The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-17
Copyrigh,. 1876. h. Bacheller. Johnson K
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Hewitt. ''He cant tell you who ne Is
for a bit. but believe he's Lsker.
'T.aker! What hsreF
II think so. Steady I'D me stepa-s'o"
bump him. He's pretty sore already.
expect"
Truly the man was a pitlable siEhf.
His hair and face we're cakef tn dust ana
blood and his finger nails were torn ana
bleeding. Water was sent Tor at once
and brandy.
We'll" saId plummcr. hazily' Iook'hg
first at the unconscious prisoner ana tl ~.
nj Hewitt. but what about the s"ag
'syou'u have 70 find that yourself,
ITevvitf replied II think my share OF tle
case is about finished. only act ior the
Guarantee Society. you know, ana u Ia
ker'a proved innocent
'Innocent? iIowT'
styXell, this r. what took place AZ btat
as I can figure 81; You'd better undo his
collar. / fhink''-ihis 10 the men. ""nat
believe has happened f. this; There has
been n very clever and carefully pre-
pared conspiracy here. and Laker has not
been the criminal. but the victim"
Robbed himself. you mean? But how?
Where"
yesterday morning, before he had been
10 more than three banks-here, in fact
stRuf.then. how2 You're all wrong.
We know ne made the whole round and
da all the collection. And then Palnper's
Office and all. and the umbrella; why
The man lay stilI unconscious. Don't
raise his head" Hewitt said. And one
OF you had best fetch doctor He's had
q terrible shock" Then. turning 10
TIummer. ne went on: LAS to how they
managed the lob. I'll tell you what
think First 81 struck some very clever
person that a deal OF money might be
got BY ro5bing walk clerk from bank.
This clever person was one OF clever
gang OF thieves perhaps the Hoxton row
Eang-as ! think 1 hinted. Now. you know
quite as well as I do that such q gang VIII
spend any amount OF time over job
that promises a big haul. and that for
such Job they can always command the
necessary capitai-there are many most
respectable persons living In good style
IN the suburbs whose chief business lies
fn favoring such ventures and taking the
chief share Of the proceeds. Well, this Is
their plan. carefully and intelligently
carried out They watch Laker, observe
the round he takes and his hablts They
md that there Is only one or the clerks
with whom no does business that he Is
much acquainted with. and that this clerk
g. in a hank which Is commonly second
IN I.aker's round. The sharpest man
among thern-and I don't think there's a
man in London could do this as well as
young Sam Gunter-studles I.aker's dress
and habits Just as an actor studies
character. They take this office and cell
lar Just AS We nave seen. because 1t Is
next door 10 a hank. whose front en-
trance Is being alterAd-a fact which
1.aker must know from his daily visits.
The smart man. GupteF, let Us say and
have other reasons for believing IL to be
he-makes up precisely Ike Laker. false
niustache. dress and everything, and
waits here with the rest OF the gang. One
or the gang Is Creased in a blue coat with
brass buttons like hall porter in Bul-
ter's hank. DO you seer"
yes l think so. us pretty clear
now"
"A confederate watches at the ton of
the court and the moment Iaker turns IN
from cornhill-having already been,
mind. at the only bank where he was so
wei known that the disguised thief would
not have passed muster-as soon as he
turns IN from Cornhln ] say, signal
A. given, and that board'-pointinR 10
that with the white letters-t1s hung on
The hook In the doorpost, The sham por-
ter stands beside It. and as LRker APP
proaches, says: This way I'm sir. this
morning. The front ways shut for the
alterations iaker suspecting nothing,
and supposlng that the firm have made a
temporary entrance through the empty
house. enters. lie Is seized when we'll
along the corridor the hoard is taken
down and the door shut. Probably he is
stunned by "A blow on the hcad-see the
blood now. They take his wallet and all
the cash he has already collected. Gun
ter takes the wallet and also ;he Um-
.rella since IL has Laker's Initials. and
g. therefore distinctive. lie simply COM
yletcs the walk In the character Of La
her. beginning with Butler. Clayton a
f.add'S hlst around the corner II Is
nothing hat routine work. which is quick
~ done. nobody notices him particularly
-~lt Is tho bills they examine. Meanwhile
this unfortunate follow ia locked az IN
she cellar here. right NJ the end Of the un-
dsrgrcund corridor. where he can never
inake himself heard I'm ;he street. and
who're nest him are only the empty cell
lars az the deserted house next door. The
thlcpes shut the front door aBd vanish.
The rest Is plain. Gunter. having com
p'etcd the round and hagged some fiEeO
o. more spends ? few pounds in a tour
- ticket az Talmer's as a hliHd being
caeeful 20 rive IAker's name, ite leaves
the umbrella at Charkg Cross In a CON
tpicH0Us place r.ghi opposite the lost
property Once W here IL is sure 20 be seen
AM SO completes his false trail"
'rhen Who are The people at 10 Hack
vorIf saa3e'
"rae capitalize lives thcre-the fnau-
60. arf probably. thr directing spirit
q ihe whole 'hl0r Nersteu'S the name
J. Euss iy fhere. Hn3 I've uo doubt he
Gus very Imposing H~Hfr iU chapel ev-
ery Su0I.v. Hon Pc WoFth picking up-
1his i~nH an, nrst thing he's been an. III
Varrfat'
''En' -ht Vhst ahoat r4krrs mother
end Miss shaw
"wen whate The poor women are
yearly cent ~ thrtr minds wstb error and
shan'e thats sU. bust fhouEh they may
think taker - eylnj8ai. ,htyN 1-Ner de
Rert Sin They've heeu following vas
al. b
a. Ne."E stlr to hattie u~ fa some way ot
he'H hirt lf Vc carEhs him or something
raoT fhiHsa nid NaH @tsr hrag Of IL rsa'
voe4on who'd dessert s,u or tower .uerr-
u heeaure He WAS "a criminal t}Hj herrs
to doctor WheH he's attended 90 htv'
VII le3 1,t voar saen tabe I.ake~ hou1a-
must bury srd verert 90 the Cuarsu-
e. SectetN. I telak"
But" sail the perpltNc} ri1mmrr
''vhere d'8 Vou ret yoHr fluc~ Ven vsusl
have had tsp yrnu some enc. Won kaoyv
Nou cant have 6oHs 70 t,v tla{yNoyaece
What gave Nou the tlpn'
'.TNs DAfly C'hrouicle"
''The WbatT'
''The pauy Chronicle Iust take a looI
OF the agony column in yesterday morn.
sngts issue anf read The fressase u tY.,a
to Cuntcr. n fact That's an
~ this time ~ah WAS Waif.re .u Ta-5
bard street ana two % Fiamwer'S men
Nnter the aoc.or-s directions carried Ia.
ker u Sc. No sconeF. hoWeVcr. were thf,
IN ere court than fhe two VS. stehtrE NO
men threw themselves byster.eaEv .par
Ysakcr ana SC WAS leaE before .aae eoafa
se persuaded that he was not being "a
ken - san. The mother snritkeA aiau8
''Ny bow, INV Aoyl pon't take ai~t on
done take him. THEY'VE hlNea rms heS
Look az hss Bead Ca BIS hraa"' ara
ySreSflea desperately wifh -he .uen zhH.