The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-10

81 but must, reioined the check
raiser. 7 want to make : little girl,
Who brought ne my food, present. .
Let me have your present and ]
Blur.
well, that win do. F" was the answer;
Hand her this ten-dollar bill with nv
eompliments. Tell her Mr.. McDonneH
viii never forget sher kindness. / dc
love little children. Their honest sim
plicity charms me. ~ This IL told be-
causs4i 1t gives. . perfect sfllusti alton Of
EMcDonnell's stylAof generosity.
- The two NEW lked over to Fourth
and Market streets. There Mr.. Blu,
left his client, who boarded : car 70,
the Fourteenth street station. A
square below tho. car halted. and ,
minnte later tho burly form of q
larGe man droppsd into the seat beside
Mcdonnell y &c was Detective Bligh.
Ct am going 70 take you back" said
"But, my dear cir, }" somewhat warm
" replied Mcdonnell, you impose or
good nature: I ans free man until my
case is called" =. H.
Come along" was Capt Bligh',
answer, Is he pulled tho car bell ani
helped the man off. He took Nc
Donnell by dark streets back to the
station, where he remained unit
Hazen arrived. The Cincinnati mar
did not recognize the check raiser a,
anyone that he wanted, SO Capt Bligt
had TO- let the man go, though he did il
very reluctantly. Mcdonnell left thu
city, and, of course, never returned.
Capt Bligh was very anxious <
aeeep'traoe Of Mcdonnell He soo1
found way. The check raiser hat
left his trunk behind The detectiv,
knew il would be sent for and resolved
to keep . close eye on It. sS"7 Tru,
enough. In a week or two an orde1
como that the trunk be shipped by. tn,
Adams express to New York city. Mr.
Bligh sent the number Of the package
and description Of the trunk to til,
Pinkertons, in New York city,. Fin,
who receives this trunk and where i
goes" he ordered The Pinkerton
'spotted" tho trunk, and found that i
was taken by 3 man who did no
. answer McDonnelrs description from
the Office Of the express company to ,
steamer bound for England. Capt
Bligh was notified of these facts. The1
he knew that Mcdonnell was in Eng
| land
He had q number of Mcdonnell
photographs made, and sent them t.
England. One he directed to Scotlan
Yard '-'se4'~'e'a@' ~as,
A Capt. Bligh afterward stated, h
felt by intuition that Mcdonnell wa
an extraordinary criminal, and it wa
from this feeling that he took such pre-
cautions. Mono Of the English detee
tives even sent . ''thank you for tn
photographs and the warning.
About two years afterward the Who'll
world was startled by the announce
ment that the Bank of England ha
been robbed of an immense sum O
money. Who were the guilty men
Hundreds of detectives were put t.
work On tho case. For time n
progress was made. One day a Scot
land Yard detective happened to re
call the photograph which some "bacl.
woods sleuthhound," as he put it, ha.
sent to the Office. Tho picture ha
been carelessly thrown aside, ate
probably being the butt of some heav
English joke. BY rare good luck tn
photograph was found. 1t was take
by the detective, who thought, how
ever, that he would not be paid TO
his pains, to the cashier who mad pal
out the money on the forged checks
'That is the man." exclaimed tn
Bank of England official when he say
tho photograph. Then the world wa
flooded with those photographs. Nj
Donnen and his ''partners" were car
tured. Mcdonnell was caught throug
the photographs and Capt. Bligh's az
curate description of his person and hi
habits, and the check raiser's arres
led to that of his pals" Singularl
enough. they were caught in differen
parts of the world, having separate
as soon as the crime was committed.
The Bank of England, when it learne
of Capt. Bligh's part in the case, ser
him a checl-not one of McDonnell's-
for fifty pounds and letter of thank:
The detective priced this letter yer
highly, and his family still have it
their possession. Capt. Bligh regarde
Mcdonnell as the ''smoothest," shrewt
est criminal he ever came in conta<
with. And Yankee" met a good man
in his lifetime.