Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-07-04

lWARD NOME; WITH CHART
[NTY, MINNESOTA, 7
MlNNESOTA'S CHAMPION VILLA,
CAPTURED.
Two Weeks Experience ora La Cro..
Detcctivo---.'O old Cushmen,'' .iis
T. Erank Hatch, sleeping with his Vic
! tim.
From the La Crosse Democrst.
For some time the Southern Mime,
sofa Railroad has been having th,
"divil's own trouble in the vicinit,
of Turkey River, near Ramsey ant
Austin. Rails have been torn up. ani
all kinds of cussedness has been in
dulged in, by some person evidentl,
not on the most friendly terms With tin
road. About the first of June,a raj
was taken up near Turkey River and,
freight train ditched and utterly ruin
ed. The engineer and fireman savec
their lives by jumping off the engin.
just ut the proper momentl. The rail
road men became frightened, and look
ed upon that portion of the road will
fear and trembling, and always fell
better when it was passed.
It was evident that some william wa,
at the bottom of the trouble, and thu
authorities of the road decided to find
him il it cost fortune. Capt. Frank
Hatch, of this city, q detective of nc
little experience, was employed to work
up the case. Abotit three weeks aQo
he went to Austin, and Travelled around
the neighborhood of the disaster, pre-.
tending to buy COWS to take MP tu
the North Pacific railroad. BY touch.
ing the matter of the accident lightly
he soon rested his suspicious on man
named Jack Bates, who rented farm
in the vicinity. Frank thought he re-
membered that certain VIM. Bates,
of Illinois, who had. been in State
Prison for murder and counterfeitino.
and such pastimes, had brother in
Minnesota, aud he Immediately made
up his mind to drop on Jack on the
counterfeit money dodge.
So Frank came back to La Crosse
and disguised himself SO his own wife
would have sworn he was q hardened
old scoundrel.
On the second night from. La Crosse
Detective Hatch, a. J. P. Cushman, a
dealer in counterfeit money, was sleep.
ing in the same bed with his victim.
Jack Bates. Frank happened to strike
him just right, and by appearing to be
the worst scoundrel unhung, work3d
into his confidence. It took q lonS
time to worm the secret of the smash.
up out of Bates, but he got it even d.
ally. Jack told him all about how he
had mare killed by the id railroad,
and he was goiug to make it cost the
road heap of money. Even
while Frank was staying at his
house, Bates proposed to 20 out and
steal some fence FROM the railroad.
He had boy with him named Ha+
ney, over whom he seemed to exercise
great influence. t'Old Cush. proposed
to go along and help steal the fence,
and they do say he carried his share of
boards. Another night Bats went out
to burn the bridge over Turkey river,
and did set it on fire and burn some OF
the stringers. "Old Cush." noteGed
the section hands, and the bridge was
repaired before any train passed over it.
During all this time cold Cusl1.
man" had kept Bates supplied with
genuine money, which he spent readi.
ly. He said it was the best counter
felt money he ever dealt in, and said
that if "Cush, " would stake him, they
could make six hundred apiece on cir
Gus day at Austin. That is to-day.
Always, when speaking of the railroad;
Bates would say that if any railroad
man ever came ont there to find out
anything, he would murder him on
sight. Little did he think that the old
villain he was talking to was the very
man he wanted to murder.
Well, Frank had got all the informa.
tion he wanted, and on Friday last he
decided to arrest his man. For this
purpose he made an engagement with
Bates to meet him in Austin at 10
o'clock on Friday, at certain hotel,
where he would give him q supply OF
counterfeit money. "Old Cush. 'then
went to the sheriff and told him to be
at a certain place, and when he raised
his hat and scratched his head for the
sheriff to come up and put the irons on
his man. "Old Cush. " and the sheriff
had not long to wait before Bates came
in. He passed Frank on the steps OF
the hotel and went in. Frank walked
in, put on his coat, looked Bates in the
eye, and made the following neat and
Appropriate speech:
"Jack Bates, I am Captain Frank
Hatch, detective from La Crosse, and
you are my prisoner. If any id roil-
road man comes around here to find
OF: e''ythiag, yo:. murder him; yosi
said you s00ssld"
Jack Bates was so completely dumb
founded that he sank into chair, pale
as q ghost, and never saidl,a word: The
sheriff came in and ironed him, and
found he was as weak as q child. He
was taken to jail.
Frank Hatch took off his "Old Cush.
man" clothes, put on his trotting llar-
ness, and went back to the scene of his
successful labors. He went to MI.
Haney's, father to the boy, and told
them how their son had been with Jack
Bates in throwing the train of: They
could not believe it, and the boy was
brought in. He did not recognize
Frank Hatch, and when Frank told
him that he was "Old Oush, 81 and was
with him when they stole the boards,
the boy weakened, . and thought he
must be the devil, sure. By promising
the boy that he should not be prose-
cuted it he told the truth, he confessed
the whole thing, was taken to Austin
and his statement reduced to writing
and sworn to, to cover accidents. Mr..
Bates will he ticketed for the Peniten.
tiary for life, without doubt.
BATES OONFEssEs.
Bates has since made q full confess
sion of the crime, and says he set fire
to the railroad bridge over Turtle
River, and tore up the rails ut several
places on the road. =,
Signinificancc Of Colors.
A singular instance of the selection
of colors is remarked in the chorus at
the Boston Coliseum. The significance
of this selection may also be noted. 1t
appears that the contralio singers, who
sit nearest the bass singers, indulge in
dark-blue and dark-green, while the
soprano singers, who sit nearest the
tenors, indulge in lighter blues and
green. In the centre and on each side,
where contraltos and sopranos sit re-
mote from either tenors or bassos, the
prevalent tint is light-blue, without
any sign of green. Blue and green are
the predominant oolors, as they are the
fashionable. But while the gentle So