Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-11-25
ArOund the Globe.

THAT l1 my man In the corner OF the
car"
"What, that well-mannered individual
with handouts ont"
''YeA, he Ia the man, and | doubt IL
ever fugitive gave an officer longer
chase"
The above conversation occurred recent
ly on the incoming passenger train on the
AtchiSon, Topeka 6nd Santa Fe Road, be-
tween one of Pinkerton's shrewdest detec-
tives and Q reporter who boarded the train
at Lawrence. No one, TO look at the de-
tsctive casually, would take him for the
human sleuth-hound that he Is, but a Sc
cond glance at his face, and look from
his cold gray eyes works wonders, and 1t is
seen that he In "up to snuff"
The man he had in custody was Ran
som, formerly the trusted cashier nf a
prominent wholesale silk house in New
York, who i'm June, 1879, embezzled over
5000, 600 from the safe of his employers
and took passage for Europe. A clue to
his whereabouts was ascertalned soon after
his flight, and when he reached New York
recently, 1t can be truly said that he has
been chased around the world.
must needs have him hAndcuffed2"
'He escaped OGce from an officer by
jumping from q passenger train, and
don't want him to do 80 again"
Have you any objections to telling
some of the mans wanderIngsR"
mo, not at all; but he can do it bet
ter"
The prisoner was then introduced, and
on his going into an apartment of the sleep
ing car the ''darbies' were taken from his
wrists, and his story was as follows:
'The causes which led TO my leaving
New York need not be told: suffice it that
a woman had something to do with it, and
when bearded the BOthniG on Saturday
in June of last year thought was going
away forever. My identity was carefully
protected while on the water, as pretend
ed to be a cripple and always appeared ON
deck with q cane. On landing In the old
country went directly TO London and de-
posted certain funds at q we'll known
banking house, and settled myself TO await
quietly the arrival of friend from Amer
lea. NV boarding house was not far from
the celebrated Scotland Yard, and one day
IN August / ran across little notice in q
paper which stated that was supposed to
De IN London, and that the detectives were
on my trail. This startled me at first, and
after waiting six weeks l left for Paris, in
tending 10 remain there awhile. In cross
ing the channel saw family had known
In New York, and did not dare go to PARIS,
so waited day or two and then went to
spain, but as l could not speak Spanish,
made my way to Greece, where my French
enabled me 10 get along.
did have much money! Yes, ! he'd
quite large sum, but the idea that took
5000, 900 with me on leaving New York 10
ridiculous. Most Of the money was lost IN
Wall street; bat to go on with my story.
AT Athens l met young Englishman who
was travelling for pleasure, and we deter.
mined to visit Egypt, to which country we
went in November last. All this time |
was afraid of my shadow almost, and after
stopping several weeks at Cairo took pas
sage for Bombay by way of the Suez Canal
alone. 1t was dreadfully lonesome, his
going about alone, and but few Americans
were met with. From Bombay / went to
Hong Kong, and then foolishly decided to
return TO America, aRd took passage on an
Oriental steamship for San Francisco
was fool for dong it, but the longing
came over me and [ could not do other
wise.
lat San Francisco l did another foolish
thing by writing letter to fnend in New
York, which fell into Pinkerton's hands,
and he at once sent Mr.. Halcomb, who
now has me In charge, out after me. Be-
fore he arrived, however, was arrested,
but escaped and fed into Arizona, but was
again captured at Prescott, and here am.
I'm glad I'm going back to New York, as
the life have led during the past fifteen
months was killing me-"
AS the story was finished, the train was
entering Kansas City, and the reporter ac-
companied the officer and his prisoner to
the dining-room at the depot for supper.
Ransom was not handcuffed, but the
officer never allowed him TO- leave his side,
and when the train on the Wabash, St.
Louis and Pacific Road left for the Fast the
two men occupied section in O Pullman
car. The prisoner realized that he must
suffer for the crime, and told the officer he
expected to get ten years in Sing Sing.
When arrested he had drafts and cash on
his person to the amount of about $40 900,
and was travelling under the name of Will
liam Allison.
WurtemOerg.