Year: 1871

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there about month, when he again
succeeded in making his escape, and
has since been free.


THE BURGLAR MARRIED AND ONCE
| s-l-s- MORE ARRESTED. - J.


Knowing that he could not stay in
| that portion of the couatry any longer,
| he proceeded directly to Boston. where
he was shortly afterwards married to
a young woman whose uncle is the
proprietor of the Florence Hotel, in
that city, going from there with his
wife to New York City, and from
thence to Philadelphia, where he was
captured upon the charge of being an
escaped convict, by a couple of Pir ker-
toms the. celebrrted Chicago detec-
| tive) men, and taken to their office
| AID placed in secure cell, which was
prepared expressly for the safe-keep-
| ing of dangerous characters. This
was in June of last year, and the Off
GERS upon arresting him placed him in
clothing except an undershirt and
pair of drawers, as a precautionary
measure to deter him from making his





of undress could hardly go through the
streets even if he should make his es-
cape, without being captured again.


FREE.


IT was late in the night when he
was stripped and placed in the cell,
and the officers very naturally think
ing that he was securely confined, be-
came elated over their important cap
ture. and going into an adjoining room,
INDUCED in a good time, making con-
siderable noise in their jollity. With
but small scrap of iron which he had
managed to conceal from the officers,
Forester succeeded in picking the
lock'of the cell and made his escape. |


HUMBUGGING A POLICEMAN.


Going out on the street he was i'm
wanted to know what he was doing |
out ut that time of themorning in such |
dress. Forester very innocently- re-
lated to the officer sad story of hav- |
ing been induced to go into house of |
ill-fame, where he had been robbed |
not only of his money and clothing |
but had been put out on the street,
The officer, after hearing his story, in
-
him to the house, where he would ar
rest the thieves This kind request'
was refused by Billy, who said that
he lived just around the corner, and
he swould go home and put oil some
clothing and then go Down to the pO-
lice office and make report. He
talked to him so nicely that the officer
allowed him to go on, and in little
hn Nn6 hnnSn f1f /
friends and procured suit of clothing.


ONCE MORE IN THEIR Tolls.


Not thinking it advisable to stay in
Philadelphia any longer he took rath-
er an abrupt departure, going to Pitts
burg, where he was again caught by
some more of PinkeI toms men,
Knowing of his escape from Philadel-
phia and having a profound respect for
his skill and cunning, they started inn
with him for Joliet. They
had proceeded but short distance
when Forester, by some means diver
ted their attention from him and


JUMPED FROM THE TRAIN,


while under full headway, with his
usual good luck succeeding in making
his escape and returned with his wife,
who had followed him ali the time to
New York.


A NARROW ESCAPE.


Soon after his return to New York,
he was one day, while standing in front
of The. Aliens saloon, accOsted by |
still another of the ubiquitous Pinker-
toms men, who endeavored to arrest |
him.. Not liking to go with him, For
rester commenced struggling and cry
ing for help. The. Allen hearing him
ran to the door, and seeing big man
bounding a little one (the detective
was a very large mani, went to the lit
tie ones assistance, and giving the big |
man q clip under the ear, sent him to
the ground several feet away, thus CIV
ing the little one a chance to get away, |
which he improved by running
through the house and making good |
his escape.
GOES TO NEW ORLEANS AND is AGAIN |


ARRESTED.


Seeing that he conId not be let alone |
i'm the East, he, with his wife, left for |
New Orleans, where he arrived, in Ju- |
ly last. Only about four days after his |
arrival there, he was arrested and word |
sent to Pinkerton TO come after him;
but before that gentleman could get !
there. Forester was again at liberty, |
this time by reason of a writ of habeas |
corpus, which his friends sued out for
him.


SOUTHERN NIEANDERINGS.


Leaving New Orleans he travelled
through the various river towns until
the day before the Nathan murder,
when he was in Mobile, from which
place he telegraphed TO his wife, who
was at John COnnOr's No. 56 Girard
street, New Orleans, to send him $50.
as he was out of money and wished to
return home. She sent him the mon
ey by friend, and that same night
he arrived in New Orleans. The
morning after the murder, Connors
came into the room where Forester
and his wife were, and read to them
the telegraphie account of it and learns
that he is wanted.



GOES TO ST. LOUIS, RETURNS TO NEW
ORLEANS AND LEAVES THE COUNTRY.


He has written several letters to his
wife, who is still at New Orleans, post
ing them from different parts of the
country to cover up his trail, as all of
her letters are broken open and read
by the officers before she is allowed to
see them. He is now out of the Uni-
ted States, and consequently out of
danger.