New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-20

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<" lad never seen her up to half an hour ago.
so gave up studying hcr anu deii 70
uioncr oycr tie lades To leave ils, eihiiiIs
o,ar the broad hint Terence had just lllIoMn ~
CONCERNING desire to smoke As teS ,nockinsly
dnnT Mrs IIaIcgan turned and bowed nv V t M,
=" nor husband whose hand Was Just reaehinS 80, nU
No HJ h.II hone. Sir Terence that the cIgaIs
une nrovc div company" Then. with orlghU
s"Ie, n snp int" nv chair oreathlcssly. Where
had I seen that knocking bow ;? Ihcn' S S. >
Their, came bcfofe me that little scene IN tIe oon
tans two years since me tS %oS S,p ye little chap
so "''iteIv took our money ana Watches; ny
IoweJ lust that way when he finished ms "orh h, an
departed. Her brother t IIni ,,',,ch they
sheep blot on family esCuU;heon' ''o"
rescmblc--'
Well, me boy" .....;oo,,,, t,,roucb
lIaIcgan was locking at me qulzHie cirSr' mean
the smoke we having lighted our clsaGIr, ',,nr
willie supposc | Looked embarrassed vi oourSo
il was all rot the idea oi there peIns IS oro"t"r,
tion however remote, betweeh t,e raScal Who en-
who had just LEFT us ana TIC HUG '"'0'
eineered that hold-up!
Billy, me boy, won maze SmJr tHe little
lorcrr than is necessary. ion remember Tue ii''''
fellow who held us up two years aso'
Yes very likely wen, IahcS L" "N
BEGIN at the beginning. ,,,I,or
Three wear, ago a young fellow named wilson,
who had lccn employed a. cashier ny C'lo I'LL
A. Stage and Express COMPANY, gov In po %,I
over his accounts. The manager-kOoiilsonI
charged him with a shortage amounting 20 S.ci"i
thousand dollars. There Was an ilNtel;a,iT;r
and, on the strength OF certain a. ~ IS imma
terial backed 10y the testimony OF Robinson, Ilic
manager, Twccdy tie superintendent, anq ram ..,
Robinson. son oi the manascr-WsY, ~ w w o,sII
had always been Wilson's bosom frcnd-thc CASH.
cr WIG convicted on trial and sentenced 10 piS
term at anon City. Strange to say lie oi'cleu nS 10
testimony and made 10 defence except his pea Vi
not guilty. ,t
We'll. it killed him. Inside Of year, the
worry and disgrace. along with the hari WORK IN"
close conference.-the had never been very sion j.
had wasted him T. a shadow, ana wren, at dst' re
knew hc couldn't live very long, he sent Tor MS
mother and sisters to cone TO him. .,
Ills mother was too i'll herself TO trave, ,i aGn
one of The sisters crlpple-wah Obliged 10 i'Hi"h
with her, but the elder sister went
She found him dyns-dylng in prison. ~ was
the first she had known OF ms trouble anu Hut
urallv she was terribly shocked
lie fold her tie true history OF the afair-that
young Robinson. between whom and himself ilah
existed sort OF Damon and Pythai irichdsnip,
was the guilty ore: and now, when some % 'ie
Stockholders got wind OF the shortage, me TWO
Rphinsons and Twccdy, who was q br9ther-ih-inaW
Of old Robinson, rad conspTcd 10 shlcIu thc Ful'N
man by sacrificing an innocent one. VINO WOuiu lVt
dcfead himself he confession made by The dyin3
man was not altogether voluntary one. Illa
sister. who had known nothing except thh' ne va
Innocent caught hiut Of Ire truth from MN
when he was raNng IN dclIrIum-tle rest size N''"c
him tell her. ,,.., ,3..:..o. ,.o,..
Alter young W lL$On : dcalH MS SlNl'r "'Ho
auic:ly 10 work Ia see What could ic done 10 prove
Ter brothers nnoccucc and II place the -uilt here
il belonged. hut soon found that nothing couid oe
proved. The Roblnsons were too strong Tor her.
