Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16

mo three men in ST. Louis can take
me-" angrily declared Thomas
'Weigman
mot by a id sight," retorted the
minister, significantly.
Just what he intended to do cannot
say, for at that instant there came loud
shrieks from the woman in the house.
Leaving the preacher handcuffed and
under cover OF Weigman's revolver,
rushed into the house to find Wheeler
desperately trying to wrest revolver
from the determined grip of the minis
ter's wife. The deputy marshal was a
man of great physical power, but he had
all he could do to secure the loaded
weapon and subdue it's owner. AL
though Wheeler had searched the clothes
she put on, the woman had made sud-
den movement toward bureau drawer
from which she grabbed the revolver.
After this masculine outburst. of phys
ical force, Mrs. Thomas sought refuge
in the feminine relief of loud and con-
tinued screaming | tried to quiet her,
but she refused to stop. Then threat
ened to handcuff her unless she Gained
herself
For Gods sake don't do that" she
begged.
Madam, never did such thing IT.
my life,' | said, "but | certainly shall
be obliged to in this case if you don't
stop that outlandish shrieking."
he ho1 ho off Wn
bundled the minister and his now calm
spouse away to the police station. In
my hasty search of the house | had
found plaster of paris molds used for
making counterfeit dies, but did not
make thorough search at that time,
as there was other more important work
to do. The next day, provided with a
spade, | went to the Finney avenue
house and made a careful search. In
the back yard under the kitchen window
( found buried % counterfeit silver dol
lars, while in jar in the pantry found
a quantity of counterfeit 50-cent pieces,
such as had been passed by the preach
er's wife.
1t was now IL o'clock The stable
of DR.. Barnes, in which Sullivan lived,
was the next objective point. The col
7 ored man had been Swallowed to the
Barnes residence that night, and we
knew he was somewhere around the
\ premises l stationed myself at the al,
ley entrance to the stable and sent
Wheeler around to the front door of the
J, house. He rang the bell, which was an.
swered by DR.. Barnes. Wheeler asked
7 for Sullivan.
HE is not here" said DR.. Barnes
CURLY. - ~ .xf
Wheeler told the doctor his mission
I, Sullivan isn't here" he repeated
land you've no business around here
looking for. him."s
! Wheeler did not know how to act in
the face Of this extraordinary reception
, from a man who, we supposed, would
gladly assist officers of the United
States, and came around the house fol
further instructions from me- l had
taken my stand in the alley, believing
Sullivan to be in the house, and that
at the first sign of danger, he would seek
to escape by way OF the alley. | told
Wheeler to go to the back door Of the
house, seek admission in the regular
way, and if it were refused him, to
smash the door in. He started to carry
out these instructions when Sullivan
dashed past him at break-neck speed
in the direction of the alley, running
plump into my arms No man was ever
more surprised than he. We lost no
time in getting him behind the bars, for
the nights work was not finished.
From the Barnes residence, after Sc
curing Sullivan, we went to Bosses.
At no time had we ever had any evil
dence that Bosse was implicated in any
way other than having guilty knowl-
edge of what was going on in his sa-
loon, and by allowing the counterfeit
ers to rendezvous there. When we ar
rived he was partly undressed, counting
the proceeds of the days business. We
gave him a chance to dress himself be-
fore we took him away, but no coun-
terfeit money was found on the prem
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