Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-23

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male, the place where the best booty is to
be most easily obtained. They then rise
early IN the morning and wait outside un-
til the porter opens the door, taking great
care that no one is observing them One
then enters, and addresses the porter, tell
ing him some such tale as this fellow told
yours, and while. he is talking the other
two adro1tly slip whatever they can into a
bag which they have with them, and de-
camp as soon as it is filed. They are al
ways well dressed, and would appear to be
thorough gentlemen to those not CONVEX
SAINT with their tricks, and mention that
they have just come up fro the country,
IN order to account for thei being about so
early in the morning Yol will hardly be-
ieve it, perhaps; but thieves carry about
with them external marks OF their profess
sion, which to detective officer are un-
mistakable. For instance, they have a
peculiar walk, and movement of the arms;
they are generally ungloved, and carry no
thing in their hands, while they are con
tinually glancing on one side or the other,
to see if they are being watched. [ would
guaranty to pick thief out from among
ole hundred honest men, let his general
appearance be what it may"
DETECTIVE WORK.
promising to communicate again with Mr.
johnson so soon as he had anything of i'm
portance to to tell him. and proceeded to
headquarters to report. He had observed
three young men frequently walking about
together, and from their general appear
ance had set them down in his own mind
as thieves of some sort or other although
he knew nothing positively against them
He was irresistibly reminded of the trio by
the robbery in Broadway; and the descrip-
ton given by the porter of the man who
conversed with him coincided remarkably
with one of them who had attracted his
especial notice. He determined therefore
to keep sharp-lookout and trace them
home should he again run up against them.
MIR. johnson, meanwhile, after attend-
ing to several matters of business, started
to go up town, on the way met yeung Vau-
CHAN. who seemed strangely excited at the
encounter. He turned, however, at Mr.
Johnson's request, and listened attentiveiy
to his account of the robbery, expressing
hope that the perpetrators would soon be
brought to justice. He did not seem very
well pleased, nevertheless, when he heard
that the detective conceived thathe already
had a clue, and was unable to conceal his
agitation when his companion remarked in
whisper: ''Do you see that man? he is
the officer whom have engaged; it is sin
gular that we should meet him"
Vaughan suddenly remembered that he
had forgotten a commission entrusted to
him by his sister and hastily bidding Mr..
johnson "Good-by." hurried off IN an op-
posite direction. The detective immedi-
ately came up aud asked his employer who
the gentleman was who had just left him;
and on hearing that he was friend of the
family, gave long, low whistle expressive
OF the most intense surprise.
''Where does he live, sir? I'm sure
have seen his face somewhere. !"
''At No. = Fourth street. Why do you
ask?"
"Oh, simple curiosity; it's a way we
have, and he, too, left the puzzled mer-
chant
The latter slowly continued his journey,
and racked ms brain IN vain to elucidate
the mystery of Vaughan's sudden depar-
ture, but it never occurred to him to attFi-
butte il TO the coming in sight of the detec-
tive As he was in good time, and was Oh
hged to pass Fourth street on his way, he
made up his mind to call upon Mrs. Viii
son, and, if he found her brother there, to
ask him the cause, fearing that he had 81
Tended him. The widow was sitting in her |
drawing-room, and displayed great deal |
of pleasure at seeing her visitor, and sym
pathized most heartily with him when he
narrated his loss to her. She asked him a |
great many questions as to the opinion of |
the detective, and was hardly less confused |
than her brother had been, when Mr.. John |
son alluded to the probability of a speedy |
capture of the offenders, and added that
his porter could swear to one at least of the |
gang Mrs. Wilson at this juncture- be- |
came so alarmingly pale, that he feared she |
was about 70 faint and sprang up to open
the window and admit the fresh air. As
he rose from his chair, the door was vio- |
lently opened, and Vaughan burst into the |
room his clothes disordered, his face heat
ed. and his whole aspect depoting great
anxiety. Seeing Mr.. johnson, he hesitat-
ed, and look of intelligence and alarm
was exchanged between himself and Mrs
Wilson. He then. by great effort, parti-
ally recovered his composure, apologized
for the mode of his entrance, and said that
he had expected TO see his sister alone,
and had something of importance to say to
her. The merchant immediately prepared
toleave, and had exchanged farewells with
the widow, when the door again opened,
and, to his amazement, his warehouse por-
ter entered with, letter in his hand, and
gave it to him without saying word At
ter obtaining leave from the lady-Yau-
CHAN had moved to the window, and was
looking out, with his back to the rest-he
broke the seal, and read the following line
in pencil: Don't leave the room till l
GOMEZ written upon card bearing the de
tectives name. Though he could not for
the life of him guess at the meaning of the
above, he determined to do as he was bid
den, if possible, and contented himself
with nodding to his porter, and saying
Tell the gentleman to be quick, then"
The porter vanished, and Mr.. Johnson,
although feeling acuteiy the awkwardness
of the situation, did the best thing he could
do under the circumstances, and asked
Vaughan wherefore he left him so abruptly
in the street. The former endeavored to
make some reply, but his nervousness
increased SO painfully that it was incoher-
ent
Once again the door opened, but this
ime it was the detective who appeared,
closely followed by q couple of policemen.
Advancing straight to where Vaughan
stood, apparently transixed with fear, he
laid his haud on his shoulder and said.
will you come quietly? or must l use
force2" vrs--z~ r- s-r IN
To the dismay of Mr. johnson, who ex-
pected an outburst of passion, Vaughan
asked in astrembhng voice: s. .s-N53 Est
"What is it you want me for?" .-..
"Robbery of So, 900 worth of goods from
this gentleman's store. Have you anything
to say about it??' !. ......e
"Not to you. y And he held outhis hand
for the handouts
| During. this scene no one had thought
of Mrs. Wilson. but their attention was now
called to her by heavy fall upon the
ground, and they perceived that the unfor-
tunate lady had tainted away, Mr.. John
sson, as soon as he could breathe again, de-
manded from the police officer the mean
ing 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 charge of this sort be-
ing brought against gentleman.
The detective, without saying a word,
| fitted the handouts on the young mans
wrists, and signed to the policemen to re-
move both from the room. AS soon as
the door closed behind them (AIrs.