About this tim, Mrs Wilson and her younger
daughter were Obliged 10 90 South on account 81
ill-hcalth, leaving tho elder daughter, VINO was
studying medicine, here IN 'hIcl3o. 40. Ioht
after this the hold-ups on the olurrch Hnei 81
ihr d. and \ began. For tho irsi few times there
was only ono roaiagcnt-a little chap, but a Merry
one. who lot talked about by the papers good
hue, IIsr, others A
band Of about eight or nine had organized, uhleT
the little fellows leadership, aud they made ne
"a burden to the /. and \. pcopc. 1t made no
difference what precautions the company TOOK, or
how MANY guards Is employ ed: tire road1grrt'
were too smart and the boldesi kind Of holi-up,
were successfully madc-and. by JoVe 1t busted
hcavv concern Of course. but had always made u
good deal Of money he frequent hold-nps on III
lines. though. proved " setter. - WASH Jon
LrfDg. Loi0iy would ship - travel over any 81
the !, and 4 Company lines unless actual,
OBLIGED 10. and tie company was kept pretty bus
settling the losses II n, customers Then came
the crash ami somehow people bean 10 suspect
that the Rohn-ons had not run things Is they
should have been handled. and the siockholders
investigated. old Robinson died IN DISGRACE
shortly aftcrwarl The young man took all he
could lay hands on and >Hppcd. bnt was caught
AZ santa Fc. He's where he should beat Canon
hy. Twccdy got oil on IA icchnicality.
About seven or eight months after We were
held mp stnrc full - fellows, lrcluding myself.
were STOPPED md rchc'cI orc AFTERNOON. ahont zen
he Young fellow waS orc ot the robbers knew
him IN spite o. III, mask. .incic We're only four
81 abe roaaagcni9 on This occasion
They pulled out. leaving us orders no. = touch
our arms which they had stacked on the giound
for twenty minutes under penalty ot getting shot.
rut one II orr party was a drvll-nay-chre chap.
AMI no sooner were the bandiis gone than h.
walked right over To the Ilc OF guns and picked
his ont, rcnnrkiug that lac didn't believe there
werc any road-'ecnt, around jnss then And
Wen. The result Of TIN. fellows foolhardinc-,
was that So concluded II would ice money IN our
pocket, ~ get On TIE trail II those four road
-cut, 50 We started afcr them. Separating little
distance from each other. We followed them all
ihr afternoon bu; couldn't find trace.
You know how the old Nuc-Shoc Trail is
Well. the driver had gore on, agreeing 10 meet us
on the other side of the Shoot ~ only three or
four mile, across
<,as lnst about making mp my mind 10 Join
the other fellows. and had stopped 20 think OF the
b.s' way 10 cross tie creek, when heard "a queer
sound. like woman s0bbins. locke cnu,i-
Dusty around. and there. within two rods OF lie,
Vas the young loadas"nt. crfinG as n his hear;
would break. There VA nobody else there il was
plain 10 hc seen. SO | quctlN Sncakcd up AMI re-
qucst"l him 10 throw mp his hands
Did sou ever hear woman scream at the sight
OF g. mouse? That's Just the way this Young
fellow screamed when lac say The mu7Zc OF my
face turned to mine. knew well as | know now
that the famous bandit known a. 'FoNey was only
woman.
Sh, seemed 70 trus; me- somehow. and pretty
s1on had Tie whole story from her. Then [ sat
down and talked to her like = brother: and the
result that next day the road-agcnt missed
their leader and inside Of g fortnight MIS- jean
wilson was back here in Chicago. 40 her stables
again.
need not say that this gentle bandit who
ruined the business Of the j.. and A. COMPANY
took not one cent Of the proceeds and never per-
Inittcd any OF the band TO interfere with Uncle
Sans mail The latter fact accounts. in meas
urc. for their sue csS, for nclc sam S 4 bal man
10 interfere with. The former fact. | think. had
10 do, 10 some extent. with the strong hold which
FoNcr' had over his ~ubordnatcs although they
nl.t have had good deal 81 faith in his Gcmon-
stGatcl ability as an eyecutivc. The band was
broken up not long 2ftcr FONcy'| disapp' alancc.
and three Of the men we've caught, but they didn't
know any more concerning their mysterious ex-
chief than did the public 1T lar1c'
"And-and Miss Wilson is
IInllcnnn,s fMnhcl " L. Whiting lnr