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S t b 1 J'j !l i'il . ,i",,"., -' I'lww r lanibria County ,
!,J k Mi ai,,i to ino diri'ctfd. there will l,o rxnoU tf t . t. ,
on rioiiilitv. the tlnv r .....
'" x ' t I o clock, v. si., the following rial c-s- '
tate, to wii : i
At.!, tho Wtfht, tt0nti interest of C. Allen- i
oiitiirli, ot, in hih! to :i tract or pioc-cnr Innd sit- i
iiHtcni asliiiiKton township, Cambria county, :
J :t., iiiiin lund-i of Martin Jc Co., Hubert .
Itiirtnctt, West brook, mid others, con- 1
tiiiiiintr M acres, more or less, unimproved.
1 i1?'.'" xecution antt to bv sold at the suit !
of W m. Sumner & Co. i
Also, -ill the riVlit, title andlnterest of Aora- I
"miii l.inircrltlt, or, in and to a piece or parcel
ot I. mil Hitutitc in Wiisl.inx-ten township. Cam-
1. 1 -ui county. Pa., a.'.joiniiiR lauds or Ja. Man
na, rinlip Winner, Widow IJrown, and others, '
eoiit:iiiiinK fiitnr-res, moie or less, about 40 acres
ol Inch arc cleared, having thereon erected a .
one story trame house mid a lo- barn, now in ,
tin- oeciipai-.c-y of Henry. Taken In exo
cution and to Ik- sold nt the suit of Anna H. Mc
tioniie and John K.Sonnliin, executors of Jer
emiuli M-4onifrlc.
Ai.-ii, all thcnjfht, titlennd interest of Chos.
Mt.MulIcn, of, in and to a piece or parcel of i
l.i::d situate in Clearfield township, Cumbria j
c-.iiiuty, Pa., adjoining- lands of James Ii. M'j-Miiik-ii.
James lory, Mntthcw McMullen, and ,
oth:-is, (.-ontainiiiff 7."i acres, more or less, about '
acres of which an? cleared, linvin,r thereon '
iii-vtt d u two story x hi. use and Ira inn barn,
jkiu- in tin- oeciipniKry of Charles C. .McMullen.
'I' lJ-'-o fu cxi-cution and to bu sold at tlicAiit
oi K. i 11. ,N utter.
Ai.si. all the l iyht, title and Interest of Chas. :
A. !c-MiilHti. of, in and to a piece or parcel of j
Inn I situnte in Allcirhcny township, Cambria I
unit i . la., a! joining la in is of Audi cw lodsou,
.l-.'iii Hawaii, John II. llollniiui, and ot hers, con- :
t:iin:r:'- Iml acres, more or less, about acres
of (neli are cleared, havintr thereon erected a
t -lory I rami- house and a frame stable, now i
ii l !. i-ceiipaucy of liarles A. McMullen and
J.fdi Fisher. I'm ken in excciii ion and to be
"1 i at ilio suit ot John Hdwiu McMullen, for i
liye o! i'eli.X .Iitco:.
ls.). all the riiif, title and interest of John i
I. I'airish and Catharine l'arri-di, owners and
e.iiit i a-. -lors, to wit: Said liulJiiir is a dwell-
iu.r lioiiM-of two stories, li.iinf H trotit of tW
Ie, t an. I a depth of teet, situate on a certain
lot of vruund at 1'iirtiiiri-, in the town-chip of
V.'n -li!uKton, county ol Cambria, fronting on '
tiie Pi i,.:m I m nia Kail Uomt and iiljoiiini lauds
ol Henry A llenliaiili i;n l oihers. 'I'akeu in
c i-en t ion and lobe sold at the suit of A bra- '.
ham H ! i n . ;
Ai.M). all the riflit. titlennd interest or It. C. :
Chri.-ty, ol , in a ml to one-lei 1 1 lot of ground sit
i:at; in t:ie West Ward of libeiisliu rir boi-onirh, '
t-.n.l.i ia county, bounded on the north by lot -of
M r. i iwold. on the east by fin alley,' n ml
on tl.- west l.y an alley, havlnir thereon erect
ed n two story trume house, now in the occu
pancy ol J.imesTodd. Taken in execution and
to I..- i:d at the suit of the City Hank of 1'itts- I
burjr. endorsee of 1 1 . in v A . Krev oirle. !
