Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-11-17

task that the numbers OF the notes
were missing" the detective went on.
However, I Swallowed Hall, and
Richardson was watched by another
member Of the force. On Sunday
evening I met Hall with his sweet
heart, and noticed that she wore a
splendid diamond brooch, which had
evidently been given her by Hall, as
they were talking about it, and, walk
ing behind them, I overheard every
word She was urging him to be more
careful Of his money, and he laugh
ingly replied; oh! never mind,
there's plenty more where that came
'FRONT.' Yesterday / obtained a search
warrant, and found this"
He handed to my father a bank
book, which showed that Hall had
deposited nearly s4OO in one of the
local banks on Friday preceding.
'But s40O is not the amount
TAKEN" calculated my father.
But is part Of it," replied the
detective, land the rest may be else
where. When charged with the
theft, Hall seemed dumfounded, and
on receiving the usual caution simply
replied, I am perfectly innocent
He will be brouRhtu up tomorrow, and
probably committed for trial to the
assizes.'
The detective then took his leave,
and my father and remained silent,
thinking for some time. At last
said, "Will you let me have your
pocketbook, father, and the key Of
your private Office and safe? I shall
probably be there for some time, so
do not sit up for me-"
My father complied with the re-
quest, and in less than half an hour I
was in the Office. Certainly there
did not seem much hope of Hall be-
| ing innocent, but I was determined
to probe the matter to the very bot
tom. had known him from a lad,
and, in fact, in our boyhOod we had
been schoolfellows in the Liverpool
Institute. Open as the day, though
somewhat reckless, he seemed the
| last man to turn out thief. l sat
down and carefully examined the
pOcket-book my father had given me.
thought the matter over on every
side, and suddenly an inspiration
flashed across me. My father always
wrote with good pencil, and if he
placed the thin paper upon his pock-
etbook might find traces of the num-
Eers. Hastily taking from my own desk
| a small microscope I carefully exam
ined the leaves of the book. Here was
what / sought. The numbers stood
out plainly, and I carefully copied
them into my own pOcketbook. So
much of the difficulty being solved, !
next turned my attention to the safe.
The question had still to be answered,
SHOW had the thief opened the
safe?" 1 obtained as good light as
1 possibly could and made a minute
examination of the safe. There
seemed to be no marks of rough usage,
and it was evident that it had not
been forced open. A duplicate key,
then, must have been used. But, as
nothing further seemed capable OF
being found out from the safe itself,
L locked it and proceeded to examine
/ the desks of Richardson and Hall,
which were in an adjoining room. In
the latter l found a few loose slips OF
paper-'Nightshade, 20 to l, Ever
ett;" eagles Wing, so to i" etc,
etc What did these mean? EVi
IDENTIFY it was connected with betting.
I folded them up and put them in my
pOcketbook beside the number Of the
notes There seemed to be nothing
else which would throw any light or
the affair in either my fathers room
or that Of the two chief clerks, so
turned out the lights and went home
The next day Hall was brought VI
before the Magistrates and, the evi
dence Of the detective having beer
given, he was committed for trial tt
the assizes, bail being refused. He re
served his defense aud was removed
to jail. ] asked for and obtained per
mission to see him. He seemed YER
much cast down and troubled by thu
thought of the pain his arrest mus
have caused his mother and sweet
heart. 'tBut, Mr.. Meredith, he saiC
to me, ST am utterly innocent OF thu
theft, hope you, at any rate, vii
believe me. The matter of TIL
money standing to my credit in tn
bank can be easily explained, though
felt that / could not urge il in m,
defense to-day. In fact nv solicitor
advised me not to bring it forward
as at present there is only my owl
unsupported evidence for it. The as
sizes come on in week, and by theI
hope further corroboration will b,
available. received certain inform
alton about a fortnight ago thai
NightShade, a rank outsider, as b
was considered, stood a good chanct
for the ST. Leger. 1 know that
was foolish for betting on the race
but events proved that I was right.
informed. 1t was my hrSt bet, anC
shall be my last Everett, the greal
betting man in one of the local clubs
offered TO lay 20 to l against Night
shade, and 1 backed the horse for ego
On Thursday last he paid me s4OO
the greater part Of which banked Oh
the next day"
I Immediately called to mind thu
slips of paper in my pocket, on one o
which was ''Nightshade, 20 to