Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-28

addressed, James Irving, ESQ, 800
Mulberry street, New York" and of
course the officials in London supposed
it private address.
When wo returned from Rio, we sent
another so, 900, 81 900 each for Irving,
Stanley and White, and took the same
precautions.
Soon after the foods Of money coming
to Us in London Mao sent $4,000 to
Irving in another registered letter with
out any precautions whatever. Irving 81
Co did not know what game we were
playing, but were very happy over the
dividends past and to come. But when
they read the cable dispatches in the
press about the bank forgeries their bliss
was ecstatic. Each in fancy saw himself
decked out in magnificent diamond
pin and ring spinning along Harlem
lane behind particularly fast pair in
stylish rig. This was their day vision.
At night epch saw himself in certain re-
sorts ordering unlimited bottles or SEQ
ing New York by gaslight at the rate OF
500 minute and tho Britishers paying
for it ALL But the lawyers and the Pink
ertons between them played Irving and
headquarters for fools and lfnaves. Day
after day one of the lawyers visited Null
berry street, and being tutored by PINK
erton gave points to Irving, who with
his two ohums, never suspected the game
being played on them.
But as l have got somewhat ahead OF
events in London Will return there
and very briefly narrate what was TAX
ing place there, Nearly every day Noyes
was brought before the lord mayor and
officially examined; but, acting under
advice of his lawyer, he was strictly
noncommittal. The detectives and Off
cials were convinced he knew all about
it.
In searching Noyes the English police
had found his garments were made by
certain London tailor who had several
establishments. They brought the fore
men and statesmen down to see him, and
none could identify him, but the detect
ives went over the ground again and
discovered that they had missed one
branch store This was the one Noyes
had patronized. They remembered him
as customer who had, when ordering
garments, given the name of Bedford,
This in itself was bad point against
Noyes, and they wanted very much to
make him talk, and had they been per-
mitted to adopt vigorous American
methods they might have succeeded.
salesman remembered seeing Moves,
or Bedford, one day walking in Mayfair
with a gentleman who really was Mac,
of whom he gave good description,
and, taking the clerk, the detective
started out to make house to honse in
yestigation. Now, / Mayfair, the first
house they entered, was the residence
Of famous London doctor Of the name
OF Payson Hewett, and Mac had been
patient of his. But Hewett knew alb
solutely nothing about him save only
his name and the address he gave
Westminster Palace hotel. The detect
ives were elated and few to this hotel,
but as Mac had never bsen guest they
could learn nothing. Still they had
cause Tor rejoicing. Here was Noyes
giving fictitious name to tailor and
in company with an elegantly dressed
American, who gave fictitious address
to his surgeon. And they We're well sat
isiied that whenever the matter was dug
out 1t would be found that Mac had a
hand in the business. Payson Hewett
stated that Mac said no was n medical
graduate from an American university
and said that no doubt he spoke the
truth, as he had perfect knowledge of
medical subjects.
Mac, before sending his baggage away.
had intended to sail from Liverpool 6y
the Java Of the Cunard line. and he
cabled Irving at police headquarters 10
meet him on the arrival of the steamer
Mac went to Paris, stopping at the Ho.
tel Richmond, Rue du Helder, under
his right name, never for a moment
thinking he could possibly como under
suspicion.
In the meantime the Scotland ynrd
men continued their house to house visi-
tation OF the fashionable lodging houses
to hunt out Mac. This in hugo london
was Titanic task but they exhibited a
marvellous activity in tracing onr c,a,ys
~ Iucky moment subordinate, in
quirihg NJ every number in st. James
pace II an American gentleman was
longing or had lodged there, was in.
formed by ono landlady that Mao had
been lodger. but had left few DAYS
before. AS soon as this important report