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of money. he treats everybody and is mostly with the brotherhood men. The Brotherhood perhaps is using him to reach Elk in Chicago. At night I remained up as usual with the hopes of learning something but failed to learn anything so I discontinued at 2am. Aurora, Thursday, Sept. 13th 88 Today I was sick with a cold and had chills so I kept to my room. In the evening I called on Mr. Rhodes as per his letter. He gave me further instructions which Opr. H.H.F. and myself are to carry out. Aurora, Thursday, Sept. 14th, 88. As I was sick yesterday and was not feeling well today I did not go any where in the morning, but at noon as per instructions received from G.W. Rhodes. I procured a horse and buggy and met Opr. H.H. F. at Galena and Oak Sts. and drove to Sugar ? where we were to see a man by the name of McClean, who claims he overhead a plot by three men to wreck a train on the C.I. R.R. But as his story is somewhat doubtful it was thought that by H.H. F. and I representing to the brotherhood men he would give some new points or scare him off, but by being rough per-