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i
SO , RU88E1X 8XGB ! Ftird
; from WU ttt. ,Thr' eni
' . to ba obi ' doubt ' In . the minds
of th operators la too trott,'
but' th old flnncUr' physical ' condl
4 tloii leaves llttla doubt of thla. v' ;
,' ' " Tina baa dealt kindly with RuaaeU
. earn. .'At tour acora and ctcht hla atep
la aa aprlncy and be earrlea hla naarly
01 faat ef atatura m aracu aa M did
And manUllj" well. If aBjrbodr tblnka
r Ihere'a anythlnf In particular tha at
t wih Rnaooll fiin't mind, let hint
.; advaaoa to the venerable financier
propoeltioa with a jokec In It and
whether lfa dlacoyared. 1 - n '
1 UIW r WVB WIWH II
worked luat aa hard aa he liked, .and
It .waa only a. few rrs a-o, too. One
; day he fell 111 and couldn't o U hla
mt tttf, : v.v. t ; ' ; "
, Hla family 'phyalclan. Dr. J. P. Nun.
aald ba d worked too liard and naeoea
.' rear. Ana, Jur. osv .,
: ''Oh, fuda!"
But be waan't- able to go downtown
the,nxt day. ao tha doctor aald. and
air! Base came rery near to being dta-
asreeabla. There was nothing tha mat
. ter with him. and ha knew It and ha
bad other thlnja to do bealdea lie abed.
, Finally Mra. 6ae eama In. and In
that ajentle but wonderfully firm way
.ana naa. ana aaia . .
... "Father, you're not rolna downtown
" ioqay or irib wm. iou rw iwni "
' atay right here and rot and we'll bear
r ' no mora to .tha contrary." i ( s
V -Mr.. Baga bad heard hla wife talk
that' Way to ethera. and wtia ana aald
went He hadn't had tha ' experience
- hhnuir. thaavh. and ha didn't onlta
know what to aay. , Bo ba Juat - aald
. "Umphr - ',. v. ! '
After be got aboutjie, waa batter than
..' From tiondoa Anawers. (
fll HE proof that an accuaed person
1 - la somewhere else at the 'time
, ' that a crime la committed has
' alwaya been' a defense la which
advocates have taken special delight
Nothing can be more satisfactory, says
Anawere, provided that tha slibt , Is" a
good one,
"If I prove to yon, gentlemen!" said a
young barrister addressing- the Jurf la
a case before Justice Hawkins, -that
my unfortunate and estimable client was
a hundred miles away from tha' scene
-f the burglary at- the time that tbat
ul deed was oommttted, then, I pre
sume, that fact will ba sufficient for
you.- ; ', ;;;...-". t
"Of coarse, t cannot' speak for the
jury." Justice Hawkins broke la In
rentle- tones, addreealng the advocate,
"but I can aaauro you that I myself
hall not ba particular to mile or two.
If you can show that tha prisoner waa
even a mils. or. half a mile, away at
the time I will give hint the benefit of
tha doubt",. , ,-y -;.
The SUM ha always been a favorite
aerease with calculating criminals. K
nas, oa tna other hand. In hundred
' of cases extricated the Innocent from
the meebes of s. net of drcumstantiaM
evidence which must otljenrlae have In
evitably dragged . them to unmerited
doom, - r- r .-, - .7--- t-: -,. -,.
; .la the famous case of Rush.' executed
for the murder of Mr. and Mra. Jenny
and their son at Btanfleld ball, tha as
aaeala endeavored to establish aa alibi
by means of his housekeeper.-. Upon
the night of the murder Rusk elipped out
of the house la disgulae, effected his
horrible design and returned. Hla house
keeper declared at flrat upon examine
tlon, that Rush had coma homo to tea
at ( o'clock and had then taken off hla
' ...w " v am nu icl L
, the room In which they had been sitting,
snd was absent about 10 minutes. After
that . be went out no more. Under a
severe cross examination a be broke down
. and admitted that tha statement aha had
maaa nad been dictated to her by Rush
himself. Tho alibi waa false. She burst
Into tears and aobblng," described" 16 tnl
; court how Ruah had been absent from
. the farmhouse just at ths time pf the
Clocks have played aa Important part
la theae defenses. Lives have depended
eg their accuracy or Inaccuracy.- In tha
rasa of a maa named Hardy, who wsa
- accuaed of havlns taken Bart In a nurdar
with others, on of the murderers, after
me crime was committed, made his wsy
home ss faat as possible, it was night
snd there was -wo one In hla house but a
" servant , Putting tba clock In tha hall
. back two hours, the maa went ta hod.
