The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-11
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marvellous man. exclaimed Robert
"But for you. other members of my faith.
er's household would now be slumbering
in the grave"
"a terrible blow to your father. this
must have been. You left him"
"Conversing with DR.. Hewitt. He is
greatly agitated and nearly broken down.
But where is Earl?"
Seated where you left him. He alone
Of this trio may be entitled to some sym.
pathy. He implicitly obeyed the behests
of the woman he believed to be his moth
er. Bring him to the bedside, and we can
Judge if any spark Of reason yet remains
Robert led the teller unresistingly for
ward to the bedside.
re mereIy guzed at the dead form be-
fore him with q vacant stare.
"How did you ascertain, Mr.. Sellars, all
about these mysteries in connection with
with that man and woman"
"Oh, as I stated. through letters, news
paper clippings and photographs. Here
they are. This one Of Zayola found re-
ycrsed in the widows album. 1t was TAX
en- many years ago in Richmond, as were
these two of Elinor Kellogg, then Alme-
gro. You will notice that in one case she
is dressed in the paraphernalia of the cir
Gus ring. Oh, it was an easy matter"
"You hardly brought that package from
Richmond"
mo; while seated at supper at the hotel
on the night / left for Richmond, Zayola
entered the dining room. l ascertained
that he was stopping there and was regis
tered under the name Of 'Revelle.' as
certained the number of his room, and vis-
tied it Immediately on arriving in the city
this morning. In his trunk found that
package. From that circumstance, cou-
pied with others, l drew my deductions.
1 also found there the false mustache and
other means of disguise-the suit he wore
when first entering the bank, drab suit,
and others, skeleton keys-nearly as good
an outfit us l carry. There were also
burglars implements. Oh, Zayola deserv-
ed his fate"
He did, indeed"
"Now we will inspect the madam's
trunk. Bring Earl along lest he wander
from the room.
Here are packages Of letters from
which, undoubtedly, you will be enabled
to learn more of the widows past. This
package contains worthless bills-wildcat
money-and from it were procured the
bills which made up the package Earl sub
stituted for this one, which contains the
money the cashier Endorsed and for which
the collector receipted. Here is the book
on poisons, and here the ebony casket con-
taining them"
"Maryelousw
"The patrol wagon has arrived. The
officers are ascending the stairs"
They bore to the morgue the body Of
Juan Zayola.
That evening the two inquests were
held, and the following day the two bodies
were consigned to the grave.
Earl, few days later, was an inmate Of
an asylum.
When Mr.. Sellars visited the Offices Of
the express company he bore two pack
ages, and the banker accompanied him.
The detective laid before the president
of the company the packages.
"For the apprehension Of the party, or
parties, who assaulted and robbed your
collector of certain package, and return
Of the contents Of that package" he said,
you contract to pay q reward Of ten
thousand dollars"
Certainly; and we will do So"
"Your collector was twice robbed with
in ten minutes"
"Oh, that is utterly impossible~ ex-
claimed the express official. HE had
but one package and was robbed but
once"
In the alley he was robbed Of the con-
tents of this package" said the detective.
Examine it,"
The official did so.
"Oh, no." he said presently. Ellsworth
is too old q collector and too well posted
to receipt for wildcat money. 1t cannot
be-"
"Yet those are the bills he carried from
the bank" Sellars said. 'rhe identical
bills"
What utter folly. Not only would our
collector not receipt for such trash, but
Banker Kellogg does not deal in wildcat
currency. We could not think"
Zone moment, please. These are not
the bills told over by Mr.. Terry, the CASH
ier of the bank. Nor are they the bills
the collector supposed he was receipting
for. A package was made up in his pres
ence he, with the cashier checking down
the banks Of issue. 1t was laid on the ta-
BILE before Ellsworth, who was writing his
receipt. He was robbed-robbed first,
then and there-robbed d by the teller of the
bank, who excnangea n similar package
made up Of this wildcat money, for the
one that lay before his eyes. This pack
age contains the twenty thousand dollars
made up by the cashier and Of which you
have q schedule of the banks Of ISSUE
Every dollar is at par"
"Of all the strange tales ever heard"
exclaimed the president, "this is most
marvelous!'
"Zayola, who assaulted and robbed your
collector in the alley, has answered for
his crime. He is dead"
what, the desperate shot down in your
residence, Mr.. Kellogg? The one who
was in the act Of robbing that unfortu-
nate woman"
1.-The same," said the banker.
Earl, the teller. is confined at the sta
ton" said Sellors. "He is hopelessy i'll
sane and will be so adjudgcd by a court
Of inquiry. His future will probably be
spent in an insane asylum"
"For heavens sake, where did you OBJ
tain clcws leading to q solution Of these
mysteries, Mr.. Scllars?"
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