The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-01-18

| aIter lover In London, Whlther neve
doubted he had returned, for of all hidin
places, sir, London is the best. 80 / mad
myself as comfortable as possible. NOtf
ing happened till, as we were nearing Sta
ford, a bit of paper was blown into m
face; and as /, out of mere curiosity
stopped to pick it up from the seat wher
it had fallen, two other and larger piece
came in and fell on the floor.
"There was no one else in the com
partment, so put the scraps togethe
just to see what could make out Q
them, and to my astonishment read:
"I will be at two o'clock you do il
"'I DOVER.
Good time.'
"That was all. The last words, on tn
smallest bit of paper, l didn't care for
but the other parts made my heart jum]
when read them, for / made sure tha
l should now catch Mr.. Dover for tn,
robbery at Liverpool. The instant tn,
train stopped, out l jumped, and begal
looking into the carriages as l passed
pretending I had lost something.
AT last came to carriage near tn,
engine Ga second-class), on the flooring O
which l could see several bits of paper
and upon going on l found flor the car
riage was empty an envelope, addressed
to some place in Camden Town, in thu
same handwriting as was on the bits
had.
"While was examining the envelope
l saw three men coming from the re-
freshment room in the direction of the
carriage, SO seated myself in q corner
next the door and shut my eyes. wa.
more than ever convinced that had now
got clue to the Liverpool job, and
determined to keep my eye on the former
occupants of the carriage, who now
returned to their seats.
"The smell of rum which pervaded
the compartment, convinced me that
they had been indulging pretty freely.
and while they were in earnest conver-
sation l opened my eyes, and sitting
nearly opposite to me was Dover himself /;
the other men 1 did not know. Before
the train got to Rugby they were all fast
asleep; and as soon as we stopped, out l
jumped and left them snoring"
"You went for assistance suppose" /"
said I.
"No, sir" replied the guard, with a
knowing wink, 81 wanted them in Lon
don, not Rugby; for, We see, by keeping
the train might have excited suspicion,
and my birds have flown. No, sir; Lon
don was their destination, and / could
catch them on their arrival"
"Well," said l, "but you left the train,
you say"
"I did, sir; for it occurred to me that
the 3:45 up express from Liverpool was
due, and l knew thatit left Rugby few
minutes before the train in which Dover
and his friends were. Just as got out
and had shut the door, had the salts
faction of seeing the train shunted, to
make room for the express, which came
up few minutes after. was soon on
my road to London, where I arrived
about nine o'clock.
81 had Just an hour and half to make
my arrangements, and while my men
were quietly jogging along near Tringin
the slow train, was soon in possession
of the necessary authority, and taking
two of our men with me, returned to
Euston Square.
"We had to wait some little time, but
the train at last arrived, and ! led the
way to the carriage in which had lett
Dover and his associates. They were
just getting out as we reached them, and
a gentle grasp on the collar, and word
in the ear, soon reduced them to terri
fed silence. Their baggage was also
seized, and in portmanteau was found
a quantity of the jewelry which had been
stolen in Liverpool.
"We had them up next day and they
were fully committed. At the trial
one of them turned evidence, and by
those means the city burglary was proved
against them. Tho rewards were paid
over to me after the trial, and l was very
much complimented by the judges on
the manner in which had managed the
capture"
81 think you quite deserved the re.
the inspectOrw
"Oh, Mr.. T, sir. He went across,
as / had told him, by the mail from
Queenstown, and got to America the
day before the ship in which the forger
was.
"He boarded every ship, and from the
description he had received he caught
him afOre he went on shore. There was
no doubt about him, for some of the
identical notes which had been issued in
London were found upon him.
"Mr. T didn't bring him back,
sir; he only took possession of the
money; for he thought it would cost
more to bring him home and prosecute
than to leave him where he was. The
bank gentleman said he was quite right,
and gave him two hundred and fifty
dollars for his trouble. When he re-
turned to England, one of tho directors
of the bank, who is our chairman, sir
was complimenting Mr.. T upon 60
ing to Ireland; and then Mr.. T
spoke up for me; and KNOWN as didn't
care about the force, he told the gentle
man 80, snd he, after time, offered me
the place 1 have now, with prospect o
rise if behaved myself. So you see
sir, it was as l said, all through bit o
letter as got to be mail guard"
"I am very much obliged to you,
said ], "for your narrative; it ha
amused me very much, indeed"
~ am very glad to hear 1t, sir" re
piled the ex-detective, "and-you'll ex
cuse me, sir-but l think as I've seel
you afore."
"Very likely" said l, laughing; "you
experience has doubtless led you acros
my path" .,,. ., :, ;,
the guard; 81 SEQ you when Mr.. -
offered me the post I have. 1 remembe
you was a comm in as l left the bank.
"I dare say did, for my father sees
great many people at the bank" said
"Is your father, Mr.. George Somel
vile, as lives near H when he's
home, sirT'
"Yes," said I; "I have just been g
my ,ncle's house now, and am on m
way to London, where my father is q
present"
"Weli, that is curious, sir" said th
guard, touching his cap, "as / shoul
see you here this evening, and II
proud to have met you, SIR"
replied, aud the guard running
the door, exclaimed, "Here's the mai
sir; If you'll show me your things II
| ,oa thai thev are all rightv And onc