The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-02-16
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Ceee<l IN bMrclat~. mr. afe th.lr halnss u
srry cholev theme IN l,nl,.s lltrmsnrr:
hut uscn that N>MrrMv III Glen krrinr
~ns rally Nh extraordinary affair, You
49,. the way ! came IL rst wlml ~ II ~as
thrcngl, "Callco Charley, ~ they called
him ] ~as va the fnrve then ~ scr.
grant. That was when Acl.n AMI Men.
nrsis nasle Il tss, hot for l,ulh tl,r p,li.
eacsans anil the thieves. W. t,~rl 4,
lk,NHt "a TINT hme that ~ ha.l The l~.rt
police fnrv In the world. Well. .talicx,
Charley went Nj for ten wears fnr hrlp.
ing ~ cfNck old Oplrnllcimers pln.c
there In thc Dowcry. Ii ~as nm nnlncLv
ioh for him NIL through, and M MA M.
IL the specials that "piMsl" anil tn,k
him. aud IN had known him on ANIL az,
for long time before TINT, il WIS inst
like me one day. when WAS np ut Siur
Hing, 81 ~ over a. the sta,,e quarry AMI
Rrt tlic keeper ~ III me Inv, u talk with
him. Hot his whole history. IL wasn't
.ne y YOUR common cracksmrn. Not 4
~ y u Hc wns tn smart w long
shot for TINT sort II thing. Don't YOU
RIM AWAY with notion TINT burglars nrc
slch awful smart chaps. That's Il queer
i.icM that people get ont III thu story pa.
pen. Let me tell YIN that I've hal NIGH
onto fifteen years chance u lind out. anl
I've never Sccn one tint wouldn't run his
hess4l into slip-nooxr the minute he hnd
Mo lcnHt luck. Oh, NJ. heard liz
chaplain say oi,cc. over u the island,
that y man whose mind nn,l lsAly were
al right wouldn't bc thief no moron Il
healthy fellow'a be panpcr. There's
Miways something thu matter with EN-.
twist IN en- somewhere tlat knocks
en- HAT when sound man gets after 'cm
Calico Charley. IN was going a. .ay
wAS pretty much III I'M exception. IN
M. brought M we'll His father was
one n thc hrHt nlnrl,inints III tho conn
try. and hr took more lMins a. make i
man II his hoy thnn tho fellow deserved.
The old Mnn Ind little place Down
there in Maiden lane when wan n
shaver. | rsollcct II we'll. II was a
kind uf machine shop. where he made
Aill nold three ar four tricks he'd invent.
ed himself. HI had thu l,ny Charley
with him bright, smart cl.ap Ii. wns
then. When hc was II h. got III ~
rntty llssly about tawn. fer the old man
hnd sawed up u handsome property nnl
let Charley have more money tl.an wns
RNM for him. Then they eat M new
kde-lock, un,l Il mnl. i. hig stir, and
believe they went into tllai snrt III thing
pretty heavy. Any why Charley went
over a. the firSt worlds fnir in London.
There h. Rot tripped up. never heard
exactly how Il WAS. They put III
job IN him VI some kind, and ent him
mixed mp with u prrtt, hui l.on,lon
mob. The story TINT W. heard was
TINT ~ picked Il safe-lork for n marty
TINT shouldn't have hr.n picked. ANY
why, he got Ia with the wrnlp crowd.
md they wouldn't lrt co III him M
stAid OVER there about five Years. ana
Eut ~ he 4 regular iirst-rlns1 sneak. and
worked half dozen iois IN iii. m,~t
scientific manner. W. rnl word from
scotland inr,l TINT he wns c.ninr hack.
aia ! dropped In ~ the old mans place
there IN Maiden lane t. try anl find out
something. OLD Caleott tthat wns hir
namel hatl got rich. Wimt with his
bank-lock aud his ether inventions, his
mean why ~ living. ami his luck III buy
iiiR some downtown property hefor. tho
people l'ni al idcn how Ing lLe city war
Rnlilp r. b., he'd conn. IL be Il regular
nnl,ol,. couldn't get ii worl ont III him
about his hoy. liz sail hid given him
up, nnd wns going IL retire from busi.
ns'ss, Money must have come III pretty
fast 10 the old fellow. H. showed me
half dozen patents TINT Ii. WI. going Ia
sell out my one ~ IN. must hay. been
worth 4 pile If .lollars.
Now think ~ II, il war talcn,t who
put thu first Franklinit. III M iron safe.
and liz invented the rubber ilul,gr which
prevented tlr thieves from ,,sinr tn nir.
pump when they wanted to blow ~
sale.
Il seems that when Young (alcott
started for America he'.l male ,ip his
mind - cut liis London acquaintance.
and tricks. an.l square il hy going hack
N thu old mnn. None IL IN knew Il NJ
The time. Well, when liz rot herr, Il ~. 4
Yionn thing hapl~ned. VI Ind 4 man
IN the Central office liz tl,e name IL
Meehan, who wns In with III, Enst aide
mob. He wax broke about d yenr after.
warsl Mecl,An had got wom from the
London gnng, and he met young Culcott
ON the dock with fact. enough ta send
him mp and he made II straight Offer IL /
him % stay with the Easi 1i,le gang ii liz |
didn't want " end Ills career for useful. /
noes. What does Calcolt do Int hmm
and hdw And ~ ~ nce some IL tho fcl. /
lows, and, finding himself pretty well
atAked out, gives IN md olr mn il frenl,
lay os in ltistry. H. said nfierwarl that
ne intended ~ cut 'em thu first chance
he gut. Hut he never did liz got to
b. big chief In IN dangerous ii pnng nv 4
Gver worried The mrn III Mulberry street.
We thought W. hal him two nr three
timsa, but he slipped through our fln-
gers. There wasn't ii clean i'll, In iron
put mp anywhere hut II had tho marks III
his tool. on II. When thu war broke out
he WIN IN New Orleans, md W. lost track
d him for fivc or six years.
Il W. In the winter IL 1915 that the
gentlemen's places along the Hudson
wcru brukrn into by u river gnng. You
may rerollcrt II. Judge Schermrrhorn's
house u Glen Apring wnn entered ono
night and robbed III &iO,nfO worth III
property The papers made Il goot deal
y fuss about n, anil We hn.l three Or fomr
men working ~ II. tine tlay Mattison
lnmes intO the office with copy IL Tho
dlsn spring paper Herald, believe Il
wa.-nnd says Look III this Here's
y 50. Read that And he pointed out
~ advertisement. This IL thu way II
read
All burglars. house, brcakers, sneak.
thieves. and assaSsins ara hereby notified
hat ] hsEe over 90. 000 worth 81 coin,