St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 12, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 January 1887 — Page 4

THE DRUMMER’S DREAM A little room in a little hotel In a little country town, On a little bed with a musty smell A man was lying down. A great big man, with a great big snore— For he lay on his back, you see— And a peaceful look on his face he wore, For«ound asleep was he. In his dreams what marvelous trips he made, What tremendous bills he sold ; And nobody failed, and everyone paid, And his orders were good as gold. He smiled and smothered a scornful laugh When his fellow-drummers blowed, For he knew' no other bad sold the half Os what his order-book showed. He got this letter from home one day j “Dear Sir—Web e no fitter term To use in your case than simply to Bay, Henceforth you are one of the firm. ” And a glorious change this made in his life, He now’ from the road w ithdrew, And, really, scon got to know hit) wife, His son and Ms daughter too. And then he moved from his obscure flat To a house on the avenue, Lived swell, was happy, got healthy and fat, Respected and wealthy, too. But with a thump—bang—whang—thumpbang ! again The landlord stood at the door : “It’s purty nigh time for that 6-10 train !” And the drummer’s dream was o'er. THE fIWMUSLETTER The Strange History of a Scrap of P iper. [CONTINUED. J Seated in an easy chair was a middle-aged gentleman, well preserved for one of his years. Tali and straight, his blonde sidewhiskers and luxuriant hair had scarcely begun to turn gray. There was a jolly expression on his face. He was one of your easy-going individuals who become popular through sheer good-nature and geniality. . This was Mr. Richard Hargrave, senior, a down-town attorney of good and paying practice. Reclining on a broad, low couch was a lady of perhaps thirty years; slight, and fair, she would be called handsome were it not for the languid, bored expression she usually wore. As Dick entered, his father sprang to his feeet, his face lighting up with pleasure. “Well, you young s&imp! when did you arrive?” grasping his hand. “You look like a Western cowboy!” The young scamp laughed lightly. “Just got in, and am ready to masticate the fatted calf.” Then noticing his step-mother for the first time, he advanced, and taking her ‘ outstretched hand, exclaimed: “Ah, mother mine, I hope I find vou enjoving good health?” “Fairly well, my son,” she said, laughing, and blushing slightly, as she rose. “I suppose Warner came home with you?” exclaimed Mr. Hargrave. “Ch, yes. He was glad enough to get home. We’ve had a splendid time, though. I tell you father, your old friend Philip Raymond is a brick, but I’ll tell you all about it when I make a presentable toilet and get some dinner.” “Dinner will be ready soon, and you will have to hurry,” said his father, consulting his watch. “I’ll be on time.” And away he goes with a rush. Mr. Richard Hargrave, senior, is well pleased with his son and only heir. There is a sort of good-fellowship existing between them, which makes them appear more like brothers than father and son. “I tell you, Lena, that boy is as full of life as a young colt,” he says, with a chuckle. “Yes,” says Mrs. Hargrave, who is not at all displeased with her step-son, "his ; presence revives one like a sudden gust of fresh air.” “It’s about time Dick was thinking of settling down in life, though,” he added. “I must talk with him about it. Don’t think the young rascal ever thought of a girl; or, at least, seriously.” “He wrote rather glowing accounts of your friend Raymond’s daughter, did he not, Richard?” “Hum!” pausing in his walk. “That’s so, he did draw it pretty strong. ” “What sort of people are these Raymonds?” queried Mrs. Hargrave. “Well, Raymond was a Southerner by birth, of good family, and heir to a large fortune, though when I knew him we were both clerks.” In a few minutes, dinner being announced, they repaired to the dining-room, where Dick already awaited them. Attired in an elegant suit of dark material, he looked a different personage. “Now, I feel somewhat like myself,” he said cheerily, as he took his accustomed place. “When one has been tramping about through the woods for a couple of weeks, in high-top boots and shooting costume, it is quite a relief to get into an every-day suit again.” They were a long time over their dinner, i for Dick had considerable to tell them concerning his adventures, and if he dwelt at length upon