The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-08-22


at work in various disguises to discover
the lost one and her abductor
Three days had passed over and Mary
was not yet found. Young Edward was
ready to despair. About dark on the third
evening he received note signed by the
chief detective, which said come to the po-
lice station forthwith. He was soon there,
when he was informed that they believed
they had found that Mary was in Brooklyn,
and wished him to go with them. Twenty
detectives and policemen now started, and
were soon at the door of a certain hotel in
Brooklyn. AS the officers entered the house
a sanctimonious looking man stepped out
at a back door and took himself off. One
ofthe officers Immediately enquired of the
landlady if young lady, whom he describ-
cd, had been brought there, and ifshe was
still there. The woman at first denied
knowing any thing about her, but upon
the officer telling her that her own safety lay
in telling him all about it, she made clean
breast of it and told him that Flash Jack
had brought her there, and that she was
above, prisoner, as Jack was trying to
starve and brighten her into marriage, but
that the young girl was still defiant and
would, she believed, kill any one sooner
than be imposed upon. She further told
the officer that Jack had made his escape
at rear door as they came in. Detective
Pointer now ordered the woman to take
them to Mary's room, which she did with
out trouble. She unlocked the door, when
Mary arose, her eyes flashing fire and told
them to stand back at their peril, at the
same time brandishing bright dagger ;
but when she saw Edward she threw down
her weapon and fell on his bre ,st and wept
After making the landlady present the
officers left and went with Edward and
Mary to the st. Nicholas.
The lost was found. Edward immedi-
ately gave the worthy detectives check
for their two thousand dollars, and told
them to be on the look out for the abduc-
tor. Edward and Mary being now seated
together in the parlor, Mary told him that
after she had parted with him that the viii
lain who had deceived Them after driving
around the city until after night, had stop
ped and telling her that they had arrived
at Gillman's he entered the house where
they found her, at private door. When
they entered parlor, he now quietly in
formed her that she was his prisoner and
would remain so until she became his wife,
as he knew her parents were rich and that
he would have both their daughter and
her dover. She of course told him the
thing could never be, as she would sooner
die than marry him, and demanded her
liberty but he laughed at this and told
her that close confinement and diet of
bread and water would soon bring her
around. Tie now left her, and an Irish
girl came to her and told Ter that she was
to be her waiter, and requested the fright
ened beauty to go to her room and retire.
Seeing nothing else to do, she complied and
went to the room assigned her. The girl
appeared to pity her, but told her that she
was powerless to do anything for her; but
she gave Mary sharp dagger and told her
to defend herself with that if any one came
to trouble her. During the three days she
| was imprisoned her abductor did not visit
| her. She saw no one but the faithful Bid
| dy. who was very kind to her. bringing
| her meals, and doing all she could to make
| her comfortable. An hour before the po-
lice released Mary, she received a note
from Flash Jack stating that he would
pay hers visit at 10 o'clock, but before
that hour she was beyond his reach.
| Edward and Mary now arranged to go
home to Philadelphia. They accordingly
started in the $50 evening train. After
running half an hour an alarm was sound
ed, the engine was stopped and the passen-
gers rushed to the platform to see what
was the matter, when they saw large fire
Just ahead, which appeared to be the rail
road bridge across small stream. The
engineer and the brakemen left the train
and went in haste to the bridge. AS they
| ha Fro n Inrtal in
the darkness. They found that some person
had piled dry wood and brush against the
bridge and had set it on fire, but they soon
put the fire out by throwing water on it from
their fire buckets, which they carried with
| them. In few minutes more the bridge
would have been in flames.
AS the officers returned to the train they
| heard the report of pistol and hurrying
forward they found that soon after they
left, u man had entered the ladies' car and
going directly to where Edward and Mary
were seated he had fired his pistol at Ed
ward but without effect. He was about
| to fire again, when he was knocked down
by a large man who had sat next to our
hero and who was dressed in the plain
garb of a Quaker. The good old Quaker
now stood over the fallen would-be assas-
sin, and said to him, "Friend, l think
thou hadst better wear the ruffles," at the
same time springing pair of hand cuffs
on him. He likewise put leg irons on the
villain. This apparent Quaker gentleman
was the detective who had rescued Mary,
and the fellow that fired on young Bruges
was the Rev. John Davis, alias "Flash
jack" notorious counterfeiter and gam
bier. Unbeknown to young Edward the
detective had determined to see the young
couple safe home, and Disgusting himself
he had kept near them from the time they
started. Flash Jack was taken to Phila-
delphia, and put in prison. In due time
he was tried by the authorities of New Jer-
sey for firing rail road bridge, and like
wise for assault with intent to kill Edward
Bruges. He was found guilty and scnten-
ced to twenty years in the Penitentiary.-
Edward and Mary were married shortly
after their eventful trip, and everything
prospered with them. The above nara
tive shows the great danger that strangers
run in our large cities in making the &C
quaintance of persons they don't know.
| Dublin. HAROLD.