Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-06-14
AN unsoLveo PROBLEM.

impossible to Deteemine Which OF tn
Two Women Was Guilty. &.
An old resident of Rochester, recently
related an experience which illustrates
in rather striking fashion the mean
ness and dishonesty which persons cs-
tcemcd by the community will descend
to when they consider themselves Sc
cure from discovery, says the Roches-
ter Union.
Some years ago." he said, 81 re-
ceived a note from a young woman, the
daughter Of n friend of mine, which
puzzled me greatly. She stated that
she had run inidebt to a considerable
amount above her allowance and that
several shopkeepers had threatened to
send their bills to her father unless
settlement should be made within a
certain time. She said she had been in
similar difficulties several times before
and that her father had satisfied the
creditors on her promising to incur no
debts in the future. His anger on the
late occasion had been so great that
she feared to confess her straits and
turned to me as a family friend for
temporary assistance. The amount sh.
asked for was one hundred dollars.
She begged me to put the money in an
envelope and place it in a book that
used to stand on a table in the ladies',
,waiting-room of Powers hotel at
eleven o'clock on the following morn
ing.
1.-The request annoyed me exceeding
ly and l was in doubt whether it was
not my duty to inform my friend, who
was II wealthy merchant. of his daugh-
ter's irdiscrction. However | decided
to comply with her request and give
her little good advice at the first op-
portunitY.
Tho following morning drew the
money in ten-dollar bills and was on
my way to the hotel. when met Miss
X Oh the street. 1 received your
note l said. My note, she cxulciinc,;
in AZ; enlistment. Il have written yon
no note. But that reminds me that
was going to write you. My mother
wishes Jon to dine with ms next Mon
d"Y.' ! turned the matter off, and to
this day Miss Y is ignorant of the
cause OF my strange remark.
Il saw at once that some one had
been forging her name. and stepping
into Il private detective agency stated
the facts To detective. lie advised
me to put SONG slips OF paper in the en-
velcpe and place il III the book as di-
rectcd. This | did, and the officer took
Il position where he could note every
one who c"tcrCd or left the room.
"During the next hour two women
entered the room at different times.
both of whom were known TO me. One
was the wife of an intimate friend. who
held high position in the social life Of
the town. and was generally noted fo,
her liberality and generous disposition.
The other was an unmarried worla.:
bordering on the thirtics, who was con-
spicuous for her zeal in charitablc
works and her energy in educational
reforms. Each of these women was
alone in the room for some minutes.
and when they both had departed the.
envelope had been taken from the bool:.
One of them was guilty of as mean and
diShonorable an act as can readily be
conceived of. an act which but for a.
lucky chance would have put an inno-
cent girl in most trying position.
often meet these women. but which it
was who wrote the letter have never
been able to determine nor even suspect
in my own mind"