Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-19


Are you going to the house ?"
No, but you must give the name of
the man you suspect; of course it will
go further than myself"
.' Henry Dana, the assistant cashier"
replied Seth, slowly. You know that
he has not been friendly with me since
he knew that Mary and I were engaged,
for he hoped to succeed himself.
"Umph You are going to the house
to see Mary ?'
"Yes i thought perhaps you were
going down. 1 can't stop a moment
so, goodbye, and if you find out any
thing let us know at once"
He hurried out, and Fenton remained
with his head upon his hands, in deep
thought. He had trusted Seth Amity
so far that he had accepted him as the
affianced husband of his only daughter,
whom he loved as few parents love their
children.
He knew that his informer was q
brute, but o good spy, and had given
him trustworthy information before, and
it looked bad for Seth. If it proved
true he would be the one to break the
daughters heart and consign Seth
Amity to prison cell for years. But
he had been retained by the bank Off
cials to work up this most audacious
robbery, and he would do his duty.
Seth hurried down to the cars and step
ped up to the Fenton residence. AS he
went up the steps the door opened, and
a young man stepped out, who cast
a savage glance at him and passed by
without saying word.
"What is Henry Dana doing here ?"
he muttered ''and what malicious
glance he gave me. I must understand
L., 4
He touched the bell and sent up his
name by the servant who answered his
call.
Directly after the girl came back with
card upon which was written in deli
cate female hand: 81
"Not at home to Mr.. Amity. I VIII
never see you again.
.MARY FENToN.
Seth looked wildly at the servant, and
then tearing the card in pieces, he
stamped upon them furiously, and hur-
ried out into the street, his heart full of
doubts and fears. Mary had refused to
see him again. Who had poisoned her
mind against him, and how should he
unravel the web which fate seemed weav-
ing around him?
Senter was on hand at the appointed
time, and met Fenton at his Office, where
they were joined by policeman. Fem
ton had armed himself, and, after stern
command to be careful what he did, the
informer took the lead, walking several
PAGES in advance of the others, and not
appearing to belong to them He took
a cab at a orner-stand, and they fol-
lowed his example and after ordering
their driver to keep the other cab in
sight, they drove through the city, and
half an hour later alighted in side
street, where the houses we're of the
class known as suspicious. The cabmen
had their orders and drove away, and
Senter joined the party.
"Where is the place, you 2" said the
policeman.
: 8. Gentleman Toms" replied Senter.
'Tom keeps q little game of faro, and
a good many rough customers hang
around him, = said the policeman. "WM
you go In ?"
"0f course" said Fenton, quietly.
Sc You're game, muttered the police
man. This way, then.
He opened gate, and by the tails
manic power of certain words and
knocks they were soon inside of the
house, in which the gambling was IN
full blast.
Senter led the way up stairs to a small
room, which was carpeted SO thickly that
their footsteps gave no sound Senter
moved a small panel, scarcely an inch
across, and motioned TO Fenton to look
in. He applied his eye to the opening,
and saw three men seated at table, al
most within reach of his hand, convers-
ing in low tones. All of them were
masked, and two of them called the
third by name at different times, and the
name was4Seth Amity.
Fenton listened and heard the whole
plan of the proposed robbery, and he
knew that the man whom he had trusted,
and to whom he had been about to give
his daughter in marriage, was villain
and a partner with robbers.
All compunctions were at an end, and
the last words he heard as the men arose
were these: I have invested the pro-
ceeds of our last haul in Chicago, in
such a way that it will give me infiu-
ence enough with that old shark, Fen
ton, to induce him to hurry up the
marriage with his daughter. There are
over forty thousand in gold in the bank,
and the specie will flow in heavily
tomorrow. This will make us rich
enough to retire and live like honest
men,"
Twice during the next day Seth passed
MIR. Fenton in the street, with a wild,
excited look in his handsome face, and
the lawyer found it hard to believe the
evidence of his own ears. Seth did not
look like criminal, but rather one whom
some unexpected sorrow had driven to
despair.
At night three men, with hats drawn
closely over their brows, crawled through
the alleys at the back of Moreton's bank
and reached door, which was opened
by key, and they entered. A man lay
sleeping on the floor, who was quickly
overpowered, bound and gagged. The
one who appeared to be the leader show
ed them the place where the other watch
man was seated nodding over table
He was disposed of as easily as the 9th
er and left upon the floor helpless, and
then the leader produced the key to this
vault and opened it easily enough. Th,
floor was quickly strewn with small can
vas bags, each of which represented ,
large sum in gold.
As they we're gloating over the prize
which far exceeded their expectations
there came sudden rush of men, a1lt
the three robbers were secured befor'
they had time to think of danger.
"Taken in the act, Seth Amity," sait
Fenton, showing himself. 'eYou canno
hope for mercy at my hands.