his description of Claudie Raymond, was it to be wondered at, for was she not the daughter of his father's old and esteemed friend. The remainder of the day he spent in visiting friends and old haunts, and that evening, at the club, he and Tom were subjected to any amount of unmerciful chaff, which they took good-naturedly enough. Dick was not long in falling into tire old routine of every-day life, and if at times the hours hung heavily on his hands, he consoled himself with the thought that ere long he would be privileged to enjoy the society of one who had continually occupied an uppermost place in his thoughts. A few days later, as he was sauntering down to the office, busy with his thoughts, he was abruptly ran into, and nearly knocked off his feet by no less a person than the little overseer, Mr. Sharp. “Hello, Sharp!” he said, as he regained his balance, “when did you arrive?” Sharp seemed somewhat embarrassed at this sudden meeting, and turned first red, then pale. “I—l arrived here this morning!” he managed at last to say. “Came down on business connected with the mill, and was just returning.” “Has Raymond gone to Philadelphia yet?” Dick could not help asking. “Yes, they left a few days ago,” looking sharply up. “By the way, Sharp, I lost a letter, some way, a day or two before I left the mill.” * Sharp turned a shade paler. “’Twas nothing of importance, but if you should happen to run across it, I will be obliged to you if you will send it to me.” “I will do so with pleasure, should I find it,” he replied, and hastily bidding him adieu, he hurried on. “Queer fellow, that Sharp!” thought Dick, as he gazed after his retreating form. “I could have sworn he looked confused when I spoke of that letter. ” CHAPTER X. THE RETURN OF THE LETTER. One bright morning, as Dick sat in his office busily engaged in drawing up some legal document, and now and then answering some question which Tom, who had dropped in, was propounding, the postman walked in, and with a cheery “Good-morn-ing, Mr. Hargrave!” deposited several letters on the desk beside him. After finishing his writing, he lit a cigar and preked up the letters. “Hello! Here’s a letter from the prince of good fellows, Dr. Featherly, of Philadelphia!” “You don’t mean to say you are under the doctor’s care. What is it, indigestion or disordered liver?” laughs Tom. “No, can't say I'm very badly off, physically. Wonder if the doctor is coming out to see us. Hope so. Splendid fellow.*” said Dick, tearing open the envelope. “Rather along letter for the doctor to write.

Hello! What's this!* as a soiled sheet of paper fell on the floor. “Rather poor stationery the doctor uses,” yawned Tom, stretching himself out in his chair. “Well, what in the dickens does this mean!” cried Dick, his eyes bulging out with astonishment. “There is the identical letter that I lost at the mill. “Well, I’ll be cussed!” was all Tom could say. “Perhaps his letter will explain it,” Dick continued, glancing at it. As he read he turned pale, and his hand trembled so be could scarcely hold the letter. “Great heavens, Tom!” he gasped. Tom, noticing his agitation, had arisen in alarm. “What is it, old fellow? No bad news, I hope.” “Read it, Tom, read it! She is ill!” Taking the letter from his shaking hand, Tom re,ad: ’’Philadelphia, Pa., July 12, 188—. “My Dear Dick: I have just come from the Raymond residence, where Claudie lies very ill. It seems that some one had obtained a letter of your father’s, written by his wife while in Washington, and has forwarded it, together with a newspaper containing a notice of his recent marriage, claiming that you were the one the letter belonged to, and that you were a married man. I have not been informed concerning any relations ex sting between yourself and Miss Raymond, but this I know: She received the letter and the paper this afternoon, and the shock was more than she could stand. “If you care for the young lady, come at once and vindicate yourself. In haste, your old friend, James Featherly.” “Dick,” said Tom, between his clenched eeth, “this is the work of that villain Sharp. You will go, 1 suppose, at once.” “Yes,” he answered, springing up, “I must go, and may the Lord have mercy on that scoundrel if I ever meet him again.” “Oh, I can see it all now,” he continued, excitedly. “I met him but a day or two ago, and when I spoke to him of having lost a letter near the mill I wondered at his confusion. The wretch! He shall pay for