The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-04-26
H,EVERLY TRAPPED.
], Incident in My Early Expert
ence as a Detective.

Incident in My Early Expert
ence as Detective.
mr;pg the first three years OF my
.,.er As detective | had some singu-
Jobs given me to work on, and the
amer in which one of them was |
/ 4rted, and the development of the |
d may interest the reader
] i .bout three miles outside the limits |
j large city in Pennsylvania stood a
roe farmhouse. There had been n
| urder committed there. and whisky
PLAYED havoc with an heir, and the
j ,use had stood vacant for three years
fore saw it. The farm had passed
/ h the hands of New Yorker on a
utgage, and he seemed to have for
tten all about it. Naturally enough
Q cry of ''haunted house" was raised
presently you could not have hired
4 eipbbor to enter the house in the
9 s.tirne. There were people living
! thin quarter Of mile of the place,
9 by-and-by they began to tell some
!. her stories. On two occasions par
Y sof three or four went out from the
= II to stop in the house all night. but
8 each instance they were driven away
9 strange noises before midnight. l
. Hd in q town forty miles from the
= anted house, and consequently heard
= ahing Of it.
had a case against an absconding
nssurer. He had the funds of large
nd prosperous lodge in his hands, and
) pss sway with $1,000 belonging to it.
Y B furthermore borrowed about $4,000
] dhsfriends, and got $500 more on
kged draft. This occurred in a town
bout thirty miles from the haunted
Imse. The defaulter had bought
sanad ticket for Chicago. and had
u behind him. as if by accident. a
i acel addressed to party in the Gar
d aGty. 1t ought to have been reas-
= ned that this party was he under
j Hother name, and that he had gone to
il aeago as fast as steam could carry
i IN but | reasoned just the opposite.
. @had gone without his trunk or cloth
ii y but when l came to overhaul his
q aings. his landlady figured out that
J. soclean shirts, several collars, a stout
Z pr Of boots. and an old suit of clothes
4 sHe missing from the house. The boots
y Nd old suit had belonged to a boarder
% odied months before.
4 There were three highways leading
II " Of the town. worked two of them
4 sahout success. On the third / soon
n and . farmer who had seen foot
g afeler resembling my man pass on
< evening he absconded. Five miles
e srAer op | became positive of his
enslty. He walked all that night
aa only two brief halts before mid
sht to inquire about roads, but once
as trail | soon picked up plenty oi
n anters The absconder's name was
I, sly and he was a keen, shrewd fel.
i " He had planned the embezzle.
x shl and escape weeks ahead, and he
1, eioWed out regular programme. He
4 Y town dressed as laborer, and
Il irylng valise. He had light fell
n Va black felt hat and cap, ant
n a1 once in ten miles he exchanged
il. aeadgear. He was smooth-facet
IA w, but he had provided himself will
i. goatee, and side whiskers. l thu:
d aa Of him once as a smooth-facet
=. aag man wearing cap and having
r = arm IN sling; next as youngisf
IS ~ with goatee and black hat
d ss'a as Administered man with ,
u y nat | confess that l was badl,
]. 1iea and about ready to despai
- ssa ! came to farmhouse where HI
r stopped for dinner. He was the,
q eotn faced and were a cap, ant
= aned to be an agent for windmill
q apany whose rights had been in
aeed on. and who were taking step
4. eallect royalty.
When Kelly entered the kitchen fo
!. sae' hired boy of color, who wa
\ 81 permitted to eat with the family
! s aei' IN the sitting room. His cur
y " regarding the contents Of tn
s. ss was aroused. and he picked tn
and overhauled them. He wa
slai not to say any thing of this
\, nmily. but when came along O
strand / soon discovered that b
= secret. The sight of silvs
loosened his tongue, and he tol
u q " the hats and false whisker
a. - that had no trouble in follow
i Aelly. no matter which disguise
" amed. There was direct highws
a - the town he left to the city Wi
u aaanfed house. but he did not ke,
IL g would branch off here and the
$ make half circle to come ba.