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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1895)
HIS. BEfflAB CASE.' A. Detective's Strang JGrperleoo with a Sleep-Walker. "Bworro. K- Y., Way H, 1S7X Send your best ouut to m temwtiktelr "WlXUAJI HARDT." Such m the telgram received by the chief of the bureau of which I am a member, and I was deputed to work upon the case; not because I was the ''best man connected with the bureau, but by reason of the fact that I was the on t j available man. Four hours subsequent to the recep tion of the message I was conferring with Mr. Hardy a man nearly sixty years of ape, the proprietor of a small store con net-ted with his residence to whom I had made myself known, whose story was as follows: "When, at the clone of the rebellion, after a four years' service in behalf of my country, 1 returned to my home in this town, juy health was so unpaired that I could not follow my former vo cation that of m carpenter. So 1 con verted one of the rooms in my house into a store and began to sell confec tionery, cigars and other small articles. S ith Jlhejrrowth of the towx my bu&i neea ha& increased until it affords ran an income sufficient to support my wife and myself I have no children in a comfortable manner; and 1 have been able to pay all the debts whiut I. owing tn my iwperumouHness, was obliged to contract durin g the earlier part of my career as a merchant," and he smiled as the last word fell from his lips. 'Eariy last evening," he continued, "I was called n pon by a gentleman a stranger to me who said that years a:?o he borrowed nine hundred dollars nf my father and had come to pay that amount and accrued interest to me my father's sole heir. He did pay me nearly sixteen hundred dollars. "As it was too late to deposit the mo&Ky in the bank I placed it in my safe. I had scarcely done so when, glancing at one of the windows in the store, X saw the head and shoulders of a man, who looked like a tramp and who wan watcbine me closely. "Tiie lower sash ox tne window was slightly raised and the idea suggested itself to me that this man ought have been listening to the conversation which had been carried on in the room, learned about the money and was watching to see what I did with it I stepped to the window, raised the sash still higher, pot my head out of the window, looked up and down the street, but nowhere was the stranger to be seen. "When I dosed the store for the night I was inclined to take the money with me into the house proper. On second consideration 1 deemed it wise to let it remain where Jt was, as the afe is furnished -with a combination look, and I could leave the doors be tween the store and my sleeping room open and thus be enabled to hear anyone who effected an entrance to the store And was tampering with the safe. "This morning, to my intense amaae ment, I found that the money was missing from the safe, though nothing indicated that the store had been forci ble entered or any tampering with the safe whose combination is known only tome. "1 decided toemploy a detective with out delay and wired your bureau tor assistance. n VMay not the burglar have gained ac cess to the store from some other part of ti!$ building?1 1 inquired. '"Ha. could not without passing through my sleeping-room, as yon will find by fcxamiiiing the premises, and I do not think he could have done this without waking me," was the reply. "1 am not so sure that you would have been wakened by his passing through your sleeping apartment, t a 'professional' manages to get about a building without making ranch noise. Have yon looked through the house?' . 1 have not" - - "Let us do so, arising, from my scat. In the store as I spoke. We started on our investigation of the premises and in the 4ithen found an unfastened window above a sink, below whkn, out of doors, were the tracks of a man's bare feet in the dirt that had been moistened by a slight rain about half past ten the previous evening. A careful examination revealed sim ilar tracks on the flour in the kitchen and on the carpet in his sleeping-room, convincing Air. Hardy that 1 was cor rect in my supposition that the burglar hud not directly entered the store. "Though he passed through my sleeping-room without waking me X cannot comprehend how he could have reached the interior of my safe with out injuring the receptacle," Mr. Hardy remarked. 