Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-04-24
CHAPTER IL.
THE SCENT.

mc 10 recover tneSe bonds Tor thef
was two-fold. In the first place the
wanted TO get the the documents back
but TO get them back withou. creatin,
any scandal or any talk. IL was nj
most Of as vital Importance for thei
credit that the conduct Of the senio
partners son should not be known a
twas that the missing property shoul,
tie found. This was the reason VIII,
they did not wish to appear in the mat
ter themselves. was To act rs ir tn,
bonds had been mine. They did no
expect me 10 do any detective worl
myself, but merely to employ th,
proper persons for their work. ant
direct, under private instructions from
them, the search. Funds almost te
any amount were placed at my dis.
posal. Any expense that l should
deem necessary to incur would be me,
at once. All had to do was to find
out where the bonds were, for wha,
amount the senior partners son had
pledged them, and to recover them for
IS little as l could, but in any case to
recover them. But under no circum-
stances whatever was the Young man
who had pcrpetrated the fraud to he
followed to America, nor was his name
nor that of the firm to be brought for
ward.
BY the very simple process of going
to Havre and inquiring at the Ameri-
can steam-packet office, ! found out
that the absconding man had paid for
his passage in Bank Of England notes.
or these notes about half were traced
as coming from the money-lender. of
whom have spoken the other half
were traced as coming from an indi-
vidual in Paris, who followed a like oc.
cnpation, and who, upon inquiry, l
found bore very similar reputation.
l further succeeded in finding out that
between scoundrel number one in Lon
don-to whom l shall give the name of
MIR. Nual-and scoundrel number two
in Paris-whom l shall call Mons.
Treves-there existed occasional bust.
ness relations. But whether the money
furnished by these worthies had been
given for the bonds, in whose hands
those documents now were, and how l
was TO recover them, and yet keep the
whole affair quiet, was more than |
could see my way to; and in my difYi-
Guilty, as matter Of course, / applied
TO Scotland yard, ana got one of the
best officers of the detective force put
under my orders.
1t was the first-and l hope it will
be the last-time that l ever had any
thing to do with conducting a criminal
affair. But Notwithstanding my mex
perience, l could see at once that the
man sent me by the London police, al
though recommended specially for the
work, would never carry out the busi-
ness. He was an honest, upright fel-
low as ever breathed, and would, have
no doubt, have braved any amount Of
danger in order to carry out point Of
duty. Had sent him on the track of
any one who had absconded to America
and had furnished him with the name
and photograph Of tine individual, l
have no doubt that he would have
brought the culprit back with him.
But when asked for an opinion as to
where he thought the stolen bonds
were, or even after having got clue
to the person who probably had them,
he was asked what would be the best
means Of recovering them, he seemed
quite at loss what to do or what to
advise. Then again, like the rest of
his brother detectives from Scotland
yard-at least all those that / "a aw-he
was the policeman all over. Although
dressed in plain clothes, there could be
no doubt whatever as to what his call
ing was. His favorite costume was a
6illycock hat, a dark cutaway coat,
and drab trousers but he might just
as we'll have worn q helmet, blue
tunic, and leather belt round his
waist. More than once as we went
along the streets / heard cabmen,
roughs, and others say to each other,
"There goes Sergeant Henry who is
he going to nab?" And when, upon
one occasion-having previously pro-
cured him . suit of fashion able clothes
Il sent him with letter Of introduc-
ton to the man we suspected, stating
that he was Yorkshire gentleman
wishing TO discount q bill, Mr.. Nual
knew him At once, and ordered him out
of his Office. In word, it seemed i'm
possible to make use Of him in the
way required. owing to his appear
ance being SO perfectly well known in
London.
CHAPTER Ill.
THE RIGHT SCENT.
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