Ai-n. nil t lie riif lit, I it le and interest of Silas
A dnrii -i, ot, in ii ml ton piece or parcel of laud
i-iiiialo in ( Ii hi Ii. Id tounsliip. Cambria -ou:i-
ty. ii ljuiiiiiiK hinds of Jas. Adam-, Harry Sle-p- ,
lier-l. I : t: : ii . i i I Mellon, and otlien. coiitiiiuiiir
"'it' us more or li-ss. altout 7" .ores of wliieli i
:: re e!rai !. ha linr tliei-eon erected u two story
frame ii .iisi.- a ml a lti'.inc barn, now in tne oe- '
eupaiic.v of s.las Adam, iakeu in execution
mi 1 t-i be sold at the suit of Jacob Luther, fur '
l!--- of .1 1 il ii K. Shields.' j
At all the rlyhf. titlennd interest of Peter '
ton:-:, ol. in mm to a piece or parcel of land :
,.i,i I vtti a' in M iin-tcr tow iisliie. aiiiliria t-ounty,
in i .-I'M iii'iiiir l iiidsof David Mario, ilec'd. heirs '
or .', : in.-.s .-mil Ii. dec- u- and others, eontnininjf
1 :"' i re ., i.iore or less, nbout .ti acres of hicli
i 1 1- aieil. l-,i ii'ir thereon erected one story 1
i.j :!.!: ,i:;'l ii I i; barn, now in t he oeeu poli
cy I I lieoirK Hoop. .I's-. ii piece or arci-l of
I ui I -i i ..lie in Wa.-liiiiirtoii township. I'ainliria
i .i.ii y, lei 'i nl nir lands of Jos, ph Crist e, M. M . !
Adiiiii-. ai d others. Inn i nu- tln re.ni erected a
s:.a:u -iw mill, f rame stable, blacksmith shop,
n one uiiil-ii-half story plunk houe not now oc
ciipi. d. .imli one-iiiid-ii-halt stor plank house
ii i .i- in t h" occupancy of I'eler Diiun. Taken
til c vi'n i i. n a ml to be S"ld at t he suit of Kra n- ,
ei-i i'i i it In -o, for use ot John K. Si an'nn, -xee- :
utor i I tin.- last will and teMamcut ol M. M. ;
Ada-iis.
A .-. i. nil t he riirht. t it le and interest of John
Iti oi l,i : Inn-, ol. in im l to a piece or parcel of j
l.iad MtiiHtc i:i Ii iii lield townhip. ( ambria
county, n ljoiiiiiiir land of It. Hi-wit. Jas. Con
di m. 1.. -ii I ..i .V ...mid ot lo-r.. 'on ts Iiiinir ii bout
;!: i -. more or les. unimproved. Taken itl
eeiitioii mid to b- sold at the suit of James
Swires and nt Imny Swire-'.
A !.-.. ali the i iifht. title and interest of Ian
i( I K line, ol . io and to a piece or parcel ol laud
s: t uate in ( 'lu-sf township, t'aiiit'i ni county, ad- j
joiur.i;.' lands of ( ieo. Dei t rich, John '1 homas,
ami others, con tiiiniiiy acrr-s. more or less,
nle.nt 7 acres of wlii'tli nrc cleared, having '
tlleie-ii: erected a oiie-mid-a-liHl? story hous? !
ai d a loir barn, now in the occupancy of Dun'l i
Klin.-, iakeu in' execution and to be sold at I
the suit of Win. Kitlell, .'(lniiiiistiator of .Mi-
cliacl Kline.
A I s
I I V i ...
s. . nil : tie rtulit. title and interest oT Job"
Mrrish. of, in and to a i i. " ';:',"r, "r
i ... i .. .. oore Slatioti
(i.-.i.aiac
r - i-.v :--'ii i. Iiimoii.l i-iiimi)' iiouiinjr
'cnii- l aiiia Ilnil lbad and ndjoininir landsor
Henry Mlcnoninrh ami others. ha !nr thereon
ei-.-ct'-d a t-.vo story frame house, now in the
occiii.n:c of John" I'ariish. Taken In exe
cuiioi. it. 1. 1 to be sold at the suitot John Mo-
' "i '"If all the i ltht, tillo and Interest of Peter
v!t .iih and It. Mcioiih his wif.-. of. in ii ml
to ft piece or parcel of land situate in Wa-dinijr-
to- t mv II -al !'. nmoriii e. -
of Win Skellv. John Itrndy. and .t het s. -oii-t-iiiiiu
" acres, more or less, about 4d acres of
which arc cleared. T i!:eu in execution and to
t t!if suit or r. I). Casey, Junius Casey
fi'I T. '. Fosf-iny & Co.
r.si. till the rlnht, title and interest or J. I.-M:-r:in
I. i" nnd to n lot of ground shiwie .n
tlie horoujrh of Chest Spring". Caiitl.rin county,
tionliuif on Columbia Mrect and adjoininir lot
,.f Mrs. -- Herd and an alley, having thereon
.-rc'-ted n two story frame house and a board
1 rule, now ill the' occupancy of Mrs. Si'"i
'1 jrti T iki'ii in execution and to uc Sold nt
or i: NnArMEII. ehj-Hsr.
ff's O.Iice, Kbensburjr, Aug. I". isi.
