The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-12-07
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ana after taking VI 80 f0r her rare,
gave her the balance, which was $42 56.
not waiting for her to'lcount it, as K
should have done. Upon coming by
her about twenty minutes later, she stop-l
ped me, and said: 5c, aaa1l
Il gave you a $50 bill ?" qeJ .i8ass
HYes, madam ,7eAg4 aram3 .ie5
"The fare was 81 35," said she. s
"Seveu thirty:6ve,' answered. b
"Thst would leave $42 IS, wouldn't
it ?" she asked aii9eH 50
Eyes, madam, it would" I replieSa
wondering what She was coming Gt
"Well, youdidnt:give me but S22," !"
said she. 3l,s ael
"You have made a-mistake in count
ing, madam," Ianswered. II gave you
the fill amount; I am positive Of it''
"But say you didn't" 3Fe
"You are mistaken" said. Il
diam, Ell! You'are going to try and
beat me out of over twenty dollars, but
you can't do it: no, SIR" "E ,faf
II am not beating, or trying ito beat
ySuout of cent, ~ answered. Is &
Her wrath was rapidly rising, and not
wishing to have scene, Ileft the CAL
| informed Abe of the new game she
was tryingto play, when he gave utter
snce as follows: 'ta 5 sa
'.'If you let that old che devil beat yon,
you're notihalf as smart as think you
be. She is playing Some deep game,
she is. l thought it funny when she SO
quietly paid her fare after making SO
much fuss; just like as not the bill was
counterfeit. 'sd i1geaa sgs's is:i .r1t2s
ABE was right; she was playing a deer
game, and perhaps the bill was counter.
felt, but / had gotten rid Of it--left il
with the agent at Janesyille.s - y +
At A. The telegraph operator hand
ed me bundle of bills which had been
left with him, asking me to give them to
the agent at c., with request to
have them, posted up conspicuously. =
Such trahsactious were common, and ]
did not. ask the nature of them. They
were tied around with small string
After we left Al gave the bills To
the bageage-man on the train, telling him
to leave them at with his report
for ] feared that I might forget to de.
liver them About two hours after ]
wanted piece Of string, but could not
find any on the train; generally there
was quite an amount In the lamp box,
but not a single piece now i discover.
ed the bills, which were handed to me q,
A. upon the rack in the baggage
car, and unwound the string from them
andtplaced them back. Going into the
car again some time after, l. found they
had fai,en bH the floor: picking them mp
l noticed the heading, which read:
"ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS RE-
o1 WARD" ~
The rest Of the bill was as follows:
"The above reward viii! be paid for
the arrest and conviction of gang oi
counterfeiters, who are now operating
in this portion Of the country. The
y'head' or chief of tie gang is a woman
Signed-Allen Pinkerton, Chief ol
-Pinkerton's Detective Bureau, Chicago,
Illinois. e
I read the latter portion Of the bill
several times: '.1he head or chief Of
the gang isa ,ooman " =. = - +,
| put the bills up and they and their
contents soon passed out Of my mind
Ga leaving home that evening my wife
had said - - qs'
Remember, Leonard, the mortgage
falls due in two weeks; if we can only
dischsrgeitaad have our home clear
how happy L will be-" ST. h.a5
Her words required to me now, Ir
two weeks if not paid, what. then? II
mast be-. But how Z The mortgage was
eight hundred dollars, and ! had only
six, which by dint of economy / hat
saved. My reyeries were interrupted by
arriving at c.. On passing through
The car in which the, woman was, sht
stopped Eme and asked il yI'woald send Q
dispatch fer her. eesI .e,.9-5sa.
srCertainlyg but you might. think
would charge you more than the cost o
sending,' | said, sharply. GIy ei.s ,l.s,
i.Iwas mistaken about the, change
she replied i'm an apologetic tone.
"What do you wish TO send 2" j ask
ed. e!i1I,I eatfstg .noa4d 54s-s{. .
"Here'it,is; I wrote it out before go
aboard" and she handed me . piece o
paper, z ,sigi. Il tgoDuJ .ao-sR 7;,4a
i didjnot glance att, but put it in m.
pocket, and in the depot asked the ope
rator the charge of sending 1t. He open
ed the paper and, after looking at it
moment, said 80 I. ,i,sr;I e1 4aL o;6..
What kind Of gibberish do you cal
this, any way 2''al si-,e.' - r
,ltooksths pepper; it read: a-s
"B-4-Xl~I-Sure pop--come. i9la
30 4 icY Ty5g n 1rsf S. A."
1t was directed to a person at K.
place fifty miles beyond. Hl9 ans
II don't know" said I; but asend it
"DiG you send the telegram" 2" asked
the woman, when l again saw her. .Ff'
81 did, answered. .2GiaIgb sGils
told Abe about the telegram : he wa
much mystified. whats she sendin!
such kilograms for, uI'da like to know,
said he., 'rf5if 9i.'diI ,7aa .nd v.e
At K two very rough and suspi
cious.looking men came aboaad, and al
ter scanning every one on the train, the,
seated themselves behind the woman ani
ensag ed in conversation with her. "A
the same place I received a messag
from Janesville, signed 10y, the agenl
which read, s'PhesbiltI 1 changea for yo
is a counterfeit t." / Vas startled. Call
ling Abe into the smoking ear, told hir
my suspieionsa as'mlils NiiaHssAl9lusd1
a"Abe," said I "read that" giving hin
one Of the bills which had put in m
nhckatt iaH i-s!i Ait YREA sic9W sGYG (
"By the holy tnackerel,' he exclaimed
it's the she deyilr giI,asg @
81 think, 50 myself, I answered. Nov
Abe, we've gotto capture her and .th
men, q 9ii q nos ~. = : ~ abs.
tdFive hundred apiece said he, mus
ibgly.'i 81 .F"orT12s a issH i'tw 'eaa
Il prepared the following dispatch
which! Sent at tie next station: ~
"Pihkerton,sl Detective Agency, Chi
cagS, Illinois Have you "a descriptio