' and rising ahortly afterward awoke the
servant and ordered her to go down-
, statrs snd see- whst was the time. The
' girl did ao. and ones mora returned to
her room, when the murderer, ateallng
aoftly downstairs In hla bar' feet. once
mora put tha clock right The unsuspect
ing girl's evidence that the prisoner waa
In bed at tha time when the crime waa
committed secured hla acquittal on hla
trial, Tba truth was made known by
' a deathbed confession some years later.
. Witnesses who come forward to prove
, alibis by tha clock sometimes prove very
unsatisfactory. In a murder case at the
Central Criminal oourt two witnesses
swore most persistently to tha prisoner
nevuig oeen in tlieir company at the
: hour when the prosecution contended be
-was engaged In the crime.
. '. "Are you quite certain of tha exact
' timer asked the counsel for the proaecu
. ;. tlon. - - "...
. , v "Certain," replied the first wltnees.
"How are you so sure about Itf" aaked
1. the arris ter.
. "We were In the Bear nubile hnu
. and I saw the time by the clock In the
bar.!' replied tha witness, "it waa 17
minutes past ."
. . "Tou saw list, time Jourselfr asked
Ihe counsel, , .
" One of the detectives engaged In the
. case bars whispered something to the
, barrister, and ha turned to the wltn
"Once more, - .
"Tou see that clock, he aaid,. pointing
' tt the clock In the .court. nhat I the
, time Dy nr'i , 1 ..
The witness turned - ghastly pale.
, scratcnea . nis neao, gasped, and waa
silent He could not tell the time. The
waa condemned. -w ' '
'A remarkable eaaa of innocence belna
-rinaicatea orourrea ai Exeter some years
. aro. when a" young naval officer was
charged with .having presented at a
I'lymouth hank a forged order for pay
, ment la the name of the paymaeter-
reneral. ' The order was cashed and the
area a tee dlaamieared. - 1 '
From tha description ft tha man given
by three of the bank rlerka, susnlolon
attached Itxalf to the accused, tha son
af an admiral, and tha clerka Identified
. him out of othwr naval officers aa the
- presenter of the forged Check. Fortu
nately fer the accused he was able to
ring forward a email army sf bis eoav
radea to preva moat positively tbat at
the hour named he was In their society.
' Alil) the Favorite. Defense
ha had been la yeara and since than.
when Mra. Sage tells him to do some
thing for the good of hla health. 1 he
luat says 'UltiDH: . ana aoea iu jw.
when any one remark on how wall Mr.
gaga look, lira, sage iooks si nr nua
band, amllea and aaya rchly: ; .
' Well, he has pretty good care. Men
don't know anything shout taking care
of themselves." -. . - :.; . .
And Mr. Bage.' trying hU bast to be
teaty and to repress tha smtla with the
love light in it aputters: . ? . '
.' "Tea. It's sU "Mrs. Sage's fault' '.' '
' . Whan . Mr. ' Bago waa a ' boy up in
Oneida county he waa : u bv sunrise
or before. Ho doean't get up ao early
aa that now, . but ho is rarely, Jn bed
after T o'clock In the morning and ha
la rarely out -of bed after 10 o'clock In
the evening. . ; ...,. -v
He and- Mrs. Saga breakfast together
about I o'clock., and then Mr. Bake looks
over the morning papers. .-:V',j! -y
Formerly he went to his office between
: and ! o'clock.' Mr. and Mrs. Bag
began . housekeeping nest door to the
Forty-seoond street comer lnjnfth sva
US, ; '(.'..;j;i''7r i;. :,;:.A, , "
Both greatly, regretted .that they had
to leave the old -place. But the en
croachments of trade anally drove them
up tha avenue, on tha same aids, to a
fins -house which Mr." Bage owned and
had rented for years. -.'.""V
It Is between Fiftieth and Fifty-Aral
atrect, at No. U, and so It happens that
"Uncle RuaaeU" now takea tha elevated
st Fiftieth etreet whan . ha goes down
town. , - . . ' v ; '.,'";.,., ,
-Mr.' gaga's bualneaa 'routine waa as
methodical as a dock. On Bret reaching
his office -ha would take a look at the
ticker to sea how tha market had opened.
