The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1875-12-21

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devils would hnd Enthusiastically attired
But thew did ME created no s,,rnrise i.a
was the onlvpasRmc. The detective
train, and the onIyger but two on the
cepting a brakesmaurson in sight, ex-
Superintendent Of the4s Ed. Visiting,
road, also station agenelnt Alto Rail.
ter and ticket agent. Mr.. aggage mas
generously offered the detestling very
TO ride to sleeping quartersTe Q mule
town, but the kind offer wFunks-
promptly rejected for the mule. very I
and being placed in the path the axe.
tive started courageously for the FurYr-
town tavern. Before arriving at Mou1.
Alto the detective had heard that d
panther had recently been killed In the
road which he was traversing, and an
occasional thought Of this incident
quickened his pace remarkably. The
road, SO named, was composed Of
stumps, mud and rocks, and a little of
each OF those substances entered into
the composition of the clothing worn by
the jOrld detective before he reached
the outskirts OF the most forsaken place
on earth.
is this Funkstown?" inquired the
detective Of a passing citizen.
:. Deed this is Funkstown, stranger, :"
said the man, the place where two
lives and three dies. The detective
did not pause to ascertain what occa-
stoned the latter remark, but afterwsrd
learned that when five Funkstown per.
sons engage in an unpleasantness, -
only two OF that number are usually
left to relate the story Of the battle
The tavern which the TPorld detective
found In Funkstown was called the
Franklin House. It was built Just as
Ken min Frn n l. ltr, H..
ing by the accommodations of the
house, the great philosopher had owl
IDENTITY, stopped there, eaten loaf Of
gingerbread which he had under his
arm. and incuIcated the principles of
economy. The landlord was found suf-
fering from concussion Of the brain
produced by u stone thrown i'm q row
on the night before in front of the
Methodist church of Funkstown, in
which revival meeting was in progress
The sleeping accommodations at the
Franklin House are primitive and
warm. A straw mattress Is used to lie
upon, while feather bed serves as
coverlid
At 6 o'clock Sunday morning the de-
tective was awakened by Pennsylva-
mia Hebe, who thrust her head into the
room and said aloud-very Ioud--that
breakfast was ready. After eating
sausage and drinking coffee, the de-
tective made his way through the mud
back to the Mount Alto Iron Works,
and there found Col. Visiting. Super.
intendent of the Mount Alto iron
Works, and brother OF the railroad
Superintendent.
Tweed in these parts?" said he; II
guess not much; but If Tweed or any
other criminal came into these noun
tains and frankly told one of the noun
tainocrs that he had stolen horse and
wanted to hide, Mt the same time paying
or securing payment to the man for his
trouble, he would be hidden and fed in
places where u whole regiment of de-
tectives (scornfully) couldn't find him.
Speaking about Tweed, the parents of
DR.. Hughes, one Of the doctors at the
Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island
live here, and they told Ine how the
doctor has written home from New York
telling about Tweed helping him in his
duties in the hospital, and how the
Boss, after hearing the descriptions of
Mount Alto given by DIR. Hughes, has
often expressed desire to visit this
part of the country" This caused the
detective 9 heart to beat, He pondered
on 3d. 900 and glory as he rushed MIN
bly, around the mudcovered cottages Of
Mount Alto endeavoring TO hire man 10
act as guide III the mountains and OBJ
tHin a wagon to drive him as near the
White Rocks as 1t was possible for n
carriage to go. Both were found after
difficulty, aud before noon
the detective, armed with revolver and
a bottle Of pine tar, was seated in the
back Of q wagon without springs, driv-
ing slowly over the worst road in the
world. The wind fresh from the noun
tain blew bitterly cold and few sharp
snow flakes danced about. After three
mile ride the White Rocks could be seen.
Gudge white powders started from
every place on the irregular mountain
side, and one enormous white rock on
the summit of the mountain gave the
locality its name.
Opposite the White Rock the road
branched off through wood in the di-
rection of the mountain. The timber
was thick and apparently second growth.
The winter had robbed the brown, bare
limbs OF the trees, and among the roots
and underbrush glistened the everlast-
ing white stone. The road went up the
mountain in a nearly vertical line, and
as the seat Of the wagon was not fasten-
ed securely the detective was obliged to
rest largely upon his agility and know
ledge of the principles of gravitation
Once or twice wild turkey flew lazily
across the road, and the drum OF
pheasant resounded occasionally from
hollow log in the depths Of the forest.
Deer seldom are seen in this neighbor-
hood, but are shot by hundreds in the
season on "Thad Stevens's estate" near
Springs, in Adams county,
not a dozen miles away. Tweed does
not abound.
''Are you cold?" exclaimed the guide
about once in fifteen minutes.
Frozen through" " would be the re-
ply Of the suffering detective.
"Then let's sip the pine tar" was the
response, and the horse was given q
breathing spell. This liquid tastes
much as though it had been manufac-
tured of turpentine and pitch and dis
titled with the moulten ore ut the Mount
Alto iron works. It's course from the
tongue to the feet could be verified in
each instance.
The end Of this journey was complet-
ed on foot. After going along the ridge
above the road for some distance, John
Conrad's cabin suddenly appeared in
view. One glance at the cabin was
enough to satisfy the World detective
that Tweed was not concealed there.
Taking drink Of pine tar and examin-
ing the hammer Of his revolver, the de-
bective thereupon boldly advanced upon
the cabin. It resembled bee hive, ex-
cept that at the place where the bees
might be expected to be issuing, thick
smoke was issuing. 1t was about seven
feet high, eight feet across at the base,
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