The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-24

up that his parents would not recog-
nize him. is working on the mysterious
disappearance of = young man from q
neighboring town, some four or five
days ago." said.
1.-THE disappearance of Charles
Walker?"
Eyes. that is the name of the missing
man"
1T is a sad affair and wonderfully
strange, too, as he was person OF spot
less character and highly esteemed by
all who knew him"
81 did not recognize my brother de-
tective, but when he had made himself
known TO me acquainted him with my
case and your description of him. The
latter caused him to laugh and say that
he looked into your store by the merest
accident.
cat the hotel where I took my sup
per, asked the clerk if the establish
ment was provided with burglar
proof safe. He gave me negative re-
ply and then, in the presence of the
crowd that was in the Office, informed
him that + had large sum of money
with me- and inquired who had such a
safe in which / would be permitted to
place the money over night He men
toned several persons who had combi-
nation safes, adding:
"'Mr. William Hardy has one and his
place of business is nearer than that Of
any other person whom have named
Il learned, rather was informed.
where you lived and then came hero.
During my previous interview with
you you said that you were to be alone
for few days. or, more exactly, that
your wife was passing few days out
of town with her invalid mother.
have a proposition to make to you
that you allow me to pass the night
with you as your bed-companion. If
the one who burglarized your safo last
night was among those in the hotel
who heard me speak of my money and
attempts to secure the money which I
am supposed to have placed in your
safe, assure you that shall hear him
if you do'not"
II heartily approve ofsyour plaza
Mr.. Hardy rejoined.
Then rwill'go aud vm:thee clerN
Of the hotel that y
Our conference was@.intsr1uptsd BY
tho appearancei of q customer and I
went from the Astore,sssto, which re-
turned a half bur: more Or less, later.
After we hadretifed r'the. night. 4
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, its.may. be-Mr.i
Hardy with someof the most exciting,
experiences. that had been mine as a
detective, which caused him to t1efnbloi
from head TO foot 5 Finally. however.
he fell asleep. :
The next morning. handing him q
package. / asked:
lis that what was taken from your
safe night. before last?"
YES" he fairly easpsd;* having ex-
amined the package. WAS my house
again entered last night,~withoat wax
ing me2" he inquired
''It'was,''4 rejoined, ''by way sf-tho
window over the sink"
by manor q womenT'
"A man.
"Where7issheq' D.
"Within my easysesch"
WAS he among those in the Office ID
the hotel when you. spoke Of your
4.
NO.
waited q moment, and then began: /,
Yesterday I casually learned that
you are or have been inclined to SOM
nambulism, and nothing else so tends
to its development as excitement or
ut at once eug gested itself. to my
mind that the upe1pected coming into
possession of so much money would
render you extremely nervous; that this
would result in sleep walk
ing; that, IN = sleep walking condition.
you would give especial reconsideration
to the money and be likely to remove
it from the safe to some placeawhere no
one would look for II.
''These impressions were strengthened
by what had learned when. here yes
terdAy afternoon~that the .pppd tracks
ended in your seepdng-room, proving
that there was no nd ION the feet Of
the one who removed your money from
the safe when the deed was-done; that
your feet and the malefactor's zvere Of
the same size.
What L told you with reference to
asking the hotel clerk abouta safe. and
so forth. was one of the eubterfnges-
lies. In fact-to which, I'm cory to
confess, we detectives sometin1es are
obliged to have recourse. for the purs
pose of gaining your permission TO re-
main with you over night- And the
whicheI narrated were de-
signed to render You as nervous as pos
sible, because, as / have said before,
would probably. cause you
to walk while you were asleep.
About two O'CLOCK this morning yon
left your bed and went to your safe.
which you copened. After feeling
around in it you went from the house,
closely followed by me, to a hollow
tree in your back yard. Into the hole
IN the tree you placed your hand and
The moonlight enabled me TO see that
smile Immediately stole over yonr
From the hole took
the money"
"Weu. declare" he exclaimed, after
drawing long breath
For my services he compensated me
literally. complimenting me for ny
5eenness and promising that If he ever
again had business in my line IL should
DC intrusted to Ine.-Fred W. Foster,
n Chicago News
-Conundrum--''Wh the difference
between cat and legal docuDeut?"
ausver-"The one has clawses at tire
.ud of its pawses: the Other has pauses
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