Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-05-30
have. Yo know OATS a putty good run.
| kunnel. Tins is gently big"

have. Yo know OATS a putty gooo rum
kunnel. Tips is gently big"
Yes. I know that. JEFF. Then you
noticed nothing usu in the man!
We'll, he an Lige had "A good joke
| erbout sumpin ovah Il sodah watah bot
tie. l heard Simpson say Wen ne was
drinkin a brandy an soda dat he knew
one soda bottle with mon ten cents.
an Lige he laff and say 'dat's right.
OATS jess de time dey notes me an
nov off"
II want both those coons here. jeff.
only bring them separately and don {
let either know the other fs here.
You've got a man out there to help
you"
Il sho' has. kunnel. Anil bring 'em
in. Doan' yo' nevah feah."
The colonel didn't fear. He knew JEFF
and he now felt morally certain he was
on the track of Count Rossi's dia-
bottle he would use as a bait and see
what it would bring. About IL o'clock
Jeff brought IN Simpson.
AS Jeff had remarked. Simpson was
a yaller Don and had a bad eye" Fer
guson was brought into the other room.
Guthrie and I.onergan had him in
hand. He was suspected of several
shady transactions and of being IA
fence"
simpson said Cheney, YOU were
III charge of the car Idalah when Count
Rossi was robbed?'
Vas, sah.' replied the porter sui
lenly.
Know anything about that robbery.
Simpson,"
NO. sab; nuthin' at all"
Tell me. Simpson. that time you got
left in Ogden, that did you do all that
afternoon and evening until you went
west on No. 1912
Simpsons eyes We're rolling %nervously
from side to side; he shifted from one
foot to another; truly he was uncom-
fortably in n grasp of Cheney.
All jeS' loafed aroun' Ogden till
come time To go west at Midnight
How about a side trip you took west
that a~fternoono"
Cheney was cropping in the dark. He
knew he had the thief right there: the
mans whole manner showed it. He
was watching him narrowly and sooner
or later Simpson would break.
"Gawd. boss. l didn't go west that
a~ftahnoon.' But his manner betrayed
him; the trail was getting warm.
Cheney determined upon IL grandstand
play. Jeff had spoken of II soda water
bottle Simpson n Fer
suson. Cheney found out Belfast ginger.
ale was sold OF Pullman buffets and he
had an empty bottle of that kind i'm his
drawer.
Watching Simpson like Il hawk he
pulled 1t out and suddenly showed it in
front of the negro.
Ever see that" he said sharply.
simpson turned lighter thar ever; his
knees almost shook from under him:
his eyes started from his head and he
constantly moistened his parched lips
with his tongue. He was cornered
trapped; the white mans intuition and
ingenuity had overawed negro criminal
and cunning.
'Wh-wha-whar yo'-git-dat-bot-
tie. boss?" he asked.
Where YOU left it,"
"Whah left it? Why. dun give
bottle to Lige Ferguson"
Yes. ferguson is under arrest i IN the
next room. Now come tell me all
about it," ON
And he did. 1t appeared when Count
Rossi and his party vent into the
observation car Simpson put the MONEY
ana jewels in an empty soda water
bottle; he packed them tight and sealed
the bottle securely. About thirty miles
west OF Ogden he dropped the bottle in
the sandy beach of Salt Lake. He
marked the spot we'll. After the search
n nesan to plan to get back there.
Getting left at Ogden was all a rr,se
done intentionally.
impson did &C west on a freight and
returned in time i catch 1O1 west AZ
Omaha on his return east Lige Fergu-
son met him.. having come west on the
burlington Simpson gave him the bot
Tie and later they would divide the
spoils. That was all. h him
Gawd!' That was enough. Ferguson
confessed his part. and the Jewels and
money were recovered. Both men got
hiteen years i'm Salt Lake penitentiary.
The Jewels n money We're sent 70
count Rossi. and true to his word h.
sent the money back to Colonel Chena,.
Jeifs reward was commensurate with
the service he had rendered.