Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-09-13

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flor YOU have made thevoyage quick
er than was thought pessibie), down
ts Liverpool, inasmaA Ts0rtHssnteau
which was sent on board the night
befoRe she sailed. 1t was n stipula-
ton that should sail with you to
see that nothing interfered with ths
execution of the plan. But l swear
TO YOU no sooner did touch the
deck than Irepented.
" Come at once, you scoundrel,
cried |, and identity this horrible
thing
II set twenty men to work immedi-
ately to bring up the luggage on the
deck, which, since we had not even
sighted land, astonished them not n
little.
"Quick, quick, nv good fellows;
there will be extra grog for you, |
said, if you turn the things out with
in the hour. That dreadful portInan-
teau, as it happened, was at the very
bottom of ALA NANCY, ill-look-
ing thing enough, and, though small,
as heavy as lead. Now just throw
that overheard, my fine fellow, said
!. 'willyou be careful not to knock it
against the bulwarks.
Now that all was safe, as l
thought, called the fellow into my
cabin. Look here. said /, you
unmitigated thief aad william, there's
one point in your story that wants
clearing up. Your life is not very
valuable, it is true, but | dare say
you yourself put n fancy price upon
| it, and that being so, how could you
take personal charge ola machine
| that, according 70 your statements.
was to blow us all to splinters?
How comes it, mean, that you was
! on board with it YOURSELF
i Well, captaiA, he replied, YOU
see | am a poor man, and the money
was a good roundsum, and as told
you, my employer insisted on my
\ going to see that the thing was going
right with my own eyes; there was a
risk of course, but the fact is that
arrangements had been made for
meeting me in this very latitude.
The man in the boat whomyou took
on board was ON the lockout for me
off the ship
When we were still some way
from the harbor we were met by a
pclice boat, the chief officer OF which
demanded to be taken on board to
speak with me.
Hullo!' / said, when we we're il
the cabin together; no extraditior
business, hope. There is no muir
dering Englishmen among my pas
sengers, is there?"
lowell, no, he answered; but Nv,
reason to believe there is n citizen o
the United States who would neithe
stick ut murder nor anything else.
Then | thought of the dynamite
OF course, and | rejoiced that tn
william had been discovered withou
any betrayal of his secret on m,
part.
!" You have a warrant for his up
prehension | concluded
I" Well, no, captain, that is jus
my difficulty, for | don't know jus
, which man it is; but I've an order t.
search heluggage. Information ha
come by wire that whole outfit 10
9 forging American bank-notes is bt
i ing imported by your ship. 1t wi
not be down below, OF course. but i
the mans personal luggage in hi
cabin.
IL smelt rat at once and I dar
say looked pretty blank and ban
, boOzled.
According to my instructions
continued the officer, the plant
contained in a portmanteau of bu
! locks hide, with brass nails aroun
s the rim and easily recognizable.
"Ofcourse the officer didn't fin
;, that portmauteau among the pc
t sonal luggage, though ] am bonn
/. to say he looked for it very CAREFUL
! and scandalized some of my saloo
passengers not a little by his III
t welcome attentions; nor was
. among the larger articles, thong
d they all lay exposed ON the decks &
if for his especial behoof and CONVEX
fence. His impression was, he SAT-
: that his information had been il
e correct and that the bullock s-hiC
!; portmanteau must be coming ov,
r on the next ship, which, | said, WI
n possible, because everything is DO
Y sible, you know, though / own d
3 not think it very probable.
d As to the owner of the article
n question, he kept out OF my way an
d slipped out OF the ship on the fir
II opportunity. His story was so +;
: true that he intended to keep I'll
things in his cabin to be got quiet
u on shore, only the steward had o
r jected and caused it to be taken b
l low. That information had be-
9 telegraphed from England to Il
New York police was known to h
q confederate, who had come out |
: warn him, and they would no doul
t. have saved me all trouble by dro
" ping the portmanteau oyerboal
g themselves, only it was among Il
It other luggage. How to get it o.
2. and dispose of it without discove
u was the problem they had to soly
!" which they accomplished by mea
le of the dynamite story."-San Fra
IN ciseo Fall