The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-05-10
THE BANK MYSTERY.

one day the directors Of the Bank
Of England were much puzzled, aud
not a little amused, when the secre-
tary read 10 them, at their usual sit
ting. the following ili-spelt and some
what curious letter
Two 6mumlu On Bank Rngland. Yoo
think ycN s on safe hand foure Bank bis
seaie. hut' knows betinf. ! bin hinside
thee Danek thee last nlfe hand VOW nose
muffin lhuNi |f. Butt um mott theai. so
hif yco viii meft mee in the greet squaf rom.
Werh arlffe none > is. tWei mite he
insrliIn orl 90 yeoW. lett oneY h0r 1cum
sl0yn. and ray muffin nohoddy
The letter being duly read. was
as might be expected. the topic OF
conversation and suggestion for some
time Some oi the directors thought
IL was a hoax Others thought that
under the apparently ignorantly
written letter deep mystery was
d dden. but ali agreed that the safest
way was % put the letter. with
proper instructions. into the hands
OF the dele fiycs specially employed
by the bank.
The detectives looked grave.
There was a plot at work, they saw.
and, with their usual penetration.
they az once penetrated the deepest
depths OK the inlQuitY Every one
knows that q Ole Of soldiers march
every night fr0m the Tower 70 the
rank % keep watch and ward over
the vast treasure there. tut they
simply guard the outside from at
tuck All within is calm and stlll
when business hours are over
There isa very large room under
ground. where the huge wealth OF
the bank is deposited millions and
mill ons 0f English sovereign, bars OF
f6ld and hundred-welghts Of silyeG
With mYrIads of note 20 an incalcu-
De amount The detectives of
course. knew that this room must be
the place which the writer Of the let
Ter had designated Us gret squar
rom. rs foor Is o sold stone pave.
menf and Us walls. roof, and door
are 0f wrought iron. The door, the
only means 90 access. IS immensely
thick. and secured by the best modern
locks while a sentinel Is stationed In
front oi 10 an the night through. No
Ons from outside could enter but, of
course, the Unlice well understood
the trick. there must be some on
tolerate within the bank. and one Of
.tfc couspirat0rs being more cowardly
than .he rest, had resolved % betrlY
his fellows tu save himself Their
plans were taken accordingly
An the night long detectives were
eecrctcd in the room. but they saw
nothing and heard nothing with the
eAcep lion that some said they heard.
about ! OF o'clock. a strange sound,
which they could not account Tor.
The next night was tnc same aud
the next. AID the next and when The
nBoard.laYn ui the bank came round,
the directors would have treated the
affair as an idle attempt % frghten
them. had not their attcuion been
more strongly called 70 the subject
the following incident.
- "A heavy chest had teen forwarded
ly the Parcels Delivery Company
directed 20 the Directors OF the
Bank oi England" The chest was,
of course. opened before them al
once-such a thing being very un-
usuai-and found 70 contain a large
packet Of most valuable papers and
securities which had been safely dc
Nposited in the vault With them was
the following letter.
RIO the Directors Of the Bank q England
--0enf'cmen Ny husband, who Is az hon
esf man wrute 60 sou last week. and told
you that he had found q way which ho be-
iieges g. tn1Nn only to himseli-oi getting
into your strong room. aad QHeteo. N you
would meet him there q night % explain
the whole natter. he has never taken any
thing from that room except the inclesed
box You set detectives upon him. and be
took fhe box g. show that hc could go there
n he chose Ne gives you another chance.
IN.a few gentlemen be ia the room alone.
and mr husband will meet yon there ui
Midnight Yours fcrf respectfully.
ELLEN SMITH
This letter was more mysterious
than the last The only thing that
was evident was that the writer
"Eilen smith. was a better scholar
than her husband Tue detectives
were shown the letter and acted ac
cordingD on course they saw
through tbe dodge The clevcrest
m0n were posted IN the room.
Nln the morning they told a strange
story They said that they saw =
light az about Y o'clock II seemed
90 come from q dark lantern. but di-
rectly they ran to the spot from
whence the light proceeded it went
out and the strlctcst search had dis
covered nothing The bank officials
becamc alarmed Every night the
strictcst watch was set but
nothing turned up UNTIL on the
morning Of the next sitting Of the
board was TO be held. another letter
was found ul On tie table Of the
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