The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-20

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Of the place he was striving to rain, ii
is probable that he determined: upon:
the suddenness of a furious attack, in.
hopes Of escaping during !. the con-
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with almost any body Of men But sail.
orss- "a s'lark'' is the haven Of. their de:
Highland a. Cole bounded among
them, savagely striking right and left,
regardless of who he: hit SO that he
gained the street, he was instantly
surrounded by the merry gang, who
made a ring, and enjoyed the fun
hugely, cheering '.the little bantam, = :.
as they called Cole, whenever he laid
one of their comrades on his back. L.;
Every. second was of the utmost inn
portance to the burglar. Had he been
more collected, few choice words, or
some off-hand, witty remark, would
have opened the circle like magic; but
foaming with rage, lost to every idea
except escape, he cast his blood-shot
eyes around for some weak point, and
collecting all his remaining strength,
was about to make a final effort to
break through them, when the mate,
rushing into the ring, struck him a
blow which laid him cold and sense
less upon the sidewalk. The infuri.
ated man, who had his jaw.bone
broken, would have stamped him to
death, but was forcibly prevented by
his men.
Several policemen, who had succeed
ed in working their way through the
crowd, hastily explained matters, and
bore the still inanimate body to the
Tombs, followed byothree rousing
cheers for ''the game little bantam"
by the thoughtless and light-hearted
crew.
Pondering upon the mutibility of hu.
man events, and the fickleness of fate,
I slowly retraced my steps to the Office
to keep my appointment with the
chief.
Arriving at the bakery we immedi-
ately entered the false oven. AS we
expected, it was fitted up as q work.
shop for manufacturing false keys, au-
gers, and other burglarious tools. The
furnace doors were of stamped sheet
iron, and kept red-hot by several jets
OF gas playing upon them. 1t was an
ingenious cast of forethought, making
the entrance from the top, as any one
would suppose that the large pan of
crackers which covered it had just been
baked and were placed there to grad.
ually cool off. In all other respects it
had the appearance of a bona.fide oven,
and would never have been suspected
without some previous clue or infor.
nation.
After completing our observation,
we began Il search for the money,
which was wrapped in a paper and
carelessly thrown into the corner of a
shelf, probably by Cole himself. with
out the slightest attempt of conceal
ment.
At the trial everything was cleared
up by the evidence of the baker, who
turned States evidence. The burglar
invariably disguised himself in his
wife S clothes, both in planning and car.
rying out his nefarious pursuit, while
she who bore 4 most remarkable re.
selnblance to him both in size and
features, personated his character. AL.
though splendid mimic, she still fur.
ther carried out the deception by pre-.
tending to be sick or drunk and after
attracting sufficient attention to prove
an alibi without doubt, would take a
bed for the night at the place she had
selected.
The Scotchman, who was an escaped
convict, and a perfect master of his
art, made the false keys and tools,
while the baker and the bakery were
used as "blind'' to cover the entire
proceedings. Cole was attacked with
the brain.feyer, and died in the
Tombs four days previous to the trial.
never having spoken to or recognized
any one after the mates blow. His
wife and the Scotchman were sen
fenced for the full term of the law
The baker, fairly frightened into hon
esty. took up his old trade, and I tool
charge of Snatch, who became quite Z
respectable dog, considering hi:
morose and surly disposition.
Thus crime, like murder, no matter
how carefully perpctrated or concealed
will out.
AS in this instance, who for a mo
ment would have supposed that thi.
baker, meek and cowardly. as lamb
was engaged in one of the deepest ant
most skillfully laid schemes that in
genuity, craft and cunning could de
wise; or that Cole, after defying ant
escaping detection from all human
sources, was left to be betrayed by th'
instinct of a lost dog. The words O
the old merchant came distinctly be
fore me
Tel Trade Secrets.
In tea suit before Judge Larre
more, it was shown that the tea mer
chants employ ''tea tasters" to max
purchases; that in the export of tea
from China the external marks on tn
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