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T r u e S t o r y o f t h e S e c r e t S e r v i c e ^ By COL. H. C. WHITLEY Former Chirf U. S. S«cr«l Service WAS cm duty as special f ond story agent of the United States government at New Or­ leans in the summer of 1882. Mai. Gen. Benja­ min F. Butler was depart­ ment commander and rul­ ing this then turbulent city with an iron hand. Everything down there including the weather was sizzling hot. Thugs and thieves were being severely dealt with. Mar­ tial law was in force and summary punishment was being meted out Wy the provost Judge. Several house robbers had been hanged by or- d«r of Genera! Butler and there xnust have been a ticklish sensation about the necka of the unruly. It was one of those biasing hot mornings for which New Orleans is famous that Major , a United States paymaster on duty in that city, left his office in the custom house car­ rying a porteuiounale containing Just $20,000 in gold coin. The major was one of those economical men who thought a penny saved was as good as a penny earned. Gold at this time was at a premium, hence a saving could be made by making an exchange of gold for paper currency. Besides, he may 'nave thought paper money more convenient for the soldiers' use. As he passed down the custom house steps he paused a moment as if to de­ termine the course to pursue. He hailed a passing cab, and entering it he instructed the driver to take him to the bank of Jaoob Barker on Camp street. The cab drew up directly in front of the main entrance. The paymaster went inside. Step­ ping around the end of the counter he met and shook hands with a stock- Ily built man whose locks were long and white. This was Jacob Barker whose name at this time was familiar to every banker !n the United States. Uncle Jacob blinked a welcome as the shining pieces were spread upon the table. Two young men now came forward to make the count and pile up the treasure. The work completed, bundles of greenbacks were crowded Into the portemonnai to take the place of the gold coin. Then there was a side transaction and a package that looked like money was stowed away in the paymaster's breast pocket. The major as he reentered the cab did not notice that the driver was casting longing eyes upon the bulging portemonnate. He was then taken to the post office, which was located in the custom house. He got out of the cab and stepped Inside, where he remained Just long enough* to unlock and re­ move the mail from his letter box. Re­ turning to the street he was gqeatly astonished and nearly paralyzed with excitement to discover that the cab in which he had left the |20,000 had disappeared. He looked up and down the street stupidly at first. Recover­ ing himself he madly rushed around the corner. There was no cab in sight. He then started on foot at a lively pace for the office of the pro­ vost marshal general on St. Charles street 1 chanced to be In the provost mar­ shal's office at this time. I listened to the paymaster's story and was the first to undertake the recovery of the money. It was one of those smooth easy robberies with little or no clue for a starting point. i fetarted out on what seemed to be a rather difficult case, less than an hour after the theft. I had an abiding faith that if I could meet the guilty man face to face while the affair was yet warm on his mind I could pick him out from the many cab drivers In the city. The paymaster thought the driver of the cab an Irishman, but was not quite certain. He knew that he had been separated from his money and that was about all the information he could give. The capturing of the thief and recovering the money seemed now to rest upon the telltale eyes. It was now noon-day and feeding time. Tbe most of the cabs were off the streets, but I chanced to secure one, and I started out to visit the many cab stands in the ci*y. When I met a driver of one of these vehicles I looked him over carefully, but saw nothing in the face of any of them to arouse suspicion. My mind might >ave been a littje romantic in those days, but I thought the thief would have a disturbance on his face by which I- would be able to pick him out. When at last I had met nearly al' the cabbies in the city, and discovered nothing upon which to base suspicion, tbe driver with whom I was riding chanced to speak of a man who had quite recently started in the cab busi­ ness. His stable was at his own home on St. Peters street. He knew the place and I told him to drive to it. Arriving there, I entered the yard and discovered wheel tracks that appeared to be freshly made. There was a