The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-05-11
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infinitely described the position Of
my tent, and to make it still more
easily discoverable, promised that
a bright red pocket handkerchief
should be hanging on some conspi-
cuous part of it, as though to dry,
and hsving made all these ar
rangements; ] took my leave.
We'll, / got back to my abode
about one O'clock in the afternoon,
and after q hasty meal, not wish
ing to. lose, a whole day, I went to
my claim, and set to for three
hours dig: Strange 70 cay, I had
not been at work five minutes when
l came across a pretty little mug
get, ot, t,about the size Of a walnut.
and few minutes later picked ont
another as large as a crab apple.
was about to pocket the latter,
when 1 looked up and saw one of
the assassins gazing down on me.
| "Lucky find, mate I" said he,
with a broad grin, that in my pre-
JUDGED mind seemed to say" Aye,
but it will be mine before lohg.h
I.''s Pretty WE'LL" l replied, abrus
quely, and he walked away.
/ fonnd no more nuggets on that
occasion and at 8 o'clock, l knock.
ed off and made my way to my
tent, where, after a good wash,
pulled an old gin case outside, sal
down on it, lighted my pipe, ant
coolly awaited the arrival of my
visitors. rr.fs s~s.rr~r -. = 80
I'had not to wait long. / pres
emily observed two strongly fram.
ed men strolling leisurely in my
direction, as though merely sauu.
tering at random through the dig,
gings. As they came opposite to
me, one of them started, and, ad-
dressing me, exclaimed ,"Hcllo,
Ted ; how long have you been at
Opbir : and where did you hail
from last z" and stepping up he
grasped me warmly by the hand
Seeingwhat was expected of me-
I heartily returned the pressure,
saying. in a loud tone, " Why,
about three weeks. But when did
You leave Sy dney ? Come in, man,
and bring your friend with you
Old friends ike you aud ME should
liq uora up before questions are ask.
ed and answered." and inside we
all three of us vent o.. .'''i.
One Of the two men that we
wanted to catch was an eye and
ear witness of all this scene, but il
was 80 naturally enacted that no
suspicious that my two acquaint,
ances were detectives could have
entered his head. 1, .-r 80 . ,..'
/ found that each of my visitors
was armed with a revolver and o
pair of hand cuffs. They were
both strong, powerful men, and
more than a match for the others
| in every way. The plan, however,
to make all things certain, and to
prevent any unnecessary spilling of
blood, was to wait untilthe ruffians
were in their beds and asleep,
when we were to steal in, and try
and handcuff them before they
could wake up. -o.-..s e ....,
We had to wait many weary
hours for this time to arrive, but at
last the snoring commen ced in
earnest, and this was onr signal.
Handouts in hand, the detectives
crept into the adjoining tent.
followed them with my revolver
leveled, in case that one or both
the rascals should wake up and be
too quick for them. They did no,
wake up, and the irons were clasp
ed around and locked on their
wrists without their even twink
ling an eyelid. D,
-., But, now they were. roughly
awakened, and the senior officer
said, "Tom jackson and Bill vii
ton, ! arrest you for willful mur
der. You must both of you get ny
and come along with ns. / an
Detective Sinclair, of the New
South Wales police" r.-- r..
81 1never saw two men so strucl
with CONSERVATION and surprise al
we're these two WORTHLESS. At las
one of them gasped out, D" Murder
Willful murder I! Detective Sin
clair Why, You must all be mad
The evidences of their Grim,
are in this tent, remember" / ssi,
to Sinclair, nudgi' g him with nj,
elbow. Let us search for th
limbs Of their last slaughtered vic
tim.n @'a's1oasa1.rr.t - .-r a...ss.
The hint was promptly acted uI
OIL. We seized spades and picks
and In ten minutes every inch {
the ground covered by the ter
|, was turned over 70 q yard in deptl
II No old mans legs were found
, but we we're not to be daunted, an
; proceeded to ransack the tent a
over, still without any old man
9 legs turning up, though We spie
twoy fac hind legs of a kangaro
: han>;a0 mn in an ohsenre CORNER