The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-10-14
COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE FRIDAY roBER 4 1870 1a E

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r They thrust = piaee e ma l,etwees
my teekh, c0mlHcssing my Wlndpipo b
make NJ open ny 1nouth |; and. Shsr,
! I sat helpteu1 whilst they turned d,ou
: the contents 0f my deak aud drawers
, not Forgetting nay c1e1[ box, which wa.
\ opened with the keg taken ftoih M,
81 waistcoat pocket, and the contents an
n propriateG Knowing that tn twe
y 1scraps ok paper ! had found in tn
II waste paper basket, and placed. In my
kdrawef must have reference to my Wis
Ht, watched very anxiously when they
opened 1t. But they escaped notice
u Ind I feIt that I had got some clue Il
- he mystery, even II these men escap
A ed; and + had quite determined thal
II they shouid not escape, for I was sc.
cursly bound, and had been working
hard oGef my right hand fee, and
J thanks for having q very NARROW one,
now found myself able to slip Il
through the loop which encifcled my
Wrists hut Is+b5ded my time,n for ]
- thnt u nlSe move might bring 8
bd et through inY head. = 70 i;ois :. - Z
& De pilates h IA te oder room.l Carl
fntdh. mon ami, = said the Baron
smiling and patttng nay shoulder. sVy
not say's w We Shoot you? : You do
dem 50 well, we no get any like dem.
And Iyou 0se dem yourself, and den,
1 Ach G0tt!cyou upset de cart of de ap-
pie" bH1 ,9triS s7aI Hi s1s@oIiei bHa sSla
! !" Yes,n u Thought ard It's odd to
II - ~ 49,. <a<s.Syg EsrskL,,n.,~t..4 .>e a,
apple Before loh&. ~
q In dare; in Back room on . asked the
Baron with smother amiable smile. oIi
! said "Yes'i = ith my eyes s,.a sra
pY"See now, my Louis, you; were too
! rough. You pitch into him like dam.
So see him amiable' Then to me- 81
And you will marry Louise, who
1ofe you like old boots ~ y tt'i = - 'iti
"My other hand was free now. I
tried to speak, and impIored with my
eyes for the gag to be removed. - =
The Baron removed it, and while do
ing SO ! resolved on a plan of opera
tions. var Ifg -. -. h.ter-.. -
"You will marry Louise and give US
the plates ?hoy O. r gsiY Ii7ds aliv ifIo
II will give you every satisfaction
"That is business, said Louis Orioff;
coming forward. IS First the plates,
then, you return with rs to New York
and keep your promise to Louise. Why
give us this troublef I tell you frank
~ that the expense will be deducted
from your share, and that you will be
strictly watched in future. I should
have cut your throat but for my pro-
mise to Louise. Now where are the
! plates~ o f,sf. .s..c7 qf a99-
Look in the closet in the next
room rake out the Goals, and take
what you find" lsdt itr'. .g7I,rg cai
"GOOd. Come, BarOn.n yisB{ Zoo
And they left me to operate in the
Goals. Springing up, seized revOl-
yer, darted to the door and i'm mo-
| ment had locked them in, But my
triumph was Of short duration; for Or
loft was ON the other side like light
ming, the rotten woodwork tore out un-
der his vigorous wrench, and his hand
was on my throat before / could grope
my way to the stairs 9iGigq hiiI J7ii
Then ] knew that life depended on
the struggle, and / fought like one pos
sessed for the revolver. The Baron came
to his friends help but found time
and opportunity to send him reeling
TO the ground. Orioff was the weaker
man, but he outdid me in skill, and a
dexterous feint threw me Off my guard,
leaving the revolver in his hands. -
Purple with passion, he fired instant
ly, and felt q sharp sting in my LEFT
shoulder; and then oil earthly things
seemed to be fading away, and world
opening to view. ~ Ial-1am 3ai ol
When recovered, I found myself
| Ia ~ n &k><~~ g. i
and my wife tearfully bending over
me. There was q calm-faced surgeon,
too, who showed me the ball he had
extracted, and told me to cheer up, I
should be better in few days, for no
damage was done. Mr.. Moss was
there, too, and came to my bed-I
mean my table-side-and whispered
how he had been called up by, the po-
lice, who, hearing q pistol-shot, had
come up stairs and arrested Orloff and
the Baron, and, finding me on the
ground bleeding, had sent for surgeon
and my wife, having found my private
address from . letter in my pocket.
was only faint from the loss of
blood; the bullet did little damage, and
1 preferred getting up, and then gave
an account of the evenings adventure,
not noticing at the time that the tall
inspector Of police was in the room.
"Will you kindly show me those
pieces of paper"" he said, advancing.
T" I have the men in Mr.. Moss's office
but beyond the assault on you, have
no evidence against them; but know
them we'll" 3Hiii b.Bow enc
Iproduced them, and the inspector
fastened on the one which seemed to |
be plan then looking around, said: |
"This is q plan of your office.n -
"Call me Jew if it amt !" exclaim-
ed Mr.. Moss, taking it. 3fii -atc i
:. Yes, it is certainly plan of your |
Office. See, here is the doorway, and |
thence comes the other room. Then |
there Is cross against the fireplace in !
this room, on what I judge from the |
hearthstone, and another against the !
sixth from the hearthstone in the other |
room. Get q crowbar, Mr.. Moss"
"There's one down stairs"
do believe that If you'd ask for |
crocodile, he has one "down stairs"
Crowbar and q policeman to wield it |
were soon produced, and then the nys-
terry was unraveled. Jli e3 .b91l
Close to where sat were unearthed |
several copper plates for the forging Of /
of Russian rouble notes of various |
amounts; and in the back room, un-
der the flooring, were found several |
hundred Ofwell executed forgeries, care
fully sOldered up In q tin case, together |
with correspondence duplicating Or
loff and the Baron. It appeared that !
Brunton was engaged by a New York
gang to engrave the plates, and that
he had never seen his employers, the I
agent between them being the Louise
before mentioned, whose fair hand 1 |
had been compelled to decline. Brun-
ton had evidently become frightened,
and had fed He was no traitor or else
he would have decamped with the |
plates. Perhaps tire dread of having |
to espouse Louise may have had to do
with his fight. She was q very hand
some woman, If I may judge from a
photograph Of her found in the tin case,
but looked like one accustomed to rule,
and who would not hesitate to admin
lister wholesome correction to her |
spouse. II -saG = tisaaI
Assisted into q carriage which was
waiting, had the satisfaction of seeing |
the Baron and Orlof brought down in
handouts, the Baron regarding me
with Q sweet smile, and Orl0d scowling
on me like fiend. did not prose-
cute, for they were so well known to
the police as forgers, that there was ev-
idence enough for the Russian Embas-
sy to procure . conviction and . SEN !
tence Of ten years's penal sefvitude; 7
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