Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-02
A DeteCtives's Long Chase.

The trial of DR.. Isaac b. D0ren D
Rushsylvania, Lorain county, tor for
eery.will occur at the approaching term
of the United States District Court,
Toledo, Ohio. Doren was prominent
man in Rusbsylvanla. He was Post
master, pension and bounty claim
agent, physician and proprietor of a
drug store. Ii is charged that Doren
swlndled his pension clients out oi
thousands OF dollars during several
wears. His alleged plan of operations
as explained by the authorities, was to
pick out the letters of his clients, which
he as Postmaster could easily do, re
move the drafts enclosed, forge th'
name Of the persons for whom they
were intended, endorse the drafts him
self. take them to neighborlng towr
where lie was we'll known, and get th'
money. Then he would quiet his clients
with .uch amounts as be choose tc
Give them. 1t is also alleged tha
.ome of the claims were fraudulent
Doren fell under suspicion, and an ex
aminer of the pension department be-
can 10 look into his transactions. he
disappeared. Thee months afterward
when all trace of him was lest, capt.
Abbott of the secret service was put II
charge of the case, with instructions &c
find the missing Doctor II possible
l)oren had left wife and considerable
real estate in RushsYlvania, and Ao
bott concluded that sooner or later th'
absent man would communicate VIII
his wife. All the relatives and lntl
mate friends of the couple were locke
up. and their mail was subjected u
espionage, but it spite Of this, as wa
afterward learned, letters passed unoe
tected between husband and VIII
through the medium of nephew In
neighboring town, a fictitious mann
being used by the Doctor.
Abbot waited patiently. and was I'M
ally rewarded with the inf ormation !ha
Mrs. Doren was preparing for a visit
The detective dropped down iron
Cleveland, and was on her track by th'
time she started. The old LADY frs
went 10 the neighboring village Q
Dawn, where she stopped two days an
one night with relatives. Then sh
gave out that she was going over t
Greenyille, in Darke county, to Sc
friends, and thence, by another route
home. But Abbott was at the depot
and noticed that her trunk was check
ell to Richmond, Indiana. He boarded
the train with her, arrived in Richmond
early next morning. Mrs. Doren lei
her trunk at the depot, and leisurel.
walkedup town. She stopped at
private house IN the outskirts, aud wa
there all that day and the next night
The detective was kept wide awak'
watching the trunk at the depot anC
the house where the old lady stopped
The next morning she came down t
the depot and bought ticket for Indi
annapolis. There she went away ou
| on Meridian street, and dwelt eeyera
davs. Still no signs Of DR.. Doren.
When Mrs. Doren returned to th
depot she bought ticket for Vincen
nes. on the Wabash river. The detec
tive followed, and the two reache
| Vincennes at very early hour in th'
morning. The trains were coming an'
going OF several roads. and Abbot wa
kept busy watching the old lady's feint
Finally she stepped into the little tele
graph Office and wrote dispatch. Th'
detective also wrote dispatch. Ill
stood 80 that he could look over be
shoulder as she addressed her messag
| to 'R. c. Owen, Olney, Ills.,' a tow
down 10 Richland county, saying i az
coming and signed it 'Lizzie.' Th
detective copied as she wrote. The
she went out and persuaded the bag
gage master to check her trunk Il
Olney without ticket. The train
bearing the detective and Mrs. Dorer
reached Olney after dark. 1t was rain
ing, and the old LADY was received al
the depot BY meek-looklng old man
who carried an umbrella and a lantern
The detective had meyer seen Doren
but he had a photograph and descrip
ton of him. Neither in any particular
re ,embIed the man who kissed Mrs
Doren as she stepped off the train a
lOney. The pair walked up town, an
Abbot easily traced them by the ligh
ofthe lantern. Olney, the coanty sea
IS an old-tashloned town OF small fram
houses. Mrs. Doren and her escor
disappeared 10 a modest little house OF
the sMain street. The blinds wer'
drawn, and the detective circled-arount
in the rain yaInly endeavoring 10 catcl
a glimpse of the other occupants. Elm
ally the light went out below and ap
peared up stairs, indicating that the OF
cupants were retiring. 4
The detective looked around -an
| laid bis plans. A little way mp th
street was a larger house that looke'
like hotel or boarding house. Abbo
went down town and found brigh
looking boy 10 the telegraph Office VII
said he knew everybod in. the plac
TO him the detective said: s7zss
sI,m a deputy sheriff from mn u