The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-04-06

ment, the Judge directed him to go to
1 the Sheriff S Office and ask him to come
! in. The boy soon returned, saying that
/ Mr.. Crosby was not in; but that his dep
uty would be there in a few minutes.
''Ehe Sheriff has left town, Judge,
suddenly, on important private bust
ness, in answer to dispatch" said the
/ deputy, when he came in.
"Do you know anything in regard to
the nature of the business?'' the Judge
asked.
Nothing whatever, sir. He re-
marked, on leaving, that he might be
I absent ten days; perhaps more.'
Very well. l would like to have
you inform me at once should Colonel
Won Schraeder be seen in the city" said
the Judge.
Yes, sir And, by the way, he is
likely to be here tO-night-at least the
Sheriff told me so, and handed me
bundle of papers to be. sent to his
house. intended, as he said, for the
Colonel"
And have you sent them?"
% Yes, sir; half an hour ago"
That is all, " remarked the Judge.
And again we were in private cOnsulta-
ton, and our plans were soon formed.
Three reliable men, selected by the
Judge, and sworn in as deputies, were
placed at my service, and l was pro-
vided with a warrant for the arrest of
Colonel Won Schraeder.
- will remain in my office until you
report to me- said the Judge.
We had been quietly watching the
Sheriff's house from every direction,
and the hour of ten was approaching,
when the well-known figure of the mys-
FERROUS Dutchman was seen gliding
along, moving more rapidly than usual,
and in n more erect position. Applying
a key to the front door, he passed in;
and within the next three minutes, /,
with one of my assistants, was applying
for admission at the same entrance.
} There was no answer to my repeated
ringing, until after a few minutes, when
: n female voice asked:
Who is thereP''
/ GA friend, madam" I said; cas-
= you will discover when you open the
l door,
g [ shall not open it until know who
you are said the lady.
5 "Then it will be forced 1 replied,
5 and at the next moment the door was
unlocked, and Mrs. Crosby stood before
2 us.
5 Il have come, madam, . said. . for
/ Colonel Won Schraeder."
2 g Who is not here, and has not been
2 for a week, she replied.
He is here, | said ''he entered at
$ this very door less than five minutes
2 ago 1 have more men with me on the
outside, and it is impossible for him to
| escape u.s."
/ s.Oh, heavens! has it come to this?''
she exclaimed; then approaching the
. mouth piece Of speaking-tube, she gave
, / n quick WarninO note
l - Your warning will be of no use,
madam" l said; and we rushed for
ward, somewhat at random, but by
l good fortune went direct to the right
room, and demanded admittance. Nc
: answer was returned, but themovement
of some one in the room was distinctly
} heard.
E ''Open the door instantly" 1 said,
4 cor we will open it for you. We have
a warrant for your arrest"
: At that instant heard a sound like
d, the blinking of glass, and at once threw
+ myself with all my might against the
door. 1t yielded at the first stroke, and
/ [ found myself confronting the
< mysterious Dutchman for whom l was
0 looking, but Sheriff Crosby! standing
K before me with a bottle in one hand and
4 in the other a lumber, into which he
was about pouring some liquid.
n - 1t is too late for that, siri'' I said
t dashing the bottle and tumbler to the
4 floor. At the next instant he made q
: movement as if to draw q weapon, but
e my revolver instantly arrested that at
: tempt.
t . You cannot die by your own hand,
+ / said; "nor shall you harm any one
e else" And at the next moment the
2 irons were on the wrists of the wretchcc
I m, no h,I foIlo
: read the words Cyanide of POTASH
d um,' a most deadly poison.
: The appearance of the Sheriff, as he
stood before us so suddenly brought t.
I bay, was terrible to contemplate
{ most abiect and hopeless despair. W.
took him at once to the courtroom, his
l. wretched wife following him with the
e most dismal wailing, as he left his house
u for the last time.
: After the first look of surprise anC
CONSERVATION at finding the Sheriff him
n self before him in irons, the Judge wen
II through the form of his commitmen
without the least apparent emotion, ant
IS then as he saw the poor creature led on
n to be locked in cell he sank back il
" his chair with sigh of relief
u Now that the central knot had beer
IS struck, the whole mystery disappeare,
almost at a glance, and testimon,
IS enough to have convicted the poor cul
9 prit a hundred times was immediatel,
q furnished. Won Schraeder had been
d myth, except in the fact that he ha'
: constituted the disguise under which
} large part of that criminal work hat
u been done. The Sheriff himself ha
+ been the leading spirit in not only dis
q tributing immense quantities of counter
felt money, but had also controlled AM
e directed the business of making il
IS The iewelry was of course a mere blind
e and yet he had, under the disguise O
9 the mysterious Dutchman, actually sol
Il large quantities of it, and at handsom
e profit
Ten years in prison, said the Judge
e and then as he realized that the man VIII
1t had once been his associate and friend
d and the principal officer of his court
was now to be the inmate of prise
II ner's cell for term which could scarcel
s fail to run to the end of his life-fO
5, he was nearly seventy years Old-h
t. wiped the tears from his eyes, and said
it as the prisoner was led away:
e "Thank God! that work is overt
Ill N Y, Ledger.
81 Fishing for the BalOlO.
at Only on two days in the whole yea