Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-07-03

Mir. Campbell promised to do so. Mfr Smith thanked him and was gone
 The detective named was summoned by telegraph, and within twelve hours arrived in Brookville. To him the president stated all the facts in the case, of which the officer | made memoranda Then, as if in verifcatiop of these statements:
 'sThe door of the bank was locked when you reached itr' he said, interrogatively. "It was," returned Mir. Campbell.
 "The safe was also lockedf"
 "Yes"
 .'The windows were fastened same as usualF' "They were" "Who knows the combination that you use on your safea" "No one but myself" Have you ever committed it to paperT' II have. And that paper is now in a sealed package, holden by my attorney, and to be opened only in case of illness that renders me unconscious, or my death" Do you know that the package has never been tempered witha" 'I suppose that it has not. Will learn shortly" And he wrote note which he sent to his attorney.
 "No suspicious person has been in the will lage recently?'
 Mot that am aware of"
 The officer began his examination of the premises, frequently referring to his memo randa. Meanwhile sealed package was hand ed to MT. Campbell, who, opening it, said:
 "The paper is unmolesred."
 Are you sure you have never accidentally disclosed the combination to any one-that no one has ever been near you when you have opened the safer
 "The only person who has ever been near xyIap I hay nnay,ad ha fa with the exception of the officials, is the gentleman wbo substituted for our pastor this summer"
 And how did he happen to be near you thenr'
 He came to leave q valuable ring for safe keeping"
 "You opened the safe in his presence, and he unsuccessfully tried to open 1t after youa"
 "Yes," in astonishment.
 Describe his personal appearance" Mr. Campbell did so.
 'That is all for the present." remarked the officer.
 Four days elapsed, during which the detec- tive seemed to give the case no consideration, devoting his time with this, that and the other one, on any subject except the burglary. Then he went to Mir. Campbell.
 'Your description" he said, "of the gen tleman who substituted for your pastor this summer tallied so nicely with burglar who has operated in the vest that at once made up my mind that the two were identical"
 Mir. Campbell gave start.
 Leaving you, I called upon Mir. Pennel, and learned the name of the clergyman by whose recommendation MT. Smith came here. To this minister immediately wrote. The reply is"-reading a letter:
 C., N. Y, Oct. 2, 1s-.
 DEAR SIR-In answer to yours just at hand would say: know no one by the name of Thomas Smith; never had student; never wrote to Brother Pennell. The evening before left home last July, young man, in all respects like the one you describe, called on me and asked me in- numerable questions concerning Brother Penrell so many and so strange that wondered at them. intended to write Brother P. about this man, but neglected 1t so long that deemed it l best not to write at all Wish now that had as 1t would have prevented the imposition which has been practiced upon an esteemed co-worker and l his people Yours respectfully, WILLIAM BLAKE. MT. Campbell was too much astonished to | speak.
 Probably this man Smith-or whatever his name may be-learning that your bank did an immense business, resolved to bur 1 glarize it long ago." continued the officer.
 "Just how he chanced to adopt the clerical l robe l cannot say, but, having determined upon it, he could easily find the name of I at the theological seminary, by consulting | the catalogues of the institution for various years. Fortune favored him in selecting Mir. Blake. He had never cores. bonded with MT. Pennell, but was thoroughly l versed in his ways. This circumstance en, abled Smith to write to your pastor, with nc fear of detection by reason of the penman ship. The time of writing was also oppor tune, as Mir. Blake was on the point of leav ing home, and Pennell could not write tc him concerning the would be substitute.
 "The ring-it may or may not have beer worth something-was the ruse by which ht gained a knowledge of your combination When you opened the safe he learned the number that you used, and his unsuccessful attempt to open it after you was mere blind Of course, to obtain an entrance tt the building was an easy matter to him.
 shall this very day go in pursuit of him, anC my advice is, say nothing of what have tolt you to any except the directors, nor than that have obtained a clew to the per petrator of the deed, until you hear iron me-"
 Early in December Mir Campbell receive, a telegram from the detective in New York
 which contained the single word, Come"
 He went to that city, where he foun
 Thomas Smith, alias various other names, il
 custody, who made a full confession, quit
 substantiating the officers supposition, an
 restored all he had taken from the bank say
 a few hundred dollars or so.
 When MT. Campbell returned to Brookvill with the stolen property every one was as tonished. They were more astonished O learning the true character of tho "la
 preacher"
 \ His first text should have been, was
 stranger and took ye in,'" facetiously ol served one of the church members whom Nil , Smith had especially pleased , Since that time no one of his flock has e I: pressed any desire that another than the Re,
 MT. Penneu administer to his spiritus F, wants.-Hartford Times. = He Was Once a Poet. l "Are you a poet?" asked an editor of