The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-08-13

ton, and I was hardly surprised to find
that it did not satisfy the pUlice, but
was, nevertheless, considerably dismayed
when the inspector informed me was Z
prisoner.
"'Poor little Lizzie thought 1; whii
fright she will be In However, was
permitted to send her q message ia
the effect that I was detained to give
evidence, and that she was not to be
uneasy.
81 was then taken in . cab to Bow
street, where I was charged with murder:
ing and robbing an old gentleman, name
unknown. My pockets were turned
out, my papers, purse, and watch
taken from me, and even my cigat-case,
which was at the moment certainly the
greatest privation. The charge was
taken, and I was marched off to . cell
and locked up. There, sitting on one
bench with my legs on another and my
back fitted into an angle of the wall,
passed the night-such a miserable night
It wss! should heye persisted with cold
HAD It hot been for the kindness of the
jailer, who lent me thick, loose coat and
blanket. In wretched discomfort
dozed and dreamt, starting up now and
then in bewilderment, wondering where
I was, and then, suddenly recollecting,
sank back in my corner to doze and wake
by turns till morning. After some cold
coffee and bread was again taken be-
fore the court and examined, and, to my
horror, sent to the House of Detention
till the inquest should be over, when it
was intimated should be brought up
again.
"Well, to cut short my story, for see
you are yawning, must tell you that the
inquest was held, and the doctors discov.
cred that the old gentleman was not muir.
dered at all, but had died of apoplexy.
So my offense was reduced to theft only;
the old fellows pockets had been emptied
and his watch taken.
IL should, no doubt, have been sent
back for further evidence but that pris-
oner was brought in upon whom the
stolen property had been found. The
prisoner proved to be the identical tall,
good-looking man who had left the rail-
way carriage as I got In. The young fel.
low, who, on account of his gentlemanly,
stylish appearance had got the sobri.
thief, but on this occasion he had been
on a pleasure trip to the North to see
some friends, and he solemnly declared
he got into the carriage where the old
gentleman was without any business like
intentions; that he always travelled first
class because it was more comfortable,
besides being genteeler.' He said-and,
as you know, the statement was borne
out by the medical evidence-that the
old gentleman had fit, and that, though
he did his best to assist him by opening
the windows, loosening the old fellows
neckcloth, and holding up his head, he
died in few minutes. And then,
added the Prince I thought the pool
old boy couldn't want his watch or his
purse again, and I knew they would be
very useful to me, SO they changed
pockets; and then stuck him in the cor
ner where the other gentleman found
him. But do hope, continued he, look.
ing round with an air Of injured limo
cence, SO we'll assumed that felt in
clined to applaud, Il do hope no one
would 60 to say as taking what nobody
else didn't want was stealing Unfortu
nately, some rather important people
could not be brought to see the matter
from his point of view, and the Prince
did not visit his friends in the North
again for some years.
$50 ended my very unpleasant adven.
ture, Charlie. have taken many days
journey since, but never again with such
very quiet Observation-Disclosures
Bar.