, 1873-05-18
: EXPERIENCES WITH DETECTIVES.



me to Assist them in recovering some bonds, the
| loss Of which would have embarrassed them very
much; The circumstances under which these
documents had been taken from them we're very
peculiar, so much go that they could hardly move
in the affair themselves without inluring the
credit Of their house, The son Of the senior
l. partner, young man about as years OF age, WAS
employed by the firm, and acted as 3 sort Of
nhdentia1 clark or. secretary to his father.
/ The Junior partner was often obliged to be- on
the Continent for several weeks together and
aa the senior Ind vary delicate health, and often
absented himself from Office Tor day or two On
that account, he had given, with the full consent
of his partner, his son power to aign for the firm
"by procu1ation," as it is Called. The son had,
| as waa onlv found out when. too late,
been gradually falling into bad habits, and, un-
known to 1lia father, used to bet upon races, and
otherwise do much that he had been far wiser to
have left alone, Latter1Y his creditors had
been :preaeinp1 him varv hard. Fla had aorne
orerano. anoe3;to -ri,;,1, ~ ho1da, +hra.t.
o.soPs4usos' ntl.n VIC notooA' '
eneo 70 teA his 1ather OF II tney we're not- taKen
/ mp He also owed money to tradesmsn, and had
even more .discreditable liabilities, which he
1v,on1a MT IN +bn o-1d tia fofbar ahon1d know
- ~: soIos 80 t;rr,a ,,ast | > 10 had nsa7 1,;a
un,,or ~ et ", so.ne ..s IL. aes ~ M aSa ~ ~
snrca - 20 o. zoo. .rto-o,-ns- 10 .v.,tad
money. His father had heen nnwau. thu fnnior
mariner WAS to bnn ahsont for soma ueeks. and
~. oha,,- -hoo7- .~ sra;, 49, ho.Lo.,a ,,.sr
book, were Left n hia hands. AZ Last ha had
got SO deep in the nire Of debt and difficulty
that there wero bnt two roads open for him
the one to make clean breast OF it, tell
his father all he had done. and ask him to
INV, h;a :5o1t. t1,o .+hou - 1oa,o T.o,do,
p11 10 ueDts' tue oA'toi W 4o7'1 .noAeo.
ano EUROPE anu 10 60 20 Atne11ca' II ~ esA
drew out by check from the bank nearty the
whole ha1anca then. In tbe credit of the firm
a1<, +h;a no. ,r1r fa,r hnndrad nornda
-. tu.J >u4o "".' ~. aao .'.1o1o.snlH t' -:
short time before. But in addition to this
money be took with him bonds to q large
! anornf which reprcsented the creater part OF
~. s!,;..1 ~ +1,a arr,, T,aaa he;-,,, ahsraa m
..e ap-Sli :. ~ 49, -. uP. I..~ >,
1o1elgn companies were payaolo !" oea,ef'
and therefore it was surmiacd that ho must have
pledged them. He had been traced to Paris,
and from there to Havre, where he had en-
barked for America I mention these VARIOUS
circumstances to show how it vas TINT the firm
itself could not net openly in the matter without
tnjuring very greatly their credit IN the CONNER
! ciAl world, and why it was they requested me to
find out, It possible, whether these stolen bonds
were pledged il so, whore, for what amount,
alA ~ 10 SAS1kAJ. ~
| Was possible. = -,
A c1ue-a very sGght ono, it is true, but stlu
clue-Waa given to ma as to where to begin my
inquiry. Nearly all the checks Which the young
man had drawn without authority IN SO doing
| had been traced to the bank where notorious
money y-1ender kept his account. This individual
had the very worst Of characters, having, as was
well known, been some years ago mixed up with
the robbery Of cl~known bank, in London
not, indeed as principal in the work, but as in
| atigator, receiver Of the plunder,-and having
prodted BY the plumber very much more than tue
chief actor IN the affair. But the accusation
could never be proved against him, and the con
sequence was that ho VAS free man whereas
the clerk who had pcrpetrated the fraud had been
| come years in penal servltudc.
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| ~-.s CHAPTER u.--rHE WRONG Scent.
| The object OF the frm that employed me to
! recover these bonds for them was twofold In
the first place they wanted to get the documents
| back, but to get them back without creating
any scandal or any talk. It Was almost Of a.
| vital Importance for their credit that the con-
duct OF the seniors partners Son should not be
should be found. This WIS the reason why they
did not wish to appear in the matter themselves.
| var to art "A If tho bonds Ind been mine