Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-04

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pire banks fra uds7 Bonds had sbean
stolen and negotiated;y vast sums Of
money were discovered to, be missing,
and the manager and one of: the direct
ors we're absent also. So cleverly had
the affair been worked, and So faring
were the defalcations, that had it not
been for the public-spirited behavior
and generosity of two of the direct
ors, the position of the bank would
have been most seriously compromised,
il not shattered altogether. How the
culprits had managed to slip through:
the fingers of the law in the first place
no one could say, but. the fact remains
that they were able to get out Of Eng
land, without, apparently, leaving
trace of their intentions or their where
abouts behind them Scotland Yard
took the: matter up. with it's usual
promptnes s,zApd at first were con-
fdent, of success. They set their clev-
crest detectives to work upon it, and
it was not until more than month
had elapsed that the men engaged were
compelled most reluctantly to admit
their defeat They had done their
best; it was the system under which
they worked that was to blame. In
the detection of crime, or in the trac-
ing of a criminal, it is best, as in every
other walk of life, to be original.
One morning on arriving at my office
I found letter awaiting me from the
remaining directors of the bank, in
which they inquired if could make it
convenient to call upon them at the
head+office that:day. To tell thetruth,
i had been expecting this summons for
nearly a week, and was far from be-
ing displeased when it came. The
work had expected them to offer me
was after my own heart, and if they
would only trust the business to me
and give me free hand, Twas pre-
pared on my part to bring the missing
gentlemen to justice, zxs: Z i4aiza@:'-*'
Needless to say. ! called upon them
at the hour specified, and after brief
wait was conducted to the board room,
where the directors sat in solemn con-
clave
The chairman, Sir Walter Brace
bridge, received me on behalf Of his
colleagues. -
eve wrote to you, Mr.. Fairfax he
said, Sin order to find out whether you
could help US concerning the diff
Guilty in'which= we find ours Ives p!a ced::
You of course are aware Of the serious
trouble the bank has xperienced,and
of the terrible consequences which
have resulted therefrom?" -
admitted=that I was quite CONVEX
santswithssit,, ,and waited to hear what
he would have to say next.
AS q natter offact," he continued,
eve havessent for you to know wheth-
er you can offer us any assista nee in
our hour of difficuity?' Pray take
chair, and let US talk the matter over.
and see5swhat conclusion we can ar
rive at" z Nh ..s
Z Iseated myself, and we discussedth
affair to such good purpose that, when
I left the board room, it was on the
understanding that I was to take up
the case at once, and that my expenses
and very large sum Of money should
be paid me, provided I could manage
to bring the affair to a successful ter
mination. I spent the remainder of
that day at the bank, carefully study
ing the various memoranda. A great
deal of what l had read and heard had
been mere hearsay, and this it was
necessary to discard in order that the
real facts of the case might be taAsn;
up, and the proper conclusions drawn
therefrom. For three days I weighed
the case carefully in my mind, and at
the end of that time was IN q position
to give the board q definite answer to
their inquiries. Thereupon left Eng
land, with the result that eSactly ~
weeks later the two men, so much
| wanted, were at Bow street, and5I had
i the proud knowledge of knowing that
| had succeeded where the men who
had tried before me had SO distinctly
failed. -
As will be remembered, it was a Sc
that interested every .classsof socie ty,
and press and public were slil.e united
Lin the interest they showed3in it. It
is not, however, the trial itself Is:
much as another curious circumstance
connected with it that has induced me
to- refer TO it here. The case had
pa ssed from the magistrate court to
1.-The Old Bailey, and was hourly in
cresefng in interest. Day after day
the court was crowded to overlooking,
and, when the time came for me to
take my place in the witBess-bex and
! &c scribe the ma nner in which I}-had
ed up TO and effected the capture Ct
, the offenders, the excitement rose to
fever heat. I can see the whole scene
aow as if it had occurred but yester.
! day; the learned judge upon the bench
1.-The Jury in their box, the rows OF cocn~
; sells, and the benches full of inter
ested spectators: gave~my evidence
and was examined by the counse,s for
| the prosecution and for the defense.
i !, described how I had traced the men
] IRON England to their hiding-place
! abroad, and the various attempts that
/, had been made to prevent theirsextra-