1 1 ) O V S ' A I r K A I K K M K ' I
-Notice is hereby glVen that the Kl.
-. .,,.r .U-.-m.-lltSOr HCal I'.Si a I C ll a-1 I'lTHm
i i.r"',.; V ,,r H'-i-c.U-nts. selected nnd set apart
,r tli
Wi l( w ot ln.es. ates under the Act of An-
-iT.biy
..i in-1, .i.ri . A. II. ISM. nave occn me.i
I., tin. If.-.'isP-i- s I iniec in r.i--iin n. -
in in. i. - ,...,,,,,,,. i-.iiirt ,.t ( 'aniliria n.iin.
.' nn.l will l,
. r.-.-ei: 'l I" nivw. , .. ..
, .. ntinn.it i.m and nllowanee, on r.nxyj).
-x '.Mil. A. 1'.
. l-J'ir
i..., U.'il'iii. wi.lw of John Ih-ndinif, Lite or.
:.n iM.rciligli. ilec'd. MIO.Ai.
Invent orv and I'P" is. iacnt of certain per- ;
,r , ru nVl-raised nn.l net apart for Mary
ri'",-. w.d -w'..f rilwr.l Olaw, late of KlK-nstmrg
Iinroiixh.
..tt-rii ili'f ll.
nvl-i 1 .rv n.nl ..raieinent of certain per- ,
-.1 ,.piT..-rt vapprai'-'l " "J'Y1 'r. ,K!"
i 'ir.T.'V-in itrown. widow or Jcnn . Hrown,
:t.
7 '. .'. I riilTII. Wi'll
i,i i ii , ., I....... ,i,,-'.i turn nil.
Eiis'KbSiiaiK's
..... towi-.shu.. d -cM. oU7.
'"--"'rnopr":
AniVjeL': wl.l" f nor Kuck,V.. of Carroll
"riloryTit:
I property nj.pris-'
...i ...t Mirnrt lor Mnrifii
mn.i I proper: v nj.prif- - ,.,- w.-islw
rvt J 'ori -. widow of Paul ijf'W Iate of waf,n
Inirinn tnwn.-liip. ilec ii, .-"'
11. Inventory and appraisement ..f cert
ponal j rofierly appraised and t ftpan mr
.T.ies. widow of ih..ma.-M. Jones, Ute of
of certain Pr-
Aim
Ixjns-
. i -i. .. ... nyiinn
? Vnv;.;; -ind-ralsenteat of certain per- ,
Rimal property n,,pr.ilsed and Mt : pn ror rJr
M. Ki.prlin. wi.h.w or Abraham Kopelin, late ol
Johns' own bomuh, dee'd, ya ,
IX Inventory and appraisement of v illi. '
(...ti.il pniperty appraised and set apart .
beth GoihI widow of Jaili ol, iaie wi -j
toW..Ship,.lecd:-i:.40. sIXOKR noirl!cr
Kcgister. 01UC41, Kltcnsburjr, Aug. 10, 1871.
t..vvn,l.,p. ec .. , nV'pr'ais -incnt of certain per-
ii,!!',. 0.ee''e. late of W.shing
''InvenryTpltrals.nncnt of -certain per-
tiik it on.
1ANA.
in lier beautv and
pri.le.
nedcekr, In Vir snowy array,
Ami the bright Hush of joy mantlel high on
lier cJeek
And tlie future looked blooming and gay;
And with woman' devotion she laid lier
foml heart
At the shrine of idolatrous love.
And hhe anchored her hopes to this perish
ing earth
Tly the chains which her tenderness wove.
But 1 mw when those heart-strings were
bleeding and torn,
And that chain had Ixjen severed in two,
She had changeii her white robes for Uo
sables of grief,
And her bloom for the paleness of woet
lint the Healer was there, pouring balm on
her heart,
And wiping the tears from her eyes;
He .strengthened the chain h had broken in
twain,
And fastened it firm to the nkies!
There had whisjK'red a voice 'twas tbo
voice of her God
"I love Ihee, I love thcevaSs Under the rod!"
I saw the yonnp mother in tenderness leud,
O'er the conch of her slumbering boy ;
And she kissed the soft lips as ihey mur
mured her name.
AVhile the dreomer lay smiling in joy.
()! sweet asj the rosebud encircled withdew,
When its fragrance is flung on tho air,
So fresh mid so bright to that mother he
seemed,
As he lay in his innocence there.
Hut I saw, as she gazod on the same lovely
form,
Hale as marble, and silent and cold ;
Hut paler and colder her beautiful boy,
And tt-e. Utle of her sorrow was told I
liul the Healer was there who had stricken
hr heart,
And taken her treasure away !
To allure ht t .o heaven H placed iton high,
And the mourner will sweetly obey.
