Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-09-07

| o"'P''s - uhhH VINO was theD absent
but who, when in town, stopped at the
hotel where he then lodged A short
time afterward he returned and Pinker
ton found that he was an Englishman
and began 10 look for his cloven foot.
But he did not wear it at the time he
was introduced to him. and Pinkerton
reasoned that such boots rs those hob
nailed ones could only bc il, requisi-
ton in wet or dirty weather, aud he
began to pray that it might rain. He
Kept severe and close watch upon
the Englishmrn, and followed him al
ways when he could do so without de-
lection.
A fortnight passed away. and the
Englishman began to exhibit signs of
uneasiness and unrest. He was always
going out at night. and Pinkcrton
was always following him. and his face
was always turned towards the rail
road, upon which he was sure 10 de-
scend and make examinations of the
road for about milo and n half on
both sides of the village One day he
had received some letters from New
lork, and PInkcrton watched him
more closely than usual. About a
! quarter OF mile from the village was
graveyard on hill which comman-
ded the railroad, ani at dark the En-
| silshman set out toward this wild and
romantic spot. and Pinkerton after
iim. The night was cloudy. but every
nov and then the moon broke out aad
lighted up the lovely scenery.
10 Pinkertou's amazement he climb.
ed the fence OF the graveyard, and sat
there looking towards the village. 50
that his shadow" had 10 hide himself.
Presently he jumped On grave. anil
strode along towards the middle Of the
cemetery, with Pinkerton still after
him. but lodging behind the trees aud
gravestones. lie could hear him NUT
terln- 10 himself anl occasionally
taking aloud. and he stole 10 10 him
rs near as he dared. and managed Al
last 10 creep into vaulted grave close
10 him, one Of the side slab, OF which
hal fallen down. The dcw va. heavy
! aud the grass 80 snrchargcd with 1t
that he was wet through but he kept
| on listening. aud finally made ont tha,
he was reclting a soliloquv from l.pri
Byron's Manfred" and occasionally
! gestIculating wildly To tie moou Wa-
the man mad What remorSr h4d
brought him here to vent itself in til.
terrible lines of Manfred. At length
he drew out His watch and tried ID
| make out the time
Then he jumped over the fence aul
ran down 10 the railroad. lie was ~
,aie ndy waiting nor somehow fJp.-
whom Tim" wnnld show perhaps,
for Pinkcrton still followed him. once
he lost sight OF him. Then lie fancicl
he heard voices. and hurried IN the dl-
rectlon whence the sounds proceeded
and as he gained upon them hr
found that his man was returning. 50
he skulked again. and the man went
over the churchyard Here he stop
ped several times and listened. What
had he been doing Had he lain an
other trap for the overflow Ot anuth-
er train, Ii WAS a dreadful thought
and rs 1t struck him the que train WAS
heard in the distance. On it caine,
! and no one 10 warn the engineer of the
possible danger. la another moment
IT rushed past them, and went thunder
ing on IN the darkness.
Then with all his soul in his ears
| did the detective listen, expecting i
crash every moment. But il was not
-, IA. Ih.. - a
past and then turned toward the VII
lage and Plnkerton followed him back
10 the hotel. he was all this time IN
secret conference with the supcrinten.
dent of the railroad who lived hard by.
The next day when Pinkerton called
on him the superintendent showed him
a letter which he had received rom
some one who said he knew Il ~
that had thrown the last train
and that they wanted to Z 10
join them-their object being use
more accidents" before long. He
offered, for consideration, 10 join
them and become spy on their ac-
tions for the company.
Pinkerton advised the superinten.
dent To employ the man, stlpulating
that he should be allowed to come 10
the Office while the conference took
| place, in order that lie might see him
and thus be able to identify hereafter
He had no doubt in his own mind who
the mau was. He felt sure that he
was the same person whom he follow
ed SO often and SO long up hill and
down dale, and into the very jaws of
| death. And SO it turned out. The
man was engage! by the superinten-
| dent, and was in correspondence with
clerk in the Post Office at New York,
who informed him whenever large sums
were sent from that office west. This
is fact, however, which transpired
subsequently, when all was over with
this very smart man who was so fond
of playing the spy.
Mr.. Pinkerton found that there was
another man also in league with the
"spy" and that his work kept him
chiefly in New York. Pinkerton now
expected every day that there would
be ..smash-up"-but under the pre-
tence that the conspiracy called him
to New York, the "spy" left the West
and was gone SO long that Pinkerton
returned TO Chicago.
About three weeks afterwards he re-
ceived another dispatch to 60 immedi
ately to the old station, his expecta-
ton being realized in another over
throw and robbery of the mail train.
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marks as in the former cases, and was
now satisfied that he had got the real
criminal-for behold he had returned
to the hotel two days before the acci-
dent occurred, but he had the cunning
to be abed with some other person all
that night, that he might establish an
alibi in case he was suspected. But
still there was no legal proof against
him. The boots never showed them