'From long experience one's fingers become so sensitive as to enable him to open a safe when the combination 1a unknown to him,' I rejoined; after a par: adding: "Can you give me any description of the man who watched you through the window?" l cannot, -farther than to say that he was evil-looking, had a heavy mus tache and beard, was probably about six feet in heipht" was the reply. "Were his mustache and bearuurht or dark?" - . n should aay they were almost black," "I will see if I can learn anything concerning the whereabouts of this mac , With these words! went from Mr, Hardy's presence, but two hours later returned to the store, to find him its sole occupant, .greatly to my satisfac tion. "Well, at once dropped from his lips Id an inquiring tone "I found your evil-looking suspect and in him a detective, who, so 'roads up' tbat his rar3t would not recog nize him. hi working on the mysterious disappeamiieu of a young man from a iieighburiur town, some four or five days ego,1 1 said. ' The disappearance of Charles -Walkerr "iV, tb-it is the nam of (he missing tisn." "ft M ajfuir and VroDdwrfuUy strange, too, as he was a person of spot less character and highly esteemed by all who knew him." "I did not recognize my brother de tective, but when he had made himself kuown to me acquainted him w th my case' and your description of him. The latter caused him to laugh and say that he looked into your store by the merest accident "At the hotel where I took my sup per, I asked the clerk if the establish ment was provided with a burglar proof safe, fie gave me a negative re ply and then, In the presence of the crowd that was in the office, 1 informed him that 1 had a large sum of money with me, and inquired who had such a safe in which I would be permitted to place the money over night He men tioned several persons who had combi nation safes, adding: " 'Mr. William Hardy has one and his place of business is nearer than that of any other person whom 1 have named. "T learned, rather was informed, where yon lived and then came here. l)uring my previous interview with you on said that you were to be alone for a few days, or, more, .exactly, thatf your wife was passing a few days out of town, with her invalid mother. I have a proposition to make to you-- that you allow me to pass the night with you as your bed-companion. If the one who burglarized your safe last night was among those in the hotel who heard me speak of my money and ' attempts to see.ure the money which I um supposed to have placed in your safe, I assure you that I shall hear him if you do not" I heartily approve of your plan' Sir. Hardy rejoined. "Then I will go and inform the clerk of the hotel that" I Our conference was interrupted by the appearance of a customer and 1 went from the store, to which I re j turned a half-hour, more or leas, later, j After we had retired for the night 1 ! entertained wearied, it may be-Mr. "T "" Tr. "" " detective, whieh cansea him to tremble from head to foot Finally, however, he fell asleep. The next morning, handing him a package, I asked: "is that what was taken from your safe night before last?" "Yes," he fairly gasped, having ex amined the package. "Was my house again entered last night, without wak ing me?" he inquired. "It was," I rejoined, "by way of the window over the sink." "By a man or a woman?" "A man. "Where is he?" "Within my easy reach,1 "Was be among those in the office at the hotel when you spoke of yonr money?" I waited a moment, and then began: ' Testerday I casually learned that you are ur have been inclined to som nambulism, and nothing else so tends to its development as excitement ur anxiety. "It at once suggested it&elf to my mind that the unexpected coming into possession of so mnch money would render you extremely nervous; that this nervousness would result in sicop walk ing; that, i a sleep-waJkiii.fr condition, you would give especial coWuierul.oa to the money and be likely tu riiuovp it