Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-25

They Don't cail Il Train Robbery. hut "A,
Results arp Equally Unpleasant.

london telegraph
a very cntcytolninr book, says a cogb~
spordent, might be written ~ narrati,r
IN > naln. matter Of fact style. the won.
WONDERFUL adventures. rnmunccs, come
DIES and tragedies that tiic most proaail
81 men and women are constantly export.
enlng during their incarceration in a
railway carrnge Some time ago, for
instance, y wull-,O.do merchant entered
q hrsi class compartment IN Vienna for
the purpose Of rcsching Badn-Posth early
next mornlrs II was l O'Clock at night
w!cn the train started, aud there was
only one other passenger IN the conraFt-
cap ever his face, had slowed himself
away In the opposite comrr, whore he
WIS nearly invisible 10 the mcrchnut. The
latter who had some portable articles
Of value IN his yallse did not feel al
~ colniortahle,. and ardcntly longed for
ihc ARRIVAL of other paseaDgcrs 10 ncnirdl-
Ige tie suspicious appearance OF this one.
~ o'clock IN the morning o gentlcman
finally arrived, carrying two trunks, aud
as soon as he had cnsconod himself cum-
iorl0bly In one ef the vacant corners aud
lNil back 20 enjoy doze, the merchant
ncptally calculated heartfelt thanks.
ewing and dNpnNl of into rofrca,hng
siulnher Whom lac uwoka he was cnn-
sldcrRhly NEARER 60 liH journeys end, bnt
he was no longer IA such hurry 10
grt thcfe, for his yalisc had disappeared.
aud With Il tho third passenger Thu
traveller whom In had found IN ihe CONE
hrlment whom De cnlnn'd was silll snug
y nesting IN his corner, s5norousy sn0r-
lON. Inc Tram was at once stopp~d,
AMI u turned out that the two travellers
who Ind arrived first and suspected each
other OF being rulihcra or miecrcants were
lott wspglcd citizens ,Und worry old
iricudf while the tourist who had Joined
ANA eomtortrd them NJ much by His
spotllrE prrqenoo that they freely aban.
ionqd themselves tn sweet slumhcr, waa
dangerous criminal, whose wooden
trunks wore filled with stones
Dr. NJ q Niennn plSticlAu who NJ
equity undertook journey to London,
las now returned with ala unpleasant.
hut less costly experience 60 relate. Ha
los for considerable limo under a
cloud Of suspicion, being takon for one u
an international gang ~ railway tlilovoa
u came about, he hnys. ia his way. lio
loft Nienn Ia Pullman sleeping ear
~ which ther' were three other pnssnn-
rors manufacturer, an Englishnan
vlo got out at Munich, and n librarian
from lirlangep, After tho departure og
two " he fellow travellers. no fonhd him.
sel alone With tho llihcrtcld mamfac-
turcr WHO auddenly made tho alarming
diHcnvery that 300 t;crmun marks M
bank notes aud 700 Austrian Euldns, az
well as diamond pin, valued az 1904
| narks had unaccountabiy dlsnppnnrrd.
Tho authorities Nycre communicated with
| IN twlnkllng, nnd "crlmaal Official"
Joined Tho train 10 Investigate tho uiht.
| ter TO tho bottom, Asllcl a. 30 whom
h4 suspast u OF having committed The
crime. the man uuhosintlngly mentioned
tho conductor who had charge Of The
sleeping carriage. Hut against lin Moth
ing could ha proved Thnn came tho d0t
tors turn, lie was taken before ihl
| official The tfnin, mcaniimn, flying rapid
' La IlNlI al. al
/ iuquistodlt and oliuns cr0aa.eNnminh
| ton, which was SHAPED On tho assumption
| Hat lie WAS tho hardened thief thpl
| wnrn looking for. AZ last ne could stand
| \ no longer 20 he proposed 20 drnl
| tho cup Of humiliation 10 the dreti HI
OncH by submitting himself Ia q persona
| search, Ills pockets were thrrenpnl
| Hllod, hlH sleeves carefully Inspected, fell
| nlil shaken, und number of other lit
| tle devices rosnucd Ia, which only
! past muster ~ the detectives art wonl,
| dream Of employing, nul which euusci
Tho physiclnn'a gorge 10 rlso Then nj
| question Aruse M 10 tho idrntitg Of tht
| other twu travellers who had nrpviouHli
| loft tho train ur X, having received
| from tlwm their visiting cards, was nbl(
e sntiaiy iho police. oiilcera curlosliy in
This respect After having exhausted The
| resources Of biz inyentiycnels without
/ any tangible result, the criminal officials
| finally left the train, A fow DAYS lnfci
bnih no md tho "fohhed" man hhlrd fhg
ehd Of tho story, During tho prrsonei
search and tho crpagsofamlnatou M thg
trAtn one of the otter passengers who hal
VT the train before tho librarian. on en-
tefinG The Hawaiian station for which lia
| was booked, was aatonifhed 70 find In
| big winter ovrrcont pocket tho letter case
belonging 10 the manufacturer, with tho
Thousands " marlia and Diamond pin.
safe md sound. Of course he vi onco
deposited them with The police. Inc
manufacturer himAolf. IN y n Of absfrnc-
| ton had slowed awny the caaa In tho
| pocket Of the wrong onnt.