The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-07-20
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THE ARREST OF SLIDER.


II was all right enough, when starting OF
to commit = burglary, TO take hnil
wiib you. or aiosded dub. ora pissc
but billy claimed thst the doing OF III
showed q lack OF mental Ingenuity.
Any musical fool can budecon the sen
ses ont OF . half awakened households
aroused from his first deep sleep by ih
noisy entrance OF thief through tbe siu
dow, but blu lg, oniog Billy lioked upo
as clumsy and unnecessary. The crns
quence was that Billy, by strici aiteniio
10 business. and the endesvor to pleas
customers, soon began W build mp 10
bims,n 40 envisbls reputation among th
police They never caught sight Of Bill
or his pals. hey always reeogu zed bi
hsndisork by the neatness and dex'eiit
OF it,
They did not even kLos his asnie bn
they c.ll.d him among tbsms.lves Bill!
Haven out OF respect for the memory OF
good at irAckipg crimes OF akind VII Is,
rigin was obscure, AMI the clue to wbicl
was / o. visible, They said smoue them
selves when their attention was rst di
rected to the kind OF burglary the new
burg ar was doing. that tbi was = jot
Billy Haven would like the unrsvt ling o.
il be were slive. and 20 theyt drifsed on
never getting . sight ofthe barelir, unt
the crimes w're called Billy Haven jobs
and finally the unknown crack man csms
20 be called Bill y Havtn3 aa
As general thing, where Billy Haven
vas at work, the inmates OF the house
never kntw arobbery hsd been com mmitted
until the mkt morning. Billy and bis
ssug IT nlmoet 10 trace OF their visit ex.
cett he disappesrinee Of the most vslus'
BILE things ia the residence, ="
AT list the neat bnrglafies ceased, and
Their we're no ttsces of Billy for yeirs. II
is probable that thst the authorIties
would never have known any particulars
about Billy's career, il it had not been
that convict dying 10 one OF the prisons
old about Billy's last and successful comp
which enabled Haven aud bis gang to re-
tire into respectable. bat monotonous pri.
vste life.
Billy, it seems, had long looked With
huDgeriDg eyes on large mansion that
stood 10 lonely part Of a loaely suburb.
II was entir,l ly surrounded by high
brick wall. and Billy felt that II hs and
his mates ever got inside that mansion
they could work 10 uointersu . ted securi.
ty.
Inquiry showed Billy that it was the
residence Of Mr. Slider, the well-known
banker. = man intimately connected with
numerous prosperous companies, man of
great reputed wealth. The name Of Slldl
er was power in the city.
Billy's Investigation l.d him to the
knoxledse that Mr.. Slider was most
careful man, who had arranged every
electrical appliance then known for the
discovery OF burglar. He appeared to
realize that II burglar got entrance into
the big house. the family would be com,
parsiiyely speaking. at bis mercy; and 20
II was that every window was protected by
half dezsn different devices. The door
mats and windows we're so srfsnged thst
after everybody went TO bed the lightest
footfsll on any Of them would light al the
lsctric lamps 10 the house; would ring .
large bell in the tower. vould tsise rsl b .
warning TO the nesrest police station, sud
YOU s,l more gongs ringing oil over The
place than a burglar vi o was at oil nerI
vous car. TO b ear. FHH
Billy resllzsd. then, that the ordinary
methods would have 9 tendency TO fail u
applied to the big hoDse standing in its
own extensive group and so he resolved
that when he and his pals entered The
house 1t wouli be by the door. and not
by one OF the windows, and il wou d be Ut
time when the family had no, retired to
rest
Billys plans when m4,ured. were very
simple. n e.,a
He obtained ihs costume OF police in'
specior for himself aud the clothes Of 20
ordinary policeman for each OF bis four
pals. He 40, rtssise avery go ID initsi
tion Of aw,rrstt 81 srrest. male out in
nsme Of Mr.. Slider. Billy was the man Of
bfsins 10 the gang. add the other four,
realizing this. did Iactly as be told them.
rhsy sere 10 perfee, state Of discipline
sud had the utmost confienc in Billy's
ingenuity. 1hl plsn vas this:
They were 10 obtain entersnce into the
house at about niue o'clock 10 tbeevebine,
10 perfec, leerl form; iha inspector was
10 arrest Mr. Shier. vi o might, Of course.
lie indignsbi. but the conspirs.ors erpecli
ed that the respect banker has for the
form. OF las a. lss.t insnred submission
under protest; std While the inspector
stood sasri over the arrested man. two Of
the alleged policemen we're 70 BE- posted
10 tts, DO one could leave the house. eTsn
! II Mr. sli Ter s.atsd 10 send messenger
svay, ~hi b vas cot likely. beesuse OF
bis cest.iniy tia. this sss mistsks
which oonld es'ilg be cleared up. The
other i~o sliesed policemen could then
arch The house under the protection oI
bogus search wsrfstt. aud quietly
secrets III tie ,slaabl,s and money that
they eoald lay their hands on.
The inspector then intended TO tell Mr.