There had whispered a voice 'twas the
voice of her God
"I ljve thee, 1 love thee pass under the
rod V
1 iaw a father and mother who leaned
On the arms of a dear gifted son,
Aud the star in the 'future gre-.v bright to
their ga.e
As they saw the proud place he had won:
And the fast coining evening of life promised
fair,
And its pathway grew smooth to their feet j
And the starlight of lovo glimmered bright
at the end.
And the whispers of fancy were sweet.
And 1 sa.w them again bending low o'er tho
grave
Where their heart' dearest hope had been
laid.
And the star Lad gone down in the darkness
of uikrlit,
And joy from their Imsoin had li -d ;
I ut the Healer wan there, and his arms were
aromiil,
And he led thorn With teudercst care,
And he showed theui a star in the bright
upper world
'Twas their star shining brilliantly there !
They had each heard a voice 'twas the
voice of their God
i 1 v rlipPj 1 love thee pasa under the
roil !"
ON HIS Til A ex.
Over twenty years jfi (ai'l Mr. AVliit-
Inire. a detective with whom f recently bad
an ititoivlow), I was on tlie police force of
New York. One summer nijlitj a few
minutes pa-t twelve, I was p-.u-in my beat
in a iiiict part of C Street, wlieti a man
cralleil out from a seo nI -tory winJuw :
'l say, sir, are you a poll.-Cnian ?"'
"Yes," I replied. "What's the matter?"
"I lieanl a heavy jar in Mr. Hra ibw
lioti-e. nevf .i.--, --a tie imiy liae iallsn
nnd Iiurt hiinsi'lf, lie just came in a lew
in in ii to h'. ll' 1 were ymi I would ring
tlie bell."
Mr. Mrndley wns n wealtliy oM iiac-lielor,
who bad lived entirely alone fjr years, in
nn old-fashioned brick bouse. His riches
wore a suljcetof freij tent .isip; and it
was said tl"-t (:t lits house, to wliicii uo out
s-idcr was ecr admitted, be ko;t a Iard
nuiount of money and silver-ware. I rang
the 1k;!1. but ciiere was n i response.
"Are you sure you saw hiui go in?" I
asked".
"Yes; sure of it. II z hadn't ltcon Irt
half a minute before I beard a heay fall.
1 have heard n) sound since."
"There must lie something wrong," I
mid, after ringing the Ml a ?ee.nd time,
nnd re:eiing no resoiise. I tried the door,
but it was locked.
"If'l were yon I would force the door,'
suggested the man nt the window.
"I don't like to uo that. Is tlierc any
other entrance?"
"Yes, that alley just licyond the steps'
lrads to a back yard; but the gate is pro-
bably locked, as well as the rear d,r
j w.;
ill go and see," said I ; nnd walking
up the narrow alley, I discovered, by the
dim light of a street lamp nearly opposite,
that the gate stojd open.
I looked in, and perceived that the rear
door was ojcn, and a faint light shone out
All wn perfectly iiuiet. I returned to tho
rtroet, aud said to the man at tiie window:
"The gate and hack door are opett
Come down, and we'll g in."
In half a minute he joined me on the side
walk, whn I recognized him as an ac
quaintance, named Henry Collins.
"Ah, is t!lJs oa? 1 didn't know yon
lied here," I sbH.
"Yes, and I didn't recognize you when I
first spoke."
"Well," said I, "there may have been
fsome foul work in thw house, aud we hd
better lxth S' in-"
We went up the ?.lley, into the yard, and
entered the ojien door, Tlie rear room was
Klently used as a kitchen ; ana guweu Dy
c
tlie
dim light, we passed tnrougu anoiner
open d.Krinto narrow nan w un i mmi
w-ay Near the street door was nn old table,
on whfeh stood a lighted candle, that had
burned to within n inch of the candlestick;
Al th. focof the stair, lay Mr. Bradley,
nuite dead, and a frightful wound upon h
head convinced me that he had been mar
dorexL 1 " 1- - A. . -
At my request, Mr. Collins hurried away
to the police station, two hundred yards dis
tant to inform the captain, while I took the
candle and made a hasty examination of the
premises. A number.of drawers in the second-story
liack roomliad been broken open
nnd ransacked, and on the floor lay half of a
fresh-looking newspaper. Knowing that
the old bachelor was not in tne 1 a')it of
spending money for newspapers, it struck
me that the roblier might have had it in his
pocket, and possibly used the other half to
wrap up some of bis plunder, leaving be
hind him, in his hurry, what might prove a
valuable clue. I therefore folded up the
fragment, and put it in my pocket. A
moment later Mr. Collins returned, accom
panied by several o ficers and a surgeon.
