The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-06-28

fitty cents to the other. 1t is rarel,
that brother can be made so useful
dead or alive, especially with only
four quarters.
The next business, after getting his
quadrilateral brother home, was te
bury Ihim without creating suspicion
among the neighbors. TO account
reasonably for his death, servant
was sent TO some drug store for whis.
key, under the pretence that Cassim
wanted it tor medical purposes, SC
when it was given out next day that
whiskey killed him no one thought
strange OF the circumstance at all.
There was an old cobbler, who lived
on the corner hard by, who opened
his stall very early in the morning 10
accommodate any one who, having
been drinking hard the night before
wanted AN early cobbler.h lie con.
sented to sew Cassim together for q
consideration, and was accordingly
blind-iolded and led to the house. .
He asked if they wanted IN yellow
fair stitch and divided" or just u com.
mon "black welt" but Ali, who
knew noting fshoemaker's lingo, but
he thought his brother had been welt
ed enough already. said, 'just 20
ahead and sew him up" The cobbler
performed very neat job. though he
left stitch in his side Cassim never
got over. He offered TO halfsole
him, too, and set up his heels, but
further services were declined.
Cassim was buried the next day
with becoming honors. and the
various societies to which be belonged
attended the funeral, each of them
holding meetings afterwards aud pass
ing resolutions of respect, which were
published the day in all the papers
Engrosscd copies Of these resolutions
were presented to the widow, but
after kicking around for few days
they were sold for old rags, the wild
ow marrying again. 1t is impossible
III the space have TO minutely follow
the various strategcms employed by
the robbers 10 learn who it was that
HSFsNHHSH VIC HfIiEb va lUe HaNe.-
Suffice it TO say. they At length did,
and plans were laid for his destruc.
ton. One day the captain OF the
Forty Thieves came TO Ali Baba' s
house (he had moved into Cassim's
brown-stone fronD and pretended he
was a dealer in petroleum. lie had n
large quantity of non-explosive oil
III casks. which he desired TO store
with him for few days. Certainly 81
said Ali, who was the soul of hospi.
tality. roll it right into my parlor, '
which was done. Now some Of these
casks contained non-explosive oil,
while the others were filled with
something almost as deadly, though
not quite-murderous robbers. 1t
was shrewdly conjected by The robber
chief that if the oil did not blow up
the whole family. which was probable,
his men would dispatch them during
the night.
The plot failed, however A ser.
want girl. who had been sitting up
pretty late in the kitchen with her
young man, went TO one OF the casks
to replenish her lamp which was get.
ting low, and discovered the robbers.
She finished them all by boiling some
oil aud pouring it Through the buug-
hoie-not the only ipstance by any
means where men have been ruined
"in oil" This narrow escape of the
Baba family from destruction should
be a warning 10 people not to allow
strangers TO roll casks of petroleum
into their front parlors.
The robber chief, being thus left
alone advertised in the papers for forty
more thieves, determined to begin
business anew, and hoping by industry
and close attention To business to
merit fair share of public patronage.
But he was so overrun with ex-
Congressman, abseonding bank Off
GERS, dishonest postmasters, Indian
commissioners, ex-revenue officers,
New York city councilmen and
others, that he was driven nearly dis.
ti acted. Instead Of forty there were
1t least forty thousand OF them, and
beinT disgusted he concluded to 20
out of She thieving business altogether;
It was gatting too low.
He perl.'hed in tho house Ali Bahia,
where he penetrated in disguise, for
he purpose Of settling the old ac-
count with Ali. The servant girl
who performed so neat a job for his
followers recognize d him and finished
him with carving -kuife. The story
$ supposed to be lie, but it is no
more Ali than Cassin,.
The career of the F'orty Thieves,
instead of proving salut airy warning,
seems to have inspired emulation,
or the number of thieves is certainly
multiplying every day Washington,
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