Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-06-11


to without a moments delay"
In short time the president of the
bank arrived. and the captain, Dan
Riggsby and the young physician were
ushered into his private office.
Meantime the sheriff had proceeded to
the Office of Dill and Suggs, but only to
| find it closed and the two men gone. By
inquiry he found that Suggs and the
false Mrs. Riggsby had gone away in
buggy nearly an hour before, while it
was thought that Dill was at the office
of Horace Bland.
The sheriff hurried away and soon ar
rived at Bland's Office, where his loud
knocking upon the door startled the ras-
cally land agent and the willy lawyer, as
| described in recent chapter.
| When the knocking was repeated
Horace Bland rose and opened the door
The sheriff and his deputy entered. Dill
rose to his feet, momentary pallo~
coming over his emaciated face.
The sheriff advanced to Dill's side,
and laying his hand upon the lawyers
shoulder. he said:
"You are my prisonerl"
Dill turned us pale as death, and for a
moment he stood stupefied with astonish-
ment and fear then recovering his self
possession in a manner, he demanded:
What do you mean5-there must be
a mistake"-
Il think not" said the officer coolly,
and drawing forth the warrant hA ,a,,,
it to the prisoner
! - As an outraged" exclaimed the
lawyer, assuming an air of buster; lit is
a plot to injure my character! | shall
make some one suffer for this" But he
finally subsided and was led away by
the officer and locked up in the Jail to
await preliminary examination.
|
While the incidents just recorded were
taking place, a wagon containing three
persons entered the city of Fort Scott
and moved slowly up one of the princi-
pal streets. A single glance would suf-
fee to recognize the occupants of the
vehicle as Simon Riggsby, Mrs. Riggsby
and Fanny. The sudden appearance of
the family in the city at this time may
On receiving from the dying cattle
man the letter which contained such
important news and which. as the reader
| will remember, had so mysteriously dis
appeared on the night of Ben Ropes
visit to the inn, Mr.. and Mrs. Riggsby
conferred over the news conveyed by
! the letter and decided to investigate the
matter regarding the Mansfield estate at
once.
AS soon as the funeral of the deceased
cattleman was over, the family made
preparations to visit Raxter Springs on
the following day for the purpose of
consulting with the attorneys who had
written the letter, but on learning from
a traveller from Baxter Springs that the
senior member of the law firm was dead
and that his partner had removed to
Fort Scott, they decided to proceed to
that place without delay, which they did
on the following morning.
They had double purpose in visiting
Fort Scott. Aside from the business
matter that called them thither they had
desire to gain some tldings from Dan,
whose long silence had given cause Of
the SraVesu apprehension lor his saieuy'
On arriving at the Fort Simon Riggsby
drove directly to the law Office of Dill
and Suggs. hut what was his surprise to
learn that the inscriptions Dill had
just been locked up in prison and that
his partner had fled from the city, for
the story of the frauds practiced by the
two had spread like wildtire and vas
the all absorbing topic of conversation
throughout the town.
While Simon Riggsby was conversing
with one of the little crowd of men
who had collected in front of the office Of
Dill and Suggs, Fanny suddenly uttered
a CRY of ''Oh, Dan, Dang' and descending
from the wagon she ran hastily forward,
and was soon clasped in her brothers
! arms,