Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-24
A REVEALED SECRET.

= SpouI D O'CLOCK on friday afternoon
New Town solicitor drew from the bank
the sum of eSc0, mostly in small notes, as the
Gay following was the term, and most of the
money was to be paid away in small sums.
MS reason for drawing the money on the
FRIDAY, as he said at the counter, was that
the bank would be crowded next day, and
the Gay short. He added that he had good
safe in which to keep the money till morn
ing. He was not conscious of thes. words |
being noted or listened to by any one near
nm, or of being followed from the bank |
over to his office in Frederick street, yet |
when ne reached the office, and took the big |
bundle OF notes from his valise, change
came over his intentions regarding them He
put all the other papers from the valise care
fully away, mostly in the safe, but the bank
NOTES, by some uuaccountable within, he di-
yided INTO three packets, and distributed
Through his pockets and took home with him.
The action, which he could never after ac-
count for, was lucky or unlucky Just as we
S~look at It, for the office was broken into that
10y night, and the safe appeared to he the
szrery first place that had been tried.
was called over early by one of the an
prentces, and by the time l reached the
place Mr.. Sandiford himself had been sum
aaoned and was there Ia give me the above
curious particulars. TIE place had been left
.Sssactly as it had been found by the appren-
uce, from which it was clear that an entrance
mad been gained in the most primitive fash
ION from green behind, by placing clothes
pole at slight slope against the window and
eiainoerlug up. The breaking of a pane and
untaStenng of a spring catch was all that
was then wanted 10 gain an entrance.
lhe windows of the bottom fiat were IL
most level with the green, but they were
protected by iron bars and contained only
the desks of the apprentices. 1t did not up
pear that the lower fiat had ever been visited,
and the clumsy manner in which the whole
had bccn worked seemed to Indicate that
sss'cafy one man had been engaged, and he not
very expert. The safe had been mangled n
good ceal about the lock and hinges with a
steel wedge, but in the end had been opened
by filing the lock with gunpowder-a burg
lars eNpedient. A small sum in silver, left
IN cash box, was the net gain Of the house
breaker for all this labor and the disappoint
ment seemed to have enraged him, for every
paper he could lay hands on was torn to
shre,s. Then the drawers in the desls and
writing tables had attracted bis eye and got
share Of his fury, for they were ruthlessly
burst open and smashed and their contents
scattered partly over the room and partly on
the green behind. Mr.. Sandiford was almost
tearing his hair with grief and rage over the
wreck
81 would sooner have had 81 600 taken than
this devilish wrecking," he said, and l will
give 600 to discover who has done it. You
offer that as a reward and see what comes
OF it."
But suppose it has all been done by one
man, and he one that can hold his tongueF
suggested, and the words seemed to staggel
him.
ADO WI really think that is the casef" hi
said, looking more intensely chagrinea thar
ever.
81 think it has been done by one man, and
as he has got next to nothing, don't thinl
he is likely 10 boast OF his work"
"And do you mean to tel me that in
country like ours a man can come into m.
place ard Do eli this damage and escape pun
ishnent or even captureF
at looks Ike it just now, but, of course
We shall do our best to get at him." said
with 10 great hopefulness in the tone.
Even with 500 offered as a rewardF'
bitterly exclaimed
Yes You do rot offer him e100, bu
offer that to any one who viii betray him
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but cot at ri,,7 - --iad to LAWYER in n sraf
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not n, GOT ,fo,rp ru+ which i-,pljad TINT
was the greatest idiot ever born, clearly OF
Of my, limo. and that even as a scarenCer
womb hove haan nm absolute failure III
wonderful ,,ra,irr,ir,- of .nrared persons G
this roint is one of tine most agreeable r
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The reward Of 600 was dulv offered f,
the discovery of the bo1sabraaker. but
rrolncel nothing There was no plupder
trace and to get Mt the plunderer, and Il
otso1r7+a silence which, followed tine offer
srcb a +sror-,n,. sun7 confirmed me in II
oririor that t1,1 rvhoIa had bean the work
o1a ,,.r and tho+ he meant m kaan +
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no - b, ,-, ~ t.,, p,a,,, ,7rdiscorar
crimes boI indeai for-1tten ali aho
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uIsr,t -, - HUNDRED ,.,,,,ds ofFarad
.ho navn . 81 tho ,,,a, Who lTol,o into IL
yar.s Ifrica in FradaricE street last term7n
Tra man who addressed me fins WINS M
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Than one There cond he no nromntinl
reven-e and how slcb man could be mi
mn with any of NV BARNS was a puz.
tome
II believe GO 1T answered when had
called the case ..Did Won wish to claim
rewardw
The words were Iaurhin-lv spoken. as
own had been. but his answer was ri
more gravelv, and in an undertone:
81 don't suppose l will ever get the MOI
or that the case will ever be proved, he s
cuardedlv. ''aul don't want to be mixed
with it at all, but l do know the man ,
did it"
"Oh! have you proof"
"Not bit OF it. l know his name,
that he did It. but that's all. II the nam
of any use TO you, you're welcome to it,
II it's proof you want you'll have to hui
out yourself
"All right. Give me the name