Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-13
FORESTER.
a Talk with His Friend.

was arrested lew days ago there was with him
a friend or pal, +" but In the excitement IseI
dent to the discovery OF who Forester was, the
lesser light was entirely lost sight Of and left "a
Rmuso hlmself as best he could IN the quiet re.
tlrcmont Of a cell In the Central guard hou 50,
Now, however, that tho principal Is safely on.
sconced in New York prison, attention Il
time Of his trouble and for the purpose Of learn.
Ing, II possible, something Of the travels Of inc
pair, reporter Of the REPUBLICAN sought out
the gentleman yesterday and held a qulot con.
Alier the Introductory talk was over, the roaI
business talk began, and the following fets
were CLEANED
Hts name Is Jensen, and he 10 a native Of 90.
penhagcn, Denmark, his age being about thirty.
eight Or forty year,. lie Il stOutly built about
hNe lcet six Inches, light complexion, blue eyes,
light hair and Whlsksra aud soems OF duh
phlcgmatlc temperament, although sitting with
HIN soon conylnees one that no Is exceedingly
cunning and quick, or, A. he expresses IT,
:" CAN PLAY TuE DUTCH root
as we'll as any man In the country" H., states
that he attended several colleges In his native
country and graduated as a physician, at the
time being master Of four different languages.
Not caring TO proceed At once with the practice
Of his profession, no looked around tor some
place TO rove, and coming across One Of the self
appointed emlgtant agents from the United
states who presented In glowing 6Olors the hd.
yantages Of this country, he concluded 10 start
across the water with band Of Swedish emf.
grants, To locate on tract Of ten thousand acrcs
On his arrival he found that the land was Int
u cypress swamp, and the colony wa, dlsba ndei
the men finding such employment AS they could
and tho leader boldly striking out for the far
West. Finally he located In Arizona Whore amer
u lev years, he became unnecessarily enHa,,ed in
miuing, and accumulated cunsldeTabIs money;
but rsyerscs came, and the Inrlunc ne Ne mana
In such cases, was swept away az last as n Nas
made, and the once successful miner was com.
pelled to accept a situation as foreman for soms
VI his former friends Afterwards he went 70
CallIOr MIA aud embarked in business. Nhsre
after several years hard labor he surroedoI IN
establishing himself nrmIy, only, however. to
see the results Of bis WORK swept away by are
IN a single night, and DO LAUGHED al In ihe
morning by the agent of a bOTus comnanv in
which he had Insured, Another wear Wns snent
In knocking around, and then Jensen conceived
tho Idea OF
sTARTINu An EMlunATIny COMPANY
on a proper basis lie NOT suiiirlrnt means In
yet home, spent some time with his parents vol
au Outht from them as we'll as a small capItai
aud With renewed hopes FstuTnrJ to thIs conn.
try, selecting Virginia as the tiold Vi his labors
He talked aud wrote up his scheme ne we'll az H.
could, but snmehoy IL dill mai meet ina rcady
response no had expected from the large land.
holders and no found himself aItpr ali hIs bright
expectations a comparative stranger in Tho eity
ri Norfolk without money and Of course without
friends. In this straight he vas forced 10 seeL
occupation Of any character, and ali he could
md To d. was labOrlnE work in the streets.
This he followed tor nve days when hIs his.
conclusion that he could not hold ont
Just as this point 10 his hour of sorest neal
FoRRgsrRR AHRiyEp IN NoRgnLK.
and au aouuaiutance sprung M hstWesn TIM
two men, Forester being attracted Inv Jensen's
superior education and apnaTent Tshnemsnt
aud Jensen In turn he ing attracted BY the prRo.
ism of bls nov fTIspJ ~" goys snipcsI ~
weld the bond between the III assorted paIr, and
then, after telling Jensen that no was a iool tu
labor 50 hard, Thai he would show MIN an snsisS
80 ~. g
him BY rOUIiy announcing that
ms yAs a ThiEP
and that 10 future they would travel together.
Inurod To harIshIps Vi all Minds down In ths
heel, az Il we're broken bath Ia purse and spi,it.
what OF romance there was In t6e natuTn ~ Ian
sen took possession Of him. and he Concluded
tUr a while nj least 10 stIrF tu he THAR IIttIe
dreaming that he was one OF the Inust eynett in
the country, aud the ma hunted Gr III nsar
as the Nathan murderer
me arranTemeut Nas that the Dane should
PLACES as he thong ht were gonI lar &" crnctInS, "
and In the evening Bill should accomn,ny him
enter and rob them.
