Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-07-22

Then be crossed the road, and follow
ed, he explaining that we must wait till
the policeman passed. He hove il sight
about ten minutes afterwards, while we
walked past him. Thea we waited till
he returned This time we did not pass
him, bat watched him from corner at a
distance
"Twenty minutes and half between
going and coming" exclaimed my COM
panion "And a handy beat; for he comes
up the corner there, "-pointing to one
little beyond the shop" and goes down
this street next ours"
The impres sion began to steal over me
| that | was committing, or helping to com
NIT, felony, and that if caught | might
get into trouble. / thought of running
| for it; but the remark my companion
made at that moment, to the effect that 1T
would be short run ii deserted him
| (for he seemed to see didn't like the job,
deferred me. dared not explain that he
| had made mistake, for | felt sure that he
| must have mistaken me for some ally OF
his own. 81 must go through with 1t, /"
thinks I. "IIell leave me outside to
watch, and I'll hook it then!" So went
On.
| He crossed the street again the moment
| the policeman was past interfering with
| us, and producing piece of stout black
cloth, he applied the rule thereto, hold
| ing it against the shutter while he set out
| three and half by two" thereon. This
done, he cut it within two inches OIL the
measurement all round and then pro-
ducing treacle-pot from his pocket, he
smothered one side of the cloth with trea-
Gle. and desiring me to hold il, he mounted
| the shop door, so to speak, again; and L
gave him the cloth, which he Immediately
clapped on to the skylight, the treacle
making it adhere firmly to the glass.
Then, looking at his watch, he cried
"By Gosh he'll be here this minute!
| and away we walked. A glance behind
us, as we turned the next corner. Not
yet in sight We stopped and waited, but
| the policeman came not. My friend NUT
tered an oath, adding, "I'll go. Come
| along; but keep your weather eye open =
And off we went.
| Perhaps he is watching us?" | sug-
| gested. But the idea was discarded as
not in the nature of policeman like
that one we saw"
| We arrived at the shop. He mounted
again, and drove q string through hole
IN the cloth. Then. he ran diamond
round the edge of the glass. A gentle
pat, and 1t gave way. Now | saw the use
| of the cloth and the string. He could
hold the glass by the string; and he slow
ly let it down into the shop, and, produc
ing long shaped pad, he laid it along
the bottom of the fanlight to cover the
glass edge, and threw one leg into the
opening, and got astride of it!
"Follow me-" he muttered. and duckeG
his head under the door head. But before
he could draw in the other leg, mounted
the ladder, and selling it, gave him a pull
that kept him from going in, at the same
time yelling, "Policel Thieves! Murder
Police |" at the top of my voice. And, Ii
and behold 1.-The policeman appeared a
the corner at that moment. A horribl,
oath from within, pistol bullet whistlins
past my head, and / ran for death an(
life. did not stop until l found mysel
in Broad street. se
In the next days papers saw the &C
count OF the capture of burglar by on
policeman, who had watched taoo burglar
from the corner, and saw one enter tn,
house, and the other leap up the wall lik
a cat grab at a disappearing leg, and vel
"Police p and run
The one that was caught got sever
years penal seryitude and the police ar
searching vigilantly, though as yet unsuc
cessiully, for the other, who it appears is
"despeq0ts ch0rGcter!" They never caugh
him -CuSseEG'S M0qdsSne.