The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-11-16

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the horror anal an,az,.n,e,,t IN The ac,,ns,. n
man. he stoutlV de,,i,d all knuwl-,I,,. ~
the bad bills and sw,r,. the money NJ haa
Maid for tn. horses was m hills ~ ap Uli-
nois hank No cnntirmat,rV evidence nf
the prisoners tai. could ". GOT ana ~
much counterfeit money had lately been
circulated IN that r,.,ion. public feeliu0
ran strongly against him He was triej
his xifes det.r,ni,,sI utr,,oulas A M IN
half he was founJ ouiltv and sentenced
five wears, impriso,,Hent n The nenit,,,-
tary.
But the wife never for a moment be-
heved him guilty and with astonishing
resolution and pertinacity she now bent
herself to the task az nrovinO his inno.
cence and etyectiry bis rsIaasa r. I'M
latter end sha first sou0bt and obtaipad in
tervisws With ~. t;rysrnnr ~ M,..onr;
To him sbe .tatsJ her ,.,,.,. u. .bs ,,r a,,d
believed il But the Guvernor although
kind. was firm. The prisnner hal been
shown to he guilty. Counterfeiting was
greatly ON the increase. Il was necessary
10 make EXAMPLES. and there was every
lust reason why her husband should he
one Of them lie eould hold ont ~ hone
save in the condemned's restoration 10
his family after tive wears The wife went
home. converted Ill she had into cash Ana
thenceforward devoted her whole time and
brain to following the horse dealer who
had given her husband the spurious notes,
with the hope of convicting the really
guilty person Of that otfense.
Pursuing him like shadow, but k,.. u
.,anf ,.f h1s at.rht h f..,.,,l .
when he went to place counterfeit mon
was said to be IN circulation soon aft,
This happened at FreepOrt, ILL.,, and alter
ward ut Fort Wayne, Ind. At the latter
place she caused his arrest But nothing
could BE- proved against him. and he vas
at free She then d,,O,,r,l b,,n ~ Canton
Ohio /. Pitt.I,urrh Alt,na lancaster
Chamb.r.bury Ph,ln.i.luhia t;oshen
Binphamrtnn. OcSevo. Elmira. and other
towns in New York. sometimes staying
two or three months in each place. The
man was, however. So guarded and ingen-
ious as alwas to manage u cover his tracks;
in fact, he never passed false paper
himself at all. and his implacable pursu,r
was unable tO bring him to account At
last, however, he fell Ill at Newton, Sussex
county, n j. and she believed and prov
ell that her golden opportunity was at last
at hand.
When the horse dealer fell Ill, the wife
OF hls victim was ut the same hotel. She
found out the physician attending HIM and
frankly told her story. She described
how she had tracked the cause Of her hus-
bands misfortunes, and begged the doctor,
for the sake Of right and justice, to help
her. The physician was moved by her
tale, and agreed to do what she asked,
which was to give his patient some depres-
sing but safe medicine, and adroitly to
lead him to think that he was IN very
critical condition This was accordingly