this. Ah, Tom!” a tender light coming in his eyes, “my love for her is not in vain. She cares for me. God bless her!” and overcome by these conflicting emotions the noble, tender-hearted fellow bowed his head upon the desk and wept. Tom s voice was a trifle husky as he placed his hand on his friend’s shoulder and said: “Y’es, Dick, she loves you, and imagine the embarrassing position that modest little girl is placed in unconsciously letting her folks know that she loves a man unasked. Go to her, Dick my boy, at once, and tell her how you have loved her.” “I will,” he answers, rising. “Tom, will you call a carriage, and I will go to the house and prepare to leave at once?” Speedily they are driven home, and as he is busy packing his valise he explains as well as possible to his father the cause of his sudden departure. “Do you love her, Dick?” his father asks, glancing keenly at him. “Better than the world, father!” Dick answers, meeting his father’s eyes honestly. “Then go, my boy,” he said, pressing his hand. “You could not honorably do otherwise.” And so Dick is soon speeding away toward the east. Oh, how slow the train goes. He never realized before how slow they traveled. It is early morning when the train pulls into Philadelphia, and scarcely has it come to a stop ere he springs fro in the steps, and is giving directions to a hackman to be driven in haste to the office of his old friend Dr. Featherly. Dr. Featherly has not arrived at his office yet, so the office-boy informs him, and impatiently Dick paces up and down the little office, anxiously awaiting h s coming. Precisely at eight the doctor arrives, and springing forward, Dick grasps his hand. The’ anxiety of the last twenty-four hours, together with his journey, has told on him. He looks haggard and pale. Scarcely waiting till the greeting is over, he asks: “How is she, Doctor? Is she better? Can I see her?” Motioning him to a seat, and dropping into a comfortable one himself, the Doctor looks intently at him, noticing his haggard look, and replies: “Calm yourself, Dick; she is not dangerously ill, though far from being well. 1 am afraid it will be several days before you can see her. I called there this morning, but cannot say yet win th r the disease may be warded off or not.” “What is tha\ Doctor?” ’’Brain fever.” The pallor of Dick’s face deepens slightly. “Have you any idea who sent that letter, Dick?” asks the Doctor, after a moment’s silence. “Yes, I feel confident it was a man by the name of Sharp—an overseer in a mill of Mr. Raymond’s, down in the wilderness.” “But how came he in possession of it?” “It was in this way: While Tom and I were staying with Mr. Raymond, at his cottage down in the woods, father sent me a letter inclosing one that he had rec iv< d from my stepmother while she was viH'iug in Washington. I lost it, but did not discover my loss until I had left the mill. This man must have found it, and concluded to ruin me, if possible, in her estimation.” “Ah, hum! Very likely,” said the Doctor. “Do—do they think, do they believe that man’s story?” asked Dick, hesitatingly. “No; I made it all right as soon as I found out about it.” “Thank'you, sir,” grasping his hand, with a sigh of reties. “And Claudie?” “She, poor girl, is not in a condition to understand at present. And now, Dick, we will go to my boarding-house, where you can breakfast with me and brush up. Then you had better send Raymond a note, and ask him if you may call.” “Thankyou again, Doctor. I will do so.” Leaving some directions with the boy, the Doctor and Dick start ‘d out together. This genial o !d Doctor had for years evaded the many snares laid by the fingers of the fair sex, and was living in comfortable solitude at a large and rather expensive boarding-house near oy. His secrets, if he had any, regarding his past life were well kept. “You live well, Doctor,” Dick remarked, as he was ushered into his spacious apartments. “To work well, one must live well,” the Doctor observed, sententiously. After a bath and a substantial breakfast, physically Dick felt better, although he ate but little in comparison with the Doctor’s enormous appetite; then sitting down at a desk he wrote a note and dispatched a boy with it, with instructions to return with an answer as speedily as possible. In a short time, although it seemed an age to him, the answer came, and his face lighted up as he read Mr. Raymond’s reply. And now, that the time came for him to again be near her, he