Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-08-08

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the matter, [ shall consider you as aid
ing in the attempt. I must, therefore,
ask you to tell me what you know
about il"
II am sure I don't wish to harm Mr..
jackson in any way" say Mr.. jolly.
II thought the only reason for keep
Ing it secret was that it was a private
matter, and if it will do Mr.. jackson
any good, I am willing to tell you all
know about It,"
YES" l said, lit is most important
to Mr.. jackson, and must ask you to
tell me all you know" -
''Well, sir" said Mr.. jolly, ''you see
Mr.. Flint wanted home alterations made
to q desk he has in his Office, and
among other things he wanted the
drawers divided into ,different-sized par
titions, so as to hold papers Of various
sizes; and l went there one morning,
before any one had come to the Office,
to do the work. Well, I took one of
the drawers out of the desk to put the
divisions in, and after I had done so l.
looked into the compartment from
which had taken it, and there saw
document crushed up against the
back, which had evidently fallen over
the end of the drawer. pull ed it out
and looked over it, and foun d it was q
bond from Mr.. William jackson to Mr.
Sharper Flint for E1,OOO. AS I was
examining it Mr.. Flint came in He
took it from me and examined
it and said: oh, yes; am
very glad, indeed, you have
found it. I have missed this bond
for some time, and it might have put
me to serious inconvenience if I had
lost it. Here is q sovereign for your
trouble; and l should be glad if you
would not mention the circumstance to
any body, as it is a private matter
which should not like talked about.
You see, / knew that desk used to be-
long to Mr.. Winter, and when I saw
his name on the bond, 1 thought it
might be one of his papers. "
''What?" said, lido you mean to
say that this desk formerly belonged
to Mr.. Winter?"
Eyes, sir,'' answered Mr.. Jolly.
He bought it at the sale of Mr.. Win
ter's effects. I remember the desk
we'll, as I was at the sale when he
bought it..
This last information seemed indeed
to be of a more important nature,
since, if the desk formerly belonged to
Mr.. Winter, it was possible that the
bond might have been lost while it was
in his possession.
''Well,' said, 1--WE have reason to
belive that that bond does not belong
to Mr.. Sharper Flint at all. Will you
be prepared at the trial to swear to all
you have stated to me to-day?"
Eyes, sir; I shall be prepared to
swear to every word of it,
''Then I shall depend on you," I
said, land must ask you not to talk
about the matter till after the trial."
Fright. you are, slr-mum's the
word," answered Mr.. Jolly, and short
~ afterward, having finished his job,
he took his departure.
AS for me, I hurried at once to
Farmer Jackson's house at Oakfields,
and gave him an account of what had
heard. ''I'll tell you what my sus-
picion is" said. THAT bond was one
of Mr.. Winters papers; it was never
given to Mr.. Flint at all, and he did
not know of its existence till Jolly
found it, in the way have told you."
''That's it, sir, you may depend upon
it" said Mr.. Jackson, giving me slap
on the back that nearly knocked me
down. by George! sir, we'll defeat
the scoundrels yet"
''Not so fast, not so FAST" said I,
cautiously. THAT is my suspicion,
but I do not think it is sufficient to OBJ
tain verdict in a court of Justice.
You see, we have no evidence at all
that it did not belong to Mr.. Flint, and
that it was not lost while in his possess
sion. What we must do is to try to
discover the whereabouts of some of
Mr.. Winters clerks, and see if they re-
member any thing about it.
Accordingly, we went to the house
of one Rogers, an old clerk.
Rogers" said, lean not you re-
member any thing about bond for
1000?
NO." answered Rogers. "But I !
think the most likely person to be able
to give you information about it would
be Mr.. Carter, Mr.. Winters manager"
''Where does he live?" asked.
Il am sorry to say l do not know"
answered Rogers. HE left here
when Mr.. Winter died, and went to
London"
'Well," I said to Mr.. jackson as we
were leaving, 1--WE must use our ut
most endeavors to get hold of Mr..
Carter, but it would be as we'll to set to
work quietly so as not to alarm the
other side. I think the best way will
be to advertise in q few of the London
papers first, and if that fails we can
employ detective"
1t was accordingly arranged that
should do this. I knew q young