Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-07-18

had a mustache when he left here a few
months ago. He is Free Mason, and
wears a keystone white with black letters
III. r. s. S. Il. X. S. He has deep blue
ewes with heavy light eyebrows, speaks
with drawl, and is very slow and quiet in
his movements, smoker, chews and drinks. y
The chief afterwards received another
letter from Mrs. Osgood dated June 2l,
which was as follows:
"Last evening | wrote you with regard
to nv absconding husband, II. Y. B. Os-
good, or II. b. Osgood, or Harry Osgood,
as he writes his name all these ways; but
/ wrote in such haste | forgot some impor-
tant items. Somehow it seems as il he
NAV be in Hartford, and the sooner get
him the better for all parties concerned.
If he has not been working since the first
of May he must have spent considerable of
nv money. He had $500 in clear cash,
besides about $40. He got me to send
him check from the east for $500 as he
said if he could show that he had that
amount deposited in bank here it would
set him on much better business standing
with the business men Of the city. | was
intending to let him have 81 800 to go into
business, and with never suspicion but
what all was right, that as husband and
wife our rights and money were as one. |
sent the check a few days before | came
home myself. The money was the pro-
ceeds OF my old home in Vermont. Little
did think was the dupe and victim of a
sharper. (Now | find another was left
behind to keep Osgood posted of my pro-
ceedings.) The little money that / have
left the police officers and others do not
advise me to throw away trying to trace
Osgood unless have some actual idea of
where he is. At first when l found myself
deserted, robbed, left alone, l thought my
heart would break, that l could not endure
it, but am Yankee and native of good
| old Vermont, therefore Yankee grit stands
in good stead and | am bound to live and
bring this Osgood and his confidants to
justice if possible. My husbands name in
full on his Masonic certificate is Henry
Young Brown Osgood."
In a third letter to Chief Bill Mrs Os-
good says:
"Another fellow, by name George M.
Haynes, worked in Hartford last summer
and fall, and / think advised o. to go there
for awhile, as | would go there, and H. has
given me to understand he thought 0. had
gone to the far west-California, Mexico.
Nov Osgood is rather peculiar-looking
about the head and neck. The cords just
back of his ears are unusually large, seem
to stand out. The top of his head is large,
but the lower part is very small, especially
in the back. | cannot think of the young
mans first name spoke of. "Cairnes'' it
seems to me it was. He worked for awhile
in Bellows Falls at the Vermont Farm,
Machine company's, as did all these young
men. Osgood calls himself % years old
last November, but he would pass for sew
eral years older than %. will see law
yer in regard to this matter right away,
but know pretty well what | can do if
can find the thief, for by the laws of Ohio
| have one advantage; but must be able
to know whether he had any of the money
left.
81 can spoil his little game he has played
so cutely to fleece loving, trusting woman,
who has supported him principally ever
since we were married, and took the best
Of care of him when sick, last winter, only
to be robbed and deserted by the most
inhuman wretch that ever drew breath
Henry Hoehn, superintendent of police
Of Cleveland, wrote to Chief Bill, under
date of June %, 1896, saying Il am
anxious to locate Harry Osgood, who is
supposed to be in your city. He wrote a
letter from the Allyn House on the 10Th
His right name is Harry Young Brown
Osgood. He has travelling card from a
Masonic lodge and will no doubt make
himself known to some of the Masons
He has a friend living outside the city
named Cairnes."
When Sergeant Smith and Officer Far
rell started to find out the whereabouts o
Osgood they had very little in the nature
of clue and the prospect was most dis
couraging. The possibility Of Osgood
being in Hartford was suggested by Mrs
Osgood, who recognized bis handwriting
on letters having the Hartford postmarI
and addressed to chums in Cleveland
Mrs. Osgood mentioned in her letters sew
eral names of men in Hartford and vicinity
who would he likely to know something
about him. One of these names was Rey
nolds. Every Reynolds whose name has
appeared in the directory for years wa:
hunted up by the detectives, but they knew
nothing Of Osgood. They learned, how.
ever, that man in Windsor, who works in
the Eddy Electric Light Factory, knew
Osgood. They sent messenger to this
man with bogus message, telling him that
there was telegram for Osgood, saying
that friend of his had died. The Wind
sor man did not know where Osgood was
! Sergeant Smith, who afterwards saw the
man, asked him if he knew man in Wind
sor named Reynolds. "Why, yes, he
works right here" replied the man. Ser.
| geant Smith in his talk with Reynolds
learned that Osgood had been living in
Glastonbury under the name OF Wilson
In the meantime Officer Farrell was work.
ing the Hartford end of the territory and
learned that man named Wilson, having
the same initials as those of Osgood, had
been stopping at No. Ill Capitol avenue
The sergeant and the officer consulted
together and compared notes of the infor.
nation which they had received, the com.
parison satisfying them that Wilson wa:
Osgood, the man whom they wanted
They sent telegraph messenger to No
III Capitol avenue, with instructions to
inquire for i" Mr.. Wilson," and if any man
answered to that name to pretend that he
had forgotten the telegram which had been
received for him. The boy was to leave
the house, having impressed on 81 Mr.. VIII.
son" that he would be back in a short time
with the telegram. The messenger was
then to give the officers the tip, and they
were to go to the house and place MIR.
Wilson" under arrest. This plan would
have worked very we'll but for the fact that
Osgood, alias Wilson. had left No. III