Then he would look over hla mall. "
Buch of hla letters as needed personal
aaaBwaasssawawnaiieBanBaMs
and that hs could by do possibility have
been at tha bank as tha clerks described.
Justice Crompton found the exculpating
evidence so conclusive thatha suggested
fo the counsel conducting the prosecution
that It waa useless to proceed, and the
charge was withdrawn. In this case the
really guilty presenter .' of . the forged
order must by some atranga chancer have
barns a. striklnb resemblance to tha
unfortunate officer charged. ---"r
Baron Piatt used to declare that the
worst false alibi to demolish was one In
which ths witnesses for the defense all
spoke to actual facta, bat to fact hat
happened oa some dsy other than tha one
actually In question. Jn ths esse of two
msn charged at tha central criminal
court with housebreaking, a remarkable
alibi of this kind was presented. The
men wars accused of having broken Into
a house upon the night ef a certain
Sunday, aad they were positively Identi
fied by three persons who swore they
saw the prisoners going to and coming
from the-house In a trap drawa by a
brown pony, '".' v
On the other ' hand, ; numerous wit
nesses were called, for the. defense to
how that tha prisoners .were- at- home
and remained there all that nlsht . Ail
these wltneaaea agreed in their details of
what happened during ths evening, and
tha fiercest efforts- of the. counsel for
ths prosecution failed to shake them is
any particular. la reply to a question
aa to what was ths stats of ths weather
on that particular , Sunday night, the
witnesses unanimously declared that It
waa dark, rough and wet By an alma
nao that was brought It was shown that
there was a full moon, but none In court
could remember what ths weather had
been. The Jury returned a verdict of
"Not guilty,' and ths prisoners wsrs re
leased, Subsequent Inquiry proved that
tha night In question, when the house
breaking bsd taken plaoe, waa fine and.
bright,' but that tha night of ths pre
vious Sunday had been all that the wit
ness described. - "Their evidence had
clearly related to the wrong Sunday.
. A case in which aa' Innocent man
was ahla to etahllh aa. sJ'bL and refute
a mass of extraordinary circumstantial
evidence sgalnat him was that Jbf the
Cannon street murder. Sarah Mllsom
wss ths housekeeper to a large firm,
with premise) In Cannon street In which
she lived. Upon the night of the murder
a man, whoso duty It wss to lock up ths
building after the hands had left closed
the place snd duly delivered the keys to
Mrs. Mllsom. Ths housekeeper and a
woman who acted as cook were bow ths
only persons In the place, Ths cook, la
her evidence, stated : what - happened.
Mrs. Mllsom was sitting la the dining
roont and ths cook was in ths bedroom
when about 10 mtatues past I. thers
came a ring at the door bell. Ths wit
ness waa about to go down. to answsr It,
when Mrs. Mllsom called out to her: .
"Elisabeth, the bell Is for ms. X will
go. ? -' .1 - ' -'', .
The cook stayed in her room, hut later
on went downstairs, whan shs was hor
rified to find Mrs. Mllsom lying dead la
ths corridor. Just inside ths door. She
had been killed by a terrible blow with
a crowbar that was lying close by the
body. - ' -.-"..' ' '
An arrest wss made and the prisoner
as defended -by Sergeant Bailantyn
and Mr. Montasu .William. ,: K
The defense wss able to prove, by ths
evidence of witness sftsr witness, that
ths prisoner waa st Eton and Windsor
upon ths night of the murder at timss
which made It Impossible for him to
have committed tha crime. A bootmaker
and the bootmaker' son, for-whom the
accuaed man worked, had ' - seen and
spoken to hint there. Ths alibi was In
con testibls, - and the prisoner was ac
quitted.' . The murderer has remained
undiscovered to this ay, -r- ' r , .
