Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-04-30

again IN a lew uayS. hS L went
home | bought an evening paper
and the first thing on which my
sbted was the folio ling:
THE MARsWORTH FRAUDS,
Strange Disappearance OF The
Man L ldge,
Last evening Just as the $50
tralu from Liverpool STREE to
Harwicb moving out of the station,
Detective INSPECTOR Brett sudden
y recognized Rudgp, one of the
men who is 'want,r in connection
with the MarswOrfh frauds. seated
alone in a first ci iIss compartment.
The inspector was to late to enter
the tram but at once wired TO Har
wlch, and on the train arriving
there force of police in PLAN
clothes were ready waiting o ~
rest the criminal. Strangr tH say.
however although the train was
Carefully searched no trace OF him
was diScoyered. Az there had been
no stop between Liverpool street
and HarwIch 1t Is supposed thai
the unfortunate man must have
Jumped from his carriage III despe-
ration. Nothing has Siuce been
beard OF him however, aud the at
fair remains mystery.
Poor Rndgtp l sighed as it
daW ned upon me that perhaps he
was lying crushed and mangled
somewhere along the line. [ was
terribly upset aud only hoped that
Miss saunders would net get hold
of the paper
Tue next evening the pOstman
brought me letter with a French
stamp and a Paris postmark, and
the direction written in the spraw-
ling fist OF Ridge. l hastily tore
1t open and read as follows:
Dear Old Chap: Just a line to
tell on that I'm neither dead or
IN prison. How you must have
been wondering what had become
of mt! | saw yen noticed the de
t. .ctne had spotted me What a
fool | was to move-and ] wonder
ed how on earth l should escape,
for | guess thes would be waiting
for me at Harwich. At tiIs: l
thought oe rising iC aud jumping,
but suddenly bright idea struck
me. | knew that, although the
carriage / was in did not stop
before We reached HArwlch, that |
had once travelled by this very
train to Ipswich, and on puzzllng
It out | remembered th,t there
was a slip coach III the rear which
IS Slipped at Colchester, and at
forwards runs on TO Ipswich. Ii l
could get on board that coach |
should be safe, aud | made up my
mind to try it. | opened the ds'I
aud got out on the footboard aud
started on my journey 10 the real
of the train. Aud it was n journey
had to creep along three carrlh'
pes. and We were gong at good
speed; hen had TO dock my heat
a. 7 uassed the windows, lest peo
ple should see me, aud L was par
ticolarly careful st the guard'
van. At last fOund myself OF
the toutboard OF the last Goa D.
aud to my lo,, discovered an emp
ty compartment. We were siIppe'
at Colchester, and | managed Il
eyade the ticket collector, got
bed for the night, ran up TO towl
thenext morning ,riSkiug discovery
eanght the III a. III boat tran
from Chariug Gross, aud here
AMI | am off o Hamburg 10 NOR
row, and shall take passage iron
there to America. have writer
to tell Miss Saunders | am salt
P and you shall both hear from ID
/ again as soon as reach America
With everlasting thanks, your
A ever, CHARLES H. hoDu D.
This is the true history of Rnd
yes marvellous escape. he redche
America aud gladdened the hear
of his flancee by getting an al
pointment thereof course, under
another name NJ 50 Saunders Wa
alking of going out T., him, oll
h,ye inst heard that MArswOrth
taken and has made certain col
fessions that clear Rudge AMI tb
other man from all share IN ia
L frauds, except that of being NJ 'r'
worth's duprs. So am IN hol
that all will be right yet.-Pea
5 sons Weekly.
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