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The unknown held letter in his
hand addressed to Stephen Douglass,
Esq, Springfield, ILL.,, Box S59.
He did not open the letter until after
he had entered his room and securely
fastened the door, when he tore open
the envelope and read:
PACIFIC HOTEL, CHICAGO. Nov. 25. 1875.
o. X. all through. S. E. n. still ut NJ. W.
Big party at the house the 29th. S. E. n.
will be there. Saw Italian. but not the
other; will watch night of party. Wire 5: T.
but don't know what they say. Not mine
you know. but helpless woman's. d. q.
"Ah, YES. And SO Jim won't be back
until the night of the party. He hasn't
seen the girl very much, then, should
think. I do hope she won't be little
fool and take up with him after all. J
would treat to know what Hall is going
to do with her, but no matter. l will
bet nv last cent she won't be hurt ID
anv way, for he is as good as his word.
And 50 I am to wire Jim the evening OF
the 29th. Yes, I see. 1t won't be until
the morning of the 30th, and then -
Ha! Ha! I see, Hall, old boy. Jim
must come Immediately. Wonder how
he found out all of those things, but il
does not make any difference to me, fol
I am ready for S. E. N. any time"
The unknown then threw the letter
into the CRATE and watched it burn into
ashes.
The next few days passed wearily
enough for the unknown, for he had his
work all done, except informing the
police.
On the evening of the 29th he leisure
ly strolled out of the hotel, down street.
until he came to the Office of the Chief
of Police.
He found the officer in, and as he en-
tered he handed him card on which
was printed his name and business.
Every we'll, Mr.. Douglass; is there
anything I can do for you?"
Eyes, sir, there is. You see, 1 have
spent considerable time on this case,
which, of course, you do not know very
much about as yet.
"Of course you are always on the
lookout for Jim the Desperate and ii
is lie that I have been shadowing fol
the last two or three months.
Il have found out that on the night o1
the thirty-frst of this month he in
tends to make raid on the First Ma
tional Bank of this city, and I have
everything so arranged that you can
easily catch him in the very act,
| Of course, We detectives never enter
into full particulars as to how we know
of these things; but nevertheless yor
know we do, and I want you to be sure
and be on time and ready to enter the
back door of the bank at one o'clock
the morning of December l."
Every well; I will be there and &C.
cure the man. You are right when
you say we have been Oh the lookout
for that character, and when We once
get him in a cell we will keep him
there or give him some rope Is that
all you want?"
~Not quite. I have a special favor
that T want to ask of you and it must
be granted" -,
"If it is within my power you shall
have it."
II guess it is, and you can very
easily do as I wish. There are two
beautiful girls in Chicago at Jim'i
home whom he has very much wronged,
and one is kept there as his prisoner.
have sent party on to the city to
release the girl and let her go to hel
home. Now, what I want is this
That after the trial you take this man
back to Chicago and to his own home.
He will want to 60, for, of course, he
will want to see the girls. Those girls
will not be there, and his home will be
forsaken; of course you will have to &c
with him, and after you get him there
convince him that that beautiful Young
girl that he was going to force into 6
marriage with him is now entirely out
of his power. Will you and can you dc
this, Captain?"
ayes, I will do it, but that is little
out of our line. No matter, though
J it is worth good deal to have such g
prisoner in our power"
Every well, sir, that is all I want
Goodnight"
And the unknown left the office tt
return to the hotel, knowing that most
of his work was done.