To make this part of the story brief, I
will state that the usual formalities followed,
the body being handed over to the coroner,
and the case was placed in t ie hands of the
detectives. 1 at first intended to give them
fie bit of newspaper I Iml pi. ked up, hut I
had some ambition to be a detective myself,
and concluded to keep it, at least a day or
two, to see if I could find a clue from it. It
was lucky I did.
On the following afternoon, while off
duty, and walking around in ordinary dress,
I paused opposite a well-known hotel, to
vateh some pa inters who were at work on a
swinging-ladder under the eaves, and my
eyes chanced to alight on a man who sat by
a third-story window, apparently engaged
in packing a valise. The window was open,
and as he lifted some article from the ledge
to store It away, a piece of newspaper on
which it had been lying was carried out
over the street by a draught of air, and
came fluttering down into the gutter, near
my feet.
I might not have noticed this trilling cir
cumstance, hut for the manner in which the
paper had been torn that is, not in a
straight line, but almost in the form of the
letter V, as though it had been done hur
riedly. This, I rcmeiiibc-rcd, corresponded
With tlie piece I had picked up in the mur
dered man's house, and I snatched it up
and went into an adj-icent alley to compare
thoin. What a leap my heart gave, when
I discovered that the two halves of tho
paper fitted together exactly. There was
no doubt of it.
"On bis track," I muttered. "Aha, old
fellow, you don't get off with that valise so
easily.'
And being fn miliar -.villi tl:e interior of
the hotel, I crossed the street, w-nt in. and
was soon at the door of K nun Twenty-one.
from whoe wind v the paper hud blown.
I nipped gently upon the d.or, so us not to
startle him too much.
"Come in," said a voice within.
I opened the d or and recognized, still
seated on a chair by tbo window, the man
whom I iiad seen packing the valise, a task
be had just completed. He was a muscular
mm of forty years, with a clean ha en
face that wore an expression of craltine.-s.
He seemed somewhat confused wl.cn I en
tered, and be said I
"Aii, I thought it was the porter!
Haven't you made a inis-tnl-"''"
ivi.i.-.ui replying I d .-li'iertitely locked the
d.M.r ani put tlie key in my pocket, while
be stared amusedly.
"I sec yu l g.-tting ready to lease." I
remarked, sarcastically.
"Yes, but but '
"Suppttse you stay in New York a little
longer," I int -rriipted.
"Why, sir, what do you mean ?" be ex
claimed, rising from his chair.
"Oli, nothing of any great Consequence,"
I tcjiliril coolly. "IVi'heps you wouldn't
olject to my biking a 1 ok into that valise,
eh ?"
"IVrhaps you'll do me the kindness to
get out of my room," 1:- retorted.
lie had taken the valise from the floor, and
I quickly snitched it from hiui. I bad
scarcely done so when he dealt me a blow
near the temple with his fist, sending me
reeling acr.iss the room, where I brought up
against the door. He then snatched up the
valise which had fallen from my hand, threw
it on the bed, and angrily exclaimed :
"Look here, sir, are you drunk or crazy?
Now hand me tnat key, nnd get out of iny
room, or I will throw you out of the win
dow!" "Notso fast," said I drawing my revolver.
"I am nn officer, and am here to arrest you
for the murder you committed lust night."
He stared a moment, then a change came
over bis countenance, and he sat down again
and fairly roared with laughter;
"Come, you can't play that," said I.
"This is no laughing matter. Where are
the money and silver-ware you took from
llni'll-y's house?'
"Are yon really an officer ?" be asked,
grow ing serious again.
"Certaiebj I nrn. Perhaps you never saw
t'-iis bit of paper, sir," said 1 , displaying the
pi.-ee that had blown from bis window,
"My frreiid," be replied, "I admire the
earnestness with which you go rImuiI your
duties as dctoetivv, hut you have by some
means or other got on the wrong scent. I
nm very sorry I struck you in a moment of
anger, rfnd hope you w ill pardon me. I am
Charles M-34 , a lioston detective, of w hom
you bitve proitibly beard. I arrived about
daylight this morning, and have sinec been
taking a good sleep, before attenu?ng.to a
little business in Brooklyn. I register J as
J, BroWn for a reason ymi will readily com
prehend. Here is my card, and here are
some slight evidences of my vocation."
Here be took two pairs of handcuffs from
his pocket, and jingled them before my as
tonished gaze. "By the way, if that in the
Dtece of new.-piipcr that fell from my win
dow, in'! inih it has any connection
with the aflair you speak of, it will probably
afford you an important clue. I found it
here, where it was proliably left by a former
lodger, and I think there is a name on the
mnrgin."
I examined the margin over the title of
the paper, and to my astonishment found
written in pencil the name and residence of
Henry Collins. It was a weekly paper which
I oliserved was published in a little city he
had formerly lived in, and its date was so
recent that he muft have received it on the
very day preceding the murder. I imme
diately took leave of Mr. M , saying
that I thought I knew where the paper had
come from, and begging his pardon for hav
ing treated him so rudely, and hastened
down to the office of the hotel, where I ex
amined the register, finding the name of J.
