NO sooner was Lyon completely in the power of the men he had wronged to an extent that left no room for mercy, than he made offers of compromise.

A public trial involved not only public disgrace, but he had too good reasons to fear conviction and penal retribution.

This was the greatest evil he had to dread, and so he made up his mind to part with at least a portion of his ill-gotten gains.

Interview after interview was held with the parties representing the Company for which he had been agent, and a final arrangement made for the restitution of about two hundred thousand dollars--his release not to take place until the money, or its value, was in the hands of his creditors.

Nearly three months passed in efforts to consummate this matter, and at last the sum of one hundred and eighty thousand dollars was obtained, and the miserable, disgraced man set free.