The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-31

lie That as II may, he remains Tor the
present under cover and the scent is
lost. The police are cropping in the
dark just now, and-and so am l."
The banker looked sorely disap-
pointed.
"And so that is all YOU have been
able to discover? Not n trace of the
money? 1t does not seem possible
that a quarter OF million dollars can
disappear so completely without leav-
ing the slightest trace"
"lf we can ever find Seymour" re-
Piled Sturgis. Of make no doubt we
shall be able to locate the lions share
of the money.
Eyes" he added, thoughtfully.
that is all / have been able 90 dis
cover up TO the present time; or, at
least. all that seems to he of any inn
mediate Importance OF course, |
called on born Mr.. Murray and Mr.
Scott; but, beyond the fact that Chat
ham. like Arbogast. was model en-
ploye, all | got from them was the
address of Chatham's clearinghouse;
there I was informed that the ac-
countant had moved on New Years
| eve without leaving his new address
| There is one other link i'm the chain
of evidence which have investigated;
but | cannot tell yet whether it will
lead to anything or not. II may be
immaterial; but. who knows? Pos
sibly it may prove to he the key to
| the entire problem"
"And what is this promising link?"-
asked Dunlap, eagerly.
"There is not much TO tell on this
score" answered sturgis, You will
recall that according to the evidence
which we have thus far collected.
Chatham was attacked by Arbogast
while he was in the act of using the
telephone"
"Yes; I remember how infinitely
you reconstructed that scene"
"Wo"" continued the reporter. 81
saw n; c"ra that the telephone might
possibly prove to be an important wit
ness for the prosecute ION. if | could
only discover the name of the person
with whom Chatham was talking
when he was shot. therefore called
at the central Office to make inquiries.
As was able to specify almost the
exact minute at which this call was
sent. it was an easy matter to find
the young woman who had answered
it; but the chances were that she
would not remember the number
called for. She did however, for it
had been fixed in her memory by some
unusual circumstances. 1t seems that
. I -. L.
he wanted. :he operator rang him up
While she was listening for a reply
she heard a sharp report. followed
by scream; then a sound of con-
fused voices. and presently another
sharp report. After that came. COM
plete silence, aud she was unable TO
obtain any reply to her repeated
calls"
'You have here corroborative evil
dence of the scene between Chatham
and Arbogast," snid Dunlap.
Eyes; but did not need that.
What wished to know was the name
of the person with whom Chatham
wanted to converse"
Did you discover it?"
"Thc number % the telephone he
govo Is tbot of tho Ntorbot+on Cbon,.
zeal comnorv"
"And What is tbe Manhattan tbern.
icoI connopvo"
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