A young girl who lived with her par
ent in a lonely part of Kirkcudbright
was one day left alone In their cottage
while her father and mother were bar-
veatlng. On their return the girl was
found murdered. A 1 surgical examina
tion revealed ths fact that ths Injuries
Inflicted must havs been the work of a
left, handed man, and the polios discov
ered In the soft ground around tbs cot'
tags the Imprints of ths boots of a run
ning msn. ". These impression corre
sponded exactly with, ahe boots of
young laborer named William Richard
son, who was acquainted with ths deal
girl, snd . who was slso left ' haadod.
Richardson, on being aaked where hs
was on the day of ths crime, declared
that he was smploysd ths whols day lit
ths work of his master, a farmer, some
distance away. ' This fact- waa borne
witneaa to by the farmer arid Richard-
on'a fellow servant, and ths police
were baffled. ' . . " V
. The alibi. In spits sf all ths other
suspicious circumstances . against ths
prisoner, - appeared ao strong ss to
unassailable. But the police persevered,
and at 1aat one of the detectives discov
ered that Rlchardaon and his fallow
servants had that day been employed
- r v mm-mmf Win
. : '' ' V'", ( '1' Xl ' ' I ' .' ' "
. From the New York Herald. ..
A FEMALE bandit and smugglsr
who was wounded and -captured
by ths Mexican rurales after a
. . , desperate battle a few daya ago
on the Rio Grande is ' conceded to be
none other than an .sdventuress and all
around bad woman well known' In the
Indian country aa zaiia, "ine jjsvus
Ace." She Is now In a military hospi
tal In Monterey and physicians ssy she
has fought hsr Isst battle. , -
This Strang character, who has had
vicissitudes - of fortuns In her career
without a parallel outside or ricuon,
was born in an Indian village, oa tha
plains. Her father was a Frenchman
who lived with tha Comanchas mors
than half a century. ' Hs married ths
daughter of Iron Jacket and raised a
large family of children. After the
Comanchea settlsd Vn their present res
ervation this Frenchman, whom tna In
diana caiied. "Heap Writs," from the
fact that he apent much of his tlms In
writing, built a horns snd devoted hla
fine abilities to ths education of hla
family.- -. " - ' ' -'- : '
Zalla was ths beauty of the family.
Bhe spent one year at school, at Jack
sonville, III or at a place of that name
In some other ststs, and when shs re
turned to the territory It was easy to
see that the had mastered many little
arts that gave her an advantage over
her slstsrs. - ."' ".."-v..
Sometimes she came to Fort Bill
when the. Indians were drawing sup
plies, dressed as a Comanehe -, maiden.
In driving thely master's carts. These
carts had been driven In a direction
which took them close to the scene of
the crime, and while they had been past
ing through a wood Richardson had re
quested hla comrades t stop a few min
utes while hs ran to a smith's shop
and back. They did so, and ons of tb
drlvsrs remembered - that - Richardson
when he returned hsd been absent halt'
an hour by hla watch. This was ample
tlms for blm to run to ths cottage, com
mit tbs murder and run hack again,
tie had not bees to tha smith's shop.
Ths slibl thus broke down, Richardson
was found guilty snd, before his execu
tion, he confessed the Justice of hla sen
tence. 1 . ,- . ' 7 "
" An Insenlmia system of proving sn
alibi was that of m maa named Gorton
She wore a rob covered . with colored
bead and sparkling gems, ths making
of which, had occupied the attention of
two generations of the most skilled ar
tists of her tribe. Long chains of beads
Of gold. Intermingled with strings of
elks' teeth dipped In molten gold, were
wound snout her nock and allowed t
hang in loops below her waist At this
period of her career she had mors than
100 offers of marriage, -, - .. .
"While I . was a young gir Z , could
easily have married any one of a dosen
men. she said, "and at least three men
proposed tb rae who havs sines become
fsmous." - - :t
Shs fell fn lovs with a bugler and a
musician. . As time passed It became
evident that tha beautiful, "seml-clvil-Ised
child of ths forest worshiped the
handsome young soldier. She would
have passed through fire to gratify his
slightest wish. . Ths bugler's comrades
thought ho was alnoere In his protesta
tion of affection for ths Indian girl
. A few daya before the soldier wss to
receive . aa honorable dlscbsrgs ' from
tha army, a young woman arrived at
Fort Sll who mads no attempt to eon-
crat the fact that shs waa to b tha
bride of the bugler at an early day.