Brown (the detective), with Room Twenty
one assigned. I knew the clerk, and I in
quired :
"When did Mr. Brown take Boom Twenty-one?"
"lliiily this nio. ning when I was not on
duty."
"Did any one occupy the room during the
night?"
"X ir, yes let ine see," be replied
looking over the preceding page of the reg
ister "here is the n-.inie of Ilarvey Elton
i
1 remember now. He was without baggage
and paid for the room in advance, saying be
wanted to be called at three o'clock. The
porter went up at that hour, but the doer
was open and the bed had not bocn slept in.
The other clerk mantioncd to me that he
gave the same room, this morning, to Mri
Brown, lecause he wanted a front room."
"Do you remember the appearance of
Elton?"
" Yes rather small man, with full black
beard."
Henry Collins was a small man, but wore
no board. Of course my suspicions were
fixed on him as soon as I discovered his
name on the margin of the newspaper, yet I
never dreamed that he was capable of com
mitting a crime.
My mind now underwent a series of rapid
changes. One moment I regarded it as al
most certain that Henry Collins bad some
thing to do wii.li the murder i the next mo
ment 1 would say to myself, "It is prepos
terous ; he is uo such miim There are a
thousand ways this paper might have got
into oilier hands. lie may have lent it to
old BiaJlov ; or it may have fadon from bi.-j
window ; or be may have lost it from his
pocket i Why should b have called my
attention ta Bradley's house? Bc-ides, he
wears n-j board."
On the sulject of this beard it did not at
fiist occur to lite that he might have worn a
false one; but it did finally, and I recalled,
very soon afterward, what I now rcgardod
as a mo -i suspicious circumstance.
It was about midnight that Henry Collins
told me that Mr. Bradley had bcon in but tt
few minutes. I row remeiu'ierod that the
body was cold and rigid when I first wont
in, and I hastened away to ?... 'e sur
geon who hA uLitie tiie examination, five
..ouutes later.
1 had the good luck to find him soorl, and
in reply to my inquiry, he stated that Brad
ley must have becu dead two hours when he
was called.
'Have the dcteotires fcund any clue?"
he asked.
"Xot that I'm aware of," I replied, and
took my leave.
My first step now was to go to an estab
lishment in which Collins was employed aud
enquire for him.
On doing so, I was Informed that he had
nsked nnd obtained leave of absence t j visit
Tretiton.-
I next started for his house, which was
half a mile distant carefully looking up and
down ever' street I crossed. 1 had made
half of the distance when I caught a glimpse
of the very man 1 was looking for.
He vvafc coming towards me on one of the
cross streets, showing that he bad not come
directly from his house. He carried a valise,
and by his side walked a smadl, rough-looking
man whom I did not know, and with
whom he was conversing earnestly. I went
a few steps to meet them and was within a
yard of them licfore Collins saw me.
"Ah, how are you, Mr. Collins?" I said
He started vi-irdy, but on recognizing me,
seemed to regain his composure, aud answer
ed my salutation. He would have passed
on, but 1 detained him by pausing hi front
cf him and ie;iing a dialogue.
"Xot going traveling?" said Ii
"Yes short distance only to New
Haven."
"Wouldn't it bo just avs well to goto
Trenton?" I asked, in a significant tone,
eyeing him keenly.
He turned very pale, and in a voice that
quivered perceptibly, said :
"Great heaven, Mr. Whitinirc! what do
you mean 7"
"I mean that you and your friend must go
to the station with me'
Willi a look of despair on las white face
that I never shall forget, he dropped his
valise, and staggered a step or so to an
awiing-post, which he grasped for support.
At the same moment Jas companion turn
ed to dart away ; but luckily two men, who
had just stopped on the sidewalk to talk
about something, stood directly in his path,
and his- movements beingconfused, I re iched
htm with one lxiund, and seized him by the
collar, warning him not to resist.
He was thoroughly cowed, while Collins
had too little strength left him to attempt
to e.f!apo. In five minutes I marched them
into the station, together with tho valise,
aud bad them locked up in separate cells.
1 then told the captain the whole story.
