Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-13

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What did dD1 tarned 10 Mrs Gray
gain, and "A soous week something
haDpened 20 prove that l wac on the
rgnt trail One OF the street. ear hines
q ths town ran down 70 Tie railroad
depot L. was Mrs trays habit Of an
afternoon % rids on tins line with TIE
hrtle girl a. far down as certain park,
and - SIT near the fountain and read
while the girl romped about with other
children. | had closely watched her
while Ia this park, bat no one had ever
come near her and her demeanOr had
been perfection.
On the third afternoon after the rob
berry she occupied her usual seat for an
hour without anything happening. l
SAL on a bench Ia the rear Of her and
aboar thirty feet away, and by and by
1 noticed that she was writing a note
with pencil. She did il 50 deity that
one sitting In front Of her could not have
told what she was at Beside her was
large shade tree, and as near as / could
make out she disposed OF the note, when
folded up, somewhere about the tree.
When she left followed her for short
distance, and looking back l saw
young and well dressed man occupying
the place vacated by her. An hour
later, when | could examine the tree.
found hollow in the trunk just about
on line with her shoulders as she sat
on tho bench One not looking for it
would have sat there fifty times and dis
covered nothing.
Ny theory was that she had an ac-
complice-the young man whom had
seen. The hollow IL the tree was their
postofice. Next day | was at the park
half an hour before her usual time. and
beholdi the young man was occupying
that bench A. she appeared he got up
and took a seat hundred feet away, and
by watching closely saw that she took a
note from the tree. Before leaving she
wrote and posted" one in reply, and
after she had gone l saw him get it. 1
was now certain that l was on the right
trail, and went 10 Mitchell 10 secure
some particulars l wished 10 know.
told him had clew, but would not re-
veal which way it led. | learned from
him that the combination of the vault
door had four numbers, and he alone
knew II. IL had been changed about a
month after Mrs. Gray's arrival, and DO
hesitaringly admitted that the word was
"Aime, which was her Christian name
He would not, however. admit that this
fact was known TO her
For two weeks after receiving this in
formation | hardly got sight of Mrs.
Gray. For some reason she remained
very closely at home. found out from
Mitchell in a roundabout way that the
money needed 10 pay the men at the
coal mine and also at a large factory
was deposited with him on the 14th of
every month. 1t was simply passed in
10 him 10 be locked in the vault over
night, as it came up from Pittsburg by
messenger. | reasoned that Mrs. Gray
would work this information out of him
in some way, or that her accomplice
would discover it, and that If she had
the combination of the vault she would
make her strike on the night of the 14th.
On Aug. IL she exchanged notes at the
bank. also on the 18th. On this latter
date | Swallowed the young man for
three hours and became satisfied that he
was from Pittsburg and ''slick I'm"
Among the things he did was 10 go to
the depot and inquire about, various
night trains, and particularly one which
/ passed over the road half an hour after
midnight.
l promised Mitchell that climax
would soon be reached, and then staked
my all on what might happen on the
/ night of the 14th. At o'clock on that
evening threw a piece Of ''dosed' meat
/ 10 his dog from neighboring yard. and
at 10 l softly climbed the fence to find
the canine in his kennel and sick enough
70 remain there. lay down within ten
feet Of him, hidden behind bush, and
it was an hour and half before any
thing happened. Everybody in the
/ neighbOrhood was in bed and asleep by
that time, and was not greatly sur
/ prised when q female figure, which /
knew to be that of Mrs. Gray, suddenly
| appeared and passed me five feet away
/ going toward the bank.
She stopped at the kennel to speak to
the dog. and shen opened the rear door
/ and entered. did not move from my
hiding place until she reappeared about
twenty minutes later. She carefully
locked the bank, and as she passed me
/ on the wsv 70 the house / followed
/ quickly behind. The KEYS she laid on
/ the bank steps. softly opened the side
I gate, and let her reach the street be-
/ fore brought matters 10 climax. She
/ was only Out Of the gate when she was
l Joined by a man. but when I rushed 10
/ seize them he got the alarm and was of
/ before I could grab him / 20. her.
/ however. and she had bundle under
1 her arm which took charge of--a bun
| de containing about $4,000 In green
/ backs.
! What n nervy woman she wRs She
/ lust simply laughed bit as | led her up
/ the steps and rang the bell to arouse
I Mitchell. and when had told him all
/ aud had the money and the keys IA
Prov it she Just looked up at him with
/ smile and asked:
well. what Of itT-
The what of itF was = corker.
Mitchell oouldn't let the public know
/ that his bank could b SO easily robbed.
and he c0uldnt let society know that he
had .een dupsd by an adventures. and
I after consultation he actually gave
that little adventures e 900 in cash 70
clear ont She went. and as left her
a. me depot abe said:
GIVE the old man my love when yUu
get back e. the house. and ask him il he
newer beard of Tony Weller's advice. -
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