The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-08-26

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Mrs. Bruce. When she came into the
parlor l said to her that had some business
with her husband and ] asked her where
could find him ? She gave me card
with his address - " William Bruce,
Dealer in Sto cks, &C., Ga Wall Street."
which 1 took, rose from my seat and
walked towards the door, near to my COM
panion, as though were going away =
when locked the door. / had remarked
that when Mrs. Bruce came in she changed
color at the sight of the police uniform,
and she was now perfectly pale when l
locked the door and said to her -
"Mrs. Bruce 1 have come with my
friend here as servants of the law to search
your house. Your husband is, as you very
well know, not that which his card rep
resents He is clerk in the house of Mr..
Redding, and thief. The greater part of
your splendid wardrobe, which inspected
yesterday, is stolen property, and l am
here to seize it, but do not desire to make
any demonstration with it before the neigh
borhood. do not think that you partici-
pate in his guilt. Very probably he has
never informed you of his secret, and l do
not wish to inflict upon you any annoy
ance. But the firm must have their goods
back again, and as see that you have
much jewelry and many articles of value,
l must ask you to hand all over to me,
until your husband shall have settled with
the firm.
She was speechless with amazement.
When she had recovered herself little,
she said that she could not believe that
Mr.. Bruce was any other than he had al
ways represented himself to be that she
had received letters from his sister, who
lived in Pennsylvania /; that she had always
taken him for an honorable man; and that
he was always ready to give where it was
required, if, by SO doing, he could render
any assistance.
The end of it was that during the day
many large trunks full Of beautiful and
valuable goods left the house in Nineteenth
Street. Sarah helped to do the packing
without any misgiving as to my being the
Croton Water man, and her fond sweet
heart. When was about to go away,
happening to be alone with her for mo-
ment, whispered a word into her ear.
Astonished and hurried she seized my
hand, drew it towards her convulsively, and
to my request that she would tell nothing,
said "I'll hold my tongue" The truth
was she had had many season lovers before.
The trunks were first deposited in safe
place, and then sent on to Mr.. Redding.
Most of the goods were at once identified
as having been stolen from his house, es.
pecially number of silks that were still
unmade; also very valuable shawl OF
which description only three had been i'm
ported; and Mr.. Redding knew where the
other two had been bought.
Mr.. Redding now pressed me to tell him
without any further delay the name of the
clerk who had committed the robberies,
but did not do that, prefering rather to
wait till the two gentlemen from Cincin-
natl had returned and accordingly re-
quested him, to send for me as soon as that
occurred. At the end of two days he sent
for me. Luckily was at home, and went
to him Immediately. found his partner
and Mr.. Phillips there too, they having re-
turned, within an hour only, from Cincin-
natl; having settled their business there
satisfactorily, they were being very cordial
ly received by Mr. Redding.
"Now, Mr.. Redding," 1 began, 81
think we have advanced so far that can
tell you all my story"
some moment" he said to me, and
turning to his partner and to Mr.. Phillips,
he continued 81 have also some good
news to tell you. Our friend here has at
last been successful. He has discovered
the thief, and we have got some of the
goods back again." Then turning to me
again, he said SNOW tell us all about it,
for have not yet had the least idea who
the thief is"
The partner and Mr.. Phillips looked at
each other in astonishment and called out
together =" Yes, yes, let us hear it ALL"
"But first" said Mr. Phillips, "let us
know the name of the rascal, il you have
it, and then you can go on with the rest Of
the story"
"Very well, Mr. Phillibs," replied.
'His name is William Bruce, Dealer in
Stacks &C., GA Wall Street, SO his card
says"
Mr. Redding and his partner looked al
each other in bewilderment because l had
told Mr.. Redding that it was one of theil