Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
THE HAND UNDER E'HE SEAT.

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Did i ever tell YOU. yos sor did you ever
sshears from other sources, how lpgieaf
i Reductions end ebiyious infefences
once led me into what might have
g proved deep waters9 asked Detective
! Sergeant Channinr, as. he threw his
feet nm on n chair and settled himself
! eoTnfortahIy q * Ssss9g iaaS 4 IS
n .was a ,1v,n+er,s-,ipbt- cold, hard.
and frosty. eight or nine,years SINCE L
had been down TO Cline to spend q
few hours with a friend, and was
going ION to Sharnal street, the next
statlen Gown, to spend the night with
another friend. x
was walkin I'm and down the de.
serted uniform. thinking of, various
things. when INV afootss { kicked up
against something which went sliding
saIoup tbo in,otform md felf upon the
down line. NV Finouisiuveness i'm
spe,led nue. to iump down and search for
II with the aiding light OF d {lucifer.
ItSturned out TO he n novel; forgot
tbe tit,e-anfi swus An s.yerry damage d
cond,tIon AIv exclamation of tho form
cover and tho hent corner was that
) tbev wore tho outcome Of the 8 book
hoay,p 5 sbssI fi,nr nnts AZ 4hs 5 window
/ ~ q inossina +ra,n sssAESEFSs :
i took II into the light Of = an astl-
p,attca, lemn ,o,f, .pxamined If There
WAS writing on the Ay Ieaf-writinr in
nepcil and the sbakiness of It and the
uncertainty of the lines Immediately
.sn.resteti 10. mo- tbat they had bepn
J n,sittan q, tbe. .t-a;n Tho words them
!. selves con WINGED me. They were:-
y sesIon hiding .nnfer, the seat Of this
comne rtment Relieve he has designs
!. on .yaIuables I hare about me. Com
mJurnication cord broken. Only way to
inform ! in case a ANYTHING occurs; and
with anchor tattooed on wrist. Left
hand nstI ~ att'si%i.>.i . ~
=. FIR . moment half suspected IL
:woe q s,roct,c,, ioke. Fhen # occurred
70 mo that there wos more IN the nffair.
Than ,ame humor rHfre is on the line:
IN oueonhoropgh whore one can take
hoat for Flushing which "a in Holland.
tbe nrincinaI town. oe .which, .Amster-
dam d ,yell ,,nown z s 4 trading place
forr 5iaa,ors Il, = Snrr,ecions stones. The
iop,ca, deduction was. therefore. that
the-wrIter, ,of tbe message was travel
inc with iewels from London to Am
sterdem win Oueenboroupb md Flush.
;np gPossihly: bo had a small fortune.
IN ,ems mon b,s nprson md was nm
easy m his mind. Possibly the man
travelling under tbe seato of biscompart-
mont hn+ for whose nrrrosence tbe other
,yor,5 bo,o ,oon oione md des,gns
nron +ha yo,,obIos no corr{ed y and
reo,iz,rg ba could NOT SION the express
ar;n,. - e . tha M anon,r,,n,oo+i Hon cord ,e,Y;r
$780, -, i ,,,ooi,I,.,,I ,,non, +bo novaI
~ ~ S.,,,,s, t,,a ,,,i;oa ,,scJ,a: jr,
,,,5,,, :, o.,
:. Nm, - S1,,s,i,, f5as
:, tno,yy cute Vol tbot tba oueean.t
3 horan,h a,nress bad r,,n tbro,,c oh ClifYa
thraa. ono ,ters Of an ebonr b,fora af,ds
!. ~ -, 49, t,r,o - .aoohad its .dsst;rl.
at,on E
80 ca,, ar ,;-; :, - t,,o s+ot,on mostar,a ,,.i
..m.al1 :. s,o,,-as +hat ott1c,oI +bo rnaa.
saaa .nd arnIoined INV conclusion Hsss
GOOD tho+ The ofsoir rn,ob+ bo seriorss
me- ~, .i,s,a haaIsoa,,id ~ IN dar:
sta.d ~. tha sa;nf fTo+ +bSa nan m,-.
.;Sar tha 90 sso+ mrs+ -bnve taken nm bfs
roe,+,on before +be otber,man entered.
.ss - sSn.,ou+o,ont ond this did not suc-
ue & eaap ,t,..a % sss,sns,nan a @ 49, +ba a+hia,.ss
20. s1 - = 49, aor,d not raiyS ,inon no
othar ss csaos,ns, u that nart;crlar com.
- oart-r,aat RTt no,nted ont n hin
that tha h,d,n., man NAV have token
-. 49, ,,,s 80 n,.,t;o, g., . commencement ne;yxt
81 +hat ~ h,s intended victim xneet.. f,t.s
;no tn cot along by the footboard at;
nc er.t onnortnnitv and that tbe other
mon for some reason, might have
.honoed into tho next compartpesntt
Of croyaeends tbua walking. into the
:an awe 90 mn nnconn con ssciousIy5 and moi
a;.ooyorod- bjs anemv,s nresence unfiI'
tbs trair was running between Graves
and and CIiffe .-.-
To ob,,col mo no ba wired down the Hne
.o Port Victoria !: and shortly after.
,rorss ooma tho nevs tf;ot morning
abso,n+eiv no,nt,no to crime had
como nnSer not,ce' sBnfss fiat sin "a a
aecond.cIass sn,okinp compartment, a
nnant,+v Of blood had. sb,een f5npd DyyS
q orard
necr,;or foct syyas however that
no bodv bod heen sfoi,nd.. If q murder
sbod hcen dome wbot Ind I,econme az
ths hodvs II only aI, assa,ilt mad been 5II
ea,,n,,.sod why bad.tY,e victim neitbe,r.
baan sonnd IN the compartment nor nor
:,;ren information. So he wired back
e. sPort Victoria, giving them details,
aar,si M -. +ban 10 make immediate in
1T,r,a.; and ~ searcbs tbe line" Very
:, a-tin aetar t,,asts, sts-,w -,wa. received n mes.
80 90 e. +hS effect that blood had also,
sase !" ..-Sss.ha s.s.soord -, +hs