The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-11
Where h M his He.ey.

where He HId his Hsaey.
81 had . curious case two years ago
A wealthy man had been attacked witt
partial paralysis, and his speech and
the greater part of his memory had LEFT
him. He wrote out the question, .Wher.
did I put my money! The amount wa,
large, $4,000 in bonds, which ne has
been about to take to q safe deposit
building. The heirs were wild.
stopped all the tearing up and cushion
pricking business, for the man was NO,
. 'concealer.' though it was supposed
by the doctors that he had felt the
attack coming on and had put the money
in some Out-Of-the way place. just how
or in what spot in his library he had
fallen could not be made out. After q
days reflection my partner and I had
to conclude that he had been robbed.
Two cOurseS were open to us: we could
make sudden arrests without any rea'
evidence. always . hateful course for .
gOOd detective to take, or We must fin
the exact spot where tic man fell. an.
line up from that. The doctors heipes:
Us here: You had better examine the
genilemsn's body they said. We di.
50. and found . long horizontal mari
on the hip, aud blue marks on the knee
and elbow. He had fallen sidewi.s
yer IN object not over sixteen inche.
high, and having . narrow, rOundc..
edge Of m"tal. for an iron mark wa.
found OF the clothing. Every piece q
furniture in the house was inspected,
but to no purpose. The heirs apparcn
were in despair. But my partner AM
[ began to be hopeful. In dctcctiv.
work. whenever YOU come upon som.
detail that Seems utterly incxplicable
that is the thing which of all othcr>
must be explained: aud you feel. more-
over. that in solving the difficulty you
will come nearer in some unknown
way to your point We took all nigh,
to think the matter over. Then my
partner said. How about the cellar:
That's where the household metal is
They all laughed. lie hasn't beer
there in a year. they said. We wen,
down. My partner glanced quickl:
around, and then gave me = look that ]
can almost feel running through my
to this day. He had discovered
common household articles which
had not been used since the family ha'
been searching the iireplaccs. He wax.
in fact, looking over y lot Of coal holds
There Il our metallic edge he said.
He turned the hods over carefully. an.
from out . mass of waste paper Their.
rolled at last the $4,000 worth o.
The paralytic had fallen over
the bod, and the money had dropped
It among his waste papers. Be
fore the general search was made. all
rubbish had been taken to the cellar.
Our friends had sought too deeply for
what they had supposed to be concealed
money. and had grossly neglected the
science Of the obvious. Some detec-
do precisely the same thing. Ny
partner and / divided 5000 between ~
that night
Eyes. they hide money IN queer
enough places. l have found It IN the
covers Of old family Bibles, behind
mirrors. in the bored-out legs Of chairs,
cupboards nailed tightly to the
walls, in false ceilings, baIustcrs. PIN
cushions, in the lining Of old hats, in
stoves and bronze images. in
vases with the bottoms covered inside
with plaster Of Paris. in black bottles
weighted with mercury and marked
poison. in canes, shoes. and vest lin
in tomato cans and tea canisters.
in cracked walls covered with wan
paper. in all sorts Of bedding and up
holstery. and In almost every conceiv-
able place.
.Whst Is tho best way to conceal
money? I can't say; but I will tell you
about . man whose method was . good
deal talked about at the time among
the detectives. He was . bachelor,
and we'll known rs q 'concealer.' He
died Of heart disease, in Broome Street.
some years ago. Many attempts had
been made to rob him, but without suc-
cess. Thieves ran OF m night with
all his clothing. and ripped it to pieces,
only to be disappointed. When he
died. everything was broken up to find
his money. The cellar had been dug
out to the extent Of three feet, the roof
apart, and the caves examined
70 no purpose. When they were clear
out the rubbish. just after Iarrived.
ZONE ono knocked down . Eckety
,helf above the mantlepiece. which was
with old letters, medicine
dusty newspaper scraps, and
,ther worthless rubbish. A quarter Of
N hour later one of the heirs, . girl Of
,ix years, was found seated on the floor
. pile of bank notes, to which she
had vainly attempted to call her
mothers attention on account Of their
pretty pictures.
That 'concealer' was the only really
ieep ono I ever knew. The lady paid
high compliment to the ~gentleman's
when she remarked: why,
one would ever have thought Of
ooking up there for money. "-InseT-
sCiM q Dctectiue, in N. =. SWn.
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