The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-12-24
THRMs-
knew, it was my work on the,portraits,
or ct least they nspeclt{edI q il, SO they

. flea in their ears. But 1t coiifrtned
them in their suspicious of me, and
they set the " whole Treasury force TO
work to, hunt Charley Ulrieh.siotfaCY
!, swell, it was months, before they
could get hold of anything TO- help
them. At last a detective worked his
way into the ring in Philadelph and
by bribery got allittle ehiRt n Acting
| onsthis he weIitatea the express pfise
in Philadelphia. and after while lie
noticed that packages Of money were
sent out occasionally to one Charles
Henderson, Cincinnati. He did not
thinl1s that Charles Henderson might
be ne, but he had an idfa that the
packages contained the queer seat to
some fellow 10 shove. 30 heainfofIl-
ed Col, Wood. Chief Of'the u. 81 De
tectiye force who went to Cincinnati
| with three detectives who were Fun-
known there, 70 look after thesnlattef.
| Wood concealed himself in the wal
nut street house and found that the
packages addressed to Charles Hem
yderson We're called fersnby a person
who always. had an order from Charles
Henderson for them. > n IL fI.g' yyeue
$50 when The nextI package came,
one with 800 in it of genuine money
fori Charles BGndersOnaoC COLI Who'd
had the express ageh tsend a. notes 10
Charles HemlersoHrask king hinbdo call.
and get tine paekaealina peEsOn, ,asi the,
company preferred dealing with.0the
consignee direct.
r. ssW5ll, u Was the ghaiags Hehder-
son, alfd stlfe moment 4 got the 4hoteI
Fasnfelt a mi ee,y ,yard' didn't go. u 1eftlthe
Pihofey athefeif for two months, Bt91 one
Eday g6bahe idea that it was all TOM
f5oleryoto be SO afraid ia6oaE it. andI
would go and draw the Ijaelza gee q07q .
WhetrI stepped into the 6fliee and
inquired lf6f4he3 mon eSztlI EBAtV iAlA
second that4 wasgoA de up, for al tFange
clerk, with peno en- his ear steppea
around the counter.and tapping me
on the. shoulder, said he was. a ,Uey 5.
detective aud that ne would be happy
Pto arrest Charley Ulricii, ana Athey
hbagged lne eisureapop. .2ssw ssaq
Eut'' How long were you senta nR forisS7
| [ asked, ts.,.f ~, ,.f,.,.,, -. ,...,s,
I have served out about sever of
th0mSai 10 s9hasw sci 3nioqqastb 5oE
oiaTFiyesyearsiyet to ,staA1theq,s sdIsre-
marked. s5t,,,,,., ,,.,f,e,s .,gt
sadly. think they don't use me
.quiteoB thessqaafe a bout that though.
Y.ou. see, State prisoners are al 70 we'd
to have their term shortened if they
are wen behaved, ETC.. and L have done
as wolf as IsknoW how, and expected
gtofget credit forsit and sosh ortans my
term butsnoW the Govern ment9 says
they wont permit any. such. rule to
apply TO me, and as I am "a q. 8. Ipris-
Oner, why msybeskve got e-submit.
It's tough, FL say that much, sir,
81 see you have a nice bench here
and plenty. of tools, and that parallel
ruling machine is quite good. Did
the Warden buy them fol. your p ,.t15s. .-'a.
Mot much. made them all my
SELF" answered the engrayer. sob,
I've plenty. of time" - l.S,r,. -
Uifich Is medium sized h man, H. with
sharp features, ahigh. forehead. and a
clear. blue eye. He is a Inan of large
general informatiohi and very pleas Ilesaas
lant talker. The Government is IN vii
ling that his term be shortened d day,
he is regarded as the most danger
GUS counterfeiteri IN the country. a@l5
II should think a man Of, your
ekili need not be driven. to couftef-
feiting," said L. q You can make "a
fortune legitimateiyl v when zen, your term 94t
~Oh, yesI" said he. tIfa Wajofl't make
a mistake again, but five Years IL a
long time TO wait. Say" he added,
"will you take my $4,000 and serve
out my time in my place ?"
"Not to-day, ,2Hs&id l. sFsCanits you
let me see yoa werkea httle?Y aap
"Yes, yes," he CALCULATED. "Just sit
down there and watch me. sHi -
% As sat by the oengravef's sideglfn
that lonely room, and sWatchedOthe
skill with which he traced the most
delicate shading, and the unerring
tprecision with which he made, every
mark, there was mingled with my
surprise a feeling of sadness THAI one
so highly gifted Should have SO sinhed
as to be thus confined in a felon's cell,
and as bade him good bye little
while afterw ards, it was with tue hope
that the expiration of his term might
find him ready to shake of from his
feet the dust of the pehitentiary and
go forth to be as honest III the future
as he is sI5illfll and gifted. +ii NJ.
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The LAYmy and, Mays Gqketfes says
di"We tllaYe enumerated onsseYeIslss0c-
casions the various results ofseKpeGi-
ments undertaken by the committee
Oh explosives, with view of ascer-
tanning the pFacticalsef fleotofPro fessor
A bells proposed plan forahea bursting
lsof common shefls1 filled w ith sp alter,
4 by means of a. detSnatoE, ponsistihg
:; ofdrSacom gun-cottoR eRvel-
: oping "a snmlbscap aefgfulminateqof
lmereuiry.1r Some n4outhS agolthesE7ic-
4 ca6ility of ex ploding'siK iK1een pOGnrd-
4 .er common shells in this uhanhepfWas
I satisfactorily established, ands the re-
= suit ofsaI1 arrangements was 6he burst
Il ing of the shell0 into three ahslSp4ted
4 fragments, W hereas only abo ttiiTty
: pieces were produced by an ordinary
bursting charge of powders HheEef-
= feet Of sirCii, an explosion ailInhg
u troops intthe fieldscOuld not be other
wise than disastrous i'm theGextre8ae.
3 Latel y, however, TeXperimen ts6slINve
/ .beeh.made 9-inch1shells S, ,iwKl KleluiaFi eX-
. Il ceed in effect dhata of aanyls conducted
! With the field service common shells.
On this OCCASION stheI bpFstin ing element
b employed WIS wet guhScott tOn lie lieu
of waterY9 twill ba remenlbernbt2sat
the danger hitherto experienced in
: the employment OF this explosive has
been obViated by wettiagsiIy . discoy-
* el'yIhaVihgtiIeell made that it fetonated
II equally wen wet as dry. 1sNl e. Inch
shells were placed upright aupouhthe
= sands uof sShoebufyHess> a oboaftiing
being erected around them ataa icon-
Venient distance to oeaflne the frRg-
ments. The projectiies then being
filed with some eight or niue pounds
of wet compressed gun.eott0n, ana a
detonatoras described above, having
{. deem fitted into the fuse hole is6cket,
, they were fired by au Ordinary Uelec-
} tHic fuse. The effect was esltraortli-
nary, the sheil bursting literally into
thousands OF pieecs. The eilect9 of
+ such an explosion upon vessels deck
among the crew can hardly. he over
esimated. 1t remains now only to
; provo whether the she'll fiIledS With
t gau.ootton and It's tlstonator1 will
stand the shock of diseharge,9k ~
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