The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-05-27

but he was going for good. Bought
.icke. for ST. Louis
As Goldwaithe had been with M
up to IL O'Clock of the night before
and had said nothing of going away
[ was puzzled This state of mine
was increased an hour later when
saw him In the bank. l started up t.
ask for an explanation, but on secono
thought concluded not to. That eve
ming | saw the ticket agent and ask
ed:
Are you sure you saw Goldwaitht
go away this mornipg?"
"Perfectly sure. Why?"
Because he didn't go. He came
into the bank an hour after l saw you
this morning"
"Great heavens, man, bnt [ sold
him his ticket and passed the time OF
day with him. You must be mistak
| en-"
But | salts fed him that [ was not
and then both Of us were puzzled
About two weeks later made an ex-
cuse to get into the back room up
| stairs. l found piece Of machinery
mounted on the wooden frame, and
though | asked no questions and
Goldwaithe volunteered no informa
ton l felt positive that it was a drill
which was to be worked by turning a
handle. As l told You before, SO long
as bad the man under my eye did
not fear for the vault If he was with
me evenings / cared not what he did
daytimes.
Two or three weeks after the Incl
dent related above, had four hand
ed card party IT my room, and Gold
walthe was one of the quartet At 9
o'clock l was called down stairs by the
ticket agent, who said:
Il want to know whether | have
seed straight this time or not. Gold
waithe came in on the $50 st. Louis
express"
"Yon must be crazy! He is right
up stairs in my room at this moment,
and Peters and Thompson are with
himr
but ! tell you l saw him. More
than that, he came mp the street ahead
OF me and turned into the stairway"
took HIM up stairs, and when he
saw Goldwaithe sitting there he was
dead beat. Here were three instan-
ces of queer deception. While re
garded them as deceptions or illu-
slons, there was something uncanny
IN the incidents, and my interest in
the movements of Goldwaithe was
considerably increased. On one pre-
tence or another ! got into his rooms
or sent friends up there every day or
two, but everything appeared straight.
One evening he sat down in the hotel
Office to write a letter, and while he
was thus engaged 1 walked up the
street four squares to speak to mer
chant. On returning | met Gold
waithe face to face, and saluted.
''Ah, you cut 1t short"
Yes"
well, mail it and hurry back"
L walked straight to the hotel, and
there sat the man | had spoken to on
the street three minutes before! He
was still writing, asked friend who
sat reading if Gollwaithe had been
out, and he replied in the negative.
| felt my hair standing on end as |
sat down, and during all that long
night did not get wink of sleep.
My partner, the ticket agent, and my
self had all seen what we had not
seen. Was he of flesh and blood, or
was he a wrath who could appear in
two places at once?
1t was on Friday evening l
thought L met our up stairs man on
the street. Saturday morning [ took
a stepladder and closely examined
the top of the vault, and also sent a
man up stairs to look at the floor of
the back room and see if it was intact.
Everything was reported all right.
and Saturday evening our man said
to me:
Il haven't slept well lately. and l
believe L will try change Of beds.
l will tnrn into the room next to you
for couple of nights. and see if the
change won't bring Sleep
| rejoiced at this. as l need not
fear thai he was az work on the vault.
| satisfied myself that he was in bed
before L turned in, and that night |
slept better than for months before.
He occupied the same room on Satur-
day night, and on Sunday forenoon
he surprised me by saying he would
accompany me to church. He ap
peared to listen very closely to the
sermon, and on the way home pointed
out It's strong and weak points.
1t was my custom to enter the bank
at noon to see if all was well but on
this day, after we had finished dinner
and as L was about to start. a friend
came in and l was detained about a
half an hour. Everything seemed to
be all right in the bank, but, from
force of habit, I opened the vault,
and one look showed me that the eli
max had come. There was hole
through the roof of the vault. our
safe was open, and lying on the liter
of papers was man. l did not know
whether he was dead or alive when |
summoned help. but we soon found
that he was dead and lying in his own
blood. The safe had been opened
with wedges. and the $500 it con
tanned had been taken. 1t was half
an hour before l thought of Gold
waithe, and then he could not be
found. We burst into his rooms. and
about the first thing we found was a
satchel containing our money.
The machine which l took to be a
| drill, was drill. A piece of the floor
had been cut ont, the drill had then
| done It's work on the iron plates. and
later on chisel had been used to pick
out the cement and remove tue bricks
The robDer could have begun at o.
clock on Saturday evening, and he
probably did SO. Who was he2 1t was
Goldswaithel Fifty of us could have
sworn it was he, and yet it wasn't
Then who was it? His twin brother
AS We afterward ascertained to a Ger
talnty. How did he meet his deathE
He had gone into the vault and the
safe and secured the money. He
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