CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-02-27
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5 By HOWARD FIELDING 8
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lnson returned there the shadow
would have given. In his subsequent
report. full statement covering every
detail OF Robinson's movements and
every minute OF the time. and would
cheerfully have sworn to IL In court
had later events made such proceed
Ing necessary. But. falling To pick
mp" Robinson. there was no escape
from confession.
The landlady OF the boarding house
where Robinson lived said that he
was somewhat irregular In his habits
and that he did not always come home
TO dinner: but when at 2 O'Clock in the
morning 1t was reported that he bad
not appeared Captain Seale began TO
be uneasy. As he expressed II. III Rob
inson has skipped. therell be nothing
doing"
Translated this meant that II a hum
BILE clerk of unknown antecedents had
stained his soul with crime for $500
there remained only the proftless task
OF catching him and sending him 20
jail
Elmendorf had no idea that Robinson
had skipped principally because
there WIS no apparent reason for II.
The clerk had delivered the note 20
Elsie and had then left the house. as
the testimony OF the servant. a reliable
woman long In Mrs. Simmons employ.
satisfactorily proved. That Robinson
Lad immediately returned and commit
ted the atrociou- crime for a reward so
small was In Eimendorrs opinion. 4
..-tfN tAatar.H 10 ltssA heard
such hypothesis stated. But that
Tiobinson's extreme agitation when
brought 60 the scene was due to a more
intimate knowledge OF the affair than
he bad disclosed was much more rca-
sonable proposition.
A. to the money In the note, Elmen-
dorf was far FROM regarding II as the
motive for The crime. He believed that
the money had been thefw far that was
one ~ the fev points uisH whisii elsie
lad made positive 4 i,,.'zi atiou ia her
first response TO qu--;iHre p T. .'n-n-
doff had lecn Informed 10y .Srn i.il -
their earliest Interview Ht the hosp al
She had said that she had removed the
money and had laid 1t. with the note.
upon the table II had been stolen. Int
probably as a blind" unless. indeed.
some person connected with the police
had cnmfortei an itching palm with ~
I'pon rccrivinr his orders IN regard
10 Robinson the detective went Town
town 10 the building In which Aldsn's
Offices vpfr situated. lie took up nm
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after half an hour of~waitlng had the
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