The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-11-07

AND 4 YOUNG LAWYER--A LITTLE
EXPERIENCE WITH TRAMPS-
RECORDERS CLIENT.
\ New London Conn correspondent
o. the Now York Times writes rs fol
lows
One of the best known detectives in this
country was sitting on the port side OF a cat
boat, in down East bay, the other day, and
/ was sitting on the starbOard. We had
nothing to do but smoke cigars and tell stO-
rlcs, for bronZed old aukee fisherman was
at the helm. 1t Is hard TO get detective
started At telling stories but start him once
and he runs on like town pump. These are
some Of his stories
you kuow Charley De Young, or san
Francisco, who lately fred EailCch into the
Mayoraity? tie was in New York not long
ago, and lie wanted 10 see the sights We
had met in san Francisco. SD he came to me
and asked me To show him around He was
particularly anxious to see some OF the GU
TiOsities OF the TweGty-uiuth Precinct, 50 I
took him up TO that stati1u-Huuse and intro
duced him To Captain Williams. There was
copy Of Cooke ON Evidence" on the desk
IN the Captains private rO0mr and the Cap
taln'S distinguished cub lay alongside of IL.
Captain Williams received Us kindly, and at
once offered 20 show HS anything in his pre-
ciuct that we wanted to see
Cd GouLave all the lIwlere. Captain. said
De Young, pointing TO the iay-oooi. and the
3. Yes replied Can't. Williams. that's
Coke on Evidence, and that's my club: and
there's more law iu six inches OF that club
than thara j. u the whole oyOH.
cone Of the most expert forEer7 chat ever
appeared I'm this country. DO the detective con-
tiuu@j, "was caught in Massachusetts lately
convicted. and sentenced TO 10 wears iinpriS-
onment. He had not been in prison more
than three months. when 90 the astpuisluuent
OF the IalleT, q pardon came for him. i'm due
eTly cuuuteT-igugG. There was nothing to
be done bus U1eIsta tile prisoner. and le
walked out. But he had not been gone long
before the taller discovered that the prisoner
had managed, through lis friends tl get
blank pardon from tire Governors Office had
filled iJ out himself. and C.cyeIv forged the
signatures, and had tueu passed il ont TO his
friends again, 20 sa mailed TO the jai.er in
proper shape The clever IoIgeT had not got
lar enough away Go escape, and he was ar
rested and sent back TO prison. He employ
ed q young New \ prE LAWYER whose name
Is familiar through the fame Of his father.
and told him the story. They have no right
TO lock you up again. said the lawyer 'Hdy-
ing once liberated y0u, without legally prov
ing that the pardon Is a. fOTgcrE. ] can get
you out but Il VIII cost YOU =l.5H9.' 60
ahead, said the iorger. The lawyer went
ahead, gained BIS case and liberated the
prisoner lam going out West immediately .
SAID the toTger, az soon as ue was free. Ny
father. who is q wealthy man. owns 2 thirty
thousand dollar farm in Kansas and hc has
just sent this letter begging me to come
home and lead an honest life, and telling me
to draw ON him for 8. eco to paw nv bills.
am his only son, and / have almost broken
hiSsheaIt; bat this life 5 coming to an end 4:
! h Ill settle down ON my fathers farm and
be an b NEST man, and lie showed the letter
q pathetic production from an afflicted parent
i shall need 81 600 of the money to pay some
little bills, continued the forger and here
IS draft have made on my father for tie
$1,000. If you can give me a check for $1,000
1 viii give you the draft, and Will send YOU
the other $500 as soon as ! get home
The lawyer read the letter carefully.
drew a check for s 600, handed IL to his eli
ent, and received the draft for &. .0JO About
ten DAYS after the draft was deposited in ?
message that the man on whom 10 was drawn
had been dead for eight years. and wasn't
worth a cent when lie vas alive.
III
MY father is a Ss0tchman, the detective
went on, as lie lit another cigar "and yol
know tie Scotch are very clanuish. one DAY
when la was away, AMI I was sitting alone
in lis private Office, ] heard some one In The
outer Office iuquiring Tor Mr.. --. DO yoJ
want to see the old gentleman or the Young
gentleman 1 heard one Of the clerks asl
the visitor. He said Il did not make any
difference which, and they showed him int,
me. He was a little red-whi-keTei and red
haired Scotchma1, and looked as if he Iladu
brushed his clothes or had a good meal for
two weeks n least.
% oh Mr.. - he began in good Scotch
I'm glad to see you. ! knew your lathe
well-knew him in Glasgow A. my tathe
came from Glasgow, / thought maybe he wa
telling the truth 50 i asked him some ques
ti0ns, and he got everything straight. II
said be had been II work i'm Patterson, bu
the strikes had nearly driven him TO -tarva
ton, and he had come to his old friend, IN
father To ask for help. 4 gave him $50 ont %
the old Ccntiemau'S money. and hc wen
OF thankful, The next time ] wrote ID n
father / told him about this man. and J.
wrote back that lie didn't remember tn
name, but that If he was q Sc5tchman j
guessed It was all right 1t wasn't NOR
than a week after this when another ScatCl
man came I'm and inquired for me. He wa
shown ir, and he had no more than got int
the room than he began to show as much 10
as if he had found his louE-Iost brother.
." I'm delighted to see you again, said h'
with as good a Scotch accent as the othe
. I used 20 know VOW - Glasgow, and T..
p really glad tu meet YOU again
, "As | was born in this country, and ney,
: was in Glasgow in my iirc,' the detecti,
l continued, i began 10 take a little drop,
- the bows say; 81 1 said that 1 must have bee
T very young, then.
Y '''Oh, that you were, said he, smiling.
n wee bit uf lad, not more than SO hiEI
!, lme1SuriDg with ms haUtS). Nauys {.
time I've carried yuU about iu my arms
Z 'IhandrJ hma a dollar" said the6etegtiv
5 land told him I lad sent all tine money
the bank, but that il he wculd drop In nc
dav, ! would 90 something for my old Scot,
4 cOmrade. As soon as he was out Of the do
!, / sent one OF the detectives to follow bin
" The detective came back and reported tu
> he had followed the man around several ca
:, uerS and that al last he was Joined hv
). short Scotchman, with red hair and whiskel
Y who asked him, How much did You get
and was greatly disappointed when be lear
: ed that it was only 81 / Immediately II
ognized my first visitor by the descrptio
and when the other man called again I
e next morning. 7 helped him Gcn.ly down {
Office steps