He was disposed to think, nt first, that I
had made a blunder : but on oiiexf ior.in.r
o
the two prisoners, and especially on cxamin- j
ing the valise, nnd finding a large sum of
money in it, he included that I had caught 1
the right men, and so distanced the regular '
detectives. j
It proved to lie so, and the trro men were
duly convioted of murder, on evidence that i
was beyond all dispute. Indeed, when Col- j
iins lost all hope of escaping the gallows, '
he was so broken down that he made a full .
confession, giving substantially the follow
ing account of the crime :
The stories of Biadlrr's great wealth had
first put it Into his head to rob him. By
watching a long t'nie from a back window
be had discovered the nature of the fasten
ings by which the back door and gate were
secured. He was not bold enough to under
take the task alone, liut .be knew a certain
bad character named Kevern, to w hom be
confided his scheme, describing the fasten- j
In.... ..F Tt. .i.lhi. V .....I .1 1 ! '
..q- jiimtaj .- sllv "ou uwi , ,mu ncjtiu?
him if he could force them.
Kevern said he could, and readily entered
into the plot. They went to work a little 1
after dark, one night, when they knew that !
Bradley had gone out, but the fastenings of j
the rear door resisted much loncr than j
they bad expected, and they had 1'arely sue- j
Ixt-de 1 in entering when Bradley came in I
at the front door, locked it and lighted his
candle. " j
Determined not to be foiled now, they
rushed upon the oi l man and struck him
down with the tools they had liecn using.
This, it seems, was between nine and ten
o'clock.
They then ransacked the house, finding
considerable money, chiclly in bank-notes.
The latter were in a disordered condition, i
and to make a compact bundle of theni, j
Collins hastily tore in two the fatal news- j
paper, which he chanced to have in bis j
pocket, using one-half to wrap his spoils in, j
nnd in his nervous haste, leaving the other
lying upon the floor.
In order to examine thrir plunder rtt leis
ure, they went to the hotel aliudrl to,
where one of them engaged a room to which
be repaired, aud in which be was soon
joined by the other. Both were disguised,
a portion of Collins' being n false beard.
Collins felt so nervous, o'.cr the awful af
fair, that night, that he would not take any
of the plunder home with hiui, nnd so, after
counting the money, he intrusted it to Kev
ern for the night, with nn understanding
that they should meet next day, take a trip
to Xew Haven, and t'icrc tatk dupott l.i
share in a bank io bis own name, or any
name he might choose to assume.
When Kcvcin made a package of the
money ngain, he picked up a fragment of
another newspaper he found in the room,
leaving that bearing Collins' name I3 ing
upoo the lloor. It was shortly ufter Collin-j
returned home, thnt night, that ie cal.ed
my attention to HraJey's housei fooH.Mily
tt.ii.ir.g that, by so doing, be would never
once come w ithin the range of suspicion.
Collins died from pure terror before the
day appointed forbid execution; but Key
ern paid the extreme penalty of the law;
It was this case, which I worked up on
my own account, and in which I was largely
assisted by mere chance, that gave me a
place on the detective; force ; and I have
been pretty successful ever since. Many a
man bus worked harde'r and displayed more
-nn. i IV 1 11.11. f tlitl 00 tlial oocnnina, without
accomplishing so great an cud.
Hie Girl to Find.
The true girl has to be sought after. She
does not parade herself in show goods. She
is not fashionable. Generally she is not
rich. But, oh .' what a heart she has when
you find her ! so large, and pure, and
womanly. When you see it yon wonder if
those showy things outside were women.
If jou gain her love jour two thousands are
millions. The'll not ask you for a carriage
or a first-class house. She'll wear simple
dresses, and turn them when necessary, with
ho vulgar magnificate to frown itKn her
economy. She'Jl keep everything neat and
nice in your sky pari-tr, and give you such
a welcome when you come home that you'll
think your power higher than ever. She'll
entertain true fiionds on n dollar, red as
tonish you with the new thought how little
happiness depends on money. She'll make
you love home (if yon don't you'rea brnte),
and teach you how to pity, while you scorn,
a poor fashionable society that thinks itself
rich; and vainly tries to th'mk itself happy.
Now, do not, I pray you, say any more, "I
can't nfftrd to marry." , find the troe
woman, and you can. Throw away thnt
cigar, burn up that switch cane, lie sensible
yourself and seek your wife in a sensible
way.
The Vibratory Note.
In order that processions may safely cross
large suspension bridges, it is necessary that
they should break step in order to insure
safety; and it is told, in illustration, that
when the first suspension bridge was build
ing in Kngland, a fiddler oflored to demolish
it with his fiddle. Striking one note after
another, he eventually hit the vibrating note
or fundamental tone, and threw the structure
into extraordinary vibrations. Only recently
a bridge went dow 11 in France under the
tread of a regnncnt ot mhtntry wno neg
lected to break step on entering it. Three
hundred persons were drowned. The ex
IK'iiinent of breaking a tumbler or other
glass vessel by frequent rejietilions of some
particular note of the human voice Iteloiigs
to the tame class of phcuoincna.
