The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-01-05

pump &Etittt . dANhhAH w" - 'N"t'
ins, saa both sere upset Before h'
could gcl pp had him nippcd. on ,L'
~sy 10 the station house. and spesking iol
the Grst time, he asked
~liow did yoa know II was me !"
"0h. easy enough, answered.
'Wcll, be didnt act square with me, OF
II would never have come 10 this. '
hsd co ideato what be referred; bul
seeing that be wss ready 10 talk, and
being ansions to ,sko advantage .of The
moment. asked:
"Do you tbink he is dead n
Dead as herring. aud the old woman
With him. However. they csnnos punish
me any more for two thss one. Twas
after my owh, aud when they wouldn'i
give il to me | determined to take all. I"
What weapon did you use n
Got the IKE IRON the back yard >
"Aud when yoa Lad tioished of the old
couple yon robbed he home. eh n
.well, took wbst waited, and II
hadu't been the biggest foo on earth you
~ouldut bave asbbed ne
= How r. Ssas
WHY, boarding the train at that little
station II was the act Of lunatic, but
aiier left the farm house got fhghten.
"a ren across The fields, fell down,
imsgined tha, | was pursued. aud bore oll
to the station and hoisted the signal
mystlf for the tram to stop. ! suppose
Rider gave you the tip aud put you onto
me "
Yes i"
"well, IN kill bin GU sight That is
with little laugh ] will il get the
chance
knew Rider TO be Milwaukee gam
bier aud u bard case, but was completely
10 the dark as to what crime my prisoner
bad committed II was probably a mnr-
der, aud near the station where be got on,
and from bis statements Inferred that 1t
was an old couple. He had pumped him
self, aud ii was certain that had made a
! biz catch When We reached the station,
however, my troubles began. There Is
always an III feeling between police and
private detectives This feeling comes
alms,t entirely from the police. They
look upon the private detective as a sort
Of guerilla, ready TO break up the happiest
homes, or TO sel out to the highest bidder.
This, unfortunately is true IN many cases,
but not iu all As entered with the
prisoner the Captain in charge roughly
demanded 10y what right had made au
arrest
"The right which any man has to ar
rest murderer, " replied.
IA murderer ? Bosh. Where did you
get him Z"
Eat the depot.
"Well. shau't lock him up. Let's see
10 the maui. but your face is familiar to
mo,
Il am Charley Short, bartender In
Hsrrigau's saloon,
.Ab, so YOU are. Well, what story is
this about murder ?"
"All uouseuse, sir" replied Short, who
saw how things were drifting aud sought
to take ad antage. II was on spree last
night aud this bloke saw me at the depot
and wanted to play smart.
"Well, you can make it cost him dear
if you will"
IL propose to. Here, take these irons
Off my wrists."
The satchel was on the floor at my feet.
Lifting it up | said to the Captain;
"An old couple living about forty miles
from the city were murdered by this man
after midnight last night Examine this
saichel il you want proof
There's nothing in there but laundry
work, boldly replied Short Il set ont
with it in my hand last night and didn't
get drunk enough to lose it. Open her
up and let the captain see
Take the irons of this man !' com
manded the Captain, as be waved the
satchel down. III be doesn't capias you
before dinner he's not the man take him
to be. "
"Aye he shall pay for putting the
irons on to me. Why don't you take 'em
off p
Was dreamine? Had | made a fool
Of myself Had not this man confessed
a murder to me? was staggered for the
moment. Then | tore ut the satcbel and
burst off the poor old lock, and as the
receptacle flew open Iemptied its contents
on the floor Gold, greenbacks, silver.
bonds, and jewelry
Course You + growled the prisoner, as
be turned away
The Captain turned as pale as death.
There were the proofs aud be stared at
them full minute before he could say
"Well. this is u go shall lock you
up, Shpft
The man was registered and taken down
stairs. and then We counted up the con-
tents OF the satchel, aud made out value
OF over Sl2 600 When this bad been
completed went out after Rider, and
inside Of an hour be was behind the bars
he went all to pieces as soon as charged
him With having put mp the Job for Short
to carry out, but denied il in the most
vigorous manner,
"Short has been telling for year" be
said. "what bis uncle out 10 the country
was going TO do Tor him. A few weeks
ago the old man found out what bad pill
bis nephew was, and since then Short has
been up tree. He told me week ago
that he'd have some OF their money one
way or the other, and when be talked