Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-06-22

attributed this TO the pain which
Mademo.seIle Estelle was enduring,
howeyer.
IN. 3eiot suggested that mademoi-
sel.e be shown her chamber at once,
an idea she eagerly seconded.
The counts man Of business again
urged upon me the necessity OF allow
ing Madem oiselle Estelle the lsiyilesa
Of doing very much az she pleased,
assuring me that such policy would
10 more TO restore her to composure
than anything else.
'Mademoiselle may require some
extra attention, or long for unusual
articles Of diet To provide these, |
hope madame will not hesitate to use
this, and he handed me couple Of
gold eagles.
DETECTIVE DAN DAwsoN's STATEMENT.
81 never saw an old gent 80 cat up
at being done as General Morgan.
When he came to mo he was just
bilin' over at the audac;ous rascal for
presuming TO swindte him. That
seemed to stick in his c.aw more thai.
the loss of his bombs, which was a tidy
pile He must have Il good many
more of the same sort salted down,
sure
Most gents, ii such cases. are
willing to compromise compound
the felony, as the lawyers call it
providing they get back the bulk of
the CASH But this old gent he vas
hot for catching the rascal He would
like to get the money well enough,
bat the man he must have.
Il explained to him that if he
wanted the cash, his best plan would
be compromise. I warned him, if
| hc was bent on turning up the man
and putting him in good he stood a
poor chance You see, the great diff
Guilty in all the confidence games is to
prove the actual robbor. There was
nobody to swear they saw the money
taken
Il knew who it was as soon as the
general described tle person who had
spoken to aim at the apple stand. 1t
was 'Pattcr Brnmpton. his real name,
believe. is William joyce.
Il did not think the case difficult
one, 70" | had seen Pat:.r i ,iav OF
two before, on Broadway. aLd knew
where to look for him. He was an
old offender. and one Of the sllartest
stalls III the country
1t was altogether likely Pattel
would not make any great efforts to
hide, calculating that the case would
take the usual course-tLat Is, 10 get
back the balk Of cash the victim would
refuse TO prosecute.
It Unfortunately for me, the general
who IS Il great swell, and no end of G
big gun in the fashionable world. got
a-talkinG. He made known his senti
ments III pretty vigorous language
The reporters gave It all away In the
newspapers. Patter, Of course, got tt
hear this, and knew he had tackled 4
tartar, and at once sought cover
Next to finding Patter himself.
wanted to know VIII re his pals were
Boston Dick had travelled Will
Patter Brrmpton for many . year
aud learned that, on the morning o
the nineteenth, Boston Dick had bee,
seen lettering n the neigh bornood. |
was certain. then. that the two la
planned the Job, and that Boston Dici
knew where Patter had slowed linu
self
Had the genera! kept quiet, IL,
course would have been clea", Bos
ton Dick would have acted as go-be
tween for the recovery Of the bond
M o. n, ].
have nabbed them both. | woul,
have gone openly to contract for th,
delivery of the cash. That wouidn
do now. though. Only one ;hi4,
coull be doue. and that WAS to slasi
oT Boston Dick day aud night, al.
thls sc. down to Paster.
} 4 found Boston Dick il a coup.
of days, aud Kept him under ny ey
right along.
"One Sunday afternoon he cam
on. OF his house dressed m in
shining suit OF broadclo.h; ne took
cab aud drove 70 the Lavender Insti
tute. He entered and remained a
hour. Tha. beat me, Ye. someno,
! felt tLat there was i deep game ago
AI-S VI = p q spS-ICttt t44at itfStb
: Dich hal Il daughter attending Lay
ender Institute; still, tIat was u
likely
Il determined to pipe about h
: place myself, and accordingly put az
, other man = shadow Boston Dick.
4 riscel myself NJ as a sprue
young Irishnan. having seen nea
little Irish c;rl aboat II, Institute
and one upon whom ] though, | co1I
exercise my powers Of hlarnee Sh
was the chalharmaIi. an1 often ma
: heard he- singing IN the ward back Q
the mouse. rs well as noticed he
standing a tie gate which ooene.
out upon the back street. hal sew
era! interviews with he-. and sle
ceeded IL getting into her good graces.
These interviews ha II mostly bee.
al dusk. when work toc the dav Wa
done, and she liked 10 a2use Le-sel
by standing a' tae Le,:-opened gate
4 found out all about the innate