Rivals were not lacking to carry the
news quickly to Zalla. - ' '
Tha unauaDectina' man was lured to
a former trvstlnc place, in a grove of
trees not far from the Indian girl's
house. There the girl met him with a
stiletto- In her- bosom, and attar rebak-4
at least, that wag on of bis JO bam eat
convicted of various clever fraud in
ths north V England. Hs hsd a twin
brother, and whU h.was engaged la
a robbery th twin kept himself In prom
inent evidence la snother far removed
place. When Oorton was arrested, ths
persons who bsd met ths twin trooped
Into th witness box to relat how they
had met and conversed with him else
where at the hour of the crime.
Their evidence was of eours given
In all honest belief that It wag perfectly
correct for they had not the slightest
suspicion of Oorton having A double.
Ths srrangetnent broke down at' last,
however, through one of those llttls
oversights thst sven the most cunning
rogues will fall Into, and th Ingenious
twins cams to Uxelr deserts. The Oror-
ing him And sousing him shs threw her
arms . about , his neck and drove t ths
keen blade into his heart Kissing hla
dying lips ex ah let the limp form sink
upon the grassy shs muttered: . "Now,
the whits facg woman can' have' you."
She knew that shs would be accused
of the murder and lost no tlm In mak
ing her escape from ' ; the territory.
Dressed In a - suit of her 1 brother's
clothes -and mounted on a black horse,
shs set oat In the direction s of - Old
Mexico, ' -" 1
A small body of soldiers struck hsr
trail ths next day and came in sight
of her Just st sunset when shs wss
plunging ber horse Into Red river. Sev
eral peddler -were encamped In a grove
nssr ths crossing,, and when they saw
ths soldiers they supposed they were
about to be attacked. They sprang to
their arme nd poured a shower of bur
lets Into th ranks of - ths advancing
soldiers.'' --' ' :-
Zalla comprehended the , situation,
and, drawing her revolver, shs Joined
ths nswty discovered allies. Tbs sol
diers were surprised and repulsed. .
Zalla. while firing 'with -rapidity and
precision, sang sn Indian war - song.
Galloping from one point to another,
ha la.ueh.ed and sang and ahoutad as
if shs were Intoxicated with -the Joy of
battle. The1 peddlers thought that shs
waa insane. . - .
She told them that ths '1ood of 40
generations ,of warriors wss bc-lltngln
her-veine
Ltons were criminals of ths kind that, as
that clever detective I4tuecnild one re
marked, "make detectives gray before
they ars old." -" ,- j. v
- 1 1 ' ' ' ' "
Xas Sands, Bat Threads Veedle.
Pulaski Correspondence ashvtlls Ban
r , '--i - ner. '.
During hr babyhood Emma Loa Law
son, now 14. lost both hands by amputa
tion, mads necessary by necrosis pf tha
wrlat bonea. Ths llttls miss Is sn ex
ceedingly bright child, an 'orphan, and
notwltbatandlng ker physical disability,
can writ a beautiful . hand and work
examples In arithmetic' She can thread
a needle almost aa quick a anyone, and
sews wall. All thla. coupled with her
cheerful disposition, makee her a favor-
ltg with all Who know bee.
attention he answered. The rest hs
turned over to Colonel Blocum. Mrs.
Sage's brother, or. t Mr. Osborn, who
hss been "Uncle Russell's' cashier since
well, the memory of msn runneth not
to ths contrary. . After tbat hs took up
ths business of th day as It presented
Itself., r :',:''.. ' . ' .;-'
Thanks to Mra. Sage's training, hshaa
learned to skip details, leaving thoee to
Colonel Blocum or Mr. Osborn; but every
proposition of importance, from partici
pating in an underwriting to the negotia
tion of a loan, is submitted to him be
fore any action, on wgy; or ths other, is
taken.. ! : '; - t ;. ' i -. ;
Besides this, he makes It his business
t hsvs a personal knowledge of Just
how bis books, stand ail the while. It
baa become a truism In Wall etreet that
Mr. Bag always keeps oa hand more
money to. lend than any tother on man
la th financial district. To keep per
sonal track of hla books, therefore. Is no
small job- In itself. " v
The en4 of Mr. Bage'a buslaess day
cam anywhere from ' to I;t0i In the
afternoon, depending on ths character of
ths business and his mood. But when
h left his office he left : all business
behind him. and this has been th habit
of ft Ufstlmav ' .:h
, For nearly half a century "Uncle Rus
sell" hss played the gamsxf th street
as h would play a gam f chess, mev
htg her and moving there to checkmate
or to be checked; but ths day over, he
has alwaya left th pawns whr'they
happened to be and forgot them until
ths play of ths nsxt day began. ---vv --
At homo he and Mrs. Sags ar th
.ruint of chums. - Mr. ' Sag always
arrange on almost every An day to get
MriT enouch to take a drive with
Mrs. Bags before dark.. And thn "Unci
RuaaeU'' has real run. .- ?- , v
Tke Tnird Degree
: From ths liondon Answers. ,
t HE informer has played ra
; I , markabl part In famous trials.
