Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-27

| swear have never had single cent of the
| money have stolen. 1t has all been drawn
| by Henry Seymour, and used l know not
how.
which I am going shall try. far as lies
| in my power, to redeem my past by life of
| honest labor. and / hope to be able to con-
| tribute to your support in the near future.
'Oh! my Wife my darling wife! Would
| that the past could be blotted out, and that
| l could once more place my hand in yours.
an honest man. Though you may find it
| hard to forgive me now, perhaps in time
| you may be able to think gently of him who
through all his crime and degradation has
your devoted husband,
| JOHN w. ARBOGAST.
my safety depends upon your keeping
| the contents of this letter secret for a I
| least three days. After that time, please
! send to Mr.. Dunlap president of the knick
| erbocker bank, the inclosed papers, which
| Will reveal to him the full extent of my de
| falcations.
Il do not hesitate to betray Chatham and
! Seymour; they did not scruple to ruin me.
| have sent for Chatham, and / shall give
| him warning of my intended flight. If he
| sees fit, he can take such steps as he may
| choose to escape his own richly deserved
| punishment
While Sturgis was reading Arbogast's
lSllCI, buhldJ' ItStlCSSlS pacing tue
room, had observed him furtiyely.
"Well?' he now inquired, stopping
| before the reporter, what do you think
of that
"Poor woman!" exclaimed Sturgis,
feelingly; 1T is terrible to think of
the suffering brought upon her by her
husbands guilt. | ought to be hard
ened to a situation like this; for it
is the inevitable sequel of almost every
crime that is ever committed. But |
am moved every time by the pathetic
eXpiation of the innocent for the
guilty"
"Yes. yes; I know" said Dunlap. in
| differently; that it not what ! meant
Did you note the amount which this
scoundrel confesses he and his accom-
| plices have stolen from the bank?"
Yes; it is large sum-
1.-TWO hundred and fifty thousand
dollars! Why. man, if that is true, it
! is enough TO cripple the bank-No no:
| don't mean that, of course; the bank
is rich and could stand the loss of
| four times that amount. But Il quar-
! ter of a million is a round sum, for ali
! of that 1t does not seem possible that,
in spite of all our care, they can have
succeeded in making away with so
much money. But they did. There can
| he no doubt about that for in the pa
| pers which Arbogast inclosed for me in
his letter to his wife he explains just
how the thing was done. 1t is simple
| enough when you know the trick; but
it took fendish cunning to devise it.
/ never would have thought that ras-
cally bookkeeper intelligent enough TO
concoct such scheme
'If the scheme is a work of genius, =
said Sturgis, you may rest assured
| that 'N-who may very well be Henry
| Seymour-was the author of it,"
well, at any rate" observed Dunlap,
| there is one thing that must be done
| at once: and that is to find both Chat
ham and Seymour. 1t is not possible
| that in two years these men have spent
u quarter of million dollars between
| them"
at is at all events possible that they
maynot have done So" replied Sturgis
| ''for my Investigations show that both
| Arbogast and Chatham have been men
of regular and exemplary habits in
| their private lives. They do not ap-
pear to have been living much, if at
all, beyond their means. There does
| not seem to have been. in the case Of
either man. any room for double eX-
| istence, which might otherwise have
explained the situation. Neither was
a spendthrift or gambler, and Meth
er was dissipated."
Then you have not the faintest idea
| of the present whereabouts of Chatham
or of his mysterious accomplice?'
Let me tell you exactly what have
| done up 10 the present time; and then
you will be able to judge for yourself
And |, too, shall see more clearly where
we stand; for the necessity of putting
ones thoughts into words is an aid to
clear thinking"