from the safe to some place where no oue would look for it , 'These impressions werehtreegtheued i hy what I had learned when here ye- terday afternoon that the hiud trucks ended in yonr slceiing-room, proving that there was no mud on tha ftct of the one who removed your mosey fiorn .the safe when the deed was done; tWWlrt; wkjgn-Pfted his bunk in Phila Ivour feet and the malefactor's were of S' lihlS?JnattCia ..T B, , , . . , : W'fuia broueht the iron monarch's name into -What I told you with reference tflj tne pupeiaua V.cs.orook, on the arrival aoiung iue uotei eiera auoui a auie, auu Mi iotuu was one 01 xne suownuges lies, in fact to which, I am sorry to confess, we detectives sometimes ere obliged to have recrmrBs, for the pae pose of gaining your permission to re main with you over night And the experiences' which I narrated were de signed to render you as nervous as pos sible, because, as I have said before, nervousness would probably cause you to walk while yon were asleep. "About two o'clock: this morning you left your bed and went to your safe, which you oopened. After feeling around in it you went from the house, closely followed by me, to a hollow tree in your back yard. Into the hole in the tree you placed your hand and the moonlight enabltd me to sec thut a smile immediately stole over your countenance, trow tbe hole 1 took the money. "Well. I declare'" he exclaimed, after drawing a long breath. For my services he compensated me liberally, complimenting me for my keenness and promising that if he ever- I'g&in had business in my line it should be intrusted to me. I-red . roster, in Chicago Kewa. -Conundrum "What's the difference between a cat and a legal document? Answer 'The one has clawses at the, i'ud of its pawses; tbe other has pauses tt! the end of its clauses." Huffalo Courier. Mappfnfr the World. Almost the whole of Europe has been covered by exact surveys. Even in the Halkan states, where the easygoing und unscientific Turk has doite almost nothimrto man the countrv t.-.A wnt. longunderhiscontrolfthewm-;hmibocn ' metf were Para-d in just two weeks done for him by the cnterprihe of the j ftftcr they were married Kussians, Austrians and Gerniuns, who ' T ported that In the last five nnturaliy have taken a very great in- ' 7 twenty-seven American girls have terest in mapping this mount Jgus and t marred Chinamen, and in only five debatable quarter of Kufipc, says CMe nftTft tuey ife yellow Coldthwaite's Oeographiuul fugustne. naahands beyond a few months. l he lirst country on the confluent to mdertake these minute surveya was ' t i-ance, in 1750, and the w.rrk has f -endily progressed in various count rk'8 ulil almost the whole of Europe has been mapped in beautiful and oiaborate dciaiL We find, however, tiat iu a IcTjc part of ticuudinavio, finain and eastern Bussia map-makers have mA yet the advastagv of tbeae detoUed furreya. - . - KINQ OF EU.vKO-MEN. moid at tbe Sqrtteful Ventuze t e Kotorton II amy MoiMbteak. " IJwp one cf the lujst ccrcxwful of iaTter(thy vbbiil:o-meo m OTP.Twwuioa, a &r,iU;;t corrvv., cnuctil I (he 6l Low tirt ixi)i.:mt M tLod huu whrw were the n 3itiHiui !:r a successful buutw operations flerevife.): $ Tj?"'f things nre absotuiely needful: Tim Invito rr.au must beurussed In thehii: of '."u'iliion; u2. h; m.un nave unbounded faith tn the eredult 7 au.i tcL-fat-llty oF mankind. 41 8. liv :iu- iv oi gauel address and he muntbu.t u L'iuacautiuciiy. "The rest ta eas. 1 remember that 'Hun gry Joe,' who was tiuttUy wont up1 by in spector Wiuiama, of New Vurk, used to boost that Lesold a 'gold urica to cx-Sen-ator Gj-tton, of Georgia, and it Is really astouisiiutg the number uf rictuna aweu uresaci. i.j.'jKjr can corral onto in a year." A Panudotiihia pen Jura aa, who sat on the piazza of Utc hoau, spuku up and siaid ; ' can behtwc, sir, all you say, for AlcColgan, who so long kept a pool room in ttiilttttul tibia, was bouumt out of l&OJO h a young man who met him in Cuieiiiuati, and played no newer rudtot than the old oue ot being Air. Dread's ncuUew." Vy handsome aequuictanoe, who varied the monotony of his story by a visit to the king bar mom, remarked that he didn't think