New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-18
enlighten me as to the whole facts of this

TODBtIy, lOT SUCH IL undoubtedly was,
took place some three years and half
ago, and therefore about six months be-
fore yon came to this branch. 1t hap
pened in this way: We had dinner party
one evening ard MY wife. when dressing,
took some jewelry out OF her case, which !
brought from my rivate safe for that pur'
pose. This case she left on her dressing
table. and when we went out to our bed
room, after our guests had gone, 1t was
nowhere to be found. We had servant
who was to leave the next day, the cause
of her dismissal being her habit Of going
out without pesoission, and keeping late
hours. On inquiry, found that this girl
had been away from the house for about
two hours during the time we were with
our guests. This circumstance. coupled
with others. excited my suspicious SO far
that sent for the superintendent of po.
lice: but after a long and tedious inquiry,
it was impossible to obtain any tangible
evidence against her. Among our guests
on the evening in question was gentle
man named Garstang, who filed the post
of accountant in the bank here, but who
was on the eve of his departure to take the
managership at N. My wife was al
ways firmly impressed with the idea that
Garstang was connected with the disap-
pearance of her jewels, but of course l
looked upon such a suspicion as simply
preposterous; in fact, her only grounds
for it were her general dislike to him, and
the fact that he had departed before the
rest of the company upon what she
thought All insufficient plea"
whether wrong him or not can not
All
mot, 'but have always felt an irresisti.
BILE conviction that my impression was
right. You know, Stephen, that ex-
pressed a dislike TO him when first saw
him. There was something about the ex-
preston of his features that was very un-
pleasant"
''That is my strongest reason for dis
trusting your conviction, my dear. 1
consider that it was the result of the bad
impression he made upon you at first, in
definite at staring, but suddenly reduced
TO shape by the circumstances of the rob-
berry. If, however. you will consider Mr..
Garstangs prospects ut that very time.
you must see that it would be absurd to
propose for = moment that he could be
guilty of such an egregious act of folly
an act the discovery of which would have
hurled him from most enviable position
to felons cell. Such suspicion is un
just and dangerous, and should tremble
if thought any one could get an inkling
to it. need not impress upon you the
necessity Of silence upon SO delicate a
subject. and of course. Danby." said he.
turning to me. ''you fully understand
that what you have heard is under the
seal OF friendship. and mus: never be
even whispered to your own ears"
signifed my firm intention Of never
breathing a word on this dangerous sub.
iect, and turned the conversation to more
ordinary matters.
We had Just commenced desser. when a
telegram was brought in by one of the
servants and handed to Mr.. Wilmot, who
quickly read it and, with look of sur
prise, passed it to me. Now, in the
course OF our extensive banking business
it was continually necessary to communi.
cate by wire from one branch to another
on important matters. and for the sake of
needful secresy cypher code was adopted.
This code was only known to the chief
officials at each branch. and hence none
Of the telegraph clerks could understand
our dispatches. The telegram was in this
code, and was from NJ. a town about
forty miles Of. where there were two
banks. viz: Our branch and u private
bank. The telegram stated that this pri-
vate bank had closed its doors finally that
afternoon at four: that Mr.. Dane, our
manager at NJ. had just got this infor.
nation. and that he expected severe run
upon our bank in the morning He urged
US to send him immediate relief, and sug-
gested that We should telegraph to o.
for gold1for our use, SO as to send him as
much as possible. The case was a most
urgent one, and Mr.. Wilmot and myself
quickly decided what to do. I started in
"a cab to fetch the cashier. who had one
of the three keys of the bank strong
room. the others being il the respec-
tive keeping of myself and the manager.
mot sen. off telegram. giving copy
Of Mr.. Danes. with some further
hints to the manager at O.. Mr.. Will
mot was at the bank when returned with
the cashier. We found the porter, who.
like myself, lived on the bank premises.
at home, and we were not long in packing
up, in suitable cases, sum Of f70O0 in
gold and about $4,000 in Bank of England
paper. For the conveyance of this to the
railway station, we summoned two cars
from an adjoining stand. As these cars
drove up, ran somewhat quickly out of
the bank, and in so doing came against
tall man passing along the footpath. He
had handkerchief muffied about his
throat and his coat buttoned up to his
chin. in addition to which he held red
silk handkerchief to his nose and mouth.
The inclemency uf the night sufficiently
accounted for these precautions. but. as !
jostled him, his hand was for an instant
cast aside. and saw lis face. 1t was
one not easily forgotten. It was hand
some. and yet repugnan:. However.
was busy. lie passed on. and thought
no more about it. The manager and my
self got into one car, and the cashier and
the porter occupied the other. and we
drove as rapidly as We could through the
town to the railroad station. When we
arrived there the mail train for NJ .-s-w was
was on the platform, and few words from
Mr.. Wilmot explained what we required.
Il see, sir: Mr.. Dandy wants COM
partment to himself. think all the car
riages are more or less occupied. ( will
put on another carriage: but we are
already past time. and the mail guards
will not allow delay. so that can not
break the train. shall be compelled to
put on the carriage behind The guards
yah."
To this we raised 10 objection. as the
one important question was 70 get 20
M with the required relief. The
extra carriage was quickly hooked on and
duly screwed up, and tail lamps put upon
it. The cases of gold were put upon one
of the seats. and took my place oppo.
site them, wishing my friends good night.