The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-03-13

Wa ~ 'NNt ttiA IiNf TWO cash "A frtflut<~-
ihr ra>n'fr Ntcnpis.' Il ,.Nrlu,iv.iv. ant
Y hA'i ran.r alnut trrrr1l ~ a,inns
fAA' h'r es~n NuulsAt lf.lanra Tx. Tin
~ ,he h.AA. She uurlh M. shnrt -. -.
~ ur ". aua their l.n.t ~ something
N''iiH SOM NhNrr. ~ She Had T., make.
thr SHORTAGE gl~sl ste could no; w. sus-
pertcd ami. INDEED. II was On her d.
nand that Mas sent for IL inv..>,ivas..
tneranf took hold. thinking Il vouls.
- tough one. hut luck aided me -
speedily >s,iys the mystery No one on
The n'pr ~ the store conld tax. the
money. a, nponr was admitted IL the
o;'srs- and the Till, WEIR. stacked NJ
"n The counter next ~ thu wall. clear
twelve FRET from either " the cash y in
duws
entered the store AZ haifpa>t eleven
o'ris~.k in the forenoon At twelve half
~ fhr employees went out ~ dinner.
ami three Or four n'hers lnnched from
their baskets. Among the latter was
IN cashier She sat On stool facing
The front ~ th. store with her
back N thr money and KEEP, mp con
vfr~atipn with a eir seated just out
side thr railing III, hal been seated
thus nhonf ten minutes when I saw a
string slowly descend from the floor
above her head II came down along
side the wall. and the little black hall
~ the end ~ !, rested for a moment On
the top Hill - the pile ~ ban k-notc>-
Then il wa> drawn up. and away went
bill with IL and was drawn through
hole alrpve. The cashier neither saw
nor heard The few employees Of the
store were busy. and the fcStoons Of
dre~> gu~i>. handkerrhicf> etc. from
pillar "a pillar ot,>fruct-d their vision
went softly up>fair~ and found a
sts,tk hog eating his dinner just over
,te Office stood him mp and found
q $40 bill in his vest pocket with a
fre>h spot ~ pitch On il. and his fish
line was concealed under a box near
~. There was hole in the four
whtrr >,'rnc heavy box had smashed =
lr'arl ~. owned right up. and the
mystery WAS a ms >srry No longer. H.
haA never taken hut one hin IL iim,'.
and that always WHEN tie cashier Ma
.n'ing
Men have AWAY, s.-vn obliged ~
trs;-. other men. and they always will
W. ana y hpn Az employer has once sat
i~tied himself That \ certain einploys
Il All r,-h- Il = The hardest kind ~
w,r;: n nxncs him that there J. any
thing wrong This loyalty i an right
in one sens but j, has shielded many
criminal, Were every employee e "
continually under espionage or su~pi
cinn il would ~ sad state Of affair
I'll. senior partner " an old drv-g-rii
house once. called ms e. hi> office - ~
I pprr 4 leakage uhich the ho.u>e has
vainly cndrasor.d ~ stop. The short
Az. Mas not III the cash. but in TIL
took Nen had been ~sft ~ watch ~
shcplii,er~. hut none ~ that class has
i~,en spotted An employees had teeI
watched bu' nib one had been canrh
taking gos>siS away Nest ~ the salr>
: mem had been with the hru>e sr
:. year. and the f,oorwaiSer Longest Q
4 ALL Suspicion painted ~ pne. am
vet IL was certain that a leak existed
Allied N my usual lnel. was only three
/, or four days in discovering il.
The store had fine. high-ciass trade
I and many articles were sent on approx
! al. In lpnnginr about saw article
brought back and handed t. the floor
: walIsert % be returned - the Office q
r returned II occnrred t. me tina
there might H. two sides 70 this system
(, and il wasn't two hour before . lad.
Z came In and said ~ him:
II came t. pay 30 for the cloak SEN
:, IN On Tuesday on approval
tie took her maine and money an'
!, went back u the Office and reporte.
y In. cloak a. returned. and prcleted tn
!, money. got three eases on him H.
= inrr making my report. and " hen ~
Y rrporfto the senior partner h flew on
4 ana declared that !. looked like q put
{, up job In earn my money II was ea~.
4 enough ID satisfy him. however. a.
n had kent the addresses ~ the diiferrn
y buver> A call a, each address brough
4 forth The declaration that thu Lopd> I'M
a l-.rn paid tor. hut We waited for
: fourth ease and then caught the man 1
}. lux He Wa wound up - tightl
that ~ made full confession an.
: Il. rred for mercy III had taken owe
~ l.s,l IN this way and had heen plavin
the game Tor years aftl W. tAr A*tr
man Ia the store who would have be
y suspected
Is John altman. insurance agent ia
\ city ~ q. 900 inhabitants hal a my>ts <
y which he called me in a. solve iIc Ia.
IA an office On the ground fioor ~ bnils
" in- Al the corner 81 Main and Walns
n streets. hut fronting On Main and rus
+ ming hack on Walnut. ON Walnut. ~
= ioining him was tobacco store. III
II safe stood in recess ~ the hack ~ II
store. and this recess Was jn~t two ~
y wider than the safe II was wainscote
r M to the height ~ the SAFE Now
Gilman had heen missing money r'gl
= along fnr two or three months and IN
< mystery was that il had been IN cac
?. instance taken ont ~ his safe. II
q alone knew the combination and
q every case il had been opened in n
= regular way. found il hard 70 cred
n hi statements. No one had broke
- into the Office. no one. a. far a. y
h could zee. had touched the safe and "
ne was sure the money hal been takei
|" For instance. he had placed 200 in
i ~ night. and next morning so WI
missing. tut ~ SiOD SIS had bee