The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-02-21
ALL ON A POSTAL CARD.

Find N. d. in T. T. Oft. and send
to me. X. is under a cloud and L.
has gone to b. Car.
Detective Slocum examined the
postal-card upon which the above
lines were written.
"You think this clue, ch" he
asked, turning to Chief Wilson.
eyes. 1t means: Find Ned
Dwyer in Tom Treadwell's tavern
and send him to me. King is
under IL cloud (suspected) and Louis
started for Boston last night with
Chris Beaver on his trail The only
point that puzzles me is the address
on the postal: Miss Laura Nesmith,
No 81 Fifth avenue She is the
daughter of Elmer Nesmith, n rich
stock-broker, and cannot possibly
be connected in any way with a
gang of thieves and murderers.
"No," replied the other, with a
slight flush of annoyance; "but if you
have read the postal correctly, and
the signature Car is an abbreviation
of Carter, there must be an under
standing of some sort between
them
perhaps you are right. One of
our men saw Carter, drop the letter
in the postof1ice. You had better
copy it, carry it back to the post
office, ask them to deliver it and
watch for results"
A few moments after Slocum
started on his errand Wilson reciev-
ed telegram from the city hospital
which read:
"Allen, who was beaten and robbed
by gang ofthieves the night before
last, died this morning" He threw
it aside angrily.
dead, ehl' he muttered. "Why
couldn't he hang on long enough to
identify the scoundrels? I'll have
them all in by tomorrow night"
Towards evening Slocum reported
that he saw the postal delivered at
Nesmith mansion, and shortly after
ward two ladies, one closely yelled
and the other an elderly woman,
probably Il lady's maid, left the
house, turned into Laight street and
stopped before a large brick build
ing. The veiled lady took pass
key from her pocket and opened
the door, When they appeared
again the elder lady had small
parcel in her hand The yelled
lady, while in the act of drawing a
handkerchief from her pocket tc
wipe Il tear-stained face, dropped the
mysterious postal-card.
The next morning the following
note was handed to Miss Nesmith
by one of Wilson's men:
Miss Laura Nesmith will please
accompany the bearer of this note
to S. X. Wilson's office. The elder.
ly lady who went with you to Lulght
street yesterday afternoon must also
come to the office. 1t is needless.
perhaps, to inform you that the
safety of a dear friend depends upor
your keeping the reception of this
note secret from other members o
your family"
Hastily donning their wraps they
descended to the room where thu
officer awaited them, and from
whence the three started on thei,
journey down town. Arriving a
Wilson's office the ladies wer,
ushered into a private room. whcr,
they found that dignitary.
Are you on friendly terms witt
the person who sent you this postal
And are you willing to tell me tha
persons name? " Wilson.
Il love Car better than any one il
the world except papa, if that is
what you mean by being on friendl,
terms" 9
Car, who wrote this card, is sus
pected of being as accessory to
very grave crime, and Miss Nesmitl
can aid us in bringing all the part
les whose names are mentioned il
this postal to Njustice. The mar
whom they assaulted and robbed i
dead; we are closing IL net aroun,
them, and they cannot escape
Therefore, Miss Nesmith, your wis
est course is to explain the meanin.
of the postal and your connection
with the parties whose names an
pears on it. BY so doing you ma,
save yourself considerable publi
disgrace?
Car connected with a murderl
exclaimed Laura, in Mortified tone
"lmpossible! You must be crazv?"
We have been shadowing Cal
for several years; every other mem