The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-26

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me very liberal terms. I, of course, VA
very eager 10 kAfgAin with him. and 1
waa ngrsed that ou the next night 3,
should furAlsh me with iour thousand
dollars At forty cents on The dollA-
worked every way ] could 70 God oai
where be was to procure ii, but !, was ul
use, lie bad bot known me long enough
nc said Il must BE- sufficient iof me that
got the e0unierieits,
Il was my intention to dog bis steps e
the headquarters. had my gun al ready
for going ont, aud dId not allow Burton
out Of my sight for several bours.At boon
the weather cleared up, aud he borrowed
The landlord's gun, took mine snd
started for the hin, believing be would
have 10 pass me somewhere, but eluded
me AMER all. Travelled about, watching
everything, had $40 eve on the bill road,
but did not catch sight oi him. Returned
TO The hotel, found be was absent, and, in
brief, be did not return until after dark
the next evening.
knew from what had passed that
could not gain the mans confidence for
weeks or months, aud might never induce
him to guide me TO the headquarters. BY
arrestIng him might make him turn in.
former, II holding out the inducement OF
escape to himself. bad everything ar
ranged when be returned. ! was In bis
room, and two constables with me, aud
we bad him handouiied in moment. lie
had about ten thousand dollars OF stuff
with him, and there was no lack OF proof.
He "peAchedh on me 10 q moment, and
fairly raved when ] established my ideu.
tity with him. The attempt TO wiring
anything from him In regard TO the,others
was failure. He declared thathe would
submit to torture before be would betra y
those who had furnished him the money.
| coaIed, threatened and discussed, but
be was firm; aud after an hour vainly
spent gave up the attempt. | would
send him to Washington, and then hope
that accident might assist me TO find
Rogers den. | was determined TO find
it II / had to call out every man in Par
kersburg.
Going out OF the room to arrange for
sending Burton off, stumbled against q
small dog at the door, and | remembered
that the dog had come in with the coun-
terfeiter II was not bis dog, and the
thought stluok me that il might belong
to some Of the gang, and had followed him
from the den. at once tied The animal
up, determined TO make him useful. After
bending Burton of by the 10 o'clock train
| secured the services of eight men, in
Guiding four eonstAbles, and all well
armed, we set ont after the dog. We had
given him Hogging before starting, "to
make him homesick," as one of the con.
stables asserted, aud he was held from
going too fast by string around bis
neck.
We had equipped ourselves with LAM
terms, expecting ajaunt: OF several miles,
and were, therefore, much put out when
the dog, after going two or three blocks,
led ns down back street, aud stopped
before the door of one story building
which bad the sign Shoe Shop over the
door. The door was locked and there
was no evidence OF lite about the place.
We dragged the dog away, but no sooner
gave him the slack of the string than be
led us back.
The constahles stated that stranger
occupied the shop, and after one more
trialtwith the dog consented that they
should force open the door. Closing il
behind us, we lighted one Of the candles.
and passed through partition door into
rear room. The room was empty, and
one of the constsbIes caught sight OF and
lifted up trap door
The moment the door came up heard
the clstter of printing press. knew
the sound in an instant, and realized that
we were about 10 make aldiscovery.
Looking to our weapons, and leaving
the lanterns above, we descended a
rough ladder, and were soon in pass
age which one of the men declared to be
an old ravine which had been walled up
and covered over several years before
Cropping forward few yards, the clatter
of the press growing nearer sll the time,
we at length bumped against the door.
Feeling around, found the handle, gave
pull, aud blaze OF light was let into
the passage.
We saw printing press, three or four
men tables, papers, troughs, and 80 forth,
and we rushed into the cellar on run.
There was a shout, the counier-feiiers all
ran, and 10 moment all but two had
escaped out through door iD the far end
of the room. The two we're Rogers and
q compauion, known TO tho craft as Shin.
plaster Jim.
We followed through the door after
two OF three minutes, taking one Of the
lights, reached and mounted pair o.
stairs, and found ourselves on the first
floor OF an empty store across the street
from The sboe shop. The eounterielters
ban rented both buildings, and were us.
fnO the cellar af tha sfore az their urint.
log office. We found piles Of counter.
felt notes, secured all the plates, dies
tools presses and paper, aud the haul
broke up one OF the worst gangs in the
country. Rogers aud Burton went 10
prison for twenty years each, and Jim
got off with sentence OF ten. Bot for
the little dog, the raseais were 50 well
hidden that they might have worked