Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-02-28

IL was an uncomfortable ri0s
enough, assure you. Wet through
excited, mounted ON raw-boned, bars
backed coach horse which stumbled
about, threatening to fall with me a
every few yards Yet the feeling O
relief from my recent perilous posi-
ton was so great that forgot my dis
comfort and urged on my blundering
steed until I arrived at Geelong.
l had not been idle during my ride
The fresh air had braced up my nerves
and had begun to think what clue ]
had to the robbers. They were evil
IDENTIFY "made up" and wore blouses sc
that / could not tell whether they
| were stout or spare. Moreover, they
had ON Grape masks. Suddenly | re-
membered that while one of them was
investigating the mail-bags on his
knees, with his back towards me, had
seen that his boots were @sprigged'
with copper "sprigs" or nails in a pc
culiar manner Here, thought /, dis a
clue" and l determined to follow it
up / accordingly sought the Chief
Inspector of Police and explained the
circumstance to him. He, knowing
me in my official capacity, placed one
of his men at my service, with whom
/ proceeded to several bootmakers
and inquired whether they had any
knowledge of such boots. None of
them had. But" remarked one, @they
are a capital clue; for from your de-
scription I should think they are the
only pair in the colony
Leaving the police officer to carry
out certain instructions, / went to a
hotel, obtained a change of clothing,
dined and settled myself down for the
evening to ruminate over the events
OF the day and form plans for future
action, when tap at the door announ-
ced the arrival of messenger from
one of the boot-makers, who desired
to see me- Fastening to the shop, /
confronted the tradesman, who apollo
gized for troubling me. @But," said
look at these boots"-and he handed
me the identical pair which had so at
tracted me. He explained that man
of gentlemanly appearance had called
ON him and bought a pair OF boots,
leaving his old ones to be repaired,
and kept until he should call for them.
Said he: al got into conversation with
the man and found that he was going
to the theater tonight. / feared to
send you message whilst he was here
in case he should be suspicious. So,
having obtained this information /
waited until he had left, when imme-
diately sent for you.
This was indeed good news. / has
tened off to the police station and, ac-
companied by two officers in plain
clothes, proceeded to the theater. We
had not been there long before my
attention was attracted to figure in
the pit which seemed familiar to me,
for although dressed differently from
what he had been on the previous oc-
casion of our meeting, / felt sure from
certain peculiarities in his movements
which would perhaps be very difficult
to describe, that this man was none
other than Mr.. Bushranger No. 1, with
whose revolver / had that morning
been so intimate. Presently / observ
ed that he was making signs to some
one i'm another part OF the house.
Scarcely had made up my mind to
secure the first named man than the
second made tracks to leave the thea
ter. This circumstance confirmed me,
and with the aid of the officers l Sc
cured my man and conveyed him to
the police station.
Next morning the police were act
lively engaged in searching for number
two, and one of the body very cleverly
detected him riding at the head of a
mob" of cattle, notwithstanding that
he had shaved his chin and completely
altered his dress.
1t were long story to tell of the
hearing before the magistrate, the
committal and trial; suffice it to say
that both men were found guilty. The
man had arrested was sentenced to |
ten years in irons OH the roads, the
other had to undergo further trial
for murder, for which he had long |
been wanted, price having been set |
upon his head. He was executed. |
This man was none other than the |
notorious Buthranger Morgan.