
our force approached it By the
front and part by the back,
the doctor remaining with me in the
carriage &C the corner of the lane.
While we waited in suspense for the
result OF the raid upon the house, we
heard the sound of wheels, and the
doctor, on looking out, saw q carriage,
the horses of which, he said, seemed
hard driven, coming at rapid pace
down the lane leading to the house.
Where our carriage stood, il could not
be seen by the driver Of the other.
To run in by the back way of the
house was but the work of q moment
with the now thoroughly excited doc.
tor; and he succeeded il warning our
party just in time for them to conceal
themselves. As we expected. the
carriage turned into the grounds of
the house. lt was instantly sur
rounded. The occupants, it is need
less to say, were the two who
had attacked and robbed me. They
at first showed an inclination to use
their IRE arms; but seeing the hope
lessness of resistance, they desisted.
and gave themselves up. When they
were confronted with me, at once
identified the man whose face Z had
seen; and, though they had changed
their dress, the station master was
convinced they were the men who
got into my carriage at W. The
one who passed the back was Gar
stang, his object in so doing being to
see how the plot was working. The
whole mystery was clear. lie was
easy TO see that Garstang, being ac-
quainted with the code, had caused the
forged telegram to be sent from M By
some accomplish. Inquiries instituted
Gmong the clerks at the M tele-
graph Office ELECTED the fact that fs-
male had sent the spurious dispatch,
which the receiving clerk we'll remem-
bered on account of its length and pc
euliarity. Finding this TO be the case,
the younger OF the two women was
taken into custody on her return
home. She proved to be none other
than the female servant who was dis
charged from Mr.. Wilmot's at the
time of the jewel robbery. This girl
was admitted as a witness against
Garstang, as also was the driver of the
carriage in which he and his fellow
robber reached the house where they
were captured.
The mystery about the jewel case
was cleared up by the evidence OF the
4 ne 4 ~. . Of -
| berry, she stated that she was in her
mistress room, and seeing the open
case, she looked into it, aud then de.
termined to steal il. She alleged thai
she was attracted rather By the beauty
of the jewels than by their value, and
that no idea OF selling them ever en-.
tered her head her only idea being Il
become possessed of such splendid
faery. She took up the box, and Wal
coming out of the room with it, WheE
Garstang confronted her and threat
ened to give the alarm. She became
very frightened, and attempted TO pu
the case back. This Garstang would
not let her do, but led her down tn
back stairs and out into tn
garden, aud thence to th
street. He then frightened
her into going with him to a disreput
Bile public house. where he robbed he
of the iewelry, and threatened be
with the consequences of divuI gin
what had taken place; at the sam
time he told her he would marry hel
if she kept all quiet. This he ha
never done; but be had taken th
house il which he was captured. an,
here be placed his victim with an oil
bag, whom he made her designate Q
her mother. lie had, she stated, a.
ways treated her with q sort OF kind
ness, bat he never relaxed his hol
upon her, aud she felt very frightene
Of him. Thus. then, was this vii
, lain at last fairly nettled, and. wit
his fellow criminal-who turned on
as we expected. to be his brother
! committed for trial. While he Ia
awaiting his trial at the assizes, SON
bills of his brothers were dishonoreC
: and this led to the discovery of an e1
4 tensive system of fraud which thel
! two worthless had carried on for mar
!. years. At the trial, the robbery
' the train was clearly proved again
4 the two Garstangs; and justice was
last vindicated by their receiving