The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-07-21
DETECTIVES AND DIAMONDS.

DETECTIVES AND DIAMONDS.
A great forgery having been committed,
whereby q bank was robbed Of g3O, 00O, the
culprit succeeded in getting safely out of
England, and escaped to the Argentine Re
public, where there was no extradition
treaty. He was believed to have taken the
whole of the plumber with him, as his wife
who was narrowly watch certainly had
no portion of it, and no letter addressed to
him had passed through the postof6ce; SO q
employed by the bank authorities to go out
to the Piyer Plate, and endeavor either to
recover the money or to lure the fOrger in
TO position where he might be captured.
This detective was an educated man, and
well fitted to carry out the role he assumed
that OF Major R, travelling for his
health, and Intending to pay a short visit to
Buenos Ayres before proceeding to Val
paralse and Peru. Unlimited powers, Of
hcial and unofficial. were conferred on him;
he was supplied with letters of introduce
ton to the leading people in the Republic;
and, Of course, there was to be no question
of expense. Thus furnished, he sat out.
On arrival in Buenos Ayres he discov-
ered that his man had gone some leagues
up country. Following up the track, he
found him living in apparent great poverty,
employed as shepherd by an English es-
tanciero, to whom the would be Major
b happened to have letter Of introduce
ton. In this way he had no difficulty in
| making acquaintance with his intended
picion. One day he asked him openly
| whether his position in life hau not been
very different from that in which he found
him, as his speech and manners we're those
of a gentleman; and after little hesitation
the shepherd confessed that such was the
case presently telling a plausible tale of
misfortune in business, etc. Processing
pity for him the kind hearted major lent
him money and took him back into the
city, where he entertained him at one of
the best hotels as his guest, having men
toned to him con6dentially that he wished
to invest considerable sum in land out
there, and promising to install him as man
ager of the estate All this time the thief
was supposed to be carrying the money hid
about his person, and it was to devise some
strategy for obtaining this with certainty
ard safety that the detective postponed the
deaaouenemt of the plot SO long.
At length, when he had excluded every
ment, and seemed to have won
the mans entire confidence, he
went to the captain of the British man
| of-war lying there, and revealed himself in
his own character-for nobody, till then,
had the least inkling Of the truth-and to-
gether they arranged a very nice little trap.
The officers of the gun boat were to give a
| grand picnic, followed by dance on board;
and all the best people in Bueno Ayres
were invited-Maior R and his friend
among the rest The friend" was delight
ed at the prospect, and drew largely on the
major for the wherewithal to presenta be-
fitting splendor of appearance on the event.
full day. AS they strolled down to the wharf
together, arm in-arm, you may be sure that
Major Rs heart beat high with the tri-
umph already in his grasp-one oft clev-
crest captures ever planned by an emissary
Of Scotland Yard. Hiring boat, they soon
arrived alongside of the man of-war. where
Jump up" said the major, as the gang
way ladder was lowered; "we're just in
time" esua .s.a E.g
We'll, no, Mr.. c." returned the
forger, calling the detective by his real
name. II don't think I'll go on board; but
| I'll stay here in the boat and listen to the
music, while you go up and dance"
IF the officer did not feel sold at that
moment no man ever did. The best of il
was, the audacious robber had not one
penny Of his booty with him, and was much
! too wary to trust the post. Both he and
his wife-who joined him soon afterward-
we're obliged to work for their board until
the arrival of their governess who bad
never been suspected of complicity-with
the whole sum. But how he discovered
| his adversary was never known.
By the way, this same detective is said tc
have had another ''sel" few DAYS later
! He went on board the mail steamer jus
come in from Brazil, as he thought he
might obtain an English newspaper. If ht
got one, he certainly had plenty of time t.
read it for the steamer happened to be il
! quarantine, ana he had to undergo the hor.
rors of seclusion at Ensenada for three
/ weeks! aa
A we'll known London diamond merchan
went out to Brazil to buy precious stones
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