Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-02-06

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N. id to arrange her mhtress' elaborate
toilet, and that the Mattresses would be
OF duty that evening and out
RI bring a bottle Of grog, Maggie"
/ SAID, land when we're all by our
selves We'll have a fine glass Of some
thing hot =
The grog worked so well that BY 10
o'clock l had the pleasure of seeing
my Maggie sleeping comfortably in her
chair, while l, slipping into the hall
way, flew up stairs to make thorough
search of the private apartments of Mr..
and Mrs. Granville Grey Being well
acquainted with the premises, lost no
unnecessary time,
The object of my search was num-
Der of satehels. bags and boxes in a
deep, dark clothes press But although
there was the California mark upon
them there was nothing else. was
about to give up the search when spied
a small dark steamer trunk in the bot
tom of the closet. Hauling it out, ex-
plored its contents. And when came
upon couple of small bottles in med
icine box could not repress a cry of
joy.
Hastily rearranging things as found
them. slipped out, leaving my Maggie
to awake and think what she might
When got back to my lodgings | ex-
amined the bottles closely They We're
put up in Omaha and bore the name of
a druggist not far from the old Bradley
cottage.
1t is a peculiar thing that criminals
and refugees from justice will gO to the
greatest expenditure of time, trouble
and expense to cover up their tracks, yet
they will save or overlook the very one
thing that leads to their detection
Therefore | was not surprised when
chemist confirmed the suspicious which
We're strong in my mind
AS was we'll known to the chief of
police Of Melbourne had no difficulty
II securing a warrant for the arrest of
Granville Grey, although even that
sturdy official expressed surprise and
did me the honor to add, IF it were
any one but yourself, Mr.. Martinez,
should hesitate about granting a war
rant.
Mrs. Granville Grey decided to ac-
company us, and though it all had to
be told to her over again / was sure
that 1 had heard her step as she slipped
behind the parlor portieres during my
conversation with Mr. Grey.
Our journey back to Omaha was de-
lightful one for me. l had telegraphed
in advance to Mr.. Winterburn, who was
still there as manager, and had asked
him to get together Policeman Moriarity
and all who were well acquainted with
the actors in the express robbery of half
dozen years before. II wish you
would have all as nearly as possible as
it was that night, l wired.
We arrived late in the afternoon. Mr..
Winterburn met us and shook hands
with Luke Bradley, recognizing him
instantly He was very pleasant like
wise to Kate, and though evidently Won
dering much conducted us to the express
office, which had by this time grown to
be a large concern.
.'Now, Mr. Winterburn, will you
seat yourself there?, / said, pointing to
chair by the safe, land will you, Po-
iceman Moriarity, remain outside? /
wish to speak to Luke Bradley min
ute in this cloakroom.
Luke and l retired into the little
room and were closeted for about 10
minutes Once Mr.. Winterburn, grow
ing impatient, knocked to ask if all was
well with u.s.
At length / threw open the door and
pushed Luke Bradley out ahead of me.
Mr.. Winterburn gave start of surprise,
and Policeman Moriarity exclaimed
"Holy Father!' SO loud that we heard
him through the window pane.
There i'll actual flesh stood the night
Waterman, John Bradley He had been
transformed by old clothes and padding
and by the application of chemicals to
his face from the young, fresh looking
man who entered the room to the sal
low old fellow who came out But it
was none other than John Bradley who
had acted as night watchman for three
years. Even the red mark was there and
the limp caused by unequal heels.
And then, with Kate listening, / told
those present how l had recognized
Luke Bradley in Granville Grey and
ing to find papers. AS / came upon the
bottle of iodine bearing the Omaha la
bel sudden recollection Of John vivid
birthmark came to me, and later, when
found a prescription bottle from the
same druggist, the plot seemed plain.
Taking the prescription bottle to drug
gist. he analysed the remaining few
drops and pronounced it to be a mixture
of soda. ammonia and coloring sub
stance that would tint the skin brown
and apparently wither il. A speck of
-four upon hairbrush would give the
semblance Of gray hair Padding could.
of course, do the rest
When Luke Bradley heard all / had
to say, he decided to make clean breast
of it, as the express company promised
to let him off easy upon the payment Of
part Of the money.
Robbing safe is not an extraditable
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