; I Ths moot infamous informsrof
; modern times -that a oourt of
Justice has listened to giving evidence
against his associates was ths notorious
James Carey, ths plsnnsr of th Phoen'
Park murders, in IIU. when Lord Fred
rick Cavendish aad Mr. Burk Wl b
neath th daggsrs ot a v -----
Ins th "Invlnclbl. organiseu oy
Carsy bimMU. vVv '
Though the murder took pise in
kmui Amr lixht In a public park, and
at a spot oven within sight Of th rice
regal lodge, ths murderers succeeded in
scaping unobserved in a trap that, was
waiting for them, driven by truaty
confederate known as "Bkln the Goat"
Boras months later th perpetrators
were arrested and lodged In prison on
suspicion of varioua offenses, and Carey
found himself In prison with them. But
ths evidence to bring th murder home
to the gulRy. man wag weak, ana tne
police adopted a little ruse to induoe
Carey to turn informer. He wss led to
believe that In . tb 011 next to him
on of th most aetlvs of the gang waa
confined, and aa Carey sat solitary' and
brooding In his cell he heard on day, a
larg number of ytsltors to his nslghbor.
There sssmed to be a vast amount Of
bustls and excitement next door, and
Carey could only conclude that it was
occasioned by on thing. - His neighbor
must be giving Information, . . .
Th Idea goaded Carey to a frsnsy of
fear. He resolved -to -tell all he knew
himself, snd so turned Informer. - The
only person in thg next cell to him wss
a police officer, and the -visitors to him,
who. In Corey's affrighted arsw seemed
magiatratea , and government officials.
were really detectives playing a part,
Carey senU f 1 v ef, bis associates to the
gallows, two to penal servitude for life,
and -others, to various terms of impris
onment . , .. , ; : ' .
Carey, ; having done hla.. work. was
smuggled out ef the country by th-yo
lies, and fled for safety abroad. - He
waa tracked and shot by- O'Donnell, as
hs was seated in a cabin of ths Metros
steamer at Port Elisabeth, South Africa,
four months later.- : ..- --..-.-.- .
Few people who -were in the Centra
criminal court on May ' SI, 1IV when
th two scoundrels, Mllsom and Fowler,
stood in th .dock, charged with the
murder of Mr. Smith at Munswell.Hlll,
will ever forget th scene that occurred
when Fowler tried to strangl Mllsom.
on discovering that b. had sought- to
savs his own neck by giving the polio
Information respecting his .companion's
part In: the, crime. -. :
When tb two men war placed in the
dock,, a suspicion ef what had occurred
seemed to penetrat - th brain -of th
great hulking brute Fowler, as hs ob
served bow Mllsom.- whits faced " and
trembling, shrank away from him and
sought refuge in ths furthest corner of
ths dock. To ths terror which- filled
Mllsom with regard to ths rssult of tbs
trial waa now added the awful dread
that Fowler might suddsnly throw him
self upon blm and Kill mm oerore tne
warders or colic could interfere. He-
begged hla custodian, t la .trembling
whispers,, to - pur-more men oevween
them. - They did not know what Fowler
wss like. bo ' declsred.- - -r . . -
Mllsom' Information did him no good,
and, shaking with fear, he crouched In
th dock, seemingly nan senaeieav. r m
a moment wnen xne aneniion Wi ni
warter and police wsr distractea row
ler seised his opportunity, and dashing
away those who stood between he threw
himself, with a cry Ilk that ef a wUd
beast on his accomplice, the Informer
It took half a doswa officers to tear
him away and to handcuff blm.' 'Ths
dock, aide was smashed to splinters.