trembled slightly, but, mastering his agitation he set forth. He had heard his father say that Raymond must be very wealthy, but he was entirely unprepared for the splendor of the place. The mastiff. Bruce, advanced in a threatening manner, but recognizing an old acquaintance, evinced his delight by wagging his tail and rubbing his muzzled nose against Dick’s hand. It was her favorite dumb pet, and he could not help stopping for a moment to caress him, and the great brute whined mournfully as if he knew the sorrow of the house. Had Dick been doubtful of the reception he would receive at the house of Mr. R lyi mond, his doubts were soon dispelled, for I hardly had he stepped on the veranda ere । the door swung open and Raymond, though | looking somewhat worn and sad, met him, I and pressing his hand warmly, led the way into the house. Dick scarcely knew what to say when they were seated alone in the drawing-room. He was deeply moved at seeing the worn look on Raymond’s face. I He tried to speak, to ask after Claudie, but . the power of speech seemed to have left i him. | “I suppose Featherly has informed you

of all that has happened, Dick?” Raymon 1 said at last, somewhat mournfully. “Yes,” Dick replied, chokingly, and then somewhat passionately: “Tel me, R tvmond, is—is sho seriously, dangero isly ill? Oh, 1 can never forgive mys. ,f for being the Ciusi of all this sorrow,” bowing his head upon his hands. “You are not to blame, my dear 1 oy,” Raymond answered kindly. “The Llama lies not with you.” “Please teil me a’l about it. I think I can comprehend better now.” And as Raymond proceeded telling how they found,her, lying prone upon the floor, not recognizing any one, and how she had suffered, Dick arose, and walking once or twice across the room, leaned his arm upon the mantel shelf, and burying his face again in his bands, groaned aloud. Raymond glanced up at him, a new' light in his eyes, then grasping his band, he said: “Forgive me, I should not have pained you by a renewal of this sa l affair.” “I deserve it, Raymond, for 1 feel that I have caused you this, and —and I love her better than my life.” They stood there silmtly a moment, grasping each other’s hands, tl at broken confession seemin : to draw them closer, and as they stood thus, a face.appeared at the window, then vanished. A haggard, woful face, the face of Sharp, the overseer. But what need to dwell upon the anxious days that passed, w hen, in her illness, t .e critical moment came, when the veil of eternity seemed almost drawn aside,'and when that 1 ttle, fluttering f oul seemed about to wing its way heavenward, and the flickering lamp of life seemed almost extinct—of the gi ief that wrought the soul of Dick's generous nature —of the sorrow' of a loving father. But at last the dark night of despair gave way to the dawn of hope, when she awoke to know' them all —awoke from death its If.

One br ght and sunny’ afternoon, when she had so far convalesced as to be able to move about amongst them, as in former days, when the co or was returning to her cheeks, and all danger was past, her father called her to him, and placing his arm lovingly about her waist, Le spoke of Dick. The br ght color came quickly to h rfa e. She hail known the truth some time, hid known how fhlse and malicious was that fateful letter, but they Lad kept Dick's presence a secret from her; an I now, as her father had told her how Dick had suffered, how he had called each day, leaving something to bri hten ’he monotony of the sick room, how lie had scarcely s ept, until all danger bid been pass d, she hid her face u) on her father's should r to hide the tell-tale blush. And when he told h r that even now he was waiting to see her, she started slightly, drawing her arms tightly about his neck. “Claudie, my dear, can you not repay him in some measure?” “Oh, papa!” she murmured, drawing closer to him. “Think how he has suffered. Will you not see him, Claudie?” She unloosed her arms, and with bent head, replied: “If you wish it, papa!” Then rising he left her. A moment later she heard a step, and the rich crimson blood mounted to her brow. Dick stood before her. “Claudie,” he said, brokenly, “my little love, my darling, will you forget w hat you have suffered and accept the heart of one who loves yon beyond all earthly things, better than life itself?” She stood trembling, scarcely daring yet to look. “Claudie!” There was a world of pathos, of pent-up suffering in that