Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1890-11-20
WOODBURY., n. J, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 90 1890
two police officers, whom he put in

two police officers. whom he put in
charge.
'The baggage Of the passengers should
be searched" said the man who had
constituted himself the leader in the
affair, and 50 the officers ordered.
AT once a vigorous search began as the
train rolled onward. The news spread
quickly from the locomotive to the bag
gage wagon, and every one yielded with
good grace to tho examination. The
young jeweler alone betrayed an uneasi-
ness; his face became Ivid, and he swayed
back and forth as though on the verge Of
fainting.
The search was unsuccessful, and the
officers shook their heads in doubtful
manner.
Suddenly our obliging neighbor, who
had shown decided instincts as a detect
i've, and who entered into the work with
ardor, caught sight of a passenger who,
wrapped in voluminous cloak, had
seemed to sleep during the turmoil. APP
preaching him, he threw aside the cloak,
and disclosed TO view the missing yaHse.
"Ah,' said he, with triumphant air,
II knew well it was not far off,
The passenger thus disturbed did not,
however, appearput out by the discovery.
Leave me alone, said he; 'sthe valise
is mine
Yours" cried the man; why, the
handles are missing. You are too cool
by far. What do you think Of the i'm
pudence Of your thief, my young sir?"-
turning to the jeweler, proud of the role
he had SO successfully played--s.your rec
ognize your yalise, do yos1 not?n
The poor young fellow lost his head.
He should have thanked the man for his
zeal, taken back his property and thus
terminated the affair; but he obstinately
replied, mo; it is not mine.r
The thief breathed again, the perilous
moment passed. .sYou see,r said he.
with a superb disdain.
But our amateur detective was not
convinced--he would not give up the
battle. II recognize it myself, he cried;
Il am not blind; for the matter of that,
it is easily detei1ninedif this be the miss
ing valisa or no. We know that the one
we seek contains diamonds--here viii be
incontestable proof. Hand me your key,
sir; we shall soon arrive at the truth Of
this matter. I cannot comprehend your
doubts on the subject"
But at this moment terrible cry was
heard. The young man rushed madly
to the platform OF the coach and threw
himself headlong under the wheels of
the train, which crushed him into a
bleeding mass.
Asyouwill have OWNED, the young man
who passed as a travelling jeweler was,
in reality, an agent Of the Nihilists, and
the valise he guarded with somuch care
and anxiety contained, not diamonds,
but models of newly invented explosives
which were to be tested for the first
time b. a committee in Moscow, whittier
he was taking them. Tho wretches who
had given him this abominable commits
sion had evidently chosen d young stu
dent fresh from college.
At the next station the valise was
opened and found to contain the internal
machine, which explained the resistance
offered by the unfortunate youth to the
discovery. He had no doubtcome to the
conclusion that all was lost. IN his
stupefaction he did not consider that he
could have prevented the opening Of the
valise BIZ acknowledging the property; he
possibly saw in vision the result Of
finding its contents He feared ar
rest, and that it would force him to
break VOWS duplicating others, and be-
ing unable to cope with it he rushed to
his distinction. True Flag.