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 officers who were put upon his track. He did not appear the desperate man he proved to be. He was quiet, plausible, and pleasant in his intercourse, and was warmly attached to his wife, though at one time she caused him serious trouble, through her scandalous conduct. He finally got into the habit of receiving his counterfeit stock by express, and returned the pay by mail—when he did not go to New York in person.

Col. Whitley made himself acquainted with the antecedents of Boyd, and put a couple of Detectives after him. But latterly Jim did not come down, in person, to New York so often as in earlier times, as it was found—at length—to be a difficult matter to induce him to cross the border; for he was made aware, through his friends, that he was being narrowly watched. He continued to sell butter, and to venture upon long journies, however—at times—always keeping a sharp " lookout for breakers," yet nevertheless ever anxious to drive a trade in coney, whenever he could do it safely, and especially when the purchaser he met was in want of large sums; upon which latter operations he made a good thing out of his transactions, with but little trouble, in selling to the right man. And the "right man" came along, one day.

In the course of the search for Boyd, two or three of Col. Whitley's Detectives were put upon the scent. One followed his track through New England, another went through New York, to the border. Messrs. Anchisi and Delomo were engaged in the working up of the case. Delomo proceeded on this duty as one "Monsieur Leroy," and Anchisi passed as "Charley Bon;" both Canadian Frenchmen. At Reading, Mass., one E. J. Ober was discovered—and, by dint of management, this man was found to be a friend and correspondent of Boyd, in whom Jim placed entire confidence.