small stable in the rear of the lot near which was a pile of litter. The top of this pile had recently been disturbed. With a pitch-fork I overhauled some of it. I can give no explanation why I did this. I ma<|« no discovery. I then ascended the etalrs leading up on the outside of the house to the portico, and entered a living room in the sec- Them was a woman lying upon the bed. She appeared quite feeble and had recently giveu birth to a child. "Who lives here?" I inquired. She answered, "Patrick O'RafTerty." "What is his baainess?" c^b drive**" "Did your husband come to his din­ ner?" "No, he has not been here since he left this morning." I then said, "My good woman, I am a government officer, and am here to search your house for concealed arms." "You can search u much as you please, but you will find nothing of the kind in this house." I cast my eyes about and saw that I was in a home that seemed destitute of the common comforts of life. I stepped into an unfurnished adjoin­ ing room and swung open the door of a small dark closet. There were only a few articles of clothing hanging upon the wall. Feeling about in the hope of discovering something, I chanced to put my hand on a pair of Attukapas pants that were damp about the waist. My suspicion was aroused a little then, and considerably more so since I ttss informed by Mrs. O'RafTerty that there had not been a man in the house since early morning. She ly conscientious. He refused to make a charge. Consequently I took the responsibility of holding the prisoner and locking htm In a cell where he was not allowed to converse with any outsider. After a few days of confinement he appeared quite down-hearted and begged to be permitted to see his wife. The meeting between the husband and wife at their home was quite af­ fecting, yet there was no development that would suggest guilt. I now de­ termined to give O'RafTerty a little Jolt for the7 purpose of frightening hira into a confession. In the corridor, at a little distance FIMM AA!1 • <_ 1-^J vui u«o v.vu, m ovu luquil ru . "What are they going to do with O'Rafferty ?" In as earnest a manner as I could command I answered that he was to be hung on the following morning at nine o'clock, by order of the commanding general. O'RafTerty, of course, h6»rd the conversation* Intended for hi® There was at this time a prevailing fear among many that General Butler was liable to hang almost anyone. My ruse had ita effect, as O'RafTerty now began to sob and groan. I stepped in­ side his cell and made an effort to console him, assuring bim that I was vsry sorry, but that nothing could be done to help him un'ess he would give up the money. He was a Catholic and begged that he might see a priest. I thought he wanted to make a confession, and went at once to the custom house to consult Major , and chanced to meet the postmaster, who was Gen­ eral Butler's brother-in-law. When I explained the situation and the possi­ bility of a confession, he said it would do no good to let him confess to a priest, who would divulge nothing that was told him, and suggested Major Farr, chaplain of a Connecticut regi­ ment. "Don't try to fool a Catholic," I said, "but let us secure a real priest." Upon my agreeing to take charge of mr Mrm*\ s P '/fy 6kv> k&/wr#/ssr /Yf/psft dar#c# neffiMSf' fo/frftes fertf/s //t'Afh' /Yrw. stared at me as though trying to com­ prehend the situation. Not wishing to worry her with any further explanation I excused myself as best I could and left the house. As keen and discerning aa I might have been I could not for the life of me un­ derstand the reason why the woman should attempt to deceive me unless she had some object. The moisture about the waist of the pants was to my mind unmistakable evidence of a man in the bouse only a short time before. Why did the woman deny it? I ascertained that O'Rafferty's usual &tand was on the lev<*» not far from the custom house and I directed the driver to take me there at once. On arriving at the designated spot I was fortunate in finding O'RafTerty at his usual vtand. 