River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26
A Detectives Story.

Our readers we're no doubt nearly all
apprized of the robbery of U. P. train
last summer and the capture OF the
band by our heroic, efficient and astute
| detective officer, Mr.. Steve Meal; how,
after the first robbery had been COM
mitted, Mr.. Mead joined the robbing
band and effected the capture and
subsequent imprisonment of that des-
pei ate crowd. Mr.. Mead yesterday re-
called us with an account of the leader
of the band, who was captured short
time ago. The story is as follows:
Had the struggle lasted much long
er without giving me a chance to get
my billy he would have overcome me,
owing to the weakness of my rheumatic
arm; but the rheumatism and strug-
| gle for life never caught me together
again. got rid of the robber and the
| rheumatism together. The next day,
while reading an account of the strug-
gle in the San Francisco Cali, noticed
an advertisem ent of st. Jacobs Oil, the
Great German Remedy, and / immedi--
ately and sensibly purchased bottle of
| that peerless medicine. had tried so
many different liniments and so-called
remedies before / tried st. Jacobs Oil
and found them all useless, that | am
warranted in calling that medicine
peerless. The way in which IS. Jacobs.
Oil knocks the rheumatism is astound-
ing. I had not used it more than a
day before L noticed a remarkable
change in my arm, and after a week L
felt as though it would be delight to
meet with another adventure just to
have a chance to WELD it. In less than
twelve days time my rheumatism mad
disappeared, a complete and pcrma-
nent cure being the result of using st.
Jacobs Oil, and / can truly say that !
have never felt the least sign of pa'r
IN my arm since. Could I but rid the
west Of train robbers as fast "a st.
Jacobs Oil can knock the rheumatism,
travel on the U. P. would be safe .
CATER having joined the gang, was
called East, and had to forego fer the
time the pleasure CT handing their lead
er over to justice. / knew that b. had
fled 10 California, and there / was fore
ed to leave him Not long ago, how
ever, while working up another case in
San Francisco, received a no e one
day at my hotel, in which the writer
requested me to call at certain place
and time and hear of something 70 my
advantage. l never pay attention to
anonymous notes, but something i'm
PEELED me to do 80 in this case. l call
ed at the time and place mentioned,
and found both time and place any
thing but assuring. The house was !
rookely in the Chinese quarter. / was
met at the door by man of remarka-
BILE height, stou.ly built and wearing
long whiskers. He ushered me inside
in p manner at the same time po-
lie and suspiciously mysterious. | OBJ
served mine host very carefully, and the
| furtive chances he shot at me made me
wish that had remained at my hotel.
| never before or since was looked
upon by eyes such as he seemed to
pierce through me With. They actu-
| ally glittered in his head with a mock
ing cutting glance that made me uA-
| comfortably nervous. He addressed
me by name, treated me kindly and
| politely, but would answer no ques-
| tions. His manner impressed me as
being unusually strange, and watched
| his every movement. 1t was well for
me that / did SO, for suddenly, while
| III 'llC VI tItllOuc pPOCOL, AAO
lea ped upon me in my chair and
hurled me backward to the floor with
his knees upon my breast and his
hands tightly clutched about my throat
with an embrace like an iron wise. 1t
was the most desperate struggle ever
had, and / have had several. Over
and over we rolled, now one ON top and
| then the other / broke his hold upon
my neck by an almost superhuman
effort. 1t was long and tight struggle
for the mastery. My right arm was
famed at the time from rheumatism
| and that made matters worse. How
ever, | managed to get out my chilly"
A blow of that peacemaker soon quiet
ed him, although struck him with
my left hand, the right arm, as l re-
marked, being crippled with rheuma-
tism. The nippers were soon on him.
In the struggle, the whiskers, which
were false, were pulled from his face,
revealing the well-known mug of the
leader of the train robbers.