Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-28

you 10 put irons upon him?'
Aunt Martha" said I, stepping back to her.
Wnat 90 you think that young man has done?"
Il don't know" said she; show should 1
know! All know is that we agreed to set him
free"
1 addressed her solemnly: ''David and be-
leve him to be utterly depraved. lie availed
himself of the first moments of mis- Liberation
| to kiss Alice" Aunt Martha looked at me with
wide open eyes and then her brows contracted
and her face settled into lines of infexible
severity.
He did, did he?" said she. .'And that ia the
Kind OF man he is. Very good Let him go to
| jail with the others. don't believe one word
| about his young wife. If kissing respectable
young women is the way he studies realism the
| quicker he goes to Jail che better" and with
| that she turned and walked into the house.
When the men had been placed in the two
! vehicles in which the police had come the chief
| ana made an examination OF the premises and
We found that the house had been entered by
! a kitchen window III exactly the manner which
| the tall burglar had described. Outside of this
| window, close to the wall, We found leathern
! bag containing what the chief declared to be
! an excellent assortment of burglars tools. The
| ofncers and their prisoners now drove away,
and We were left to long morning nap, if we
| were so fortunate as to get it, and a late break
| fast
In the course of the trial of the three men
| Who had entered my house some interesting
points IN regard to them were brought out.
1
| York were present and their testimony proved
| that my three burglars were men of eminence
| IN their profession and that which most puz-
Zled the metropolitan detectives to dis
cover why these men should have been willing
| 10 devote their high talents to the compare
lively ms gnificant business OF breaking into
| suburban dwelling.
| ihe 'ali man occupied position OF peculiar
| eHIHeIce III criminal circles he was what
| .iiSut pe calico d criminal manager tie would
| fl., CFr1l Of
I 70 4El tilo succesSlul execution Oh
| cer,aih crimes pank rooberies, for instance,
a 'r, "ni ~ SiIuoin taxing part III the actual
! 80 Vi pur Siary OF similar operation no
"oulu pau al tiie uetalls Oh the AFFAIR and Sc
;ui "nu uir0Gs MS agents with great SIKH and
| JuuSmeht. lie mad never been arrested before
.nn, .nie H9.ectiyes were Delighted, believing
TO i mouiu no" nave an opportunity OF tracing
| orerations H., HI - Ii! mp !'n. orlnnihai
| and ao,,[, otho - - - p-"II LII W" ioiA
| Levi. Wondit - -; , ne was Aho"h do
| ra,I r,rnn "H" Wis was oeiie'eo W DC MS
| ~
Inc stout man was frst-class professional
our iar anu nothing more, and Was III the en-
p,oy OF Mandit. The young man was decid-
GUY uncommon parsonage. He was of good
lafhily, had been educated at one of our prn-
| clpal colleges, had travelled and was in every
way quaiihed 10 make figure III society. He
i i~d Len d ne"Spaper man and writer Tor
Sea4o peiiouicals ana nad SHOWN considerable
III "nIltty, put lie OF honest industry
$3.50, ~. sun LIS tastes ana ne haa now adopted
amaze! us regular profession.
| ossno1,t .'"ii' who was kno"n among MS present
| 80 m as oP'Ihy, sui showed himself occa-
,,,,"i ~ n9"Sp"per onces ana was generally
?opposIu W pe correspondent Tor western
- o' us eal pusliesS position was that
| N'"u man.
Sparky was an expert in many branches of
| crime. lie was an excellent fOrger, a skiiiful
| ioch plcher an ingenious ilanner of shady pro-
Jects, ana mad given great deal of earnest
! Study 20 the subject of the !oophOles of the
| law. lie mad high reputation III criminal cir
cies for his ability III gettin; his fellow rascais
| out OF JAIL. There was reason to believe that
! Ill the past year no less than nine men, some
| condemned to terms of imprisonment and
some held Tor trial, had escaped by means OF
| assistance given them by Sparky.
| His methods of giving help to ia1lbirds were
various. Sometimes liberty was conferred
| through the agency of saws and rones at
| other times through that OF a habeas corpus
| and an incontestible alibi. His means were
adapted to the circumstances of the case and
IL was believed that If Sparky could be induced
20 take up the case OF u captured rogue the
man mad better chance of finding himself free
IMAM the law had OF keepieg him behind bars
especially IL ms case were treated before 1t had
passed INTO Its more chronic stages.
Sparky's success was greatly due to his ex
tremely speci9us manner and his power of play
ing the part that the occasion demanded In
TINS particular ne was even the superior of
Mandlt, VINO was an adept Ill this line These
two men found no difficulty in securing the SER
wees OF proficient burglars, safe robbers and
the IKE for In addition to the high rewards
PAID these men. they were in manner insured
against permanent Imprisonment in case of
| misfortune. 1t was always arranged that if
| any of their enterprises came to grief, and if
| either Mandlt or Sparky should happen to be
| arrested, the working mscreants should sub
stantlate any story their superiors might choose
| to tell of themselves, and, if necessary to take
| upon themselves the whole responsibility of
the crime. In this case their speedy release
was W ue iooheu upon as thng assured
RreaI ueal OF evidence IN regard to the
character anu practices VI these two men came
from the STOUT burglar, commonly known
barney FITCH. When he found that nothing
was 70 pe expected from MS TWO astute en-
Pioyers, ana that tney were In as bad place as
hlmseli, ne promptly turned states evidence,
ana told ali that he knew about them.
1t was through the testimony Of this man
| that the motive for the attempted robbery of
| my house found out. 1t had no connec
| ton whatever with the other burpIar1es Of orr
| neighborhood, those probably having been
| committed by low-class thieves, who had not
broken into nv house simnlv becanso nv - o
and windows had been SO well secured, nor had
| our boy, George William, any share whatever
| In the protection OF the household.
The burglary was undertaken solely for tho
purpose of getting possession of some imnor.
tant law papers, which were to be nsed r. a
| case in which was concerned and which soon