Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-11-29

pIcScuI uuuST cover anu the scent is
lost. The police are gropingin the
dark just now. and-and' so ami"
The banker looked sorely disap.
pointed. :, As,* I'll.
"And so that is all YOU have been
able to discover? Not a.>trace of the
money? It does not seem j.. possible
that quarter of a million dollars can
disappear so completely without leav-
ing the slightest trace" --<s-,... = ,..-.
''1f we can ever find Seymour" re-
piled Sturgis,, II make no doubt we
shall be able to locate the lions share
of the money. SER :. -, g:s-....., y.
EYES," he added. thoughtfully,
shat is all I have been able to dis
cover up to the present time; or, at
least, all that seems tosbe Of any i'm
mediate Importance, :. OF course, l
called on both Mr.. Murray and Mr..
Scott; but, beyond the fact that Chat-'
ham, like. Arbogast, was "a d: model en-.
ploye, all"1 got from them was the
address Of Chatham's clearinghouse;
there I, was 'tnformed:sth tie ac-
:countant had moved on New Years
eve without leaving his new address.
There is one other link In the chain
of evidence which I have investigated;
but 1fcannot tell yet whether it win
lead to anything OF; not, It may be
immateria1; but who knows? :. Pos
sibly it may prove to be the key to.
the entire problem" t." -
"And what is this promising link"
asked Dunlap, eagerly. 49,. -"
'There is not much to tell on this
score" answered Sturgis. "You will
recall that according to the evidence
which we have thus far colleeted,
Chatham was attacked by Arbogast
while he was in the act of using the
telephone"
eyes; I remember how minutelv
you reconstructed that scene.",x
"Well,", continued the reporter, 81
saw at once that the telephone might
possibly prove to be an important wit
ness for the prosecution, if l could
only discover the name of the person
with whom Chatham was talking
when he was shot. I therefore called
at the central Office to make inquiries.
AS I 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. It seems that
after giving Chatham the connection
he wanted, the operator rang him up.
While she was listening for reply,
she heard a sharp report, followed
by scream; then sound Of con-
fused voices, and presently another
sharp report. After that came COM
plete silence, and she was unable to
obtain any reply to her repeated
calls" go:
"You have here corroborative evil
dence of the scene between Chatham
and Arbogast," said Dunlap. -:
Eyes; but I. did not need that.
What wished to know was the name
Of the person with whom Chatham
wanted to converse" ,-,
did you discover it?"
1.-THE number of the telephone he
gave is that of the Manhattan Chem
ical company"
"And what is the Manhattan Chem
ical company"
That is the question asked peo-
PIC connected with the commercial
agencies. They replied that they
knew very little concerning this firm;
because, although it has been in ex-
istence for couple Of years, it ap-
parently never asks anyone for cred
it, preferring to pay cash for all the
goods delivered to it. ! called at the
Office Of the; Manhattan Chemical
company to investigate on my own
account. The Office and store occupy
the basement Of an old <ramshackle
building, whose upper stories are
rented out as business offices. ( The
laboratory and manufacturing depart
ment are downstairs in J: the cellar,
The store contains only q few chairs
and long counter behind which rise
shelves containing rows Of bottles
NTH brilliantly colored labels. A few
paintedaeieps upon the walls vaunt
i the merits 81 DR.. Henderson's Cough
/ Curse i1--Ir If4fenlerson's* Liver Spe-
eific. did not expect to find anyone
ii IN iNfkf Years day. Z was, there
f41&l u1f Used to- see q solitary clerk
&6k&- Nm his feet upon, { desk and
apparently absorbed in the reading Of
a newspaper---a pale young man of
the washed-out blond type, with>swa.
terry green-blue eyes and a scant mus:
tache which fails to conceal q weak
mouth. Re. roo toleeta,pe with ,ap
airaof surprise which 1dos1snot speak
we'll for the briskness of trade in the
establishment. Indeed. IL No arc ia
tjndees ~ ftheFespeet spf s1Airpsin ths
3pneasof t 1flnhatt }ioua:
1p1nys budnkst in fsttht msdfcilsl
does not iappssFY TO- he aSnri hing j4st
1t present. ~ The way. did you s1sa
hear Of Dr.. Hsndssyonag s. IT :,
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