The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

legged banker evinced scms ~hesitancy about
meeting Ames. muttering that he would
see him scme other time"
They drove up TO the bank. but HOmann
had grown suspicious over the psuedO
dissemination to meet AmeS. He
excused himself on some pretext and
fastened to his lawyer, whom he asked TO
accompany him.
i want you to identity 4 certain party
as Mr.. Johnston. the Charleston banker"
he said. But Mr.. Johnston" was not 10
be found. For several hours HOnann re-
fused TO tell the story. not desiring to hu-
initiate the banker. II II really was John
stCn.
This deliclcy on the farmers part gave
the swiEdlyrs an opportunity to catch 4
train and they left in such haste that they
did not secure their outfit. which was OBJ
tanned by The officers. y posse was sent
out into the country 10 arrest the ''imbe-
Gle" bu he had flown Then HOmRnn told
the story OF his dealings with the stran-
NOTE WRAPPED AROUND ROCK
SHOWS SHINDLEIIS' CLENERNESs.
The two deposit boxes found in the swim
dlers' vehicle were opened. In the first was
a rock, neatly wrapped in a Chicago paper.
following ~tyVew-itten note WAS found:
Read this letter carefully and think well OF
what II says. and Sc u you can Aiflrd 10 tell
any one. not even your wife or best friend:
Dear Slr-EnCIOsed you will md the KEY to the
DCL NLea you get q take II - a quiet piacs
Were nc one can see you ana open Il anu you
wLI ind IL empty. ne conJsnts were removed
by thu Green horn. Sow take ms advice. Eeep
tae whole aHalr TO youEselL II yOu tell any one
tEey viii laugh At ySu. aud say that you Wers
served ugut Ir trygag 10 take advantage "f u
man you Thought was a green horn. Your neigh
boEs And friends and a4sS Jour sHosieS viii say
that you are not tie L.acs. man you were sup
posed 20 He. And WL4t viii a~ the effect On
your credit; You know you told a lie 70 get the
money. and no banker viii ever let you Favs
u and gamble assin and lose it. Your credit
vii L. ruirei - N-ep quiet. pocket the loss
myself We ar song TO reform. and you will
RenembeT the old adaFe: "A wise man Leeps a
i. S.-Tnink well o: the effect that this affair
II ever Iecumy known. You Will be pointed out
as as a dtsh5rss; nan and a gambler; II VII be
would rot B,t your money back. ana would only
run you morally. socially ano financially. You
can not Make your neighCors and Rcquaintanc-s
believe there is any excuse. FOR you gamBled ~
and that IL wuat ever one who hears OF the mat
6IacEmsncfs vii apaioscn You and SIstkTaii
you out q more money, 50. 10 avoid any an
u no one.
The second deposit box was opened and
two rolls OF grceBbacks were found. They
were wrapped I'm labels bearing the inscrip-
ton. 'S.yy. Chicago Drovers' National
Bank" HOmaun identified the money as
the same shown him by the ~greenhorn.I
1t was legitimate currency. but was 80 ar
that the outer portion was covered
with a so bill and the inner bills were 81
The box containing the gold brick was
marked with a cross so that the bunko
men would make no mistake in foIstInE the
one with the worthless contents on The
A travelling yllise was next opened. II
che usual articles carried bv =
man OF wealth when travelling. The an
paTel was CT Hue texture. At the bottom q
the vaiise was an expensive loaded rcvnI-
yer, The most important discovery was a
packet Of letters which told Of the yIcfiua
selected and the moe OF Operations To be