The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09

before eight o'clock the next evening
Mr.. BLUR arrived at the station, and
preparations for McDonnelrs departure
We're made. But instead of the Cincin-
natl detective a dispatch came. Mr..
Hazen wired that he could not be here
until the next day. Capt. Bligh tried in
every way he could to get the prisoner
to stay over until next day. But Mr..
Blur produced the order of the court,
said his client had already been too
obliging, and insisted on the prison
er's release. So the door of the cell
was opened, and Mr.. Blur and McDon-
nell walked out of the station house.
They had not gone half a square until
Mcdonnell stopped suddenly with the
exclamation:
Il forgot something"
"You had better not go back there"
said the cautious lawyer.
but l must" rejoined the check
raiser. II want TO make a little girl,
! who brought me my food, present"
Let me have your present and 1
will give it to the child" suggested Mr..
Blur.
well, that will do" was the answer.
Hand her this ten-dOllar bill with my
compliments. Tell her Mr.. Mcdonnell
will never forget her kindness. l do
love little children. Their honest sim
plicity charms me" This is told be-
cause il gives perfect illustration of
McDonnell's style of generosity.
The two men walked over to Fourth
and Market streets. There Mr.. BLUR
left his client, who boarded car for
the Fourteenth street station. A
square below the car halted, and a
Lot ha nf n
large man dropped into the seat beside
Mcdonnell He was Detective Bligh.
~ am going to take you back" said
Bligh.
But, my dear SIR" somewhat warm
ly replied Mcdonnell, you impose on
good nature. l am a free man until my
case is called"
Come along" was Capt Bligh's
! answer, as he pulled the car bell and
helped the man off. He took Nc
Donnell by dark streets back to the
| station, where he remained until
| Hazen arrived. The Cincinnati man
| did not recognize the check raiser as
anyone that he wanted, so Capt. Bligh
had to let the man go, though he did it
very reluctantly. Mcdonnell left the
| city, and of course, never returned.
Capt. Bligh was very anxious to
keep trace of Mcdonnell He soon
found way. The check raiser had
left his trunk behind. The detective
knew il would be sent for and resolved
to keep a close eye on 1t. True
enough, in a week or two an order
! come that the trunk be shipped by the
! Adams express to New York city. Mr..
! Bligh sent the number of the package
and description of the trunk To the
Pinkertons, in New York city. Find
who receives this trunk and where it
| goes" he ordered The Pinkertons
spotted" the trunk, and found that it
was taken by a man who did not
| answer McDonnelrs description from
| the office of the express company to a
steamer bound for England. Capt.
Rligh was notified of these facts. Then
| he knew that Mcdonnell was in Eng
| land
He had n number of McDonnells
photographs made, and sent them to
| England One he directed to Scotland
| Yard.
As Capt. Bligh afterward stated, he
| felt by intuition that Mcdonnell was
| an extraordinary criminal, and it was
| from this feeling that he took such pre-
cautions. None of the English detec-
| tives even sent thank you" for the
| photographs and the warming.
| About two years af:erward the whole
; world was startled by the announce
ment that the Bank of England had
been robbed of an immense sum of
! money Who were the guilty men?
| Hundreds of detectives We're put u
work on the case. For a time no
progress was made. One day Scot,
land Yard detective happened to re-
call the photograph which some back
woods slcuthhound." as ne put it, had
sent To the office. The picture had
been carelessly thrown aside, after
probably being the butt of some heavy
English joke. by rare good luck the
photograph was found. 1t was taken
by the detective, who thought, how
ever, that he would not be paid foI
his pains, to the cashier who mad paid
out the money on the forged checks
That Is the man." exclaimed the
Bank of England official when he saw
the photograph. Then the world was
flooded with those photographs. Nc
Donncll and his partners" were cap
tured Mcdonnell was caught through
the photographs and Capt. Bligh's ac
curatc description of his person and hi.
habits, and the check raiser's arrest
! led to that of his pals" Singularly
enough, they were caught in different
parts of the world, having separated
as soon as the crime was committed.
! The Bank of England, when il Learned
of Capt. Bligh's part in the case, SEN
him a check-not one of McDonnclrs-
Tor fifty pounds and q letter of thanks
The detective priced this letter very
highly, and his family still have it il
their possession. Capt. Bligh regarded
Mcdonnell as the ''smoothest," shrewd
est criminal he ever came in contac
with. And Yankee" met good many
in his lifetime.
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