The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-07

I alone knew the combination. Ny bcokkseper
never handles dollar Of the money"
hSys
i. No sir, but as you seem to wish 1t We will
For long hour we searched desks and
drawers and cupboards. but we mnde no dis
coyery. lie was "a sure TINT he put the money
In IT ,hY safe Hs o was that no WIS Lying man;
W WRIT la 5os o, the escf hSrS
convinced The only way, that could reason
before, the Pratt gang not tlcrc. $50, how
regular rs,l way The banker lad saId that he
matt or again. and he admitted that Ills sister
also had it rs n safeguard against accident.
I felt that tho 10y Of the mystery was in the
hands OF tho sister. though ! was far from
up my @ , ts town sS H AND b sS ,1Rs
new theory. soon. found that Anna Carter
was q spinster Of 80; aud was generally re;
money Of her own, aud know how to invest It
to make sys pro k.o Shs p9W and then WIS
DO valuable in n business way. Coming down
elossr to the burglar eh found that she was
month previous with It'll some nervous N trouble
For some reason which she did not explain
Miss Carte ~, refused FUSE. even to see mo while
too. who dislike detectives. hut tako no Of
provided his notion does not lend TO crime.
Had sat down to interviowthe lady. however.
the case might not have been helped along
any. 1t had occurred TO me. MS you may have
suspected that the sister had robbed the SAT.
herself while !,.h n stnte of somnambulism; !
favored such thins.' Indeed on the morning
in to ind her Very inuch oxhaHsted, v and i sho
had declared that she was rs stiff and lame 8
If standing at the washtmb all day.
his key home. and that tho ,watchman never
again and he finally admitted that no was
from X oc n% until aroused by the
had roasonea ali out and St satisfied IN my
own mind. hut could see no way to secure
and a smoke. took no heed Of my direction.
front Of the bankers cosey home. II was in to-
tai darkness. as well as others in the village,
sa thu FHH sps fns
thing t t. hapgenn to pull my case through
was Within six feet of the gate, and I sud
sds dos q x !Ssi s,s sSs
and from tho first Instant bsleyed it was tho
banker's sister thought she looked full at
ssH sp es ss e he
S yards S herr sT and H0Ts .tos sT
lily on and went straight to the
bank. I was sure of her then. She paused
at the door for u few seconds to unlock it and
then disappeared inside. Five seconds later
Davis WIS, shouting and a woman's voice
opened the door or; and r entered; and the mystory
just aroused from sleep. and in tho ba SIX ret on
her arm was that missing money, Davis was
lying down. but not asleep when she entered.
and he had Mt once seized hor.
How did she get the money from tho safe
Sho had been reading about burglars and gone
to the bank in her sleep: she had entered and
arousing Davis. Tho burglars came later on.
She had taken tho money home and concealed
1t. but in what spot she could never determine.
She probably did not walk again until THO
and new combination. but us she knew the
word she might have restored the money and
| escaped unseen but for the vigilance OF the
watchman., To this day no one in that village
and Rs ENJOYS
that not II dollar WAS ever recovered. and that
had to throw UP the cuse for want Of brains
| to strike clue.