Year: 1873

He opened ii and took OF the case,
while the detective prepared to note
down the result. No sooner had
Mr.. Wilson removed the case, than
an exclamation Of surprise fell from
him.


"Why, Mr.. WilmOtp' said he,
"this watch is one which used to be-
long to Mrs. WilmOt, and which


was stolen some three years ago"


"What 7" said Mr.. Wilmot: "Mrs.


Wilmot's watch? Are you sure2"


ayes sir, quite sure remember


many peculiarities about il; and


here l can identify some special re-


pairs that myself made"


"This is very strange" said our


manager. s'The thieves who stole


this watch must be closely connect


ed with the present outrage"


fsMr. Porter can we have ; special


to N at once 20 said our mana


ger, addressing the statiOn-master.


81 will order one Immediately,


sir, and also telegraph to see IL the


line is clear"


While this was being done, Mr..
Wilmot asked the doctor il ! could


be safely moved, as he wished to


take me to N to be ready to


identify my assailants, should they


be captured. The doctor gave it as


his opinion that i might be taken;


and he expressed his willingness to
accompany US, to be ready in case of
need, we were soon On our way to
N and early in the morning we
arrived there. Mr.. Wilmot and
two detectives at once proceeded to
the bank; and in about half an hour
Mr.. Wilmot returned to the inn,
where / remained with the rest of
the party. He said that Mr.. Gar
stang was not there, he having gone
away early the previous morning;
but the detective had been station
ed where they could watch all who
approached the bank, Wilson, the
matchmaker. had gone round TO
several of his felloW-tradesmen in
N; and at last he found q person
who recognized the watch as one
which he had cleaned on several oc-
casions, and for Garstang!


Thus, then, had we got another
link in cur chain-one stronger than
any of the others. Porter, the sta
tion-master had aseertained that
Garstang often drove out of N
in q dog cart, and mostly in one di-
rection. On arriving at this town,
We succeeded in ascertaining where
Garstang's dog cart invariably
went. This was in a house in the
suburbs standing in the grounds of
its own, and inhabited by an old
woman and her daughter. When
we reached this house, part of our
force approached it by the front and
part by the back, the doctor remain
ing with us in the carriage at the
foot of the lane. while we waited
in suspense for the result of the raid
upon the house, we heard the sound
Of wheels; and the doctor, on look
ing out, saw carriage, the horses of
which, he said, seemed hard driven,
coming at q rapid pace down the
lane leading to the house. Where
our carriage stood it could not be
run in by the back way of the house
was but the work Of a moment
with the now thoroughly excited
doctor; and he succeeded in warn
ing our party inst in time for them
to conceal themselves.


AS we expected, the carriage
turned into the grounds of the
house. 1t was instantly surround
ed. The occupants, 1T is needless
to say, were the two who had at
tackled and robbed me. They at
first showed an inclination to use
their firearms; but, seeing the hope
lessness of resistance, they desisted
and gave themselves up. When
they were confronted with me, l at
once identified the man whose face
/ had seen, and, though they had
changed their dress, the station
master was convinced that they
were the men who got into my car
riage at W. The one who pass
ed the bank was Garstang, his OBJ
ject in so doing, being to see how
the plot was working. The whole
mystery was clear. 1t was easy to
see that Garstang, being acquainted
with the code, had caused the
forged telegram to be sent from
NJ by some accomplce. Inqui-
ries instituted among the clerks at
the NJ telegraph Office elected
the fact that a female had sent the
spurious dipatch, which the receiV-
ing clerk well remembered on ac-
count of its length and popularity.
Finding this to be the case, the
younger of the two women was
taken into custody on her return
home. She proved to be none other
than the female servant who was
discharged from Mr.. Wilson's at the
time of the jewelry robbery. This
girl was admitted as witness
against Garstang, as also. was the
driver of the carriage in which he
and his fellow-robber reached the
house where they were captured.


The mystery about the Jewel case
was cleared up by the evidence OF
the servant girl. On the night of
the robbery, she stated that she was
in her mistress room, and seeing
the open case, she looked into it,
and then determined to steal it,
She alleged that she was attracted
rather by the beauty of tbs Jewels
than by their value, and that no
idea of selling them ever entered
her head; her only idea being to be-
come possessed of such splendid
jewelry. She took up the box and
was coming out of the room with it,
when Garstang confronted her, and
threatened to give the alarm. She
became very much frightened, and
attempted to put the case back
This Garsting would not let her do,
but led her down the back stairs
and out into the garden, and thence
to the street. he then frightened
her into going with him to q disrep-
utable public house, where he robb-
ed her of the jewelry, and threaten
ed her with the censeqaeaces of di-
vulging what had taken place: at
the same time he told her he would
marry her if she kept all quiet
This he had never done; but he had
taken the house in which he was
captured, and here he placed his vic
tim with an old hag, whom he made
her designate as her mother. He
had, she stated, always treated her
with sort Of kindness: but never
relaxed his hold upon her, and she
felt very frightened of him Thus,
then, was this william at last fairly
netted, and, with his felloW-crimi-
nal-who turned out, as we expect
ed, to be his brother-committe for
trial. While he lay awaiting his tri-
al At the assiEes, some bills of his
brothers were dishOnored; and this
led to the discovery of an extensive
system of fraud which these two
worthless had carried on for many
years AT the trial, tie robbery in
the train was clearly proved against
the two Garstsngs; and justice was
at last Vindicated by their receiving
a sentence of penal serVitude for
life, with the addition Of an ample
preliminary administration of the
cat.


The wretched girl who had, in a
wavering moment, when q word of
good counsel might have saved her,
unfortunately fallen into the clutch
es of q heartless, calculating scoun-