The daily gazette., 1883-08-15
.sFAlMTED FaoM YEsrgRDAv
AFTER a SaYsrERr.
A story Which Involves a..
Folaoe.AA German and - Chief Of |

Story which Involves kha
herman and tive Shlet OA
a. = ism ",n minutes pact 10 -. seporters.
WIZ kaa. Lnisl o. Police Hawi dock, noon, EN-
49, 49, hseps ttore on Ha Ains and German |
seen leaving the Hail at Front street, were
sISaousg,. g,sgs 10 hurr gard on King street
s.ue"aik. lmmedi ied conversation on the
SsaLeq $500 across u .ately after, the German
o',. aoMn hing stree Ae street and proceeded
thap thhapaIeneiy yer It at very rapid gait and
@ ~ manner much excited, judging from
~" tne " in which he threw his arms
~. Snlei ay in which he would watch
-. sue as he sauntered down on the oppo-
IsS- ~ of the street with the air OF one IN
: p'sase dth himself and thoroughly well
81 ~ ID with the way in which he had thrown
- - swo reporters, who were standing a.
"a and King streets, off the track. He
asn't so smart as he thought he was,
Aough. All the way down King street the
Chief would ever and anon look about to see
If he was causing suspicion, but never once
halted till the depot, their objective point,
was reached.
Close unto the heels of the Chief were two
persons who were deeply interested in the
mysterious proceedings and who were de
termined to be in at the death. When the
depot was reached the German could hardly
contain himself and went scuddng around
through the crowd OF passengers and
through the waiting rooms with the Chiei
followers bobbng around after them.
After continuing this innocent amuse
meut for few minutes the Chief and the
German met under the shed, when the Ger
man, in a sort of "I-give- up-the- chase-Chlef
voice. said II don't vosh see him. He
most likely hal gone away on the other
train"
The Chief never said a word but felt
gently of his chin and agreed with the Ger
man by his silence.
After looking at each other and the crowt
the two started for the Germans place o
business, where the Chief reclined grace
fully against an awning post while the Ger
man and his family caryied on an animated
conversation in their mother tongue, whici
the Ghet and the two interested person
failed to understand.
While the Chief was standing at the curl
waiting for something to turn up, gentle
man, who had evioently grasped the idea o
the peculiar transaction, walked up to tn
Chief and cautiously whispered in his ca
that the man he was looking Tor might pos
sibly have gone on board the steamer FELTON,
This idea had not struck the Chief and 1t is no
known whether he profted by the sugges
ton or not, for the two interested persons
who had followed every move Of the Chic
and the German, became disgusted and lei
for dinner, feeling confident that they cou
get .dnDer and return again before the Chic
could think OF another move.
just what would have happened had th
Chief found what he was looking for is NJ
known, for when he was asked II he ha
been looking Tor mau he said 1.-THE Germa
was.''
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
While Chief Hawkins was scoutin
around the depot Detective Jones was see
going up French street with man VINO
he had arrested on a charge OF forgery, pr
ferred by A. Harris & Co. The whole matt
was then explained. The man arrested
Jones gave his name as Dennis Quill, and W
fully identified by A. Harris & Co., as Il
man who had passed the forged check OF
l. DUPONT DeNemours Il Co., upon theI
the latter part of July. Quill W
noticed going along Front sire
by oHe of the firm, who immediate
informed Detective Jones' Quill
an intelligent young Irishman and at o.
time kept grocery store at Front and We