Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-11-10

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The detective could scarcely retain
his self-possession. He turned to his
host with great intensity.
Where is it?"
The landlord pulled out bill and
exhibited it to the police officer. There
could be no possible doubt about it's
identity. 1t was one of the notes that
was carried by the Prince Regent
coach on that eventful evening more
than a month before.
Where did you get it?" asked the
officer.
st received 1t from George Grey, an
old soldier who is in the habit of COM
ing here in the evening""
The next step on the program was
to locate George Grey. That was not
difficult matter because at the same
time on the following evening he was
at his accustomed table at the Pump
Handle" calling for his glass Of hot
grog. He was delighted to meet Cap
tain Nish and had no hesitancy what
ever in telling him where he had re-
that on the previous Sunday he had
taken walk into the country. He
described his trip with much circum-
locution. Finally he said he reached
a field and was surprised to see an
old dress lying behind clump of
bushes. Being a curious person, he
picked it up. Naturally he examined
II hn or RI find fhof If
contained several of the blue bor-
dered notes.
Where did you find the dress?"
asked Nish
IT found it within a few rods of
Airdrie on the line of the route that is
traversed by the Prince Regent
coach"
'What did you do with the dress?"
81 brought it home" laughed the
old man; you can never tell when
these things will come in handy. l
am an old bachelor, but If I should
happen to get married 1t might be
| just the thing for the old woman"
That very night Captain Nish Wis
tied the lodgings of the old soldier.
| the discarded dress and was gratifed
| to discover that it had on it the marks
of Glasgow dry goods merchant. The
| first train out the next morning car
ried Nish to Glasgow. He found the
| dry goods merchant without any diff
| ficuIty and asked him If he recalled
| selling a dress of that description.
| The merchant said that he had sold
several, but the last transaction that
| he remembered was with George
| Gilchrist, who was the owner of liv-
cry stable in that city. The detective
went Immediately to Gilchrists place.
He took several officers with him. On
| the way he mapped out his plan of
campaign. Gilchrist was in his Of
| fee.
"My name is Nish," said the officer,
land 1 came here on business con-
nected with the police"
what is it?" asked the liveryman,
| languidly. "a stolen horse?'
mo, SIR retorted the detective,
sternly, sit is stolen bank notes"
"Ah, that is more interesting"
ssMuch more So" was the rejoinder.
'sIt concerns the blue bordered bank
notes that you stole from the Prince
Regent coach!'
Gilchrist turned all colors and trem-
| bled, but he denied the soft impeach-
ment.
THAT won't CO." cried Nish; you're
| my prisoner
In the meantime he had his officers
make a careful search of the house,
and as a result of that they found
money concealed in bureau drawers
and other receptacles. When he was
confronted with the evidence Of his
crime Gilchrist made a complete con-
| fession, and the story was as inter-
esting as it was unusual.
Gilchrist admitted that he was the
| moving spirit in the robbery. The
sight of the coach passing on its way
| between the two cities and filled al
ways with valdables had aroused his
| cupidity. He knew that on this par
| ticular journey the boot of the coach
would contain the commercial bank
notes with the blue borders. They
were one, five and twenty-pound notes
respectively, and he felt that he would
have no trouble in putting them into
circulation. Accordingly he selected
his colleagues, and they held meet
ing at his livery stable and prepared
plans for robbing the coach. He had
a number of assistants, but the chief
ones were his brother, William GIL
christ, and an INSCRIPTIONS fellow
named James Brown.
The first step in the scheme was to
purchase the six inside seats of the
coach so that they would not meet
with any Interruptions. On the day
appointed Gilchrist and Brown trav-
eled on the outside of the coach and
made themselves agreeable to the
| driver AS already stated the inside
seats had been engaged, but no one
appeared to claim them. After the
coach had gone about three miles
from Glasgow, George Gilchrist, who
was disguised as woman, and who
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