Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-08-17
BANK MYSTERY.

v }51tle aInuseu
sn,. Nom AT their usual sitting the
ul.spelt and somewhat curl
nv jesSer:
q : Z gentlimln OF Bank England:
shh IN VOW is all safe hand you're
safe. butt knows bettur. ]
49, ,do thee Bank the last mites
~ nose muffin abowt II. Butt
81 ' n a thief, so hif yeo will NETT
" III the greet squar rom, wefh arr
\ 4 ssonely IL, at twelf z mite lie
y II ssh orl 10 yeow. Lett oney l nor
W Town and say muffin ? nobody.
-''Jno. Smith.
aetectlyes looked grave. There
v nlot al work, they saw. and
cir usual penetration they at
g : netrated the deepest depths Of
y s1sauity.
l s3.. h very large room under
A a.x where the huge wealth OF the
" eposited-milliOns OF English
M, ms bars of gold and hundred
hil M of silver, with myriads OF
NJ 4 an incalculable amount.
ietactiyes OF course knew that
- sss.m must be the place which the
y ss@g of the letter had designated as
- #ss nj squar rom
I'M from outside could enter, but
sx@,fSe the police well understood
ftsek There must be some con
szs84e within the bank, and one Of
ospiratOrs. being more cowardly
Ne rest, had resolved 10 betray
8Sis0Ws 10 save himself
N &Nss ight long detectives were se-
n the room but they saw moth.
heard nothing with the ex.
s5as that some said they heard
sas one or two O'Clock strange
sss& which they could not account
next night WAS the same. and
- Is ssat. aud the next; and when the
~ Sza1sa day Of the bank came around
Msectors would have treated the
Z 8sx b. an idle attempt 60 frighten
4 {ss.S had not their attention been
Nsss sirongly called 10 the subject by
- Blowing lncldenti
Aayy chest had been forwarded
ssss Parcels Delivery company. d.
4 s@s86M 10 the Directors of the Rank
III Hand The chest was Of course
SS before them M once. such a
E@s telne very unusual. and found "a
.Mz.e&st a large packet 81 most ynlua-
HID s&feFs ard securities. which had
4 L fs4@ safply Deposited In the vault
4 hem WAS the following letter:
+ the directors 81 the Rank az
u q spntlrmens My husband
| N an honest man, wrote - you
* aud told SOU be had found
n which be believes ~ known
himself. ~ getting into your
aM ronm aud offered, II you would
him there tonight. 20 explain
= holr matter
y M has never taken anything from
BON except the enclosed box
n detectives upon him. aud he
A BE- buH 10 show that he could
hi nj II b. chose
gives you another chance let
*M gentlemen he in the room alone
a b. husband will meet you there
WI ainlght Yours very respectfully,
y e" Ellen smith
N5N only thing that was evident was
kaas Die writer. ELLEN Smith" Was a
mi scholar than her husband The
! Ives werr shown the letter aud
MgHz& Rcrordiugly The rieyercst men
] Hss# posted iu The room
Il BE- morning they told strange
: They said they saw n light az
2&#k - o'clock n seemed 10 cnmc
4 dark lantern. but directly they
sa y the spot from whence the light
fHdcd II went out and the strlCtcst
had discovered nothing
Fffy night tho stricteKt watch was
bnt nothing turned up until. on
Nprning when tho next sitting ~
Mbarl WIS "a h. held. another let
found upon the table ~ the
r"om. How II got there. con
Hfng 10" room was guarded day
light, was a mystery Its con.
&H3F were ns follows
was for your own good that you
warned that the strong room 81
punk is not really safe ~ any
MNsT amy On" can enter IL N We
NsAA#h 70 steal we certainly would
nsxM have told you about IL or re-
tRfNxNl tlat box.
The police are there tonight we
sSsNxneycr explain the easy way 81
RR'WnE into your strong room. hut
nsNAf likely some one else will let you
NHN# that We told the truth when they
4f' ~ AtifFtNFH ~ WNhA ~ NNflfs
~. s."
Pre- were two things perfectly cvi.
one. that the writer Of the let.
ally had access Ia some mystcri-
ay to the strong room: and the
That he had discovered that the
7s1sF had been put upon his track.
was determined that some Of
DIRECTORS. who could conveniently
should visit the strong room az
sa@ lfne indicated in the letter.
N plan was carried out. hut. as
be expected. the directors were
alone. The police had advised
loo well for that: and half
Of the best detectives were I'm
3Sss way that any one would have
sed That they formed one group.
Rey waited there the whole night
IL. nut nothing was seen or heard.
labor was In vain. About -four
saaa.tPrk IN the morning the detectives
81 hcred that II was needless for the
aess' leinen 10 remain any longer; they
sss'' ilSelyes would wait as long as the
lemen chose, but the hour for
= " king into that strongest Of all
NsssPhg rooms If II could be broken
hl all-was long past
s.,. next morning the board held an
Nfa4R&f lOrUiuaFN fpapgfnrr la. ,t.dnN ~ die.