Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-05-26

tar,od 10 hear that. wen, L received
un from the president of our
ns'. s.nr This morning to offer a reward
'.! !,S+ Ton thousand dollars for the ap-
o. gi a,u and conviction of the man who
Isn 1nItad Ellsworth and the restoration of
hs+ rockage or it's contents of twenty
I l'rssnd dollars, to the company"
"pr love" exclaimed the inspector.
.rtat i a good round sum. Fifty per
,' r+ If YOUR loss-it will set every expert
a.octye in the country at work. We
a .s,,ot he outdone. Our department must
..a+,rp that reward. But what portion
w VI + GOES for the apprehension and con-
rt,+r of Elsworth's assailant if the
rrr is not recovered"
"yt a dollar Our president in his
,nmrnicatiOn states that as a safeguard
rlgs bar to an inducement On the part
frrscrupulous so-called detectives-if
hare be such-to capture the reward, even
a +rch IN innocent man be convicted, the
y .rarl will be, paid only on conviction Of
Ia rubber and restoration of the contents
s Of that package
a (Which will result" observed the in
rator. I'm very few detectives engaging
q IN the case. But suppose the criminal is
3 convicted and but part of the money is
recovered"
There also l have instructions. If the
h money recovered exceeds the amount Of
s the reward, the ten thousand dollars will
s BE- paid; but not otherwise"
n ", "a 81
detectives convicting an innocent man by
reason of any incentive they will receive
h5m the conditions under which the re-
4 ward is to be paid, certainly" remarked
s Hunt
s But there are those"
"0h, yes, plenty Of them. They are
mostly these private detectives-these
] lime novel sleuths. Yes, sir, they would
91yict their grandmothers for reward
enough But our force is composed of
I ttter timber"
we are we'll aware of that, Inspector"
aiI'Mr. Andrews; .:but our object is to
3 fer no incentive to the class you have
nmed'
Il see"
Our proclamation will appear in the
lrnalS of all our largest cities, as well
q in some of the European papers. We
tie also getting out few thousand hand
'GlS, and would like your assistance in"
4 see" said Hunt. "Send over bunch
3ud will have my secretary mail them to
be chiefs of various departments in this
auntry and Europe"
Thanks; that is what 1 would have re-
|EeSted. Good day"
After his visitor had departed, the in
Hector leaned back in his chair, and the
zpressiOn that fell from his lips was this:
We'll, I'll be ID! The old skate
1ln't think of asking my advice. Ha, ha!
llere is not only no incentive for crooked
Electives, but there is no incentive for
|r department.. We are no cheap skates.
should say not"
At + p. m. messenger from the express
nee laid q package on the desk of the
Inspector and with the words, ''Those re-
ward poSters,' took his departure.
hunt soon had one of them spread out
.eIore him, which he read aloud for the
.vleht of several detectives he had been
INSULTING with when the messenger ar
5pd.
TEN THOT-sAND DOLLARS RE-
YARD.
The Union Express Company will pay
~ "ooVe-named sum for the apprehension
~~u convection of the robber, or robbers,
llO' between 4:35 and 4:45 p. M, on Tues
~, June p, 1855, assaulted and robbed
.%tctor Ellsworth, of their service, Of a
- Siy package containing $4,000.
Sait money was in State bank bills in
carnations ranging from S. to 500. The
rS We're put up in $1,000 packages, each
2gE2ge encircled by the ordinary paper
u, which, besides the $1,000 mark, bore
y letters l.. T., the same being the initials
lawrence Terry, the cashier Of the Great
'%Tiern Bank, from whom our collector
y, at 4:35 p. M, received the money. The
,,gaty $1,000 packages were embraced in
central Bank, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
The assault and robbery took place in
alley between Washington and Randolph
The above reward will be paid only on
1iition that the $4,000 be. recovered and
4r1cd to the company, or sum exceeding
Per cent. Of the same.
For the conviction of no supposed Grim
y will the Union Express pay one dollar
4 A schedule of the banks of issue of the
Is making up the package can be had at
p 0tfce.'
The only clew as to the perpetrator. or
OPERATORS: Of the crime, in so far as we
4 aware. is that on returning from the
.sshweStern Bank to the Union Express
S,e' with the package in his possession,
a!tctor Ellsworth passed, on the. sidewalk,
~ before entering the alley where the
,yery was committed. a man Of dark,
sS'thy complexion, black hair and mus
{ ~e about feet s inches in height and :
s@ring Derby hat and a dark sack coat.
n collector might not be able to identify
~ man, as it was a dark, rainy evening,
y, =, ne was carrying an umbrella. which he
r%e1 forward as he noticed that he was
Served
H. This man also carried cane. 1t is the
,ss5ef Of the collector that this cane was
t%eed; that this man stole up behind him
: Tie alley and struck him the blow the
rSTtS Of which rendered him unconscious
- al easy victim.
"A. B. DOUGLASS
president Union Express.
JACOB ANDREWS. Chicago Agent
10 the above proclamation of reward
~''e was added in the Chicago newspa-
w reward announcements, these words:
Nr. Ellsworth, our collector, states that
:. man he Observed ON the walk before
h, the alley. bore a marked resem-
T. s"ye TO the teller of the Northwestern
' ss.N, Earl Kellogg, a nephew of Presi-
,a-' heQogg, a worthy young man in all
s ar and who, sat the time of the rob-