1 sprang out of the conveyance in which I was riding and stepping briskly up to him. I boldly charged him with stealing the leather bag. As my eyes met his I knew my man. Nothing 6hort of proof to the contrary could have cleared him had I been his judge. His statement differed materially from the one made by his wife. On questioning him he said he had been at home in the middle of the day. Had fed his horse, cooked hi# own dinner and waited upon himself. Talked with his wife and changed his pants. He could give no reason why he made the change, except that he did so. He eioutly denied carrying the paymaster and s^ore by all the saints in Chris­ tendom that he hadn't carried a pas­ senger on that day. I could not budge him in the least; the more I crowded him the keener was his denial. He deeply resented the charge I had made and braced up to me In a spirit of defiance. He was Irish sure enough. Being tinctured considerably with the same blood my­ self, and with the United 8tates gov­ ernment at my back, I had the ad­ vantage of him. Yet he might have downed me had it not been for the pants. This discovery as Bimple as it was loomed up as a matter of great Importance. I arrested him and locked him up In the First district station. I was confident he was the thief, but when he was brought into the pres­ ence of the paymaster I was almost knocked ofT my base when the major was unable to recognize the prisoner, besides which he had the amazing stupidity to admit it in his presence. He was evidently one of the negative, wabbly sort, and may have been over- this part of the program, it was final­ ly concluded that a priest should be sent for and that he was to meet the prisoner in a room in the custom house. There was a number of large wardrobes, or armolres as they were called in New Orleans, in the room. These were used for storing books. Some of them were removed from one, giving room for a man to enter. When the good father and O'RafTerty came and took a seat near this armoire, they surely did not notice that its door was Just a little ajar. Father M soon came out of the room There was an einreHslon of sadness upon his face, but he said nothing that could throw any light upon the robbery; yet it was quite ap parent that something unusual had happened. Something had. and I now possessed the clue I needed. It was dark when I arrived at the corner of White and Clio streets and knocked at the front door of a small dwelling house, which was soon opened by a middle-aged man. I in­ formed him that I was a government officer and that I had come there to arrest both him and his wife and seize their house, which would be forfeited to the government. I told him that O'RafTerty had confessed everything. He now turned to his wife and exclaimed In an excited man­ ner: "What did I tell you, Margaret? You see the bad business your brother has got us into?" "Where's the money?" I demanded. "It's under the house, and I will bring It to vou." '^Be lively about it," I said in a com­ manding tone. He now went Into the kitchen where he raised a small trap in the floor. Reaching down, he pulled out a corn sack. Hastily examining ith contents I found It contained about $6,500 In paper n&Hey. I demanded the Keys of his house and they were handed to me. The bigger the bluff the greater the scare. I thought. I took the man and his wife to the First district poMce station where they were locked up together in a comfort­ able room. A messenger was at once dispatched to bring Father M . When found he was at the house on the corner of White and Clio streets endeavoring to arouse the occupalts. He came immediately to the police station, and I acquainted him witU the fact that a portion of the mone? had been recovered, and the persons in whose possession it had beer, found were in custody. He was unquestion­ ably much surprised by this trrest. It may well he presumed that Fathet M , having received O'Rafferty'fl confession, was In the act of reach­ ing out for the restoration of the stolen money when accosted by the messenger. Believing hlmselN to be the possessor ot *he only information that would lead to this important event, he was of course somewhat puzzled at what had taken place, but he convinced me that he was quite anxious to render any assistance in his power to recover the rest of the money. At my request he went in to talk with the man and his wife. I assured him that they would be re­ leased and not further molested if they would give up the stolen money. I went farther than this and said that u he could promise me that the money would be returned within the next twenty-four hours I would at once release the two prisoners. After In­ terviewing them, he came outside and requested me to let the tr>»n uiH his "Ifc go uGuie. He said everything would be well at 12 o'clock on the fol­ lowing day. and his request was com­ plied with. The good father was greatly concerned about what was to become of O'RafTerty "This." said he. "is the first great sin of this young man's life. On ac­ count of the sickness of his wife he has been greatly pressed for money. In a moment of weakness he yielded to temptation." The father did not say