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task OF seeking the man who had ex-
changed overcoats with Stuart Harland
on the railway train.
The detective auxiliary whispered to
his employer for u moment, and then
Paxton cried:
i've great news. The suspected man
called 'Garnar,' who exchanged coats
with Stuart Harland, has been captured,
This agent Of mine secured him a
Mother kits house"
"Garnar caught" cried PratA
"Ah, you know the supposed assassin!"
said Stanmore. significantly.
Yes, and now I'll tell you in a very
few words how we came by the marked
money. The man called Garnar, which
is merely an assumed cognomen, ls
really named Reid Oakburn, and he is
John Oakburn's son by first wife.
Marion is the child Of second marriage,
and his half-sister. Reid is really much
older than he looks. Years ago I knew
him we'll in Kansas City, where he re.
sided for long time. There he forged
a note, and for the job he served term
of Imprisonment. He came out Of pris-
on a desperate, reckless man, but he
had resolved to live an honest life and
bury the past, so he has told me. he
then changed his name, assuming the
alias William Hempsted, and he went
to Denver. There he succeeded in work.
ing himself into situation in bank,
and finally he became cashier.
Pratt paused for moment.
Paxton had started when he men
toned the name William Hempsted, for
L 4l,ot fha ~ H..
sconding Denver bank cashier, for whose
capture there was standing reward OF
$4,000. From Denver detective agency
Paxton had received description OF
"Hempsted, but it did not correspond
with that of the suspected man.
When Reid Oakburn, or Hempsted,
or Garnar-the latter his latest alias,
became cashier of the bank, and he had
the handling OF the funds, he fed with
large sum which he squandered in gam
bling. When he left Denver he assumed
a clever disguise, and as he soon after
received severe cut across the eye
brow which left O severe scar, his dis
guise was perfect.
Fate directed Reid Oakburn to come
to this city under the name OF 'Garnar.
I met him on the street on the afternoon
preceding the night Of John Oakburn's
death, and I recognized him, or fancied
I did. 1 called him by name, and the
result proved that I was not mistaken
"A reward of $4,000 had been offered
for his capture, and I meant to have the
money. Pretending friendship, I de-
coyed Reid Oakburn to my office, where
7 made him prisoner in the private
apartment, intending to turn him over
to the officers Of the law.
But while Weeks and myself were
considering the matter there was an ar
rival at the Office. Levi Kredge, who
was acting as spy for us at Garrison
Office, came in and reported that Oak
burn was going to cash check at the
bank for $4,000, and that the money
was to be paid to US in the morning.
Then q. great idea occurred to me. l
wanted to get Garrison In my power.
That money would save him. I knew
that old Oakburn loved his wayward
first born son better than his own life,
and determined that the old cashier
should ransom Reid, and that the S7S,-
600 intended to save Garrison from ruin
should be the price Of the fugitive cash
ier's liberation by us.
After Office hours, Kredge carried to
John Oakburn a note which Reid had
written, in which he told his father how
he was situated, and implored him to
save him. So it happened that when
Kredge delivered Reid's note to him,
John Oakburn had not placed the money
which he had just drawn from the bank
in his safe.
= The money was still in his pocket,
and in the excitement, when he read HE
sons letter, he forgot all about it, and
when he hastened to our office, as he
Immediately did, he quite unintentional-
" brought the money with him.
There was terrible scene between
the aged parent and his scapegrace son.
Reid fell upon his knees at his fathers
feet, and begged him to save him, to pay
the sum we demanded or his release.
I'VE demanded seventy eight thousand
dollars, the exact amount Oakburn had
drawn from the bank.
John Oakburn then discovered that
he had the money with him, and at las!
he said:
81 will pay you the money that you
demand; though it will make me poor
man in my old age, cannot resist the
rSayeI of my son.
iTo he r,ONTINCED,1