Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-12-21

| There, Jockey, salu Vne =
with the knife, II gness you'll hnd
what you want among them.
sand mind, added the one who liad
| brought the steel chest, "don : hurt
the lock in the least II you doh
want to be hurt yourself.
As | have said, had once ftted u
KEY to the box and therefore lullv un-
derstood il. felt certain that roo,
berry was the business in hand ana
hesitated about lending my aid, hut
rejecting that could not prevent u
and refusing might cost me my ms
while liberty might enable me TO as
sist in discovering the thieves, de-
cided to do us they wished, so select
ing the necessary implements, when
/ readily found in the kit, in 4 very
short time the villains had the salts
faction of seeing the lid fly open, for
! it was a spring lock, which secured
the lid by closing but had TO he
opened by key.
Good! that's your sort, said the
man who had brought it; and as he
reached forward to examine the con
tents the light OF the lamp,
held by one of the othes to
assist my work, fell upon the
back OF his head, and | was startled
ut seeing the mole on the ear that
had so tenaciously haunted my
memory ever since my job mt the
brokers'. 1t flashed upon me in u
moment. The mans height, figure,
hair, all tallied-he was the broker 5
clerk
A brief glance ms the id flew open
showed me That the chest contained
several packages Of bank bills and
many rolls of cotn-probably gold.
However, my survey was short, Tor
the clerk said:
but come, get the boy ont Of the
way. He'swisely giyenus no trouble,
aud, | guess, can do us no harm; so
let him go. Here, young fellow take
something for yonr trouble, and II
you say nothing about the matter
outside it'll be all the better Tor
you," and he handed me II $40 note
which he took from the box
unhesitatingly took the money,
for by this time, finding that they
evidently had no intention OF harm
ing me, had resolved that, know
ing so much already. ! would acqui-
esce in everything that would not
implicate me as a participant, in or.
der to learn more, with II view to aid
in bringing them to justice.
And now, Jockey" said the one
with the knife, "ye'll have to have
yer blinkers devised agin."
submitted while he again put the
cloth about my eyes. when was con.
Quoted out as | came, but hy this
time | was cIlmer and paid more mt.
tention to nv course. | counted
my PAGES to the stairway from the
room. noted every turn in descending
and when we emerged from the outer
door | noted that the steps to tho
ground were three, and that the mid
die one appeared to hc split length.
wise, as my heel sank as | stepped
upon it, and at the bottom on
tile groundlay piece oil loose board.
AS We passed out Of the alley no.
ticed that we turned to the right, a
that | knaw ! was not being led back
as came, and we afterwards made
several turns which confused me, but
at last my conductor--fo | was
aware that only one had lattorly nc.
companied me-halted, saying as no
let me go:
"Wait IL bit, till ! see il wc are
watched" and apparently moving
of.
After Il few minutes felt convinced
that | was alone, and slipping the
bandage from my eyes found NV.
self standing iii an old carriage shed
looking on the water front. Starting
out discovered that was on tom.
mercial street and not far from Han.
over.
My resolution vas instantly taken.
l proceeded straight To ms emp,Yy-
er's house, and after had run. %
eral times Mr.. Searle himself caE,s To
the door. In as few words as posi-.
bic ! told him my adventure.
Mr.. Searle dressed as speedily as
possible and together we proceeded
to the nearest police station. where
/ rehearsed M story to the officer in
charge. He asked us If we were will.
ing to follow Up the matter at once.
adding to Mr. Searl..
81 think, since your young man
has done 81 well, that the thieves nr,
already half taken, and can i. ON.
tirely so. ! believe know wiz, III
least one Of his captors is"
We at once expressed our willino.
ness, and the captain, calling d ser.
geant, gave him some instrurtinua
and then requested us to ACCOMPANY
the officer to the residence IN M,
Gould, the broker. whose safe I Ind nn.
Grated. Arrived there we learned tbat
Mr.. Gould hadgone to Portland tha
day previous and would b. away =
week ormore. Hisson, whowas also bis
business associate, was ut horne how.
ever, and ON his hearing, with much
surprise, my story, said:
"Gentlemen, the box was ,,y ;,
theirs private affair and he nlvov,
kept the keys with him. He ofton
had n large amount OF tr,on,,, :. ~