New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-10

TO your honesty and tact until this
burglar scare passes sway. II seems
strange that the gang of thieves can
not be caught would give conaid
cradle myself as d reward Just to break
them for they are making the life
of our neighbors miserable out here.
.'Do you think that there u d gang of
them ?'I asked boldly.
Certainly. Z he said, without hesita-
ton How else could the robberies
be commit tied with such success? Why,
have you any reason ito believe other
wise r.
| He looked sharply at me, and my
eyes wandered from his as IansWered:
No, except that believe gang
could not operate as successfully as
one good skilled professio nal robber.
Where there are too many one or more
will get into trouble sooner or later,
and they will sQueal ION the Others
That's very true, very ttr,le, s he
said renectiVely 81 had never thought
Of that. and yet, yes, Jenkins, the de-
tective, came to that conclusion some
time ago, but / secuted the idea. May
be there IS more ii the idea than
thought. will think about it, and If
such a man is really terrorizing the
neighborhood should like to see him
captured. believe will offer q re-
ward myself for his capture. 8 :.
q It would be- "a good idea, II replied,
for you would probably never have to
pay the reward. y 4.
by not z? = &
s1Weil, because a man sharp enough
to evade detection all this time is not
likely to be caught by somebody work
ing to get "a reward. Sss55.
That may be, but I shall offer the
reward at once. II make it a thou
sand dollars for the mans capture and
another thousand for his eonvi ction. 9 =, 3
THAT ought to be sufficient to tempt
any confederate to squeaI and turn
states evidence: ''
1T might be, but I should hate to
see the moneY.#go5 to a confederate, for
it is my private opinion that man
who tells Of his comrade in crime for a
reward is worse than the man who is
captured. He is not only a criminal.
himself, but a coward and traitor .
Mr., Z oddard's eyes flashed sharply
as he spoke, but I turned away with.
out further remark. knew for whose
benefit the words were spoken. Did
he think for an instant that I would
turn traitor and claim the reward
which he had offered for his own cap
ture and conviction? And yet how cas-
lily could do it? He had placed him-
self in my power, and now he seemed
to challenge me upon my honor to be-
tray him. .s ..55
But, then, he had saved my, life once,
and he undoubtedly knew human ma
ture well enough to satisfy himself
that there was no danger of my be-
traying him. He had in, reality made
a coup d'etat in rescuing me from the
.fangs Of the savage Dane the night be-.
fore. He could easily have stood aside
and let the hound finish me, placing
me beyond all possibility Of ever after.
ward annoying him. but his Interior.
ence, coupled with my sudden change.
Of position which brought me daily in
to closer contact with him. convinced
me that he wanted to use me for some;
purpose. Either he had some object
to attain through me OF he wished to
make me his confederate in order to
dispose of the goods he must have col
lected, for had no doubt that the Sc
ries of robberies in the neighborhood
had been committed by him. Il
I, What his purpose was felt curious
to know, and / looked forward to Sfu-
ture developments with considerable
interest. ....s .5 ~ Z. s1 i. Z 4. q n