Jt, but I inferred that with him a full confession and restitution meant re­ pentance, forgiveness and «a pardofi from God. In this particular ease, however, a law made by man stood 1b the way. How was it to be overcome? I realised that affairs were very much mixed at this time, and that th^re were many otherwise honest people who might find a ready excuse for a thief from the United States government. While a condition or this kind could not be plead as a bar to O'Rafferty's punishment, it might be offered in palliation of the crime; he might have remained an honest man had not the opportunity been thrust upon htm. I had made promises to the good father and might have Imagined the confession of the culprit a solemn absolution of his sin; hence my deep sympathy and determination to procure his release. The balance of the money was all returned by the priest as promised, but the difficult point in the case was yet to be accomplished. How was O'RafTerty to be let out? I might have unlocked his cell door and allowed him to walk out. but he would not be free, as he would be liable to be ar­ rested by other officers. He had now openly told the simple story of the robbery and there was nothing further to detect. He said he had no thought of steal­ ing the sack when the paymaster stepped out of the cab, but when left alone the idea flashed through his brain to drive to his home with it, where he made an attempt to bury it in the litter pile. Abandoning this plan, he drove to his brother-in-law's hoitse. On arriving there he found his sister washing clothes in the yard. He told her In a hurried manner that he had brought a big lot of money and that he would lerve it with her to take care of. He put the portemon- naie in a box under the shed in the yard and covered it with hay. There were two of the husband's brothers sleeping in the house at the time; they were bakers by trade, working nights and sleeping in the day time. When they got up in the afternoon the sack containing the money was pointed out to them. They cut It open and divided its contents, as near as they could guess, into three equal parts, leaving one-third for the sis­ ter. they hid the other two-thirds for themselves. Poor O'RafTerty, who real­ ly did not know very much about the contents of the sack, was left oot to the cold. The city of New Orleans was under martial law at this time, and offend­ ers were Demg handled severely in the provost court. The Judge was puritanical In principle and clothed with almost unlimited power. He was considered quite unapproachable, yet I determined to visit him at his house on behalf of O'RafTerty. 1 found him a much more generous man than I had thought him to be. He listened attentively when I toM him the story of the robbery and th« part the priest had taken in recovering the money. I put up the best plea I could for t se prisoner and his sick wife. I was cer tain that the Judge *as interested and his heart softened. He said he would take the case under advisement, but said nothing to indicate what his de­ cision might be. A trial in a provost court at New Orleans in that day was a rather brief affair. It consisted mostly of an accusation and a sentence. When O'RafTerty was arraigned, he pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing the $20,000. In a few brief moments the Judge made an order for his confine­ ment at Fort Jackson for a period of years. I felt quite sore on account of this decision, but was a little sur prised when he called me up and thrust the order for the prisoner's commitment in my hand. I saw that I was charged with his delivery to the commanding officer of the fort, a fea­ ture of the program that was certain­ ly not in my line, and I Jumped at the conclusion that the responsibility for his release was resting upon my shoul­ ders. Two days afterwards I returned the order of commitment with a report of the prisoner's escape indorsed upon its back. The Judge smiled his seem­ ing approval. O'Rafferty's release may have been illegal, but I believe it was Justified by the pardon he re- poiyoj through the interccssiou of the good father. ( Copyright, by W. O. Chapman.) PLETELY PROSTRATED. NOT AS BAD AS IT SOUNDED •• Sensitive to Pain She Had to Be Turned In Sheets. Mrs. Eliza Kirk, S. Main St, Spen­ cer, Ind., says: "I had been prostrated w i t h l n f i a m m a t o r y rheumatism. My llmba were swollen, hands drawn out of shape and I was so sensitive to pain I had to be urned In sheets. 