Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-07-07

revolver in his hands.
Purple with passion, he fred instantly,
and I felt a sharp sting IN my left shoul,
to be fading away, and world beyond
opening to view.
When recovered, found myself laid
on mattress on the office table, and my
wife tearfully bending over me. There
was calm faced surgeon, too, who show
ed me the ball he had extracted, and told
me to cheer up, for should be better in a
few days, for no damage was done. Mr..
Moss was there too, and came to my bed
Il mean my table-side-and whispered
how he had been called up by the police,
who, hearing a pistol-shot, had come up
stairs and arrested Orlof and the Baron,
and, finding me on the ground bleeding,
had sent for a surgeon and my wife, hav-
ing found my private address from let
ter in my pocket
I was only faint from loss of blood the
bullet did little damage, and I preferred
the evenings adventure, not noticing at
the time that q tall inspector of police was
in the room 7.f
"Will you kindly show me those pieces
of paper?" he said, advancing. al have
the men in Mr.. Moss's office; but beyond
the assault on you I have no evidence
against them; but know them we'll"
l produced them, and the inspector fas-
tened on the one which seemed to be q
plan, then looking around, said:
This is plan of your Office" i-
"Call me Jew if it ain'tp exclaimed
Mr.. Moss, taking it.
yes, it is certainly plan of your Of
fee. See, here is the doorway, and there
comes the other room. Then there is a
cross against the fireplace in this room,
on what Judge from the lines to mean
the fourth board from the hearthstone,
and another Cross against the sixth from
the hearthstone in the other room Get q
crowbar, Mr.. Moss"
"There's one down stairs"
I do believe that if you'd asked for a
crocodile he would have got one tt down
stairs"
Crowbar and policeman to WELD it
we're soon produced, and then the mystery
was unravelled.
Close to where / sat were unearthed
several copper plates for the forging of
Russian rouble notes of various amounts
and in the back room, under the flooring
were found several hundred of well-exe-
cuted forgeries carefully soldered up In a
tin case, together with correspondence
duplicating Orloff and the Baron. It ap-
peared that Brunton was engaged by q
New York gang to engrave- the plates,
and that he had never seen his employers,
the agent between them being the Louise
before mentioned, whose fair hand had
been compelled to decline. Brunton had
evidently become frightened, and had fed.
He was no traitor, or he would have de-
camped with the plates. Perhaps the
dread of having to espouse Louise may
have had to do with his flight. She was
a very handsome woman, If I may Judge
from q photograph of her found in the
tin case, but looked like one accustomed
to rule, and who would not hesitate to ad-
minister wholesome correction to her
spouse.
Assisted into carriage which was wait
ing, had the satisfaction of seeing the
Baron and Orlof brought down in hand
cuffs, the Baron regarding me with q
sweet smile, and Orloff scOwling on me
like fiend. I did not prosecute, for they
were 80 well known to the police as
forgers, that there was evidence enough
for the Russian Embassy to procure q
conviction and a sentence of ten years
penal servitude; and in due time I re-
covered, and dismissed the matter from
my mind.
But had not heard the last oft. About
twelve months after the trial and condem-
nation of the Baron and his friend there
came one night timid knock at my Office
door, and my clerk (for had such a luxu-
ry then) ushered in what, at first sight,
Strictly speaking, the bundle of rags in
sisted on seeing me, and ushered itself in,
spite of all remonstrances.
1t came and stood before me, and re-
solved itself into the resemblance of a
mana man lean, haggard, sunken-eyed,
ragged, and dirty, but with face some
thing like my own; and without putting
a question. knew that ! stood face to
face with Carl Brunton, and addressed
4 fIaeI .onroI I,rrf hot
81 took that name" the poor, shivering
thing replied, I" but my name is-but no
matter. May speak to your"
Yes, go on"
"Will you give me some drink firstP I
have had none to-day, and feel delirium
tremens coming on. o, how cold it is,
and how shiver P'
/ sent the clerk for some brandy, which
he took raw, and with shaking hand held
out the glass for more.
"I imagine it is Mr.. Moss you want to
see, is it notp If so, you will find him to-
morrow, at ten o'clock"
"No, no, you, you'll want-I-I am
very poor, very poor. VIII you give me
sixpence"
I gave him half a crown.
"Now what can do for your"
ell left some property here whenf I
went away. You won't refuse to give it
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rich land I will pay you well"
"You mean the forged rouble-notes and
the plate you engraved them from?"
"AhI Who told you that? Then you
have found them, and used them3 ran
away from them, and wished to lead a
better life, but they drew me back and
now you have robbed me, and I shall
starve."
Iexplained 1 to the poor wretch what
had become of his possessions, and how
they were found, and inquired if he had
not heard of his accomplices.
"No; 1 have been wandering about
the country, living in hospitals and work
houses, because they hunt me down from
place to place. They will kill me as they
killed the Posen Jew and the engraver at
Stockholm, all because they demand a
fair share. They are dogging me tonight
-one of them is outside now. Let me see,
what did 1 come here fori o, sixpence.
Lend me sixpence; I'll give you hundred
pounds for it TOMORROW"
made further donation, and, as the
man was evidently in a state of delirium,
/ told nv clerk to fetch a medical man.
But before he could execute the order, the
bundle of rags crept down the narrow
stairs, sitting on each step, and wrigghng
by aid of his hands to the next below,
whilst we, unable to pass him, looked on,