The Brookhaven leader., 1885-06-18
A THIEF CHASE.
Luke Sharp In Detroit Free Press.

propose to relate an incident Of similar
nature in which took somewhat ac-
} tive part. The occurrence, although it
happened near Detroit, has never before
been reported for Detroit paper.
! was living at that time in Walker
vile. There is no accounting for the
freaks of person who will live in
Walkerv;lle, so one sunday night went
to church Why did 80 have never
since been able to satisfactorily plain
to myself, but anyhow the result taught
me lesson that have ne, er ceased 10
profit by.
When got back to my room | found
everything in confusion. Ny trunk
had been broken open, things of no
value except to the owner" were scat
tered around on the foor, and articles
that were valuable to both owner and
thief were taken. Unfortunately
boarded with hristian family who
were all addicted to church going, and
so the thief had ample opportunity to
select such belongings of mine as suited
his fastidious fancy without interrup,
! ton.
While We had been laying up moth
proof and thief proof treasures lie had
been accumulating the wealth that per.
isheth In the first few moments that
looked at my scattered goods and chat
tells backslid more than | have ever
! been able to make up since.
Cne unpleasant phase Of the thing
was that j had carelessly left roll of
bills to the amount of $500 done up in
paper ir a corner of the trunk, and this
annoyed me more than the fact that
would probably have TO wear my sun.
/ day suit on week days for while.
sought my friend and nelghbor, who
| had horse and buggy, and We started
off in search of the thieves. 1t was a
clear, moonlight night, with snow on
the ground, but not enough for sleigh
ing. Nobody had seen anything of the
/ thieves, and We were at a loss what tC
do. While crossing the railroad track
noticed newspaper tlutterlng in the
breeze, and on going to it found it part
of a Free / resS that had been IN my
room 1t was the weekly and EaC
my name Oh the corner printed on blt
/ of yellow paper. This was our hr,t
clue. 1t was evident that the party Of
the other part had gone east on the
Great Western track. The road followed
I the railroad track for miles and w
whipped along at a lively rate. 1t wa,
nearly midnight when We reached Belle
/ river and an inquiry at all the hoteis
gave us no information. On the way
! back we called in at the hotel kept by !
constable whose name cant spell, bu
/ it was pronoun ed Gokey, and such
will call him. AS Mr.. Gokey took {
/ professional pride in this sort of thin!
he omered to take up the search, so ht
hitchcd up his cutter, as the sleigh
ing seemed to get better as we wen
east and We started of. In uiry from
people at the section house on The
railroad gave us the information tha
four men had asked the way to thu
Southern railroad and had left tn,
Western and started towards Essex Cen
ter on the other line.
"lIow about the four men. Gokcy,
said. Would you tackle them
III tackle any number under seven
replied the constable. I've seven
shooter with me.
1t is rather curious that the pain
these criminals took .Oavoid recognition
were the means tnat kept lis on thel
track, without having to ask any cues
tons. When they approached any corne
villa-e of even three or four houses thel
would take to the ticlds to avoid bein.
seen, apparently, and their tracks in tn,
snow. four together, showed thc
direction they were taking. Al
we neared Essex Center tn,
four tracks struck across tn,
fields, and our friends had no doub
reached the railway without goin!
through the village. When We came t(
the long, straight railroad track w
could sec, mile or two away, fou
figures standing in dim relief aga nst the
gray eastern sky. The unstable put 1
fresh horse between the shafts, and W.
were soon on the road that runs parable
with the railroad and only few rod
south of it,. We We're anxious to over
take them before it got dark. The roaC
led into dense forest that for mile
borders the Canada Southern track
and it was lonesome place for two mel
on a salary to attack four men desperat,
and fighting for their liberty. forgo
to say that one of the articles taken haC
been a seven shooter that | at that time
spOrted. | never had succeeded in shoot
ing anything with it, but there was NJ
knowing what it might do in the hant
of a reckless robber. mentioned thi
to the conftable.
"Are the tracks getting too fresh?'
said Gokey.
NO, but it is well to be on ouI
guard.
At every cross road Gokoy stopped hi
horse under cover of the woods and
sncaked along to the track to SEQ wha
we got ahead of them. When l peereC
out from behind a tree | saw the com
ing along only few rods away.
hastened back to the constable, wh(
tied his horse out of sight and We botl
crawled up the track and concealed our
selves behind the fence where We coulC
see the men approaching.
They were evi,tentl5 about done up
A tall, strong fellow marched ahead
Two followed arm in arm, and th'
fourth linped along somewhat in th'
rear
That first fellow has your revolver,
said the constable in whisper. "Hei
the leader.
'IIe got my overcoat on, too-yes
by lingo and pair of my trousers, as
well. They're all decked out in NJ!
raiment.
They found them easier to carry il
that way than bundles. Now / II take
the big fellow in front, you seize thu
man behind-trip him up. If neither
has the revolver the man who does have
it will dive in his pocket for it. Thel
I'll attend to him, and if We surprise
them I'll get in the first shot :"
"Lont shoot around reckless, Gokey
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