The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-30

another haul from the safe. just as he
got TO the sidewalk he was grabbed BY
a big Irish porter who saw him commit
| the robbery. Well. Cbauncey hired me
and gave me the story. suggested TO
the hotel proprietors that the English
clergyman ought TO have his papers.
and they we're returned. not. however.
before Chauncey's accusers recon-
mended the Court TO give HIM . Ighs
sentence.
QUICK WORK IN A BANK.
'.Wben you talk about the in
which criminals get their liberty ! can
tell o some daisies. You've often no
ticed that the paging tellers windows
in banks are guarded BY little iron or
bras, bars? Well. before Dutch Hen
rIch's time the windows were entirely
open. BY the way. what q genius he
was"
The lawyer closed his eyes in ecstacy
and murmured the lame
Heinrich used TO wait till the teller
Of a ban had 4 good pile of money IN
! front OF his window. and then he would
reach in. seize an armful II he could
and get away So quickly that pursuit
wa, hopeless. During the war Heinrich
got away with two bags Of gold FROM a
Wall street bank in this fashion. He
passed the bags TO confederaie-. who
managed TO escape. Heinrich. howev-
or. was arrested. He offered to return
some Of the gold if he Was set AZ lib
ertv. The President of the bank accept
Ell one bag of gold and then bailed
Heinrich out. The case was before
Justice Hogan. and / remember it very
well.
W MURDERS AT SEA.
'TH tell YOU Of a thing that saved q
mans life, and | didn't eve have TO
tell q lie 10 do il either. La 1864 a man
namei Griffin was mate Of a big ship
| duced the steward, n man named Lees.
60 help him Kill the Captain. They
rubbed blue vitriol on the edge of a
drinking-glass, and in this way poisoned
The Captain. who died. The
were notified, but instead Of promoting
Griffin they hired another Captain from
the outside. Griffin wa wild over hi- Il -
appointment. and he killed the second
Captain in the same a Again the
ON uerS went OUTSIDE for a man 10 ill the
vacancy. The Mate made an attempt
to pokCn the Captain, bat the
of t.lc vessel suspected what was The
matter and had the bodies of the two
murdered Captains cXhumcd. Traces
of poison We're discovered and both
Griffin and Lees were arrested. Lees
confessed, and when Griffin wa, tired
in New York | defended him. The
court wa in Burtons Ihcttcr. i'll
Chambers street, on the very spot where
the American News Company, build
ing is to-day. Ny wife wanted 10 hear
me defend Griffin. and she c,.mc To
court with her little baby in her arms.
Well. the trial went o II ! made Lees.
the steward admit that he hal terri bic
:s@s. ind hih the Genes Of the muir
der haunted him. Upon this mainly
| based a theory that Lee, was
the real and the only murderer. AMI
that he was trying 10 implicate Griffin
To save his own neck. When | got up
to sum up the ease | felt Shakv. |
wanted to awaken some emotion in the
breasts IF the Jurors. and vet | cou. dn't
see my way clear. While | was talking
my ' happened 10 alight upon my
wife and baby sitting in Il far corner of
the room. II was IN inspiration. Point
ing at them | cried: oh. gentlemen.
gentlemen, Will YOU max that moth
or a widow and that innocent babe an
orphan? Can YOU look upon those
guiitlc,- ones and send this man 10 an
undc-crycd death?'
The jury WAS moved To- tears, and |
need not tell YOU that Griilin's lie was
saved. My wife. who was too far away
To hear nv words. never could under
stand why she suddenly became the
center OF attraction Tor all the eyes in
the room. ma. - well tel, YOU that
Griffin was unmarried. The present
Judge Andrews was Assistant United
States Distr ct Attorney in the ci>".
The baby j. now the mother OF five of
my grandchildren
BANK 81 ENGLAND BIEGLtE.
..Oi course Vou'vc heard of Mcl)On-
aid. the great Bans OF England iorg"r.
VINO i now sc wing out Il life sentence
well. | knew him We'll. He u-cd to
pracr CO his p ofr>,ion. in this ETY.. lie
- al w al iI'siAl .Aas' h'HAli SUI" ms
LAWYER down 10 the last cent Even biz
alb lii:cS can never make me admire
such a man. McDonali's greatest game
was this: He would hire Il cheap house
on South street. which in those days
was Il poor ne Aborhood. and would
put up on the fro6t of the house a IN.
such rs Buggins 4 Co, comm >Sion
merchants. or Muggins n Co. shipp n
merchants. Then he would order whole
shiploadS Of goods from Canada and
other distant places. som times his
victims would make proper inqu res
about Buggin> N Go. and would refuse
To ill the orders. Other firms would
Jump at the pr!ncely style Of the orders
and would send on the goods. OF
course Bugoins X Co. would instantly
sell the goods. pocket the cash and dis
appear. Mcdonald got Si.1o0 worth
of umbrellas from spence II. Smith. 4
wholesaler. The swindle was dlScov-
cred and Mcdonald was arrested. Al
though the umbrellas were taken { o
Police Head quarters the prisoner made
an assignment Of them 10 me. together
with some furniture he owned. Nc
Donald was arIaigned before Judge
bowling. in the Tombs. and dis
charged"
How"
"Oh. in consequence of his innocence.
Good heavens. what q quest on
What did o do with the UNI
brellas?"
when l went 10 get them | found
that Spencer II. Smiths lawyer had put
an attachmen, upon them. / oiie Ell TO
compromise and take half of the UNI
brellas. but the othe fellow wouldn't
give up one. The result was that they
rotted in Police Headquarters. and. for
all | know, the Il ames are there now.