The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-10-04

De;Crtiyg IicrsOn'- Dream
said Detective Picrson. ut was queer,
Detective Person was a tall man, will
sharp features, aul just the slightest ting,
Of a reddish nu.tachc. lie wore a sui
Ut dark blush clothes, and a black hat
and 10 hi right hand was a slight ornng,
tree cnue, and Bis lcft pulled somewhat
.ucry5u-ly at his mu tache. "Yes it wa
queer" You sec. the fr>t information that
be- had OF there being anyamount of cnun.
tcrteit money in the city was a circular
letter addressed % the chief. and which
stated that fom certain information re-
cavel, a gang hui started for this city
, with over $4,000 Of iyes AMI tens. The
gang was lei by a nun who was de
scrihci % be about thirty years If age.
stout built, dark eyes anil hiir, bu,hy
side whi.kers. and with h,d teeth, asd
the Thrill finger of the lcf, hand missing.
Ga this information we were obliged to
t. work.
II was useless. We knew. to wait untl
their presence was detected b. tie coun-
tcrfei' ms,c Sahoat in the city, because
b that time, e,pecialyi if the note, were
Wi executed, they could have Passed
a sufficient number saii iactorily. and
would have left. All shat was left for
u was to trace the gang at once and az
rest them before they had time to com
mence operations. To eff'ct thi- We had
only the deception Of the leader to work
upoa, the other- were perfectly unknown
to u, aEd We might have passed them
any day.
. ~ ac,,niingly we watched around for
ahlut two weeks without success, when
il ormiiiou came To u. that a teu-d1.lar
cnunt.ritit bin had been pre- entcd at one
If our banks. and 80 VIII wa- il executed
that even there il had been NJ first accept
ell as genuine. lat once went 20 the bunk
and wa shown the note. IL was perfect
wiih the exception that in one Of the sig
natures the usual flourish was wanting.
nPgeliing blurrei and indi-tinct. The
I teller could not remember whence il had
been received, and so that settled the
matter.
Shortly aferwari | was walking down
Charles street, when was struck hy the
I appearance Of man standing on the
corner. Why wa. struck | don't know;
there was nothing extraordinary in hi.
appearance; he was stoutly built, with
black hair and black ewes, and a smooth
tlce; yet, singular to rellte, aud there /.
where the queer part comes in-l was
positively fascinated. lido not know how
il can be, but it seemed exactly as if
hal fallen in love with him, and was ab-
,olutely insane. lat once determined to
find ont who he was, and crossed over
There was one or two Of the boys stand
ing at the corner, and spoke to them
The stranger was standing with his
hand thrown carele,>ly over the letter
box, and noticed in a cursory manner,
that on hi, left hanl he wore a glove. |.
This appeared strange, as it wa. summer
but it might be accident. | asked who
he was, and was told his name was
"Steiner," from Cincinnati, and was
introduced. thought he started just Il
little at the mention Of my name, bat he I
quickly recovered and smile ,. noticed .
that he had heauiiful teeth, aud they
were white a ivory.
lnterchanging a few words, | left, and
walking up to the central office. was &C.
cupied in various buslnes until late al .
night. when | went home. 1t was about
II o'clock when | undressed and laid
down, shortly filling into dose. Sud
denly it seemed to me as if was stand
ing on Charles street with Steiner, and
he had invited me to his room in the
hotel. went and he quickly changed.
lie was a short, stout man, with dark
eyes and hair; had bu-hy whi.kers, bud
teeth, and the third finger of his lcft
hand wa missing. In my dream il SEEM
cd a. If had looked steadily at him,
and him Mt me. grapplei with him,
and we clutchal AMI fell; hi. hand wa,
ON my throat, and avokc. Il wa
dream but a Il guhr one. Somehow.
DETECTIVES are u.cd 10 singular means and
ends, aud ! will honestly say that then
believed IN my mind thai Steiner was
the leader Of the counterfei,ers. and the
man wo wanted; about how was | to
prove iJy He had smooth fice and
COOL teeth. | had not soea H. baud.
II j. true he could easily have shaved
his face AMI worn false teeth; aud a. 10
his hand, he wore a glove, and could
not arrest a man who appeared well
known, ON the suspicion excited IN
dream. That day anl the next / waited
for Steiner, bat did not see him. On the
night " the second day ! went into the
hotel lie wa. standing there talking 10
a lady, jusl inside the vestihule. She
turned and ,aid pond night a. | entered.
lie touched hi. hat, and / sass that the
thud finger of his leil hand was missing.
spoke:
"Gond evening, sir"
lie replied:
"Good evening
We rauuieIei out together %
"Will you smoker" asked.
"No,"