Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-20

fng and her eye was restless. She
kept rearranging her belongings on the
seat, and 1 was quite sure she was
doing so in order to help her to retain
her compos2re. One thing that es-
pecially gave her away was her con-
stantly opening a hand bag, taking out
a bottle of smelling salts and using it.
1 had no doubt the young man who
got aboard the forward car was our
quarry, but 1 didn't propose to lose
sight of the woman. thinking that she
might have some of the swag on her
person. But since the most important
part of the matter seemed to lie in the
man in front l went forward, took
Horizons place and told him to go back
and take mine. The train was schedul
ed to stop but once between Albany
and New York, and that was at Pough-
keepsie. Since we were moving at the
rate Of fifty miles an hour there was
no chance for any one to get of until
we reached that station.
1 seated myself facing the young man
1 was to watch, and, taking a photo
graph of Andy Sims, obtained from
the rogues' gallery, from my pocket,
compared 1t with the suspects face.
The moment I did so / was sure I
was on the right track. His features
were more delicate than those of the
photograph, but the latter had been
taken in rough clothes, while the sus-
pect was very well dressed. This
would have tendency to make him
appear more refined.
The chief had advised that an ar
rest, If made, should occur at the New
York end of the line. In the first place,
it would give us more time to look
about US and thus be more certain of
what we were doing. In the second
place, we might need TO keep more
than one suspected person under sur
veillance and follow our man TO the
steamer. We had teiegraphed to New
York TO have couple of men at the
station 10 do my bidding.
The only weak spot in this plan was
the stop at Poughkeepsie. told Hor-
ton that If the woman got out there
TO arrest her. and would do the same
with the man. But we didn't believe
either would do so because 1 had
learned from the conductor that both
had tfckets TO New York. Before we
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thrown down a newspaper he had been
reading and dropped asleep, real or
pretended. He didn't awake while we
were at the station, but as soon as
the train started he jumped up and
made a dive for the car door.
OF course followed him. He shut
the door In my face, and time was re
CURED TO open it. When 1 got of he
was running like a deer through the
station From there he ran along the
track northward, and as there was no
favorable outlet on either side Of him
he was obliged to run under my full
view. l called to him to stop, and he
did so at once without my firing shot
and surrendered very tamely. L clapped
the bracelets on him and waited for
the next train to return to Albany.
While doing go / ordered him 10 take
of his boots, expecting to find the |
bills in them. as we had been advised |
by the woman who had given him /
away. l was disappointed in fnding
nothing. / noticed that he had YER
small foot. There were other thing
a bout him that led me to fear l hs5
got the wrong man. But he SCENE
TO have expected his arrest, and thc
taken altogether were e.
in favor of the theory
that he was the man I wanted that I 4
gave the matter little thought. I be- 4
lieTed now that the woman who was (
under Horizons care had the loot, and |
my anxiety was all IN that direction
1 took my man to Albany and gave /
the chief an account Of the circum- /
stances Of the capture as far as I /
knew them. Nothing had been heard /
from Horton. The chief ordered n 4
search made Of our captive He was
handed over TO a couple Of the force 4
for the purpose and taken into a pri- /
rate room Il asently one of them /