Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-04-15
A BIG HAUL,
A Tramp Finds S4, 900 Worth
of Diamonds. .aaSa7d

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One day after l had been hanging
around for several weeks as a gentle
man of leisure, says a tramp in'the De- :
troit Free Press, "a policeman ran me I'm .
as vagrant. Next morning the judge
heard nv story and asked:lo 9di %
Are you a good traveller T'sso9sfH co.
Splendid al .r ..t.H a,
DO you want want to i travel ?'' ''l',T "
bqT do, b1A llabaaH hHs -siouiill 70 -
.Tben you shall have an opporLo
tunity.' -m1alirg d5iaH sguirIqo 1ied1
had heard good deal ab0ht De- u
troit ard its kinduess to tramps.s and
when left Chicago headed for the,
East. Before getting clear of tie city
stole a copy OF The morning paper off
a door step and after walk Of three
hours 1 sat down to post up. ~ Some P
tramps don't care for lhe news of the
day, but have always felt 1t to be my
duty to look over the dail;es whenever
\ I fad sEance, and 20 read every line
of them, ffoin congressional proceed
ings TO advertisements. It SO happen-a
ed thai one of tie first ithings In this
paper to attract my attentior was Abe
following :. .-..@>r.r, ,.,f ba,,as-E -.
Three thousand dollars reward
Lost, on the, 18th instant, from win
dow of a coach on the Michigan Gen.
tral, west of Pullman. aretiehle con-
taining diamands.bsThe finder aUillsi
receive the above reward. Gommnni-
cate with A. b., Room liz, Palmer
House. Chicago. > 10 ls.ms4a 81 z<sfsa
This was the 18th, Five days had
elapsed since the loss, and it was prob
able that dozen people lad been sent
to search over every rod of the track.
had no more idea of finding that trea- g
sure than You have of flying, but as /
continued my way up the track / kept
my eyes peeled. ;. ~ ---s el.s,ee4
put in five miles of walking and
then sat down to rest again. 1t was
midsummer, aud my old boots distress
ed my feet. / came to spot where
small creek was crossed 10y the tracks,
and | followed it down to the fence TO
find place to wash my feet. Just at
the fence was deep hole and a shady
spot, and tell you it did my old feet
| good to sit there and paddle the soft
and cooling waters. had been there
twenty minutes when bird few down
on the fence and hoped from that to
stick OF driftwood to secure d:ink. L
was sitting stiff rs stone, not want
ing to alarm him, when all OF sudden
my eye fell upon that lost lady's reti-
cule. It was jammed among lot or
light drlftwood held against the fence.
L wasn't half minute getting posses
sion of it, The bag was provided with
lock, and out with my knife and
cut hole into it. Out fell the dia-
monds-rings, pins, bracelets, studs
and a gold watch set with flashing
stones. l could hold all in one hand.
and Jerusha but didn't the stones
sparkle and fash and simmer and
bring my heart up into my throat L
sat there for ten minutes without dar-
ing to move, far fear those sparklers
would suddenly disappear, but by and
by my nerves came back and made up
my miud what to do. l had meyer
thought of appropriating the jewels to
my own use, but was in hurry to re-
turn to Chicago.
1 wrapped the reticule up in the pa
per, put the diamonds in my pocket,
and at O'Clock that night was in
front of the Palmer house. / was
about to enter when hand was laid
on my shoulder and gruff voice called
out
Now, then, what are you trying to
get away with p
1t was policeman, aud he had spot
ted me for thief.
Pm carrying parcel to a gentleman
in here.' replied.
'Ah you are Who might it be p
His name is Brown
sOh it is. Come along, my fine fel-
low
His name is Brown, and his room is
112. Come in with me. If have lied
to you you can take me in
He hesitated for moment and then
entered the hotel with me. As we
reached the desk he asked Of the clerk:
Does Mr.. Brown occupy 112.'
No. SIR was the reply.
Now, you rascal, come along.'
growled the officer, as he seized my
arm. a.
It's the A. b. of room liz who lost
the diamonds u shouted to the clerk
as l was being dragged away. e s
'Here-wait ! What do you know
of the diamonds p
Here's the reticule, sir, and / have g
the jewels in my pocket. found them
along the railroad track. @-s
Well. you ought to see how mad that
policeman was, and how glad A. B.
was, and how tickled was when S.
600 was counted in my hands. went
out of the tramping business and start