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A Dime Novel in One Chapter— The Desperate Rescue of the Famous Mail Robber. Denver News. When Deputy United States Marshal Cantril returned to Denver on last Monday afternoon with the tidings that William Le Roy, the dashing road agent and Prince of mail robbers, had made his escape while en route to the Government Prison at Detroit under ten years’ sentence, the United States officials here were as puzzled as they were angry. That Le Roy should have made his escape from Sim Cantril and a deputy only served to increase the anger and fan it into a flame of no small magnitude. Yesterday the News reporter, in passing the excavation for the sewer at Holisday street, felt a Band clasp oi the arm, and, turning, saw the mysterious train-wrecker who had manifested so much interest in Le Boys case, as detailed by General Cameron a couple of days before. You have not forgotten me, have you?”? he questioned, in a moderate tone of voice. ‘Now, as you have manifested some interest in Joe Roy's case, Wil give you the whole story.” ‘When Billy was sentenced I was Within easy call, and since that time I have not been asleep. Some years ago the boy used to be with a snide variety company and played the character of a female impersonator, and he was well up in his business, too, and if he had stuck to it would not have been compelled to go to holding up coughes on the road for a living. His old girl, who had been with him from time to time for three years, and who loves him better, if anything, than I do, lives in Del Norte, and we rung her into the scheme with us. As planned by Billy it was to bring her up to town and get two suits of clothes for her ex actly alike—that is, dresses of one color, shawls of one color, and hats and veils of one color. Then we were to get a suit of deilies, men’s clothes, for Bille. And the extra wansante hie ersemad tak alinsers to his (Mathews) “in she was to be taken away, get on to train with him, and them at the first pportunity that offered at night we ere to take Whitever guards were with him, puturensed on them, and dress Billy like the girl Then we could go on our way rejoicing. The day came tun we knew all about it, and when the carriages con taining Le Roy and his guards drove jap to the train the eirland wo were al ready on board. Vahey took one double seat and we ius the one directly be hind them and awaited developments. Along in the nigatatl the passervers got to sleep. We were in on sheep his ear, if it was rejected such, and Can tril’s boy got awful sleepy. JT felt sorry of the poor little devil, and was glad when we went into the sar for a fan ily was very tractable. Cantril was hirsty that night, and Fe put up a job in him. Going to the water-tank a fter gauging his drinks and the time et week then, I poured out some cot ton-oil and left it in the cup. Then I pretended to take a hearty drink, and are so much noise about gulping it own that Cantril got awnual thirsty. I act no more than gained my seat till I made a dive for the tank, and with ot tilting the cap, filled it and empti d it. To partially kill the stench of the crotton that put on dask of burn d liquid in it. Ti Cantril g tasted any ing wrong in the water he attributed to his sour stomach, and so said a thing. It was not many minutes nor the Deputy Marshal felt a general weakiness about his bread basket, then Cantril jent and slammed the oor to. We noted, ALL of us were up not doing in a second, for none of us ad been asleg. The trons were off Filly in less than ten seconds, sud den an extra suit oF weinui’s joggery as put on him. When all was finish d he curled down in ry seat, just like a girl hid vee, and the girl got up d skipped dian in her var My next MOVE Wie to pul iy head over ou lly’s shouiier, and is another imc ent the brakeman came ha. As tae Bssed be with nis duutert. Draied up if woke by the woise mind the lighs, nd, Giscovering iat Uio prisoner was woth to cry. The a@kemlan took ita, every body woke and Canada come out the toilet Ot. The chested acceie af Gone Sigh, die Winsted the train stopped, Githe coudletar would not stop it Wil be vot to drave City, five miles ay. When we eet there the girl got Canuwil got ol dad its assistant thaie, end soy ated Pwent on thio dth train, diewkieed almost to th.” ‘Where is Lestey ab the present me?” asked the reporter. “He is safe,’ wis she replies, Judging from thesiitemens made by tridn-wrecker, Le ttoy daw gone st for a time, but will soon return, ce himself at the head of his gang, d once more take the road, A Stock Chapter. brson Appeal. Hezekia the husbandman lived in a valley of Carson hard by the city of Sheridan. One day he girded his loins and me unto the chief city with his corn, pre-juice and muskrat skins. And he met a man upon the corner the street who was ufcemely appear ed, who said unto him: “Behold there is ore in the north of great richness, and the value ereof is two hundred; now is the me to buy.’ The stranger was smooth of speech as Hezekia harkened unto him. And they drank together and made erry over the prospect, and the tapger said: “See that ye tell no man of this. for hold if ye do the hand of terror ould be upon me and mine forever.” And Hezekia swore an oath, I will tell no man, not even the wife ,my bosom or the neighbors who till e fields hard by. And when he had sworn the oath he ent home and behold he proclaimed to them. ‘Buy ye of the stocks of the north hand haste ye to gather them in, the boom is at hand and will come wn upon us like a thief in the night. arken unto the voice of Hexzekia for hath a point.A nd the wise men shook their heads ing: ‘How is this that thou comest to us in these points? Who art thou that au knowest good from evil? Is there not the horse of prophery in the north drift, and behold do not the bears gather in pine trees to destroy us? Go to, ye deceiver of the people.” And he answered them— “Ye fools that listen not to the voice of the ;ophets nor the sayings of the posted.’’ And many who heard him said: “Is not this Hezekia the tiller of the soil and a man of the Lord?” And they bought at the topmost figures. “And Hezekia mortaged his posses sions and got a hundred shares on a Margin, and he said unto his wife: “We will visit Milan, Paris and Car son in the spring.’’ And when the spring was come the stock was much depressed and he smote his breast and rent his clothing, saying: “Behold the hand of tribulation is upon me and the horrors of hell gather me round about.’ And his broker called aloud : “Send up some muds? and the peo ple round about made months at him and said: “Behold the Smart Alex! He's a hive pi, ain’t he? and then they spat Hyon lit a nd the holders of the mortyares and dove nupen the habitations of the burg, and a g@ressery went lis And one day Heszekia met the struiger of soft speech, and he smote thin sore upon the nose say ise: CWhy dids’t thou deceive the chil dren oor men? And the sti mopped the ground with him, and called aloud: “Behold! Tm on that ley mses” and the police took thet both in. And Hezekia paid his fine and went home filled with wrath, and he vowed a vow: “Chettem alones? but he cowd not, because of the margin and te maid an wire Wool in Indiana. A New Albany Correspondenet has been at some trouble to gather the wool statistics of. southern, Indiana. eu pay frogye = x porp tat ‘ vbasurt its wean PP ary fa HAS Conor woornsox, Lawrence, Martin, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, Vanderbure Warrick, Spencer, Perry and Craw ford. In these nineteen counties there were in 1880, 232,684 head of sheep, and the wool clip of that year one as nearly as could be ascertained, 637,592 pounds—pretty nearly three pounds to the head. It is safe to say that in 1881 there are more sheep in these counties than in 1880, for the farmers in South ern Indiana are paying much atten tion to wool growing, and both their Hocks and their breeds are being in creased and improved. From the best information that can be obtained the wool clip of ISS ii these nineteen countries may be pure down at an in crease oF 100,000 pounds over that of 1880, or 637,000 pounds, Cis,
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Sullivan Union
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 01, 1881
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