Jensen for the flrst night pIeked ont n bopse
10 the village Of ReTLiry, acFUss The fiv,T AMI
when 1t was reached he conIIy took on his sboes
and handed them To Jensen with the order 10
DO sure and always hand MIN the lett one nrst
He then posted hlm some distance on. told him
not to STIR, no matter what occurred. until he
gave him the signal, tsuappInR his hn1sTI and
climbed the ralnspOut 10 Inc tTst story WindoW
entered, came down ami opened Tho ironI Jonr'
He then assembled TO the sleeping apartments,
and after about half an hour appehreh az ths
front window aud gave the signal. "Duichy,"
as he had been chflstened, was so frightened
that he could not respond, and In a mnment
Billy was at his side curslng nm sOunlIy Tor hIs
cOwarllce, and showing handsome gold watch
- the booty secured.
The 6rst thing " Dulchy" was able TO say was
that no wanted drink vi water, fIid ia order %
give him nerve Billy forced HIN to enter tho
houso with him. ThOy went Into the dining.
Ftnm FDt a tIFinE al
peaches on the sldebOar'l they cut them up.
looked about until they found some milk, and
after taking lunch LETT. From that time until
they came to this city they made numerous raids
"Dutchy" declaring that he was
so PAsCINATED WITH TuENAN
that II was impossible Tor him to leave MIN. Ga
Ous occasion he entered a house which was
guarded by a private Waterman aud stole a
number OF articles Ga another occasion he
won't through all the rooms Of a house and
locked them on coming out On another he
climbed tree and dropped from the branches
on to the roof and descended through the trap
door Catering tho sleeping room he awakened
the occupant by attempting 10 get his vest from
under the pillow.
He awaited until he got to sleep again, got
lho vest, went through u, ana hndlng only "
bocamo 50 NAL that he tore the Clothes all up,
S SC oihof depredallons and then LETT.
lheSo are hu! lew OF the IN 'ny Tobberies com
WlteI anu lhe people DocominB alarmed Bllly
'ohGluued thAt II heulu bo pest
,.,t.n 1T, ~ N I1H " F0h wAshlhGToH,
. 4. l. +.--+1'J. - NAe
Like, ne declaring that the cops In this city
we're o. 10 Woyuhli mat No could WORK all d
around them, and they not SEQ him. "Dutchy,"
sun frightened, came with MN, and tho pair
tOoh quarters 70 the city, he HIlll doing the
looking out ana billy the work. The nrst place
agreed upon was farmers hotel, and the man
heF ~ when "D9tchy tells the story In his
nrPhsh EnElsh Is Wen worth listening TO-
bllly climbed the fence, got un the shed, then
into bacF window, th9n opened the door and
l9Toel hls companion W posting him In tho
stFohl St9ly, passage WIZ lnstFqcilQna not TO
AoIe hhlS w went W. sthlLs'
,AleT h9lunk lOI lhll an holr, which 9eeHou
hili9st Ieliine, me watcher was liaflled by
nearing heAvy footsteps, anu ro'feated To the
nooi sV,o ~ ~ hS 1noGgnt, Dy one 81 the
h ~, o. ne mouse, Dat In reality by Blu as
tne man o. heayy footsteps had gone into the
}hn, hs souh hs hS saw nun hllI sMnIe NlO'
lohtly AZ me top OF MS voice ana concluded 10y
ssnylhM a nave yet lhvusahd dollars you'd
isN lun, u y1u. lhe Two theh teehtered
.no hpuso anu the sAlno experience was re-
pSHatoI' anu, piskusteli lhey let' Datchy
tei l .! several othet places lhey concluded TO
u Ii 4tnpHE lheli the paIs9nhgeoI SISlephons
e sn ln speahlhs ~ lls lltp lal TO says
'nH' ho was Hah " tho utmost haINe, the
KING OF BURuLARB,"
a man who would take all sorts ol chances, and
who frequently said he wished he would be shot. |
ln quletIng the weak nerve Of " Dutohy," Bill
Il equently said, hat have you to fearf the
chances are all On your side. When breaking
Into house. even II n man should wake up, you |
have all the advantages; you arc wide awake |
cool and belipOsse6sed, while hO must necessa-