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

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day and night was mystery. Its
contents were as follows:
1T was for your own good that you were
warned that the strong room of the bank Is
not really safe. At any time any one can
enter Il. u we wished to steal we certainly
would never have told You about ID. on re-
turned that box. You have ser the police 10
see 90 What you ought 10 have looked after
yourself II the police are there tonight
We VIII never explain the easyway Of get
ting into your strong room. but most Kelly
some one else win let you know that wefoid
the truth wien they help thenteires y what
Is there. E
More and more ast0nished than
ever On the receipt 81 this letter and
more puzzled still at tie strange way
in which It had been delivered. the
directors, after a long consultation,
agreed upon a plan Of action. There
were two things pc fectly evident:
one that the writer Of the letter really
had access In some mysterious way. 70
the strong room and the other, that
he had discovered that the police had
heen put upon his track So 10 was
determined that some Of the direct
Ors who could conveniently do So.
should visit the strong room al the
time indicated IN the letter
The plan was carried out But, as
might be expected the dlreeto.
were not alone. The police had adj
yised them too well for that and half
a dozen Of the best detectives were
dre sed up IN the gafb OF gentlemen
aud ming ed Ia such a way that any
one would have Supposed that they
formed one group
They waited until twelve and then
one Of the directors, a little impa-
tient, approaching the table said.
''Mell, it's a most extraordinary az
fair Felden. you are used 70 these
matters and You have examined the
room Where the fellow can come
from IS % me a perie I mystery"
Perhaps If he had not used these
wJrds 40 that moment, the "myste-
~. as he called il. might have been
instantly solved
OF course every eye was directed 20
the table where the letters had been
placed but though every prccauti0n
was taken, there was not the least
sign " any living being but them
selves or any voice save their own,
10 the room. They waited there the
whole night long but nothing was
seen or heard. Their labor was in
vain About 4 O'Clock 10 the morn
ing the detectives whispered that il
was needless for the gentlemen 20
remain any .onker they themselves
would wait as long as the gentlemen
chose, but the hour for breaking into
that strongest Of al strong rooms
IL it could be broken into at all-was
long past The gentlemen, nothing
loath, departed, after dipping their
assistants literally The detectives
also convinced that their WORK f0r
the night was done, le the strong
room about 8 O'clock.
The next morning the bOlrL. held
an extraordinary meeting. in 0rder
% discuss the result Of the efforts OF
the gentlemen who had been an
night 10 the vault They had little
nr nothing 10 saY % any consequence.
and alter a long argument about
nothing. were about 10 separate.
when a loIter entered with a letter
which he stated had been found on
the table Ia the SIT ng ROOM 4. ran
as follows
-Yow kndo ess yeou hfe Lars night ]
herd someone speek 90 Mf feldin, who I
know ls an hossfcr ol ths rarIlcc. SOW ol
course idii net come. As J mite aye dun.
rife fco af o.her chance. CQome 90 mite.
N two 0r gentlemen are ihcarc nloane I'D
wi.l bc with um II ony deiest.ves is thare
hi shall give ii az up af lst 70 may cto-se
as Won NuA JS.
This extraordinary communication
was a source OF no small anxiety 10
the bank directors. How 10 could
nave been left on the table in the
strong room, guarded as il was. none
could imagine. They however, 40
last agre a 70 do what perhaps would
have been wiser IL done al FIRST
namely. 10 aepute a FEW OF their
number 10 visit the vault alone.
hyery suitable pre- auti0n was
taken when night came The sen
tinel paced up and down outside: the
detective, were not far on. and after
the most rigorous search ha1 been IN
stltuted. the gentlemen were locked
10. Hour after hour pass by. but
nothing appeared sometimes for
half an hour they pretended by silence
that tho room VS. empty To- order 70
tempt the depredator, IL present
from his hiding pla,e Then they
would move about. aud talk 10 such
a way thas any person who over
heard them would know that they
were alone. but not a sound or a
whisper save what they themselves
uttered, was heard AT last one OF
them, who paced the floor rather inn
patiently, beginning TO think that
perhaps after all it was only a clever
trick. cried out:
"You ghost, YOU secret visitor you
midnight thief, come out There Is
% one here but tive gentlemen aud
myself. II you are afraid give YOU
my word that the police are not
here
10 was more 10 lest than 10 earnest
that Major ClllI0rd-for he was mill
itary man-shouted out this absurd
speech. His astonishment however,