The record-union., 1896-04-05


an eye for an eye, and tooth for
tooth and determined to profit there
by. There was one sure way by which
her vengeance might be satisfied, and
She evidently believed in a sure thing.
Wild with rage, she searched out De-
tective Fisher and whispered to him
that Townsend was badly wanted
mana very much wanted man, in fact
and that he was one of the gang that
had been holding up street cars and
robbing residences during the past year,
and that nothing would please her SO
much as to see him behind the bars and
to be enabled to help convict him by her
testimony.
It was, indeed, sorry time for Fred.
Townsend when he entered upon his
course of vengeance. His woman"
went so far as to state that it was he
who short time ago robbed residence
in the city and stole bicycle, the one,
by the way, upon which he rode to the
police station to swear out his warrant
for the arrest of Joe Oster. Then Dep
uty Sheriff Fisher called in police Off
Ger, whom he had kept posted on the
case, and the two started out for Town
send and found him.
Theirs was a boldly conceived plan,
and stood chance of collapsing entire
ly, for the way women's hearts soften
toward men whom they had gotten into
scrapes is proverbial, and it was likely
she would refuse to testify when the
proper time arrived. But the officers
took that chance. They put a bold face
upon the matter, and as the wristlets
snapped above Townsends hands, they
quietly informed him that his para
mour had squealed."
TOWNSEND TELLS ALL
Townsend was speechless. He could
see nothing before him but long term
OF Imprisonment, at least He had
trusted that woman, and believed in
her. He was white and limp. The Off
GERS went stolidly on, repeating the
story the girl had told, and Townsend
knew from the details that she really
had "squealed." The prospect was get
ting blacker for him each moment. and
while he may often have thought of the
time when his evil deeds would be
brought home to him, the reality far
surpassed any thinking he had been ca
pable of doing. He could see but one
thing to do, and he did it,
He understood (and Townsend is a
very shrewd mani that the heavy hand
OF the law might drop more lightly upon
him if he confessed, and he knew that
courts sometimes set free the man who
turns States evidence Townsend did
not have time to think that the woman
might weaken and deny on the
stand everything she had said. He only
thought (selfishly enough, too, showing
that in his case there was mo honor
among thieves') that he might lessen
the long period of penal servitude he
saw staring him in the face, by making
a confession and naming his accom-
plices.
1t was, indeed, sorry day for Town
send, and a very sorry one for L. L.
Callendine and Harry w. Baker, who
was employed in the Southern Pacific
shops. They were his fellow-robbers,
Townsend said, and had participated
in all of the recent robberies.
HIS PARTNERS.
Townsend himself, according to his
story, was the man who had stood in
the door of the street railway office
d
rifle while Callendine and Baker had
done the work on the inside. 1t was
Baker who had used the pinch-bar on
the safe, he being used to handling
such an implement.
1t was they, he said, who had done
all the street car holding up; it was
they who had robbed private resi-
dences. and finally it was they who had
planned the holding up of the Southern
Pacific treasure train, but had been
deferred from that action by the with
drawal of one of their companions.
But Townsend had evidence to prove
that what he was telling was true
and stated that the arms they had Sc
cured with which to make the hold-up
were in a no less distinguished place
than at the house at 1O11 street,
formerly occupied by Jack Harris, and
later by his widow and Callendine.
In passing it may here be stated that
the arms were found where Townsend
had said they would be. They con-
sisted of three shotguns and one rifle,
found under bed, one rife in a closet,
and another behind bureau, and they
will probably be marked as exhibits
when the men stand before the bar of
justice-not, 1t is to be hoped, to be
tried by jury literally of their
peers"
BAKER ARRESTED.
Townsend had played his part, and
the curtain may be rung down upon
him as the iron doors swing shut But
there were others. Both Baker and
Callendne were still at large, and both
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tective Fisher (who is developing into
one of the most skillful thief-catchers
in the State) and his assistant went to
the car shops and had Baker pointed
out to them. They gave their man not
the slightest chance. They We're upon
him before he knew they We're near,
and had the irons on his arms before he
could speak a word. He, too, was
made as comfortable as possible in
the city prison. Then a plan was
adopted to secure Callendine before he
had a suspicion of what was up.
The plan should have worked, but
Callendine was uneasy. He had seen
in the newspapers that Townsend, his
| associate in crime, was in trouble. and
deemed it best to be on the ground to
offer his assistance, if that were neces-
sary, or to advise with his friend. He
had accordingly started from Marys-
vile for Sacramento on Friday even
ing last
The two officers resolved to go in
person to Marysville, near which town
Callendine was supposed to be, swear
out a warrant for his arrest, and bring
in their game themselves. But "the
ways of Providence are past finding
out" While they were on the road to
Marysville Callendine. accompanied by
his wife, was on his way to Sacra-