When ths Jury brought In thslr Verdict
of "Oullty," and the Judg pasaed ths
sentence Of death, Mtlsom waa yet al
most ' breathless. - 80 Intena was th
hatred for Mllsom Inspired In fowler
by what he had dons that even when
they met on .the scaffold officers had
to interpoe to check another desperate
attempt 'to wreak vengeance on him. ,
Another Informer who ran a very eon
stdsrabls risk from th hatred Inspired
In his -victim wss, Johsnn Bchmidt
otberWIss Llebermsn,' ths cleverest for
ger of Bank of England notes In modem
years, and the-coolest exposer of -his
confederates, when it cam to th point
of being able to make mora by "putting
them away" thin by sticking to them.
The detail of the trial when Philip Bern
stein, Solomon Barmaah and hla son,
William Barmasb, were placed In the
dock at the Central criminal court,
charged with uttering forged notes, will
be within my reeders' recollection. They
will . remember how Solomon Barmaah
after aentence of 18 yeara' penal servi
tude had been pasaed upon htm. shot
himself with a revolver la his cell. How
hs cams to be possessed t of . such a
wsspon he was searched very day
was a mystery. It was probably pasaed
In to him, wrapped in a waterproof
cloth, in a beefsteak pudding, supplied
y4jUm from , outside, for, sot . yet, being
He has a pair of black road horaes,
which ha bred, aad t drive them la ons
of his ' greatest pleasures. " Nellie and
Boom, hs calls them, and Nellie Is his
favorite,- : , '
, There is little to be wondered at la
this,' for 'th' mar shows her fondness -for
her master in every wsy shs knows.
Shs recognises his atepth moment shs
hears it in the stable, and shs will not
stop neighing until he has apokea la -hw.
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After dinner there is a little reading
of tha evening papers or ot boo ka but
not so much ss there was 20 years' ago,
because the eyes tlrq more., easily now '
than, they did then a chat with friends
who may drop in, and if possible a gania
of Whlat. out of which Mr. Sage gets
mors fun than from any other recreation
except driving. When the game Is over
"Uncle Russell's" dsy Is donev and ha 1
sleeps like a -top until morning.-
Mr. Bage- looks, out for' his digestion
by eating plain foods, but ha has an ap
petite that Is not mincing. For the rest,
Mrs. Bags takea. car of that, snd she
does say that Mr. Bage plays the most
sclsntlflo game of whlat she ever knew
anything about,': .'," 1. :" "
' That, by th way.. Is something of .
conceaalon for ber to make, because It la
paxt of the tradition of tha - famous '
Emma WUlard seminary at Troy, f
which Mra. . Bags is an alumna, that,
ther ar ao such whist players anyr
wher aa WUlard grsdustss.
. Mr Bags doesn't sork as hard at t
aa he did at 00 but hs plays mora, and
Mrs.- Base Is always' his . playmate.
Something Ilk 40 years ago. as young
lovers, they started op the hill together;
now. lovers still, together they ars going
down th slop. . . .. - t
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convicted. Barmaah could bar Jhla
meals ssnt in. .: '. -:,. i ,;
With' ths revolver In bis jxveket Bsr
mash oat in ths dock. It Is believed
that he desired ths weapon to revenge
hlmeelf on Schmidt th man who; hlm
alf th - wicked - brains of ths whol
Iniquitous conspiracy, had. aa . soon ss
he scented dsnger and money to be
gained, hastened to turn informer; 1 ' - -
Schmidt was a superb witness. . PosV
albly hs had had' practice before.' Ho
llttl dreamed, as he told his story so -glibly
and calmly, aad In such apparent .
safety, from th witness box that thst :
gray-haired, quivering maa In th dock ,
had that weapon ready in his hand.