voice. Quickly .now she glanced up, and as she saw lais th n, careworn face, the pleading look, a startled cry escaped her, and gliding softly to him, he gathered her in his arms with a low cry of joy. “My darling!" he cried, pressing passionate kisses on her lips, “we have both suffered, but, thank God, our suffering is over at last.” “Yes, Dick,” she said, “there was a time when everything looked daik and-and I did not want to live, but,” looking up into his eyes, “that’s all forgotten now.” There is no more titt ng place to 1 >ave them, to ring the curtain down on this lit.le domestic drama, th in here, as they stand in the sunlight of heaven, oblivious of all else except each other's presence, realizing that the darkness is past and the future remains bright for them. Suffice it to say that, one golden September evening, in the presence of a brilliant -assemblage of friends, Dick and Claudie were made one, man and w ife, and a happier couple never started out in life. Tom, of course, was there, acting as best man, and good old Dr. Featherly was there paying his respects to Miss Helen Raymond in a manner to excite the envy of many of the fair sex who had angled there in vain. Standing somewhat apart, and engaged in earnest conversation, are two fine-look-ing men of middle age, the younger with his arm thrown lightly over the other’s shoulder. These are the old and longseparated friends, Philip Raymond and Richard Hargrave, Sr. Raymond holds an open lett- r which they are discussing. “Most singular affair altogrther, Richard, and to think that Sharp was in love with Claudie.” “Ard he owns up to his villiany?” “Yes, and begs forgiveness. Says he had not res’ed a moment since he heard of Claudie’s illness.” “Where is the letter dated from, Philip?” “Paris, a small town somewhere in Illinois. It seems that he came to Philadelphia, and, through one of my servants, learned that Claudie was dangerously ill, and immediately returned to the mill, and packed up his things and left; but see, the carriage is at the door, and the bride and groom are pieparing to leave.” A meiry party assembled on the veranda to see them off. And as the carriage rolls down the avenue, old Chloe, who has been waiting at a distance, gathers a handful of rice from her apron and, with tears in her eyes, flings it after the receding vehicle. [THE END I Warm Furs an 1 Cicaks. Ti e winter is now fairly upon us. Furs of all kinds are the proper garments to wear, and the heaviest cloths for street dresses are desirable. Muffs have, this season, recovered all their former popularity, and a street toilet is not complete without one. The tippet is not worn, but boas, of all kinds of fur, made round and full, are seen everywhere. They are very long, indeed, and ate made frequently to match the muff which is carried on the same occasion. 1 The furs employed for boas and muffs, are seal, beaver, black monkey, sable, natural lynx, badger, black lynx, black fox, otter, raccoon, Russian hare, etc., and beside these, we have the Persian lamb’s wool which is at present so much in favor. Quite a number of skirt models for the season have no front drapery whatever. The skirt hangs perfectly plain. This style is certainly not one which any lady should adopt unless she has a very graceful walk indeed, because in walking all the motions of the limbs become so far visible as to render an awkward gait a greater defect than it otherwise would ba. For a street costume, worn by a matron, a satin skirt shirred in panels is a neat idea. A charming evening toilet is made of cherry-colored plush. It is made in polonaise shape, th l long draperies of the I olonaise reaching n ariy to (he bottom of the sk it. The entire front bn a Ith of the costume is embroidered in opales 'ent crystal beads, which produce an exquisite effect. The roar drapery hangs almost straight to the train, which is very long and perfectly plain. The bodice is perfectly fitted to the form, and is pointed front and back; the upper portion is composed of soft cream-white tulle gracefully though carelessly arranged so as to cover the shoulders and bust of the wearer, leaving only a portion of the front bare. I A very pretty camel’s-hair clo’h walking ' dress is in a deep lead-gray color. It is ' combined with plush, which forms the I side panels.of the underskirt. The basque j has a broad-pointed plastron of the plush, garnitured with silver braid. The collar ; and cuffs are also of the plush.

