The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1900-06-19

form:
u, r,,. Dec. 81. 1896.
'' -, B'way City. i
sorner South and Wall VA Streets
j. W. Arbogast.
"Compare this with the reflection OF
g the original and tell me if you do not
now detect various isolated marks and
incomplete letters, all of which tally
with the text have inserted here"
Dunlap made the comparison.
II am obliged to admit that your con-
illusions now appear plausible" he re-
auctantly admitted.
Sturgis shrugged his shoulders.
well, call them plausible, and let us
proceed. Chatham kept the appoint
ment yesterday; but for some reason
Arhogast was delayed in leaving the
bank. Perhaps the necessary prepare.
tions for his fight took longer than he
expected"
> lyon think lie intended to abscond?
"Why should he have changed the
combination OF his safe, as he did, if not
TO give himself as much time as possible
to reach place of comparative safety
before the books could be examined?'
asked Sturgis. Chatham, becoming
impatient, forgot the dictates of pru.
dence and started for the bank 20 as
pertain the cause of his accomplice's
delay. He met Arbogast at the Wall
street door. The two men reentered,
Arbogast setting down his satchel In
the vestibule and leaving the outer
door ajar, as Quinlan found it few
minutes later, when he stole the satch-
el. / have every reason to believe that
It was At Chatham's request that the
men returned He wished to use the
telephone, and he did So"
"lour story is connected. and it is
certainly not lacking in details,' said
Dunlap, incredulously; Sin fact, the de-
Rails are far too abundant for the eri'
dence thus far advanced"
"Every one of the details is based up
pm facts" replied sturgis. What l
have accomplished thus far has been
simple enough, because luck has IA
Fored us. Yesterday being cleaning
day at the bank, the floors were
scrubbed some time during the after
noon, before Arbogast was ready to
leave and before Chatham had arrived.
It thus happens that almost every
footstep of the two men has remained
family but distinctly outlined upon the
byet floors, which have since dried, pre-
serving the record The detectives last
night obliterated a portion of this rec
Ord, but they have left traces enough
kor our purpose. If you care to crawl
around on all tours as I did you can
readily distinguish these traces for
yourself"
mo. thank YOU" answered the bank
kr. 81 prefer to take your word for this
part of the evidence"
"Then | shall resume my story" said
6turgs. "The footprints show that
Arbogast stood at his desk while the
scrubbing was going on. We may safe
5y say 1t was after half-past four
o'clock when he started to leave the
bank; for otherwise it is presumable
That Chatham would have waited for
him at the corner of South and Wall
ntreets, as he was asked to do in the
bookkeeper's telegram. de first
walked over to the safe and closed it,
changing the combination, so that the
aock could not be opened until he had
had fair start. Next he went to the
clerks room for his hat and coat and
for the satchel in which he had packed
Hust the few necessities for immediate
S,se in his fight. He started to leave
ahe building through the Exchange
place door; but probably remembered
Hhat IT,, Wall street door was moi
locked, and went back to lock it. As
he was about to close the outer door
Chatham arrived on the scene, ana the
Two men reentered as we have ALREADY
seen. The footprints tell their story
fully and absolutely, their chronolog
Zeal order being established by the oc
casional oblitcration of footprint IL
one trail by another in subsequen
4rail. The two men walked back int
the room in which we now are. Ihei
ACTIONS after this will be clearer to YOU
IL YOU will follow on this diagram
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