Tlie Iiravc Jv'inrsiii' f.'it-ls:
Towards tho close of the Bernini ion,
there lived near where the town of New
Berlin, Union county, now stands, a fami
ly named Klinesmith. A rrft'i rHr if
Indians coining upon their dwelling, w h iist
tlits mates cT the family were busy in a
harvest field of a neighbor, plundered the
house, and carried away twe rr "kliue
smith's daughters, one sixteen, the other
fourteen years old. The paily retreated
tx a spring north ofXewBeiliu nc tail
ed the Still House Spring wbei the
halted, and not satisfied with tbo trirtiog
mischief they had done, left their prison
ers aud booty in the care of the oldest man
of the party, w hilst the main body pnx-ccd-ed
to the harvest field, in th hopes of gev
lilig some scalps to carry home as tiot hies
of their success.
Tho old man lighted bis pipi, aw" "t
down at the foot of tb tre, kopivi; an
eye upon bis prisoners. After some time
the rain began to fall, when Betsey, tho
oldest girl, intimated to the sentinel .hit
fcho mrlfat to tut flown fcomc branches
from the trees and tover a small bag of
flour which the Indians bad brought fi!lit
her father's house. The Indian, little sus
pecting her real intention, assented. u-J
permitted her to take one of the axes or
tomahawks. She pretended to be very
busy occupied with her task, but contrived
to get behind the ckl man, end buried the
axe in bis bead J
By this time the scalping party, lindirg
the harvesters too numerous and well arm
ed for their purpose, were en their retmii,
and bad beard the groan cir try of the old
Indian as he fell. The gills fled the
savages pursued, and fired. The young
girl, just as she was in Ibe act of f-ptirtiug
over a fallen tree, was pierced with a Iul
let, which entered below the shoulder,
and came out at the breast. Bbe ft 11, and"
immediately rolled herself under tbo b g;
which at that pbirit was raised a little"
from the ground. The savagea lang
over the log, in chase of her Bister, itbs
out observing that any one lay under it:
Betsey being a strong and active l.-.ss.
gave them a hard run, so that tlu h are. t
e s, by the filing, came to tbo res'-oe in
time to save her, and change the puisutra
into fugitives. They found the J'.ittle git
under the faTleu tree, much tenitiod and
weakened by loss of blood, but fortunately
not detigM'ov.slT "rounded, the ball having
passed through her body without touching
any vital organ. t?-Vi mnvcrod, and uf-
tei wards manied a mnu named Cam bell.
Becoming a Widow i-be married ng.-iin.
Her last husband's name was CbamU-is.
Betsey also married, and, with her hus
band, removed to one of the Wistciu
States. lIito-y of the tt 27, M.t.'.i
How a rED.voooi E Made Love. Mr.
Mills, Southside Sehool Superintendent;
makes out examination questions, for
teachers iu a way jeculiar to himself, wind
ing up every question with, "if so, why""'
or, "IT not; why riot?" One of the teach
ers tells this story about him :
She says she boarded onee at the samd
place where, his "girl" boarded. One nifcht
he came, rang tho bell, and asked the bel
vant: "Is Miss in, and if so, why? 1 slid
ci-.jaged, and how?"
Then he went in, and the little tattlo-tala
listfeu icg at the key-hole, beard.biai say :
"My darling, do you love me? Ifu-t,
why not?"
After a while "Give a synopsis of your
employment during the week. Am.lyze
thoroughly and completely the otate of your
feutimeuls towards tne."
When Le left, after kissing her, he re
mar '.el :
"Be prepared on Sunday next, at half
past two p. m., to state, accurately and con
cisely, when, where; and by whom, and
under what circumstaac.es our marriage
shall be pet formed."
Saws. The ancient Egyptians made
saws of bro.ize, wbioh they used in cutting
out planks from logs. They were single
handed, like thoe now usfcd by carpenters.
The Egyptians would place a log on end,
tlx it firmly in tho ground, and then saw
downwards, dividing the log into planks by
a very slow process. The Greeks fastene d
their saws iu a frame, very much after tl.o
fashion of modern times. In Greece and
Asiatic countries the teeth of the saw s point
from the handle and when iu operation
Late to be pulled instead of pushed, as is
the custom with English and American
saws. I.i dedicate work, when verv fine
small saws are used, the eastern ir pllmj it
is preferable to ours. The Ori tvUIe also
differs from us iu setting the tee h of ws.
They lu n a group of a down on 1 way,
then a group of the same nui Ler t .e other
way, while we turn one tooth uii one side
and the next 011 tlie other.
X new dramatic version of Charles
Beade's story of "Griffith Gaunt" has been
produced at Xiblo's Theatre, New York,
aud an amusing divertisement was pro
duced when "Catharine Gaunt," holding
a package of letters and saying, "These
w ill prove my innocence." approaches her
frieud, "Father Fraucis," by a shrill voice
from the gallery "gods" shouting, "Give
'em to Moulton."
Makriagr, -with peace, is mis woiiu a
paradise.
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