, 1881-12-25

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the wuter; and Il Distinguished person satd tn
me yesterday: Tel your friends who are dis
i; posed TO- 81 fnlo stocks just now 10 let them
alone.", 1t is said that even Jay Gould relnarks
that this narkpt wants weed ing. The stt'ok LIST
is too long, ud contains TOO many cats and augs.
The euss with winch hdventurers can ho.., great
operations Is shown IN the bunting out 1T Will
iu1n; T.; Gray: the forser, during the prtseot
week. MeetlnF Capt stump p-on; last h:-.wno
| WIS for years the cnicf detective Of tbs $40
! Excnauge, and moi. .,ulls the sA.ne place undsr
! the Unlied St.tei-l asse1 him II ne bud I not
brought Grny back several Years ago. !. ~ wen
ntter him, sai Cupt.t Sumpsi,n, - but he was
finally. sent buck under another: messrnget.t -
! Mr.. sam psfu then kindly gave 1ne this ante est
| Ing ,sketcD: 4" When Mr. Van Slyke WIS Assistant
Treasurer in New York, abGut Twelve years ag !,
he said tu me one day. sump*on, here are SID
01J in bonds caveated ut Washington US stOlen:
want you to 80 over 70: Pitt Ctn,ke s. 20. and
make hetn give yuu ion. other. .bonls fur them. :
Mr. Fit cu.led III his two par tners, fnuncslnck
mid Gartaud, aud Msked wncre the: Dnnds came
from. = We bu,iyat tneln from " .llfuin E. Gray.
nau, and son ii 81 ii the cbapla,nt e The bnlted
sampson went to SGray's Office, and there: no
] found quite u dull young nauu, With lpnK hands
anu arms, lung limbs. nearly SIX 1cet h.xn,with
hair SO light brown tint IT WAS narly fray white:
=. eiAshes a4,u small Mustachc, VII scarcely
amy tint. He looked .liks: Il higniy~respetlaule
A.Dln.,. - Here urs Ten oot,.is you: .sud,: d
sloten. | want you to repl:lce tneM with ten
g.,od bonds: in II quiet .vOce. us IL: be wis
sSrPfiaa u IT, Ss5S S Nil
s9,us ,., 1ask s ~ ~ wttn p te sa
Ing utuuId OIL the rlch furniIure Au Ofl1ce up
polntntnts:: - " ny. yon can stay bore: " sd
Gray. ! ;. till *:I cotns .buck.", g But" SAID
Sa1Ga' IN ~ eno once aese eHtside s'eai Seat t
| know whether / wnnt you to 70 away: with
slo,MN IN u1nds: You; may 1ot: came back
Aguin." :,''Well,: suld the youuK man IN me
sa,ne cs,tnpused yotcr. mere IS aIdrawer full Or
bonds ulciwli! :be security fur any return =:
and with lnu1 be i'uileu up Tho edges vi u stack
those returned. lu teit or tfteen minutes no
returned to Nj: Van siyke und sad: J: Tuerc is
st,tutthug WfylnE about tant man. = He never
| Asktd mu VITO WIS, or Whera cutne from, but
] went cut and got these bund5- without praiify-
Us Il he han bee,, in ttls hanit OF having stolen
buuus returned to hin1. :. who did he say sold
hun tbs bonds1:. sind Slr. Vau 81, ke I: He SAID
T. T. Tas = ~. man " the paine Of Montonasr now
However, in inc multiplicity. OF. business, no
mure atten rlon was paid: U GrlY uutil it was
ro0ocd the street. Ut SiatuJ On raised botlds.:
! alld ..ad quit New York Tor. Europe with: the
saca snx
hid Uecn systematically raised from l,tuu TO
$lUkbJ--a RuDu uOn0 beilE procured, t. and tbs
word one. when pr!ntcd, aud tue Egure one Ut,
ing turned into cipher, and anotnsr figure one
put 0efuro It. : This WAS SO we'll done .tuat tne
bonds were never qucstoned- ! The Governing
Cs,mmittec Ut the Stuck Excnange' thought un
examination ongnt to- be mntie of th 3 ,nan,
IND ~ tney sent Capt Sampson to.Engl md. The
Chief Mus'strate at Hnw street bud h.s pft1cers
Dluoalsbury !: squire, and =. two ,;iof Them
placed themselves !: ,therein;. so ;hat when
Gsay ons sesa The oie5 d h mas sas9
..what is i forS': Trey "a n'm for forgery i
Gray TINT you are after, WIN ouard. III 1nls same
house.. Ny name lis tsumetntl,g else wuich ne
gNve}, anu We are said to ioDk ike twins. III go
I and send him d,wn to ys,u in luinute. :: -
With that Gray managcd 20 get ne door. open
and sl.n, It IN the officers IAce. He then went
OF h.s assscas Sasss und xtd niIassf up so is to
pass for Atu1her man, and, getting over tue
! buck fence. di,appeared-' There was some ideu
buy his escape, and one OF those: officers. has
i, since beeu sent: 70 the Peniten..ufy~. Tor
three: years for l,c[ng. cnncerned In u: ssin-
ding operation. However, Gray ycniured back
{" to Loudun .under un assumed nntne, and pru-
fessed 10 have y vast coal msue in Texas whick
he wanted IL dlspCse of. Hewus urrested ugain,
hut the british GUyernnent declined tu reinrn
hitn to Anterior unless our Government would
,, promise to try hin unty for the O4ense, for
fure hui a ,inn uaisd Lawrence remundcd for
forgery, and tnen sr.cd aud convicted ft'r en-
THIS rather Sharp practice fur
a rount ry IA biz as the United Stnira and 1hn
3rr,sn ynt, urt, yrry Jealous Of the right of ex-
. liz ,nty afford L, political refugees We
wYn, you to hHft5t tult ,y,tlr scuu.dTelS tack IN
. A1perica but =yu.l must ret thctn bnck il the
right way Now If your State Department win
1eegrapn that this man santt be tried for
forgery and not TOR Something else, we win give
hiui up" ...~:7 -: ~ z:E - =: >
l. CAPT Eumpson waited It'll Mr. Fish replied to
tho cIect that 1t was ut.l,eath The dignity uf the
: United Suites to make u promise like thnt. u.,d
7 Its ward ought. to hH taken. s:WG.. SAID the
English, ve h;vo tukel, yuur word as II Cow
ernnlent alreudy, and you have. nut Kept it.''s
!, Consequently the American detective una the
American flrger walked out; Ut ,ctsurt together.
Gray turned to Sampson una smd:,. :: Captnn,
=, this Is ult UNNECESSARY. fUns see :ynu hive
failed. Now. / expect to reluru to New Ys,rk
myself when: ] get ready. ai.n rtx up this very
little untter..: LII the ueantitne, ray hud been
gong into the best Kind suf sucety. He never
tuuk u drink. nor 4 Cigar, und wne,, dinner was
over w1'uId say To the t.rnltesnen: - will inin
the |udieS TN tho lawD.:. There he was ..Il uc-,
colnpiisned tenpis-plhyer, ard stuOd very b Kh
so:,,tily AL the sn,,,u time ne was not 3ilu, or
mitch = reading. ur education, tut sift aud
trsst,ouil in nus nature.*<. II I: you would fire
a pis,ol Of In tue. same roun:. where he
sat he would not. turn *s his bead.
:. and after the lapse Ut a mun1cnt VI twi, say;
dn,,'t thi,.k ws,uid hare fired mat pistol Gr
If Il. were ,y1u.'': "A Thoroughly disciplined