“JIM THE PENMAN.” “Jim Cummings’” Ambilion as a Letter-Writer Put the Handcuffs on Him. Fred Wittrock Is His Real Name, and He Is a Chicago Retail Coal Merchant. Four of His Pals Also Under Arrest— A Fine Piece of Detective Work. [From the Chicago Daily News.] On the night of October 25, between the hours of B:3J and midnight, the Adams Express car which left St. Louis for San Francisco, laden with one of the most valuable treasures carried during the year, was robbed of nearly $50,000 in cash. Mr. Wm. A. Pinkerton has given a detailed account of the manner in which the case was worked up by the detective agency ol the Western division, of which ho is the chief. Os th ■ five men now under arrest for the crime, four have borne the reputation of being reputable business men. The news of the robbery had no sooner reached St Louis and ( hicago than Mr. L. (!. Weir, Manager of the Adams Express Company, placed the matter in the hands of the Pinkertons. The man who overpowered Messen er Fotheringham and rilled the car lett the train at Pacific Junction, a sn ail station thirty six miles from St Louis. Detectives were sent out on the trains from that station, and soon obtained a description of th > man. The Pinkertons then secured a list of the employes, past and present, of the express company. Among those who had been discharged wan W. W. Haight, who had formerly been on the run between Frisco Junction and Viniti, on which the robbery had been committed. It was also learned that ho had been acquainted with Fotheringham. It was learned that l.e had resided in Cbicag '. at 243 Huron street, with his wife's aunt. Ho had changed his residence. However, but the detectives finally ascertained that he had lived with a family mimed Williams, i t 72 Arber place, and that on Oct. 27 he hail left that place, saying he was going to Florida. A day later his' wife received a letter containing money, and immediately afterward sue prepared to leave, reporting that she was going to Leavenworth, where her aunt was dying. Among the men whom Haight had w orked for in Chicago were Fred Wittro. k. a coal dealer at 727 West Lake street, ami Thomas Weaver, ths proprietor of a laundry at No. 753 on the same street. From these facts the detectives derived their first clew. Iheyl arm’d that Wiltrock and Weaver had lift Chicago on the Hth of the month, s tying they were going to Kansas to look for land and to hunt. They took with them two sachels and two fowling-piices. The description of Wittrock tallied with that of the description of the robber furnished by Messenger Fotheringham. Weaver returned to Chicago i n October 22. In the meantime Fotheringham was making statements, in all of which bo d dared his innocence. He said the robber, who had told him his name was "Jim Cummings,’’ would exi aerate him. Thon came the first o re celebrated “Jim Cummings" letters. “Early last January,' said Cummings in the letter, “I started out with a. d——d poor partner to see if we eouldu t make a stake by holding up an express car. My partner backed out. and I went to Ohio, where 1 met a man mimed Tom Raiffe, who ha I once bt en an express messenger on the run between St. Louis and Vinita. I learned the name of the route agi nt, John D. Barrett, and conceived the plan of counterfeiting the headings of the express company. " Cummings then went into the details and told how the robb. ry was committed, taking grea: care to shield Fotheringham from any blame. 1 rom this letter the detectives gath red several clews They know that Wittrock and Haight were acquainted ; that Haight had be< n a messenger on the run mentioned. and that no such mini ns Tom Raiffe had « ver worked for the company. The detectives secured in Chicago u number i f bills which W ittrock had made out in his coal business and forwarded them to St. Louis. Expert; decided tint >he Jim Cummings letters and the coni bills were written by the same man. The only diflercneo was that the bills wi re made out in a flowing baud, while the letter was in backhand. In a letter Cummings had told about a skiff Which would be found up the Miss uni river, a few miles from St. ( buries. He also told of a package which he had left in the express o liee, witbjthe intention of showing that I'otheringham had no connection with the robbery. The detectives found the skiff as de-crib d. fully provisioned as if for a fishing trip Tliev also obtained good descriptions of Hie men who had I ought the skiff nt st. ( harles, Oct. 14. One <f the persons was described in it mum er to corr, - spend with tin alleged robber, accord.n. to l otheringham's story, undjnlso to suggest W ittrock to the minds of those who knew him in Chicago. The description of the smaller num t allied with that of Weaver. The most important clew wns the fact that two guns were found in the skiff. When the reports of the detectives reached headquarters in Chicago it wns remembered that Weave r and Wittrock left on 'ho 12th, each carrying a gum Weaver from this on was sluulowed. but no trace could be obtained of Wittrock. Th’ package loft