The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24
2-THE AVENGiNG
OF JOSEPH DAM

On a cold. dark winters night in
March. 1875. two men stole quietly along
in the black shadow Of the house walls
in Yonge street. Toronto, Canada. Eaeh
of the midnight providers took an opD1-
site side of the thoroughfare. they
slipped swiftly and softly OUT to the
corner of Bloor street, where the city
limits ended in those days.
on a corner of Yonge and Bloor
streets lived the Dams. rich droVers
and butchers The family consisted of
Mrs. Dain and her three sons, Joseph
James and Major. The latter were
wealthy business men and carried large
sums of money on their persons for cat
tie buying.
The two providers met beside the ST.
lent house and made their way silently
around to its rear. One of them sta
toned himself where he could act as a
lookout and detect the presence of any
pedestrian who might chance TO ap-
proach The other removed his over
coat. handed It to his Comrade ana
crept up to the door, Producing JIM
my from his pocket he applied its edge
to the door. There came sharp, short
crash. and the obstruction swung open.
The men stood like statues, waiting,
listening. but no sound came from the
interior of the dark house. Then one
stole quietly within while the other took
up a position by the door, where he was
effectually concealed from the view OF
any passerby.
Upstairs Joseph Dain was sleeping
soundiy in his room, his trousers lying
1 on the chair beside his bed \ slight
noise, faint creGkiDg, awoke him
/ from slumber ana ne opened his eyes 70
/ see 4 tall figure dimly perceptible in the
nod v-5sIfrssr
! the pockets of his trousers in which he
/ had 4 large amount Of money. A pow
erfui, active man % fearless disposi-
ton. Dain was quick - realize the sit
uation AID act on his first impulse.
/ SpTinging from the bed, he clinched
] with the intruder and q short but 0cs-
Z perate grapple followed. Exerting al
/ his strength, the robbsr broke away
and fed down the stairs with Dain in
hot pursuit. The waiting lookout
. swung the door wide open to allow his
partner free egTess, slammed it shLi
again in DAMS face. and the two
burglars sped out through the dark
ness, separating as they fled and run
ming in opposite directions.
! Checked for an instant in his mission
I of vengeance. Dain ierked the opposing
door open and, clad only in his night
/ shirt. leaped boldly forward into the lCS
breath of the cold winIers night A
| a glance he perceived the tall figure oi
the man with whom he had wrestled
flying swiftly down Bloor street, and
bounded after him. For several blocks
( pursuer and pursued spurted furiousl1
at top speed. Dams bare feet, LAGER
ated by the ice on the sidewalks, were
| bleeding freely. but. nevertheless, hi
was gaining slowly but surely on th'
object of his chase. when the burglar
suddenly stopped, swung round, anC
faced him with revolver giittering il
his hand.
Turn back. or I'll siooti" he yelled
fieTcely.
Needless Of the menacing challenge
Dain sprang toward the speaker, wheI
a shot rang through the frozen air. and
he reeied and fell to the ground with ;
bullet in his abdomen. Pocketing tn
smoking weapon, the burglar resume'
his former pace, and passed out o
sight
In the meantime he who had stood a
sentry on the outside Of The house ha'