Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1869 — Decidedly Cool. [ARTICLE]

Decidedly Cool.

A cool swindle took place some time ago, in which the guilty Rarty escaped with little trouble. A certain conductor upon a certain railroad west of the Mississippi river, who had been in the employment of the company for eight or nine years, and who had been considered by the company and public, too, a very faithful and gentlemanly officer, was at length so unfortunate as to be suspected of collecting way-fare for which he did not account. But what was to be done? The company could not well dispense with his services, and it was not certain that he was guilty. Upon consultation, however, the Directors concluded to put detectives upon his track and ascertain whether their suspicions were well founded or not. For months he was closely watched in every movement connected with his position. But be was shrewd, sober, faithful and untiring in his exertions in behalf of the company, and the detectives were Utterly unable to discover the slightest ground for suspicion. The officers of the company, - however, judging from outside circumstances, JttU believed that all was not right. 1 He was receiving but a moderate salary. He lived high, dressed well, and frequently loaned money, and they believed that he was appropriating their money to his own purposes, and informed him so. He received the information andaccusation very coolly, and as coolly inquired of them what amount they supposed he had appropriated. They told him about $25,000. He informed them that he was ready to quit their service at any time if they would give him till honorable discharge; and as they hat) not detected him in any delinquencies toward the company, they could not do otherwise. They refused to do so unless he would refund them the $25,000 which, in their opinion, he had appfbpriated. Finally, he told them if they would, givd hint an honorable discharge and a receipt in full for rtll claims the eohipftny might have against him, he would pay them the amount claimed, unft .leave their service. They acceded to his proposition, and when the papers were duly prepared and placed at his disposal, upon the payment of the money, he went to the safe, in the office of the company, bdU took out his satchel,irom which he drew a package,of bank bjlls and handed it, to. the officers, saying. “ Gentlemen, there is twenty-five thousand dollars, the amount yoti Claim, I now claim my receipt and discharge, which were delivered to him. He continued : “ But, gentlemen, in ttiat same satchel is sixty-five thousand dollars more, and I have rbUrfhousatra 1 dollars in gold deposited in a bank In an Eastern city, and a valuable house and lot in the sarno city, all out of pour (Otnpo.hy. Gentlemen, for your honorable discharge and receipt in full, I am obliged to you, and now bid you good-day. —Or. Chicago Evening Journal. ——— A gentleman from Cheshire informs us of a singular case of somnambulism which occnm-d in that town a few nights ago. A young man living with Mr. William Bald: win arose In Ills sleep, went to the barn with nothing on but his shirt, harnessed a horse and hitched It into a wagon. The horse taken was very small, while the harness that the sleeper used- belonged to a very large hprse standing, in the next stall. This harness was so umeh out of proportion that it could not be used wlthoUtTeadJusting. This the yOung man did, taking up the various straps and rebuckling them until he got It to fit. When all was ready he mounted his team and .started in an easterly direction, probably as he was accustomed to go to Meriden, in the mortiings, with milk. About four miles from home he grossed a bridge, and he thinks it was of the water beneath that gave him the impression that he. whs drowning, which idea so startled him that he awoke. A* he has been subject to th« • -ibyihr freaks of mind, he realiztd tb : sli-utlort at once, and drove to a rela--1 five's near by, where he arrived about J I o’ct-'c’; id tna morning, quite chlHeo i through—aY«* ffatm Rsffisltr,