in the express office and mentioned in Cunnuings' letter wns found to consist of several rolls of cheap street ballads. On one was scribbled, as if for a memorandum, “2103 Chesnut street. '' Inquiry at that address in St. Louis revealed that two men had rented a room there on the 18th. Each carried a valise. The house was kept by a Mrs. Berry, and she. her son, and her daughter gave descriptions which closely corresponded to those in the possession of the I’inkertons. A few days later the detectives visited Mrs. Berry. She rewarded them by turning over a lead seal of the Adams Express Company, and several express tags which sho found in the room occupied by the strangers. The smaller man left on the 21st Weaver returned to Chicago on the 22d. While at Mrs. Berry’s the large man received mail addressed to "Mr Williams." On the 25th (the night of the robbery) this man left Mrs. Berry's, saying he was going to Kansas City. It was away into the latter part of November when the detectives had progressed thus far in their search for the robbers. The antecedents of Wittrock were ascertained. His mother lived in Leavenworth, and the family was in high standing. His mother had loaned him 51,700 with which to go into business in Chicago. Haight’s family consisted of a wife and one child. He had located in Nashville, Tenn., where he was conducting business as a roofing contractor. Mr. Berry and his sister were brought to Chicago, and identified Weaver us the man who had stopped nt their house in St. Louis in company with the tall man. It was decided to let Weaver alone and wait for Wittrock to show up. The lines were now growing closer, and the work centered on Chicago. Wittrock’s house, 10 Lincoln street, had been shadowed for almost a month when, on last Tuesday night, the Pinkerton man was astonished to see another shadow aj paar and parade up and down bes, re the house several times. A few minutes later a tall man slipped along the street and dodged into the house. In the meantime Ed Kinney, a brotl.er-in-law of Wittrock, left for Quincy, 111., closely attended by a Pinkerton agent. There he went on a drunk, and on Wednesday he received two telegrams which greatly excited him. He went into a billiard hall, and hanging bis coat on a nail began playing billiards. While ho was drinking at the bar the Pinkerton man slipped the telegrams from his pocket and read them. They were as follows • ' “Come home at once. F. is here.” “Come home at onco. Fred has returned.” Both were signed “Rose Wittrock.” Thursday night Robert and William Pinkerton rented a room near Wittrock’s house. In order to divert suspicion William represented himself as a proaf-reader on the morning edition of the Dailii News, while Robert was employed in a similar capacity on the afternoon edition of the Daily ^\eics. Thus they explained why one was always leaving when the other was just arriving. A close watch was kept on the house, and at 3 am. Friday it was feared that the big man (Wittrock) had slipped away, Robert and his assistants came on duty at 6 o'clock. At 9 o’clock Kinney camo out of the coal office and went to Wittrock’s house. A few moments later he appeared with Weaver, and, after giving u signal, started down the street. Ten minutes later the big man, who was none other than Wittrock, came out. Robert Pinkerton signaled his detectives that ho recognized him and that he men were to bo arrested nt once. Kinney d Wittrock went into Sparboro Bros.’ saloon, iiear Madison and Lincoln streets, Weaver having turned back. The next moment Kinney also stepped down the street. Mr. Pinkerton and his detectives entered the saloon and found Wittrock talking to the man who had been seen shadowing his house for him. As soon as Wittrock saw the three officers enter he started to walk out. Pinkerton stopped him and Wittrock started back as if to draw a revolver. The next moment two detectives sprang forward with drawn revolvers and Wittrock threw up his hands. His friend, the shadow, was also placed under arrest. In Wittrock’s pockets were found two 4J-caliber revolvers. Ho had just SHO on his person. Half an hour later Kinney returned and was । romptly arrested. A roll of $1,01)6 in greenbacks was found in Weaver’s pocket, and around his waist was a bolt made of four woolen stockings. In each stocking was 51,000 in bills. The prisoners were taken to Pinkerton’s agency on Fifth avenue. At one o’clock in the afternoon Weaver was arrested while entering the coal-yard. He made a desperate resistance. Wittrock’s house was then searched, and Mrs Wittrock placed under arrest. After some difficulty the officers obtained from her a flannel skirt which was literally lined with greenbacks. There was 51,9:10 in cash and a valuable diamond Weaver s house was also searched, and - i.o io was found done up in wrappers and buried in fruit-jars under the house. There is still 510,0 )0 missing. Cook and Haight have been arrested, and the Pinkertons say they have a sure case against all the persons concerned.

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