thore was a professional' who would stoop to so small an act as to beat MoColgan Vaut of ti&t&t for a professional buukoer sl- ways struck" for higher game." Be de scribed with minuteness the success which aiteuuetl a veicbrated crook who catted him self Cym Maituhmd, or Honry West brook. Puttuig his feet on the piana, and with a liftT-cout Flora di Cuba between hu hps, he told the story in these words: " Cyrus Aiaituiaad wits the discarded son of a great English manufacturer, who has twice been a member of Parliament sod who supplied his son's luxurious tastes as long us iliat was possible. Cyrus was boru with ekguut dodires, which nothing less than Kotuacuild's wealth would gratify. Crookedness of the crookedest kind caused Cyrus to seek American shores. " His hint ikid of operations was Cape May, where he got away with a five thou- sand uouar unecK from a rieh Baltimorean. who was so usbamed at being duped by one of bis own, pretended, townsmen that he took care uever to wil the Vaie himself. But the Jersey authorities did not take kindly i0 Mmtui"ud or. to.n heathen ctuno .goes, iumI be w giad 10 got m(y hum iba f caue. " Muitaland's favorite alias was Henrv Westhrook. One cool mornuigm early July Uiereguierof the Choptank House bore on its pages in a bold, clear, eommorcial hand theii&meof'HenryWuatbrook.' iieurougln .alters they were hi a good busmen hand, lor he had written them himself from some of the leading people in JJoiuinore. He had the huest drug, pulled at a SAO gate on At lantic avenue by the hnest chestnut colt in all Atlauttc County. For a month West brook devoted himself to the social graces only, and happy the 'Clioptauk' inaHlea thai had the afternoon 'call' for a drive behind the high-stepping chestnut "in August wealth aud fashion had poured into the big city by the sea. This was Wesibrook'6 time. He rode less In the afternoon, saying be was engaged m -hanging some vittuaule pictures lu uucle hud sent him from Paris.' Hu first victim was a Baptist deacon, who was accosted by name, the hotel register of the Mansion disctasiuir his identity. He examined Weatbrook's 'pictures' to his sorrow, and Dmrm Hooertt' first nour with ms swell mend cost hnn ,2,iXXi in cash and $4.UU0 in checks, allot whiuh be paid rather tbau be brought out as a 'squealer' in the public prints. 4 , 'tiil Westbrook continued the idol of the Choptank' maids and dowagers, and a rich ironmonger fell into his net and left behind U.UW in cash and a check for The iron man first took a band at the came, at which the graetihum is lirst allowed to win, with a tlcad sure thing tbat the next time be puts up cash or check he is tare to lose. A not infrequent trick of Wee ..brook's was to profess to tear up a large check and neeept a smalt one, which always ended in Mr Bunko tian s keeping both checks. which sooner or later turned up against the vicunVb bank account unless the loser stopped the checks. tJSm iron m-ux did not worrr over his ' 1,000 loss, but tbe & Quo check struek him UlHllUklUUD Ul IJ Ml HUf X, of tne ten a m. tram ut Atlantic City, amed as the somewhat celebrated bunko (thurp of liultimore and IHew York. The 'Choptank' maidens airaigntway cut him dead, and the brightest of tbe lair bevy of beauty took an unmeuiate train to Balti more. "But bold as aftuniidian lion and, strange to say, entirely fearless of the city author ities, Wesibroclt determined to mako a bold dash for big game before tbe citv by the sea got too hot to bold him. At the butbiiiff hour tbe quiet hut well-dressed gentleman from fiuiumore addressed Treasurer Horner, of the P., B. & W. railroad, saying be was an old friend of his sons. Tbe treas urer, a arand old man of seventy summers, was dcLguicd with the frankness of his uew-mode frieud, and willingly accom pumtti him to his picture gallory on Atlan tic avenue. uly some subtle alchemy which the young often exercise over the old, the treasurer tried his luck, and went oat of tbe 'picture' gallery tearing -200 cash m v estbroofc pocket and a cbeck for 17,000. "The treasurer's son got wind of it stopped tbe check, and after a lively lawftutt, in wblcb Lawyer Page and Thomas H. Diehl defended against