Los Cerrillos rustler., 1891-05-01

frraf fuNurlte ~ hers this belief was
certainty. I couldn't. far rcasnns a..
readT given. say a word o. Mitchell
about this lie wanted 60 suspect his
two employees. bat when we had can
vassed the matter he was made 90 see
that Il was altogether unlikely that
either II them was guilty. Indeed. be
was alone In the hank when the bonds
and money came IN and he alone knew
where the deposit was placed.
What did I do? ! turned to Mrs
Gray again, and In about a week some
thing happened 10 prove that I was ON
the right trail One of the street car
lines of the town ran down 20 the rail-
road depot II was Mrs. Gray's habit
Of an afternoon 10 ride ON this line with
the little girl as far down as certain
park. and 10 sit near the fountain and
read while the girl rompcd about with
other children. had closely watched
her while In this park. but no one had
ever come near her, and her demeanor
had been perfection. ON the third
afternoon after the robbery She occu-
pied her usual seat for an hour without
anything happening, sat on a bench
In rear Of her and about thirty feet
away, and by and by | noticed that She
was writing a note with pencil She
did il 10 dcftly that one sitting in front
OF her could not have told what she
was at. Beside her was a large shade
tree. and rs near a. could make out
she disposed of the note. when folded
up. somewhere about the tree. When
she left ! followed her for a short dis
tance. and looking back saw young
and well-drcsscd man occupying the
place vacated by her. An hour later.
when could examine the tree. found
a hollow in the trunk just about on
line with her shoulder as She sat on the
bench. One not looking for II would
have sat there fifty times and discov-
cred nothing.
My theory was that she had an nc
complice-the young man whom | had
seen. The hollow in the tree was their
post Office Next day | was at the
park half an hour before her usual
time, and behold. the young man was
occupying that bench. As she appeared
he got up and took a seat hundred
feet away. and by watching closely /
saw that She took note from the tree
Before leaving she wrote and posted"
one in reply. and after she had gone
saw him get Il. ! was now certain that
| was on the right trail. and ! went to
Mitchell 20 secure some particulars /
wished 10 know. | told him | had
clew, but would not reveal which way
Il led. | learned from him that the
combination of the vault door had four
numbers, and he alone knew IT, Il had
been changed about month after Mrs
Gray's arrival, and he hcsitatngly nd-
mittcd that the word was "Aimc."
which was her Christian name. He
would not, however, admit that this
fact was known TO her.
For two weeks after securing this in
formation | hardly got sight Of Mrs
Gray. For some reason She remained
very closely at home. | found out from
Mitchell in q roundabout way that the
money needed TO pay the men Mt coal
mine and also at large factory was
deposited with him on the 18th of
every month. II was simply passed in
to him to be locked in the vault over
night rs it came up from Pittsburgh by
messenger. | reasoned that Mrs GRAY
would worm this information out of
him in some way, or that her accom-
pliee would discover It, and that If She
had the combination Of the vault she
would make her strike on the night of
the 1Ith. On the l2th day of August
she exchanged notes at the park,
also on the 18th. On this latter
date | shadowed the young man for
three hours and became satisfied that
he was from Pittsburgh. and "slick
'un." Among the things he did was TO
go to the depot and inquire about va