New-York tribune., 1898-10-24


but in selecting him caution him about the i'm
portance Of keeping the matter secret for the pres
! am going through the Colorado district to
anime the mls as intend to take ore snrTSi back
Col whore I have arranged 10 receive my mall:
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implements no" 0e'"S u'e' EDWARBb f,VSsrRBb MARTIN
VICTIM BIT GREEDLY.
When I read this letter" said Mr. Wood TO
Captain McClusky Il dumtounded But
I recollected that my father had friend whom
he once had assisted and thought that 1t
must be all right and. in response to the letter.
I cabled this message to the unknown Mr.. Mar
tin: Major Woods son will meet you in Lon
DON In answer received the following reply:
VIII meet you in New-York.' replied, having
consulted with friends: All right. will stop at
the Windsor Hotel"
Mr. Wood arrived at the Windsor Hotel lit
tie more than a fortnight ago. There he re-
ceived a telegram from Martin requesting him
10 meet him at once at the Temperance Hotel.
Niagara Falls. and he went there He found
Martin to-bo- a most entertaining man OF mid
die age Mr.. Wood told him that his father,
the late Major Wood. had died a few months
before at which information Mr. Martin APP
peared greatly astonished and distressed. Mr.
Martin represented. however. that he had
authority only to turn over the gold to the rep
resentative of the living Major Wood.
The next day, however" said Mr. Wood,
Martin appeared perfectly satisfied, and said
that he would give me the gold. He was very
interesting in his conversation, and asked me
If | would go 10 the mines with him | eX-
Dressed much pleasure at the invitation, ana
asked il he would have any objection to my
taking a friend with me. He had none, so
then Cabled to my friend, Mr.. Reginald Balss.
70 come to this country Immediately. In the
mean time, he showed me some OF the gold
which purported 70 have come from his mines
including what appeared TO be a splendid bar
OF solid gold ! left him in Niagara Falls, to
return to New-York to meet my friend. Mr..
Baiss. who arrived on the Cmbria'
QUITE PREPARED FOR A TEST.
On the arrival of Mr.. Bass the two friends
posted hastily TO Niagara Falls, where they
were met in the hotel by Mr.. Martin. He dis
closed the precious bar Of gold, sixteen inches
long and three inches square. and weighing
seventy pounds, before their admiring vision.
Mr. Martin was anxious that they should test
the quality OF the gold composing the bar. and
furnished them with small drill, inviting each
t. drill into the bar at random. They did so.
and as the bOrings came out Of the holes Mr..
Martin gathered them up and handed them 10
Wood. carefully done up in neat piece of tissue
paper.
The two friends came to this city with the
little tissue paper parcel, and fastened 10 the
Assay Office where the quality Of their gold was
put to the test. The Office reported that
it assayed more than eighteen carats fine. At
that rate the bar they had seen would he worth
at the least calculation f4GOO or about $23O
in American money. Martin wanted t2,ND for
his share. They returned to Niagara Falls TO
complete the transaction. and Mr.. Bass tee
graphed 10 his father in England for the sum re-
quired Wood being unable to draw much
that according to the terms Of his fathers will
There was slight dispute as TO where the
gold should b. delivered Wood wished the de
livery 10 be in New-York. hut Martin wanted IL
10 be I'm Niagara Falls. This question. however
was settled on The receipt Of a cable dispatch
send he f2ODl if the transaction should be com
pleted in New-York.
LAWYER WAS SUSPICIOUS
Last Friday. therefore. all three started for
this CITY from Niagara Falls 4 pleasant jour
ney II was according 10 the description OF the
two Englishmen. their companion delighting
them with tales OF mining. sport and adventure
in the far Northwest They all went to the
Windsor Hotel but before the transaction was
con,pleted the two friends went downtown,
where they CHANGED to call on "A lawyer to whom
Nr Wood had an introduction They told him
Of the luck they had. and asked him what he
thought Of il. He said he thought that it was
all right but thought 1t might lbe a good plan
10 see Captain McClusky about II. When they
unfol6 d their tale to Captain McClusky he saw
that they had Just missed being the victims Of
a clever though threadbare, scheme. and told
them So The bar was not II gold. and the
borings Of base metal its owner had changed TO
genuine gold when he made up the little pack
age Of tissue paper
The Captain fixed up a cable dispatch 10 calm
any suspicious which might arise in the mind
Of Martin over further delay, and sent De
tectivc- Sergcants BroNn ana Frazer To the
Windsor Hotel to arrest their man The de-
tectves found him in the dining room Detective
Brown recognized in him criminal he had ar
rested somewhat more than two years ago for
swindling The recognition was mutual. Beside
Martin was a satchel with the big bar OF gold.
Both the Englshmen are men OF leisure
living on their incomes. The late Major Wood
was an officer in the British Army and a
wealthy man. Ii is practically certain that he
never had any friend who went to British CO.
lumbia Martin evidently saw the notice OF
Major Woods death In an English newspaper.
with an account OF his fe and the large estate
he left behind
NOMINATED ~ PL4CE OF BELDEN.
svracusc y Y oct 23.-George II. Gilbert. of
/ This city was last nighi nominated by the McKin-