Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-28
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De Shark sailed right erway as
l left, sah," said Napoleon. "While
l war a-fiXin' Their harness of Their
of boss, de caps gave de orders an
de Shark sailed out inter de bay.
Marster Walter didn't say 'nothits
Ter me erpout whar he was a'gwinee
Or when he would come back. Mar:
sster Walters a mighty particlar man
erbout sich things, sah,''
"Alpch obliged, Mn. Spencer" said
Jack Stevens. eve want to send a
cablegram to him as soon as pes.
sible, Coed days.
nGood-bye, hess. Sorry I cawnt
tele yer nothin' mo- erbout him.
Marster Walters mighty hard man
to find when he's gwinc erway, sab.
Goodbye, sah." !
Jack SteTeVs lost no time in ac-
auatntlng Chalmers with what he had
learned. They no longer had any
doubt they We're on the right track.
"But what did he do sHch !. ching
for?" asked stsyens. III is ali Greek
to me. Talk about motives. What
motive would q man like Hestor have
IN kidnapping such neA As theses He
has plenty OF money. He would not
demand ransom. Most of these
men have known him since he was q
boy, SO / am told. His father was
big figure In Wall Street. What
the devil was his motive?"
II will never tell you," said Chal-
mers. 'Hc has always been more or
less crazy about theaneMspaper bust
ness. That interview with the Gar
turned his head. This is probably
his coup de maitre. If so, it is a
wonder!" &
''How much better off are we now
that we believe Hestor is the man?n
asked Stevens. ..Where is he2 That
IS the question. How are we to
find him."
:'You may as well call off your
men at Provincetown," said Chal-
mers, after u pause, in which both
did some hard thinking. "They can
find nothing there. If Hestor did
this job, he probably brought the
Shark into Cape Cod bay and posted
the letter from Provincetown. Then
he dropped man off at or near
Boston and had him mail the various
letters from Springfield, Albany, and
the other places. 1t requires no
great reasoning to see through that.
The last letter came from Philadel-
phia. Hestor may have made the trip
himself. 1t would be just like him.
If SO, the yacht probably picked him
up at some point along the South
Atlantic coast"
st strikes me that the thing to
do is to ascertain if Hester loaded
any building materials into that
yacht" said Stevens. "If he did he
is planning to build house to put
that furniture in. If not, the house
probably is built"
II have reason to believe the house
is already constructed" said Chal,
mers. He told Stevens of Hestor's
talk about his house, the night after
the Waldorf-Astoria dinner. While
they were considering this phase OF
the case the news editor entered with
telegram. 1t read as follows:
st. Louis, May z.
To William Chalmers. Managing Edito,
New York Records
Have arrested L. Sylvester Vincent. He
refuses to make confession, How much
shall send? Big story. Can wire TO-,
600 words before midnight, Wire $500.
BERNARD SEYMOUR.
"Your man Seymour is DREAM
said Chalmers, passing the telegram
to Jack Stevens. "Wire him to SEND
us 1000 words information, not fol
publication, and tell him to stick tt
Vincent and make him talk" Ste
vens sent the proper dispatch. An
other telegram was received, an houl
later, from ST. Louis. 1t read:
ST. Louis, May I.
To Editor New York Record: Man ar
rested as L. Sylvester Vincent by you
representative proves to be Rev. Hilto,
Wesley, of Chicago. Where can you
representative be found?
P. SULLIVAN, Chief of Police.
81 don't believe he can be found,
said Chalmers. "Wire the chief tina
the man who represented himself al
our correspondent undoubtedly il
an impostor. j wonder where Mr.
Bernard seymour ISL!
He was not long in doubt. Shortl,
before midnight this telegram wa
received:
Illinois Central Train No. II. En- Rout
South. To William Chalmers, Managing
Editor New York Record: VIII explail
later. Am hot on trail Send $500 to 81
Charles hotel, New Orleans.
BERNARD SEYMOUR.