tne check, the bunko men gave up the light and gave up the ebeok. "Maitaland drifted, like so many of his class, to New York, and falling into a bad stretkk.Qf luck, was found one morning at tbe Grind Central Hotel with tne gas turned on and life's fitful fever was over." A WO. VI AN IN IT. The marriage that put an end to th Eat held r.HcCoy end was not a failure. A Tr..vKEsftEB man has been fined six hundred dollars for kissing a woman three times, and be is gallant enough to say he got off cheap. A UcLUSGTosr, Kan., couple who were married in two weeks .after they l nt "ew iok supreme court has de cided that s man who abandonshls wife without just eause must still rive her an equitable share of hi income, cren if she haa plenty ot means of her own. Iir St Louia tbe other day a justice united iu marriage two Turks sod a Hungarian and a Turk. All were lover (a the old world, but religion, dlflen enccs prevented their (norriagt, wa tbejr smneVoAiaerice. j--1 Too can get 8 lcmve, of brand at Myer A Kiuibmuglifiir 25 eta. luaure your pnigiorty vilb Petcrmd A A(inrw, They ure anent, fur tbc Uld lli.lmlilo, Home Mutuul, Nt Zeulnn.l, Kprlnglli'ld nf Mmiichu.Klle, C"iiui.fiitl, mid mhvr gi m), hlhdile rouipaiilin. Tlli'y ulsu Imve money to loan lit 6 per c- ht, in xtiuie Iriiai tiltX) up. LAl'E, lAoii, Iw-u. Ju-it mx'h'ed new ivnd lurit Htipply of drew laits wnnvc and Hue Hueu luce. Lndiei sbnea, rcianu' mid lini ;uUo outing flii nels und 8lirthipa ut ucb prion tbat competition is not in tl, at tbc Kacket store. Notice or Kxccutrix. Kotice is horeby given to all whom it may concern, that, by au order of the County Court for iiinn County, State of Oregon, the undersigned has been duly ap pointed and ut now the duly qualified und acting Executrix of the last will and testament of Eugene H. Vim, deveaKsd. A U parties indebted to said estate are re quested to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and all parties having claims against the estate are hereby re quired to present the same properly veri fied, within six months from the otti day of April ISM, the lirst publication of this notice, to the undersigned at the office of Sam'l M. Garland, lbanon, Ore. h. 1. Vim, Ex. of the last will and testament of Eugene H. Vim, deceased. SU'h M. tiASUND, Ally, for Executrix. XTHB iil-i' .BEST r WSI5I 90cta.nd 0 Bottle. laseeiita Ttu sold on a cusntee by all t It ouree Incipient Consum i tbe best Conch and Croup Ou drua end la tbe bast uun. For sale by i. vv. tsuatli if LIVERIHE THE GREAT LIVER, KIDSEY ASD C0SSTIP1T101 CTJE. Pleasant to take b)r old or young. No griping. Tbe root of the Liverine plant is extensively used in Norway for the cure of Piles. Sold by all first class drug gists. Wholesale Manufactures. Anchok S Chemical Co. Lebanon, Oregon BARBER SHOP Bent Shaven BulrCutor Hhiuiipnoul B. F. KIRK, Shaving Parlor. NEXT DOOR TO 1ST. CHAR UOTKJ,, : Elegant Baths. Children Kindly Treated. Unit Dteeeiog A SteMtf. . PANSY. AVER & KIIVIBROUG Have just received tlu finest lino of ( RCKEIIY and GLASS WAKE ever brought to Lebanon, which they in vite you to call and inspect. " Their ju ice are as IchV; if in the valley. " . ' Highest Prices Paid for Country Produce. s Insist on llUaflAHPE ;inpackag': Costs no more than infer! p--i. a 1 : never spoils the Hour, kara s , versally achimMci fa-it i Hade only Isj DnmCE K CO , 5 Write tor Am 4blEaauawB):,ri. . t 1 m Unenterprising t Business Man . . . Uses a small amount of Print ed Stationery and other Ad vertising mutter, and as a consequence his business dies ' away and he is then lite the man whose picture Uipear8 above. , The Enterprising Business Man . . Uses a great amount of AdvCr-1 titling matter of all 'in , Consequently, hi Mj,,:; c.caHet. an l;e ,mfi happy a the iPdwyM Job Printing $.:: of AIL Kinds.. la, dune at this Office' in a XVorkiniiiilikoMuntiet, and at Pric; tn Cotu'pni-e. with the :-Timt- ".Your Jitwirietui willc InQreaaed by': hiving Your Jolt fr-nting done at tliis Office,, '- -III LEBAIOI EIPfiESS. . f ' Pi Ms I A. .V not lower than anywhere else, r 1 m BEWAIW ot Imitation trade marks and Inbrls, - i .. 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