Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-19
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I Ten years ago In q certain good sized
town in Pennsylvania there lived q fam.
lily whom Twill call Mitchell. Tho fam
lily consisted Of husband, vito and two
children, tho latter being boy nged five
and q girl Of seven. Mitchell was pri-
vato banker, known TO DO honest, ro-
spectacle aud worth n clear 100000. j
know little or nothing about tho family
until certain incidents occurred. Ono
day his vito was fatally injured in o
railroad colliaion ut point about hfty
miles from home. When no reached
her, in response to n telegram sent by n
stranger, he found Hho had been removed
to hotel and WIS being tcnderly cared
for by woman who gave hor name M
Mrs. A. d. Gray, Of Philadelphia, she
was on tho train. but suffered no injury.
Mrs. Gray, as might as well tell you
now, was petite, good looking, n good
talker, and In general way captiya-
ting. Tho fact Of her taking charge Of
Mrs. Mitchell as she had done proved
her tender heart. Sho told Mr.. Mitchell
she had been widow eighteen months
and was practically alonc In tho world,
and though he was burdonod with grief
and anxiety, no did not forget TO thank
hor for her great kindness and to talsc
her address. She resumed her journey,
and no took his wife homo to die OF hor
injuries. II was three weeks after her
death that came into tho case. After
everything was over tho husband sud-
denly discovered that his dead wifo's
jowelry WINS missing. She had with her
when tho accident took place about
$1,000 worth Of diamonds They had
disappeared, and when no camo TO run
over events In his mind no could not re-
member that they had como homo with
her. Mrs. Gray had turned over to him
Mrs. Mitohell's purse and a fow other
things, but q pair Of diamond cardrops,
two rings and pin were missing.
was employed to proceed to the scene
of tho lato accident and sock to trace tho
jowelry. Tho collision had occurred
right at the depot in n small town. Poo
plo about tho depot and the hotel assured
mo that Mrs. Mitchell had her jowelry
on when taken 10 tho hotel. Tho land.
lords wife was positive, and tho doctor
who was called in was positive, and
when had worked tho cgso out ro-
turned homo to'report 70 Mitchell thG.
nobody but Mrs. Gray could have taken
tho iowclry. = no was astonishod and in
dignant, aud not ronly vigorously ro-
pudiated the implication. but discharged
me from tho cass with tho assertion that
n xr,ou N ,.aNtlna l,,f 10 ,rafaautg,,
wont nbout other business, and II
was abcut four months before SAW
Mitchell again. Then no cent Cor mo IN
M official capacity asain. No reference
was mado 10 my previous work, but
fresher and other troubles had como 70
him. A month after the death of hi.
wife ho had opened correspondence with
Mrs. Gray, and tho result was that she
had come 10 take charge Of his house.
Ho was without relatives. or ut least
without those who could aid him In lii
situation, and she claimed TO DO FREQ IN
her movements. You will suspect just
as did, that aho had captivated. him
but ho fought shy Of any acknowledge
ment OF the sort.
haven't told You about the bank. L
was situated just a square from hi
house and exactly in the rear of It, Tn,
house fronted ON ono street and tho banl
on another, and there was no alley he
tween. Indeed tho rear yard of TIN
house led right up TO the rear door o
the bank, and Mitchell used TO como VI
and 10 through tho yard. In tho rog
of the banking rooms, divided of by IT,
usual railing, wero tho private Office
and the vault. A burglar alarm wa
connected with tho front doors and win
dows, but mono with the back. A lnrg
and savage dog guarded the rear, hayin
kennel close TO tho door.
What the banker wanted TO sec N
about was this; He had not only missc
money from his wallet at night, but o
two occasions considerable sums ,
money had been taken from q small sal
which stood In his Office outside ii
vault. One of tho mysteries was in Il
taking Of the money. He employed
teller and bookkecper, neither Of whoi
had a key TO safe or vault, unless II WI
aduplicatc made without his l;uowledg
Neither had the word Of tho combin
ton OF the vault, and 1t seemed imposs
bio that they could have taken Il
money, oven II so inclined. Both we
perfectly honest, so far as any ono l,ne,
and Mitchell was all tangled up ov
the mystery.
lie hadn't talked to mo five minut
when ] would havo taken my soleu
oath that Mrs, Gray was the gull
party, but of course l didn't drop hi
of my suspicious 70 him. She was sh
prudent and apparently all right, ant
had put in month on tho case al
made no discovery when the outsi
safo was robbed again. A deposit n
some bonds had como in ut tho last N
ment and had been placed there for t
night. The wholc thing amounted
about 5000, and bonds and greenbac
Were missing next inorning. The 81
had not only been opened with n X,
but the bank had been entered by l
locking the rear doar. No ono cot
have entered by tho front withC
sounding an alarm. No stranger cot
have entered by tho back on account