The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-10-01
Caught In his Little Game.

a suspicious looking little box indi-
eating the presence within of a shovel
Iul OF that manerva of the forgers' brain
commonly denominated ''queerv passed
through the express Office at Pulaski last
week. 1t was regarded with awe by all
who saw it, and the address was care
fully noted by a self-constituted detect
i've, who determined to keep his eve up
on 1t and ferret out It's owner. A man
whose name We suppress for the present
soon called for the box, and the stand
ers-by could detect nervousness in the
grasp with which he clutched it. and
could see a calm satisfaction settle upon
his countenance when the agents re-
ceipt made it his own. Without deign-
ing glance at any one be drew his
treasure to his bosom, and screening 1t
from observation with his linen coat, he
hastily departed down the street and
entered his own office. Every one was
convinced by the manner of the man
that the box contained counterfeit mon
eys and many of them could call to
mind now, in the light which the pres
ent state Of facts threw upon the case,
numerous suspicious acts Of this man,
all OF which taken together established
clearly that he was up to no good. The
detective was stumped how to proceed.
II he acted too hastily he would alarm
his victim, who would take measures to
foil him, and if he was too dilatOry, the
rascal would conceal the contents of the
box and perhaps never be detected, but
while he was contemplating his dIlema,
he spied the man cautiously emerge
from the Office and turn the nearest cor
ner, and he could see that lie carried
something concealed under his arm.
The detective was decided on the instant,
and without delay he FASTENED to the Of
flee the man had just vacated and en-
tered, the door having been left unlock
ed by the excited man, and the first
thing he saw was the suspicious box
sitting on the stove, its top having been
riven off and its contents taken there
from, leaving nothing but a half-bOx-
full OF saw-dust. Here was proof posi-
i've OuG Tic FLlldlu hdS al ldISo anu
the money actually as yet unseen. The
detective, however, could now proceed
more openly, and he concealed the box
for proof and hastily got upon the track
of his man, whom he caught up with
just as he was about to enter his resi-
dence in the suburbs. The detective
hesitated. He would not have believed
this man capable of such an act if some
one had told him and he secretly wished
yet that he might be mistaken, but there
was no escaping the proofs he had seen,
both of matter and manner, and he
walked firmly up and grasped the cul-
prit by the arm and looked him square
ly in the face. The mans cOuntenance
fell and his manner betrayed his trepi
dation, and the detective to spare his
feelings did not accuse him of his crime,
but watching him narrowly to see that
he made no demonstrations of resistance,
he quietly reached up under his coat
and drew out the bundle, carefully
wrapped. Stepping back a few PAGES
and telling his prisoner to remain where
he was, he nervously unwrapped the
bundle, and behold! o, We little gods
one of DR.. Pierce's Fountain Nasal In
jectors for squirting ointment up sore
nose.