Psrhaps It was ths paralytle selaure thst '.
had attacked Barmaah during th trial, ,,
or psrhaps It was ths alsrtnees of ths -prisoner's
watchers . in tha dock that .
prevented Bchmidt mooting with a very
dlaagreeabl - surprise. Ths informer -;
reoelved a substantial rswsrd., Hs went
to th United States, and than was very
soon in trouble again. - . ;'-. a
It la not an Absoluts ruls of law that
an tnformer'a evidence is of no value
without corroboration., but in-praotioe ,
it la regarded with such suspicion that .
no-Judg allows it to go to a Jury' as
worth consideration without connrma
tloii."A"polleo offlcer or agent 'who v
cemes In th perform anc of hla dutya -passlvs
spectator of Illegal acta for' the .
purpose of discovering guilty persona Is -not
-an informer, when he gives evU
denco sgalnst them, ( Boms of th big- '
gest onaplracla, especially . political v
ones, have been foiled by means of the
secret agent .- Ho Is not to . bo con
founded with 4ho Informer, . .
'That th law doe right to regard th
informer's svldenco with ' suspicion hss .
been shown over snd. over again. The '
hope of gain ba filled the witness-box
with wretches ready, without corapuno-tlorv-so
swear away tb live. acl Uo
rty of innocent persona, Th ex-Police- .
man MuUlns is a specimen of th worst
type of informers Having murdered an.
old lady named Emalsy, at BUpney, and f
etttlrn m"nr j-'t i, ror ins ,
sake ot a reward offered for informs-
tlon leading to ths . conviction of tho
perpetrator or tho crime, hid part of r
his sooty In tho outhouse-of a neighbor ,.
and then Informed th pollc ef his sus
picions that his nslghbor had committed
thO murder and-eoncealea the spoil tn -.
ths building. - Th police, acting on his
tnformaon, searched the. building and
found tb missing Jewelry; but Mulllns ;
had acted his part so badly during tho
search and hsd betrayed so much anx- u
lety whUs it wss proceeding thst tho
detectives arrested him as tho real mur
derer. His - guilt was clearly proved ,
later on. and MuUlns was hanged.
The fate of MuUlns recalls tbat of .
tho man Volrbo, ths Informer associated r
with ths triumph of M. Maos, tb lets :
Parisian chef do aurste, Mace, wbll
a young detective and burning to dla
tlnguiah himself, hsd tbs solving of a,
mysterious murder placed in hla hands.
Ho was. after long inquiry, sertain that t
it had been perpetrated by a man named r
Voirbo. But how bring It home to hlraT '
Bvry effort of tho detective failed, and
at last hs sdopted a desperate course..
Hs went to Voirbo and told him ho was '
certain that he knew a good dssl about, J
ths crime. Volrbo's confusion waa si- ; .
most a confession of guilt, but be .
pulled himself together, and told Macs
that he believed bo knew the murderer
and that hs felt confident that he could
aaalat him to run him down. Now
Mac .was apparently one of the most
creduloua and generous of men. Hs de- ;
dared that If Voirbo helped btm to lay
hsnds on ths asssssln hs would svss re- ( r
member him, and. thus encouraged ,i
Voirbo com ma need to turn energetic In-,
former respecting the suspicious con
duct ef some people ho knew. 'V
- Maos appeared - completely deceived, y
and Voirbo, laughing to himself st hv-v
Ing so successfuUy, as ho Imagined, dl-
verted all suspicion from himself, to',
others, st last completdy betrayed him- , j
self. - Ho found tbat M. Mac was quits , .
a different man from what hs had .
imagined, when it was too lata to ssv . ,
his head from .the guillotine, v . ;
In the cass of Woodstock, th f a- : -mous
oolnsr, his dog played the part of '
an unconscious informer, and led to his ' "
capture. - All effort ttr dlsrovsr : tho"
famous criminal had failed. Woodstock '
was In London, but wher a no on could
toll. - Living under an assumed name, ba
only went out at night, and then in die-
guise. But It came to tbs knowledge
of the police that he had a retriever dog ,
named Nero. If Nero could be found he '
might give information as to his mas- ,
ter's hiding place. . - -. ;
A detective did oao day dlecover a re-'
trlever wandering about In Camberwellt
that responded .to the atranga name. Hs, ',
kept' the dog In view till it cams does' '
to a butcher's shop,' snd then ths of
ficer surprised the tradesman bf buying .
a big chunk of oeef and throwing It to
the dog. A dogs first Instinct under;
such circumstances la to get Its treasure -
eefcly horns, snd NeTO trotted off. . He
led the wsy to his master's lodging
and ths nest 'dsy Woodstock was In the. -hands
of ths pursuers who had tracked) -htm
so long la vein.
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