The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-12-19
WALL STREET TO NEWGATE
Austin BidWell's Thrilling Tale
Of Life via the prim-
rose Way.
The Tweed Ring of New York
His First Educator in
Crime.
CONTINUED.

| to Westminster abbey and spent three
hours in that Valhalla of the Anglo
Saxon race. 1t made tremendous i'm.
preston upon my mind. In no other
work Of human hands do the spirits OF
SO many departed heroes linger, certain
~ in no other does the dust Of so many
of the great dead rest, and as I read
memorial upon memorial to departed
greatness I realized that the path Of
honor and Of truth was the only one for
men to tread.
All through the voyage the influences
If the abbey were upon me; felt Twas
treading on dangerous ground and re.
solved I would have no more of it.
Would had then resolved, when I met
Irving & Co., to throw all the plumber
in their faces and say, "I'll have none
of it, and here we part. 1 felt that
ought to do that, but weakly said,
need the $4,000, and I'll give the
rogues their share and then see them nc
more. l had fully made up my mind to
that, knowing Irving would be IN the
wharf eager to meet me.
In sailing through the Narrows and
past Staten Island I was making up my
mind as to the little speech l would
make. We rapidly neared the wharf in
Jersey City, and ] quickly recognized
Irving standing on the edge Of the close
" packed crowd, watching the steamer
with nervous look on his face.
He sprang on board, rushed to me
with beaming face, grasped my hand,
and putting the other on my shoulder
led me toward the gangway. He had
not spoken yet, but as we were going
down the gangplank he said, 'My boy,
you have done splendidly," and then,
putting his mouth close to my ear, whis-
pered. "We have got another job for
you, and it's beauty!"
Going up the wharf with Irving,
was on the point Of telling him I want
ed no more jobs, but weakly put it off,
and by SO doing, Of course, made it more
difficult. He told me Stanley and White
were waiting at Taylor hotel on Mont
gomery street, few doors up from the
wharf
We soon were there, and they gave
me warm and even enthusiastic recep-
tion, and, opening a box, produced
the 16 bills Of exchange for SIS, 900 each,
informing them they should have their
cash in 80 minutes. It was curious to
see these men handle the bills Of ex-
change, passing them from one to an
other, examining them with anxious
care. But where were my good resolu-
tions and what had become Of them?
Why, they, under the effect Of the wine
and the magnetic influence Of these
three minds, had gone flying down the
bay, and under favoring gale were fast
speeding seaward beyond the ken of
mortal eye, not to be found by me again
until years after, when, with the tolls
about me, I found myself in Newgate
Then the fugitives all came back, this
time to stay.
My three graces who adorned the po-
lice department of New York were full
Of matter Of a new enterprise which by
my cooperation was to make the for
tunes Of US all But they were too evil
IDENTIFY anxious, too eagerly DESTROYS to
handle the greenbacks my bills of ex-
change represented to fix their minds
upon anything else, so by unanimous
vote we adjourned to the other side of
the river, appointing wineroom on
Broadway, few doors below Exchange
place, for our place Of meeting at l
O'Clock. Stanley and White went away
together, but first each once more told
me privately that he depended upon me
to put in his own hands his share, show
ing how these rogues suspected each
other and indeed were full of suspi-
cions Of every one and everything. Irv-
ing crossed the ferry with me, but on
the New York side he dropped behind,
and, although paid no more attention
to him, no doubt he followed me. The
excitement Of success and Of being at
home again banished any possible re.
grets or fears over the course had en-.
tered, and with light heart and buoy
ant step / quickly made my way to a
friend Of mine, we'll known broker ii
New street, shook hands with him, and
telling him, very much to his surprise,
that had just returned from Europe,
asked him to step around the corner tt
the Office of the bankers and identify
me.
In q minute we were there. Indorsine
the drafts, told them to make it il
five hundreds They sent ont to thu
bank for them, and / was speedily OF
my way to our rendezvous with 16(
$500 greenbacks in roll, and meeting
the three at the wineroom made theil
eyes grow big when I flashed the rol
on their delighted orbs. The division
was speedily made, retaining $40, 00t
fer ny share, but was dissatisfied will
my share and told them SO, when eacl
promptly threw out $1,000, and W,
shook hands all around
/ Here were four conspirators Of us
and it was comical to see how anxiou
we all were to get away SO that eacl
could stow his plumber in safe place
For my part went home, but / shall
say nothing of the meeting with tn
members Of my family. told them
had made lot Of money in specula
tion, and not knowing the inside his
| tory or susDectinp ANYTHING thav re