Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1904 — WENT BACK ON BARGAIN. [ARTICLE]

WENT BACK ON BARGAIN.

Lafayette Would-be Detectives- Go Back on a Straight Bargain. There was a big beefy looking party hanging around Rensselaer the last three days of last week, whom subsequent develpement, proved to be a deteotive from Lafayette, or least proved that he thought he was a deteative. His oard read “J. H. Rodgers, Lifayette Dactive Bureau: Successor of J. M. Weinhardt.” Late Saturday evening a resident representative of Rogers oalled on Fred Oissell, tinner at W. H. Eger’s hardware store, and for Rogers, offered Fred SSO and travi ling expenses if he would go to Lafayette with Rodgers, and “tell all he knew.” about the blow, ing up of Tom MoOoy’s residence. Fred saw SSO in bis miud’s eye, just as easy as finding it, and at once agreed to Rogers’ propositior. Therefore Rogers and Fred left for Lafayette on the late night train Saturday night. At Monon Fred began to get wise on the sohem?s of his companion and said he would go no farther antil his return cir fare was handed over. Rjgersthen dog up $l5O aud handed it to Fred.

Arriving at Lafayette Fred was ushered into a room, in oompany with Rogers and another big bluffer, and both of whom ostentatiously pulled off their coats, though the room was not so warm, and thns showing the butts of big revolvers sticking ont of their hip pockets. No doubt they thought Fred would be greviously soared, but he wasn’t, Instead, he told them he was ready to carry out his agreement and tell all he knew about the explosion as soon as the SSO was forthcoming. Instead of that the produced a long written agreement, whereby if Fred gave evidence that would lead to a certain other lereon being s&nt to penitentiary, he would be given SSO. As Fred had no such knowledge nor any knowledge, of any kind, more than all thereat of the people of Rensselaer, era possessed of, he of course refused to sign the [agreement. The detectives e en went so Tar in thpir bluffing taotics as to tell Fred that they knew that he blew up the house, hinself but that they were only after the man who hired him to do it. Fred simply insisted on their prodnoing the SSO when he would tell all be knew bat it wacn’t forthoomfcg, and Fred came home on Sunday morning’s train. While the detectives were thns trying to ball-doze Mr. Cissell into saying something, whioh he knew nothing about, he beard some parties moving in an adjoining room, showing that they had some eavesdroppers bidirg there. There was not the least grounds for this action towards Mr. Oisseli, as the detectives con Id easily have ascertained, hid they inveetigated where he was toe night of the explosion, and all of which time he osn easily account for, by unimpeaohbble wiines*es-