Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-09-03

who was a fugitive from Illinois. was
seen IN Chicago the day Simmons left
New York. He was Swallowed by the
police. He was traced 10 his lodgings.
1t was discovered that he had received
two telegraph dispatches from New
York. The second was in answer to one
he had forwarded
2. The house he lodged in was a resort
for crooks While here he borrowed
ten dollars from the proprietor. The
proprietor did not dare refuse the
money. The burglar might give in
formation to the police that would cause
the proprietor trouble The money was
borrowed in the morning. at five
o'clock on the evening Of the same day
he repaid the loan, handing the proprie-
tor fifty dollar note TO exchange The
proprietor observed he had another note
of the same denomination
3. The telegram he received was signed
samuel Jacobs, No - - street.
New York"
4. The next day atnoon the burglar in
Quired il a visitor had called for him.
He was not satisfied with the answer he
received from the proprietor. He ques-
toned his wife, and insisted that some
one had called for him. When he left
the house, il was his purpose 20 return
soon. Instead of returning he sent a
boy for his grip-sack. He was seen on
with another man.
5. The police made inquiry and learned
there was no person of the name of
Samuel Jacobs on - street. Nor was
there any number on the street that
could be COMPOUNDED with the number
Samuel Jacobs gave.
&. Next Simmons assumed that the
theory the Chicago police advanced, that
the man in New York had telegraphed
money to Chicago was correct. To pre-
vent the possibility Of error, Simmons,
by means of authority given him by the
United States attorney. proved the cor
rectness of his surmise-the telegraph
company showed him the dispatches au-
thoriZing the payment of the money to
the cracksman, who received it in the
name of William Alexander.
Out of these facts Simmons surmised
the following: (He was assisted to these
conclusions by other knowledge he had
acquired through his own efforts, unaid-
ed by the Chicago police)
William Alexander was in a strait
for money. His condition must have been
known to Samuel Jacobs, his New York
correspondent Possibly he had written
friends in New York, or the man who
forwarded him the money may have
known AleXander's movements. Noted
criminals often charged themselves with
intimate knowledge Of the movements of
felloW-rogueS He made known his need
in the answer to the first telegram,
which was in CIPHER. jargon not yet
analysed by Simmons The answer was
in the same iargOn. The man he expect
ed the next day was either his New
York correspondent or some one sent to
him. Evidently tho man had met him;
he doubtless encountered him after he
left his lodgings They met to perfect
plan TO rob a bank, express car, or
moneyed institution in the eastern part
of the country. This much was plain TO
Simmons, since he had found the man
Alexander had bought his grip-sack
from Alexander had ordered his name
and the word Chicago painted on the
sack in large letters. This was simply
done to mislead-
Acting upon his convictions, Simmons
had striyen to discover the ex-conVict,
Alexander, had failed to find him or
locate him, but with the aid of the Chi
cago police soon located the man who
was seen with Alexander on the street
This man was either Beauchampe or
Beauchampe's double. This was the
man the detective was resolved TO cap
ture at all hazards, and who eluded him,
as has been shown.
Later Simmons received information
that satisfied him the companion Of
Beauchampe, or the double" had gone
East. He bought short distance ticket
"a ruse that did not deceive Simmons.
1t was this information coupled with
other circumstances that prompted the
/ detectives sudden return to New York.
He was positive the scene o: operations
planned by the burglars was in the city
| of New York or vicinity.
When Simmons parted with Living
ston, it was with the unalterable deter
mination to pursue his inquiries until
| success or failure rewarded mis- efforts
On LivingstOn's side, there was the
| necessity of reporting Immediately at
| the Record Office. 1t was imperative
| He could explain anything that might be
| essential to clearer understanding of
| the situation in Chicago. He could also,
he thought, learn what progress, if any
| had been made in discovering the real
murderer of Major DabneY.
| When he entered the Record office, an
attache hailed him heartily. "Hallol
Back againl-See the paper? Mop"
tossing him a COPY. THAT lays them all
| Livingston-it's surprising. You ought
/ to hear the boys falkland you ought to
| see the Colonel He stretched out a foot
this morning. Bet he's seventeen feet
by supper time-and rising 1 never
saw a man in such good humor It's
wonderful, 1 say"
Excuse me, said Livingston, blush
| ing az IAAC IO4A GAAb VI pLdASCs - GuGIG
any message for me?" He was thinking
of Miss Beauchampe and Vittoria-
a believe there is-yes, here it is. The
| Colonel left it with Bob. 4"
Livingston opened the envelope basti-
ly, and the attache in the business end
of the Record caught a glimpse OF an Or
der on the cashier for two hundred dol
lars.
ais that alp" He looked ruefully at
the clerk, who laughingly replied:
saint that enough for two or three
days work? 1 work all month for a
third of 1t. don't think there is any
thing else-unless you want me to turn
the office over 70 you. wish l could
you could run it TO suit me. Why-yes,
here is a letter for you-but it's not
from any of our people"
~Let me see it, said Livingston,
/ eagerly. He was doomed to disappoint-
| ment again. 1t was a curt note from
| the editor and proprietor of an evening
! paper upbraiding him for failing to
make good his word Livingston had
! not supplied the facts which had been
promised, and which were counted on tC
correct the impression that the artist
Beauchampe had killed Dabney.
Livingston looked at the date. It was
dated that morning. He turned to the
| clerk, saying carelessly, @Any new de-
yelopments about Dabney's murder?"
Nothing; the anarchy business has
made people forget it. I haven't seen
anything new. Are you going for that
now? I'd think you'd want a weeks
restS
Livingston next made his way to the
editorial rooms, wrote a brief note, and
placing il on the managing editors desk
his note, and said he was to be found at
I HIS lOdgfnps