Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-30

woqid permit il. Seeing thp lieht insid'
and hearing voices. perhaps the hons
egan to neigh. Presently . man cam'
from the house and found the wagon q
the gate. with the drunken gardener il
it. Failing to arouse him the man re
turned to the house. After consul
tation two men came and the gar
dener was lifted out, carried inside ant
placed upon couch in the kitchen, an(
the horse was hitched up by the gate
Presently the man came to his senses
and gazed around in w0nderment anC
alarm, not knowing where he was. HI
heard suppressed voices in the nexi
room, and presently there was foot
step. A surprise. The kitchen door
was opened, and q man, whom he imme
diately identified as the blind tenant Of
Fallow, came into the room. The gar.
dener lay quiet, and pretend d to be
still under the influence of liquor. Blind
Steracker went to the door and called
"Jim." Another man came, and Ster-
acker said in low tone:
"It's Whip, the gardener; ! can tell
by the smallpox marks on his nose
When you go,we'll put him back in the
wagon at the gate, and you had better
take him with you, and leave him at
some place in Otley."
Whip was greatly astonished to find
that Steracker had recovered the use OF
his eyes. He was moreover resolved
that nobody should carry him back to
Otley. As soon as all was quiet, he
arose from the couch, took up an over
coat which he thought to be his, and
quietly slipped from the house. On
reaching the garden gate he found his
horse and wagon, and, getting in, drove
up toward Locken Bridge, by which he
could cross the river and get home. As
it was chilly he thought he would put on
his overcoat. An ove-coat and its con-
tents. Then he discovered that his
overcoat was on the seat under
him, and that the overcoat that
he had brought from the house
was some one else's. It was then
too late for him to return it, and so he
keptbn, resolving to send it back the
next day. In the morning, on examin-
ing the garment, he found inside singu-
lar documents. It was none other than
an elaborate plan of Squire Kirby's house
with directions as to how the various
doors we're fastened, and pointing out the
location of the silver-chest, of Mrs.
Kirby's jewel-case, and of the 'Squire's
strong box. A reward had been offered
for the apprehension of the burglars, and
Whip knew it. He went to his lawyer
and laid the facts before him. That af-
ternoon the occupants of the Fallow
House were arrested, and plumber from
all the burglaries that had occurred in
the neighborhood for some months past
was found. Two canvass bags were like.
wise discovered, and were identified as
those in which the money for Butter
fields mill was placed on the day Of the
robbery of the clerk. Steracker, who
had slammed blindness, was found to
be one Sarles, noted London burglar
and highwayman. His hair, which was
light, was dyed black, and his face and
hands, which we're exceedingly fan, were
stained with some dye which he could
readily remove. Thus, with q little
water and wig, he could alter his ap-
pearance in few minutes. His suppos-
ed daughter was his wife, the daughter
of q clever counterfeiter, and skilled her
self in the art of disguise. Stevens was
right when he said he saw Steracker in
the boat, and the latter's visit was paid
to the inn the same evening with the
design of disarming suspicion for he had
been up the river arranging with do
mestic, who was his confederate, to
crack the house that very night, and it
was policy on his part to show himself
at the inn. But he had 80 managed that
on the return a confederate took his
place in the boat, and he passed on up
the river, where he met his associates
and assumed the needful disguise.
1t was found from the statement of a
pal that he had confederates who were
IN the employ of several wealthy persons
in different parts of the country, and it
had long been his custom to locate him.
self in various neighborDoods. passing |
himself as a blind gentleman, and so
planning and aiding in executing bur-
ylaries and highway robberies. The pal
already referred to, admitted that when,
the laborer saw the tax cart at the Fal- |
low House, he and Steracker were stow
ing the plumber which they had acquired
BY a recent burglary.
Steracker, after his conviction and SEN
;ence, to transportation, made q clean
breast of his crimes, and gave the police
much valuable information. This did
him no harm, for after he had been two
'ears in confinement he was released on
ticket of leave, and his wife having
oined him, began an honest life of in
lustry, which resulted in his becoming
wealthy man.
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
Iinta that VIM be found Useful to tho Far.