The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-10-17

later L ma MN talking polltlcs and
swearing like moss trooper. A man
in the seat in front, of different opinions
has drawn out the antagonism and dis
, pellcd the heroic Bayard ."t
, DEPRESSION aside '... E
Seated in front of me was pretty
, girl, of from twenty to twenty five years
Of age. Her elegant attire next attract
ed my eye, and l said to myself-"It
, a pity-but there is just trihe too
much ornamentation for her style. -
One station out from, Shannon, the
train took up host Of passengers -
: There lad been caucus, or something,
and this crowd was the result
! Filing through the different cars, the
>. large number filed all vacancies, except
ing the end Of the seat occupied by the
beautiful girl Of whom I have spoken.
then particularly noticed young man.
in dark suit, With Kossuth hat, walk
hesitatingly along the aisle, as if wish
ing for seat where no seat was to be
lad. He directly approached the one
where the girl sat, paused a moment,
seemed to recognize her, and after a
hand shake, sat down beside her. All
this was extremely commonplace
i At Shannon, Col. Dyer, my superior,
came on board, and the other fellow in
my seat getting up, l thought to have
the Colonel with me. But no. After
adjusting his coat tails more to his lik-
ing, the man sat down again, and Colo
mel Dyer passed into the next seat, which
was the only one between myself and
the couple mentioned. i*
The bold robbery being of recent
date, afforded theinS for much CONVEX
sation. The Colonel and myself, not to
appear peculiar, made many inquiries,
and received versions which would have
astonished newspaper reporters.
Soon the couple directly in front of
the Colonel, apparently catching some
sound of the conversation, leaned to-
wards him and made some inquiries re-
lative to the subject. AS lie cleverly
explained what he chose of the affair,
they glanced at each other. That glance
electrified me, although did not appear
to notice it, After that l let the Colo
mel do the talking, and 1, in my own
mind, figured away at my problem, try
ing it in single and double position.
AS opportunity offered, some twenty
miles along the route, went into the
seat with the Colonel, leaning my head
against the shutter of the open window,
and appeared to sleep. IS asf.aH
The Colonel was getting along swim
tningly with his new acQuaintances, ap-
PATIENTLY quite disgusted with my stupid
indolehce. After time seemed to
get still tbore soundIy asleep, and sLuf-
fled and ioggled about like a small can,
die in large socket. My hat crushed
down over nv eyes began to slide and
directly like small felt avalanche, it
passed the bridge of my nose, and
springing about to recover it, it was
tossed quite into the seat occupied by
the young lady and her companion. He
did what was calculating. He picked
| it up and passed it to me, while an anu
sed expression stole over the faces of
all who had seen the feats. 7,a
With eyes half shut, wnking and
blinking, got hold of his hand and
straitened it out, instead of my hat
brim, and minute after heard the girl
whisper: t'He is drunk
No matter, l thought, 81 have salts
fed myself.' TO- Q tr.F9 81
Soon after l aroused myself fully,
laughed at my own ludicrous actions,
and took occasion to whisper to Colo
mel Dyer. That worthy sprang up as
if he had sat down upon some hornets
but Immediately reeollecting himself
coughed, ahemmed and went on with
his interrupted'talk. ssoe I. si1f faa
| "Shopsville' bawled the conductor.
The couple seemed preparing to leave.
/ tiudged the Colonel with my elbow =
Welalso arose. issgf 9hi ro
Once out upon the platform, and the
Colonel laid his hand upon the young
mans sleeve. an4. 4. .yrv.l e
a''You are my prisoner-come quietly
10 the station house" "Jt.3o.d s t
A harsh oath was the reply, but Dyer
had collared him, and fercer whisper
was in my ear ii .'4.
"Fll have your hearts blood for this. "
turned and gazed upon the trans
formed face of the elegantly dressed
girl, now distorted with passion.
"Is that your game, madam? Then
the safest way is to lodge you, also, as
an accomplice," '' @i'. .
"Of what do you dare accuse me2"
fumed the voung man."
"You are arrested on suspicion of be-
ing participator in the B. bank
robbery"
Fool! they've gone another route"
You know; then p coolly responded
Dyer, leading him into safe lodgings.
We then; at my suggestion, immedi-
ately steamed back to Batterstown, went
to the residence Of the cashier, and !
callett Dyer's attention to the mark of
the bloody hand upon the door. The
thumb and forefnger were perfectly de-
fined, the little finger, and the one next
| to 1t also. :,
"You see that the middle finger of the
right hand is gone at the joint next the
knuckle," said l to Dyer.
"Might not the finger be thrust back
of the others p
''In which case, it would bear no print
from the uneven surface. Try With
your own fingers; but this is clearly de-
hned-a stump. The door hangs by
The right side, the hand which made the
bloody print was the right one. The
middle finger of the right hand of the
man under arrest at Shopsville is gone
to the middle joint"
One thing more We questioned Mrs
B., who, being a woman of sense
and courage, had striven in every man
ner to fix upon some mode whereby to
identify the villains. On being ques-
toned, she testified to the fact that the
ruffian who bound and gagged her, had
lost half of the middle finger on the
right hand When we returned to Shops
vile; he put US on the track of the 9th
ers. We assured him that the game
was all up, that he had been identified;
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