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Address TI1E FAflM I.AND DEVELOPMENT COW t'O Usarbem Street Chicago. UUlnato- A LL ROADS I.EAI) TO ALBANY. (1KB. CtON, the Hob of the rich Wikuette Valley-* second grsatest railroad center Its tbe state, i mud* era ana model city, ofleriD£ nuUaual opportunities u> the howooetiker. the wv>rker. thy and I he Investor. Social ana educational conditions' are of superior excellence. The Alb&lit regies offers superior adv*ut*ti> « to small farmers and fruit growers. Agricultural iandnof the bekl quality arts reasonable n price. The climate is ideal with no extremes of temperature. If you desire to llvw iong and prosper, come to Albany. For full lnforoiatioa add. Albany Coouneralai Ciub, Liepi. 1, AltMtuy, On, n.r. 1.1 /» m.r. **A'»Xi(HK6j--Repeater special II&. Alarm watch M; gtin metal. I Adieu fine enameled, assorted colors. W postpaid. iHin'l pay double. Reliable Supplies, 70 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. SHIP TOUR Chii^*o.Ul.,undrecelTefull markatvalue. E«teivne« imy ban* or couiineroiai ageJicy. Writ* for prtoaa mm en i a Women's Secrets There >• one tnen in the United States who 1MM perhaps heard more women's secrets than any other man or woman in the country. These leorsts ere not secrets of guilt or shame, bui the secrets of Buffering, and they have been oonfided to Dr R. V. Pierce in the hope and expectation of sdvioe and help. That few of these women hsve been disappointed in their ex­ pectations is proved by the fsot that ninety-eight per cent, ol all women treated by Dr. Pierce hsve been absolutely and altogether cured. Such a reoord would be remarkable ii the cases treated were numbered by hundreds only. But when that record applies to the treatment ot more than hali-a- mil* lion women, in a practice of oyer 40 year*, it «* phenomenal, and entitles Dr. Pierce to the gratitude sccorded him by women, aa tbe int of specialists in the trestment of women's diseases. Every sick woman msy consult Dr. Pierce by letter, absolutely without charge. All replies are mailed, sealed in perfectly plain envelopes, without any printing or advertising whatever, upon them. Write without fear as with­ out fee, to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R. V. Pierce, Prest.. Buffalo, N. Y. DR. PIERCC'8 FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION women Strozxc, •lok V\/ PXTESkiH. W«lla Tan I ova* orohard In ths Bitter Root Valley, I Ifl Mliiil Montana, would net more clear money than any WO acres of grain land tc the Unltedl States, latt) to KU0 per acre Dflt is the rule W ill la trees are growing, a. comfortable living can be uufcdus by raising potatoes, celery, strawberries afc<J small fruits Bitter Root potatoes sell a; II MB m bushel in Minneapolis. It is the autst beafHifn-. val­ ley in AtuerU-a. Good eliuiate, water aod great mountain scenery. Teu acres is uiurp*u.i>-isv*~-JB sores a fortune. Writ* for tx.>okt*c g'.rta* fo!». ->ar- Uouiant.Th#O.W TTAVE TOC HEARD about the cbaaoeat andj best irrigated lands In the Northwest wbeta people are coming from tbe east by thousands? The Twin Falls North side Tract iu l.iE«3oln Count* , Ore!;»i»l ami general farming !ar>d $41} an acre au<l npwaid including perpetual **i«t rSgkt witfc Irrigation systrna lit tbe country Wo have tb«Soi^ the water aud the climate. Modem towrssj^ rw rails • roads now in. Good schools, churches and societies, Ws want hn&tltng farmer* who want to make money. Ben<3 your address for more 1 nformation. WUUaas Wtguer, Box 17a. Jeroina. Ida 1k>. PRINCE ALBERT. SAStUTgHEWil ths (finer of the surest aiixeti fai-iaut^ 1b Western Canada, offers cert<uu »uvc«e* u» workers. For free literature giTlng partieu* Isrs of free homesteads, maps, etc write JOUS L Mlldi, Vcrtuo (sirs 4 lis*. Mscc uiert St*. TjHJK 8.4UK eighty acres level land, gooi! house, barn, out buildings, tiU acres cultivation, balance Umber, 1-iinl., school and church. 7 ml. to railroad station, near Pike, abundance spriug water and. trait, telephone, free mail dell very, photograph of buildings sent for ten PrH-e tK per sura, t or full details wrlws Joirn L. ScbreitMr, anglisb, ladL IW WINTER'S SLAVE NO LONGER Iter ten acreo and H'reodoiu at fciunn* MiiJ Wiaters cool summers. V> u call gel .<• 10 or S. acres, IBB u. »"5 per acre adjacent to orange proves serins at HOC per sore. Write tor booklet "sunny jtSgoa." 8DU' WAST JJMV JILLUf M a^iT WJ . Alsoa, las. MB f || r Improved form: 19)acres. Heary Co., rWfl MbC Mlsoosri. one best part state; near towns; school; railroads, etc; good rotting soil, or­ ohard; plenty water; bargain price per sorei JLVTHCK BKAIKJNF. ut H. Uraad. tit. Lwals. ita. W. N. U„ CHICAGO, NO. 3-1*11. 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