Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-09-05

that much money in cash in the office
safe
"You'll force me to commit an afro
cious deed" came the remorseless re-
ply. sts e.,E
"'An right then--yes, I'll pay, but
to whom?' 4 ts s,e,. w
"'It is now 5;1S exactly. AT this
very moment my confederate has en-
tered your office to receive the money.
You will pay him and he win tell you
the watchword agreed to between us,
which YOU will telephone to me at
| once.' 80 ssF
"Mr. Maxwell turned around. A
stranger of pleasant mien, dressed in
the height of fashion, stood before him.
Said the visitor:
81 have called to collect little
matter of ten Thousand dolls. for
| friend of mine. Thomas jefferson
| Odell'
&C. 4 understand replied Mr.. Max
well, who went to the safe, took from
it two packets containing ten thousand
dollars, and handed the money to the
stranger.
1.-THE latter ascertained that the
amount was correct, and placed it in
side his breast pockets.
"'And the watchword? demanded
Mr.. Maxwell.
"'Do right and interfere notH replied
the burglars confederate, with an as
sumption of dignity, and strobe out of
the Office with all the grandeur of a
Spanish hidalgo.
"'Do right and interfere notH joyful
ly shouted Mr.. Maxwell through the
telephone. And now you'll leave my
premises, Mr.. Odell, won't you? And
as for my wife
".Have no fear, Mr. MAXWELL re-
piled the man at the other end, you
have to deal with burglar and gen.
tleman.'
"Mr. Maxwell locked his Office, en-
tered his carriage, and galloped to his
residence. The more closely he APP
preached, the leener his fear of a
catastrophe became. But as he stopped
at the gate he noticed nothing out of
the way. He sprang up the stairs, and
entered the pretty boudoir of his pret-
tier wife. She was quietly reading.
"'How you must have suffered, my
angel!' he cried, and sob shook his
voice.
THE young wife looked up, aston
ished.
"Suffered? I?'
""rhat burglar, you ,know-it must
have been awful. Oh, you poor darl-
ing!'
"'Why George, dear, what is tho
matter? You speak in riddles
| lo !,
Now, my dearest George, wish
you would talk sense. What do you
mean?'
After Mr.. Maxwell had finished the
recital of his adventure, he asked:
"'Wasn't there somebody here using
my telephone?'
"'Why, yes, there was replied Mrs.
Maxwell "A young and well-dressed
man came in, introduced himself to
me as Mr.. Thomas jefferson Odell, a
speculator and business friend of
yours, and requested permission to
make use of your private telephone to
send you most important message on
business. OF course / gave him per-
mission. He used the telephone but a
short time and then came back into the
| dWlnS-IOOll, Iuduhcu LiC loI ghc Id>
vor had done him and went away, say
,, ing the telephone was most useful
and admirable invention-it facilitated
business SO much ,...
"'And that was alp queried Mr..
Maxwell; he didn't gag you and the
servants? He was alone, and did not
offer violence toyou?'
"'Not at all. He was most polite and
gentlemanly-qu as much as you are
at this moment, George
&" Great Scott! exclaimed Maxwell,
with wild outburst, how gigantically
I've been sold. Excuse me, dear, but
can't help it. I'll drive over and inter.
view the police 80.
Sand that's what he did," concluded
the detective, land that's the way
came in possession of the facts. But
after talking the matter over and con
sulting with the smartest detectives in
my service, we arrived at the conclu
sion that there was little chance of re
covering the money. The pair were
too adroit. In spite, of all our efforts
since we've heard nothing more of the
$4,000, nor of Mr.. Thomas jefferson
Odell and his confederate. "-Bosto1
Globe.