Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

As soon as Crandall had gone Joel
Wilcox muttered to himself: "Well, ]
wonder how much moro money the vii
liam has scraped together. There is no
account of that money being paid to
Delaro on his books, at least l couldn't
IND 1t II there was The yaller-skin-
ned 'possum tried his best to clean out
his best friend before he killed him."
He was not left to his thoughts very
long, for no sooner was Crandalrs back
turned than the clerk made an excuse
to come into the room with a bundle OF
papers in his hand. As soon as this in
dividual got close enough to Mr.. Wilcox
he whispered:
"4ou were inquiring about the trans
actions of Mr.. Velasquez with this
| house?"
| Eyes, 1 was" the astonished million
aire responded.
| Then appoint a meeting with me to-
night and l will give you some informa-
ton that will prove of value.'
What do you know about the bust
ness?" queried Mr.. Wilcox.
More than l care to know" was the
rejoinder, ''but I'm getting tired of it
and must tell somebody. What hotel
are you stopping at?"
THE Palace" was the answer Room
21.''
Expect me there tonight at nine
o'clock, them" said the clerk, who then
| left the room, not a moment too soon, for
at that moment Crandall returned. his
walk out to the other brokers' office
having been merely 'blind."
he informed Mr. Wilcox that the stock
certificates had been sold and the money
paid to Velasquez, who held a power of
attorney for Mr.. Delaro.
AT this Mr.. Wilcox rose to leave, for
he felt that the interview with the
clerk would serve his purpose far better
than any quantity of talk with the I'M
principled broker With many polite
wells and expressions of hope for
future interviews, as we'll as regrets at
the shortness of the present visit len
tirely upon the part of the broker, how
ever), the two men parted.
Punctually at the hour of nine Gran.
dalls clerk put in his appearance at the
Palace Hotel and was shown up to Mr.
Wilcox's room.
He introduced himself by means of
card bearing the legend: Percy Beau
fort Lowell"
''Now, Mr.. Percy Beaufort Lovel, said
the jovial host, Il guess you know
good cigar when you try one, so help
yourself out of that box on the table;
and l know you can drink a glass of
wine, else you amt English. So sit
you down and Pll call for some of the
genuine article, then we'll have talk.
But suppose, instead of calling you Mr..
Percy Beaufort Lovel, we drop part of
that dime novel title and call you plain
Percy?"
The Englishman made no demur to
any of these suggestions; SO the wine
was brought in, and, under it's steadily
increasing influence, he told the mill
ionaire all he knew about Velasquez.
$50 you say he was squeezed into
corner the day before the MURDER"
asked Wilcox.
Eyes, and a pretty tight one, too,'
was the rejoinder, but as he left the
office, l heard him tell Mr. Crandall
that he would get the money in three
days by fair means or by foul"
''Whew!' was the only reply.
Then Percy proceeded and told what |
had happened since, how Valasquez
bought up the mining stock certificates, |
and sold them at sleek profit, and how |
he had held a note for fifty thousand dol |
lars, given him by Delaro which Gram
dali managed by false representa- tions
to get discounted for him on the quiet. |
Finally, Lowell told how only q week
ago, Velasquez came into the Office and
went with Crandall to cash check for
a good part of forty thousand dollars
which he said was the proceeds of the
share in the sale of the Posada vine.
yards. Lowell gave it as his opinion
that Valasquez had started East with
very little short of hundred thousand
dollars cash money in his possession.
''Do you know which way he went?"
asked Mr.. Wilcox.
mo, do not. sir,' was the reply.
''Now, come, Percy, we shall get
along a good deal better without any OF
that kind of business. Don't Sir me
my MORE" said the plain-spolen Yam.
zee.
Lowell smiled and continued: "Velas-
luez said he might stop at Denver