The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1885-10-17

"'Suporinteuleut.'
"Iemplcton was the place whcr,
trains me for meals. After MrCulla
Had finished his work and written the
letter he set out on foot for Cowans,
hammock, the nearest station. In those
days it was a deSolate sort of a place,
but when the blast furnaces were going
there a good many passengers used tc
get on and off trains. The station house
and platform sat close up against the
bluff side, and the track and the ground
around there We're a mass of black
cinders taken for ballast from the
furnaces. 1t was a novelty for Il pass
enger to get on a train there in those
times, so we Were not a little surprised
to lind that the station-keeper nor his
wife had not seen any one about there
March Is. We got to talking to their
little girl, and she told us she bad seen
q man that afternoon sitting on Il log
neal the station, and noticed that he
had torn up a piece of paper and threw
it away. Joe Cupples and | went over
to the log. Sure enough, there scat
tered over the black ciniers were q lot
of small pieces Of white paper. There
had been a fall of rain, lust enough
to molSten the surface sufficient to
prevent the pieces from blowing away.
We picked up every particle We could
find, tied them up in 4 handkerchief
and then went to Pittsburgh. In the
meantime we had gotten 4 pretty good
description of the mar who had cut the
wire. Well. we spent most Of the night
in Pittsburgh, Joining those papers TO-
gether. Finally, toward morning, We
succeeded in producing a blank check on
the Bank Of Carlisle, Pa. From this it
was apparent that The man who tore the
paper into bits evidently desired to
sever all his connection with Carlisle. I
and we Immediately made up IL mind
that was the place to pursue the hunt,
We went, and about the iirs: place We
attempted to get any information was
at the Carlisle telegraph office. As it
happened, there was Il young lad IN
charge, and after occupying him in an
attempt TO send 4 message to au Office
We knew did not tAi,t in Iowa, We
made the boy happy by telling him it
did not make much difference, any
way.
Il then told him that | was very well
acquainted with q Young nra} in Car
Isle whose friendship | hal made in
Pittsburgh, and he had given me a
pressing invitation to call and see him
if | ever came TO Carlisle. and | would
be very much pleased to do 50, but
having Il bad memory, unfortunately,
had forgotten his name. | then gave
an accurate description, as | had re-
celvcd it, Of the man VINO had sent the
bo-uS dispatches.
"'Oh,' said the operator, YOU meal
McCalIa.'
"'Ihat' the name, | replied, with
unconceaIrd delight. where does he
live?' | asked.
George lives owe here answered
the young fellow. He is living with
his brother; he has been sex. He
comes TO the Office to see me pretty
nearly every day when he is we'll
enough. His brother WHIP
Yes, his brother WILL said |, con-
c"eaiing as best I could my enthusiasm,
for ! knew then WE We're on the true
scent Of the game.
"'Will, said the Young operator, in
answer to my question, has gone to
Palmer, Tex, where he is doing right
well. He is operator, station agent,
express agent and | don't know what
else, He is making lots of money
Il forgot to tell you that when Me
Gala got done manipulating the wires
with his pocket instrument he left it
with the Waterman, who handed it over
to me and Cupples. An idea struck
me, | resumed the conversation with
the remark that | didn't know Will wa
q telegraph operator. He was a very
nice fellow though, and ] intended to
make him a present. How would a
man in his business like to have a pock-
ct instrument? / asked.
I'D like to have one very much,
said the young fellow, and | know that
is just what Will wants. He was here
a few days since on a visit among his
folks, and came to see me, and was
talking about getting q pocket inStru-
ment. He asked me where he could
buy one, and | gave him the address of
a Philadelphia firm
Just give me the namc Of that firm
and | will make Will u present of a
pocket instrument, said |, for he is a
good fellow
The operator gave me the name Of
the firm, and it cOrresporded precisely
with the name engraved upon the in
strument that had done such effective
work in robbing the company.
"This was evidence enough. We
went to Palmer, Tex, where McCalla
had been acting as agent for the Hous-
ION Il Texas Road, and there asccr-
tanned that he had not only default"d
his accounts with the company to 1.-THE
extent of ~, 800, but had made arrange.
ments with a married woman for her to
her husband ana follow him to