Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-07
Didn't Get the Reward

hE hc1ormeu messenger 6oy LOOK
 dirty and time-worn paper from the inside pocket of his vest. He un- folded it and spread it out on the table. It showed the face of a middle-aged man, with brief description below it. Above the face, in big black let ters, was the single line: "S5,o00 Re ward"
 "Dere," said the boy, 'is de mug of de guy what me an 327 got pinched. If it hadn't been fer us de fly cops I'd a-been lool1in' fer him yet. We gifts wise to his nobs, an gives de tip to de flies, an den dey makes de pinch, cops de coin, an gives me an S27 de double cross.
 sHis name was John Rawlins Glim- mer, an he made quick sneak out-a New York five years ago, after pinch in s250,Oo0 from de Newton national bank. De peppers was full of how smood guy he was. He was de book keeper, an kept de bank dope books, an he'd been pinchin' an maxim de books lie about it fer ten years Every day it was pinch an carry one NEid him, an in de afternoon he'd go down
  'spectin' all de time to win out an put himself back on de square.
 ssMe an 327 was readin' ali about it, an wishin' dat we could git chance to do little fyin', an win de dough de bank offers fer catchin' de guy. Den my fren', de lute over to Central, gimme dis bill of de play, wid de guys mug on it an tellin' all about him. Me an 327 learns it all by heart.
 ~.John Rawlins Glimmer,' it says, s4s years old, red hair and mustach, mixed wid gray. Little finger on right hand is missing. Has big scar on back of neck. When excited is apt to stut- ter badly. Has taught class in Sunday school, an may be found talin' part in revival meetin's. $5,O0O reward fer his errest an detention. Left New nork June Il, an is supposed to have come to Chicago
 s327,' I says, after him an me has got de descript down fine, me am you mus cop dat dough. We mus keep our lamps lit fer Mir. Glimmer, an when we sees guy wid his right mitt shy one finger we'll t'row him down an look fer de scar on de back of his neck. You'll have to go to Sunday school, 327,' says, 'an' rubber fer guys wid red hair and mustaches.'
 "327 goes de nex' Sunday, am dere's a big gazaboy dere wid de right color roof on his nut and red mustache, but he has gray kid gloves on his mitts, an S27 can't tell whedder he's shy a little finger CT not. 327 says dat kid gloves are suspicious, anyhow, so he waits till de guy gets out on de street. Den he sneaks up an gives him a pinch on the little finger on de right glove, t'inkin' if it was stuffed vvid saWdust de guy wouldn't know it. But de guy lets out yell, and so 327 knows dat he is on a dead 'un. De nex' tree Sundays me am 327 puts in pinch in red-headed Sunday school teachers what wears kids in de right hand little finger, but dey all yells, an one of 'em hands 327 swift kick in de slats, so we knows dey are de real ting an not bank robbers. Ff T
 ~A1l dis time de peppers is printin' stories about John Rawlins Glimmer. Traced to Chicago dey said. It Is Knowed Dat de Newton Bank Wrecker Cum to Dis City, Offer of Reward Is Doubled Ten Thousand Dollars fur His Arrest. and Detectives Are Hot on de Trail-'
 ~De night dat piece cum out in de pepper dereNwas a telegraph cum from New York to de bigges' fly copper in town It cum in about midnight an it read like dis:
 @.Octopus, Glimmer, tentacles, Chi cago. seven, tempus, catamaran-
 "'Eye'
 "sDeliFer dis message by special messenger immediately it said Spare no pains. Most important
 De fly copper de telegraph was fer lives six miles out in de rubarbs, an de manager calls in me and 327 an tells us to go over am git buggy at de libery stable am make hurry-up trip We goes over an stops at de hash foundry to cop some sinkers an cigs fer lunch on de way. 327 goes ahead to get de horse hitched up.
 "When I cums up to de stable 32i ducks out an leads me into de alley.
 Say he says, shiyerin' all over sdere's a guy in dere wid red hair, an his mustache is jes' shaved off He's wearin' mitts, an de collar of his coal is turned up to Hide de back of hi: neck
 @.An' I'll bet says s27, dat he's de Rux we're after We as good as got