The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-31

ASaAASd IliSS ilo hunger iiu any
doubt they were on the right track.
'But what did he do such thing
for?" asked Stevens. ut is all Greek
to me. Talk about motives! What
motive would man like Hestor have
i'll kidnapping such men as these? He
has plenty of money. He would not
demand a ransom. Most of these
men have known him since he was a
boy; so l am told. His father was
big figure in Wall Street. What
the devil was his motive?"
81 will never tell you," said Chal-
mers. Gle has always been more or
less crazy about the newspaper bust
ness. That interview with the Car
turned his head. This is probably
his coup de maitre. If so, it is
wonder!"
that we believe Ilestor is the man?"
asked Stevens. "Where is he? That
is the question. How are we to
find him?"
"You may as well call off your
men at Proyincetown," said Chal-
mers, after pause, in which both
did some ha@d thinking. 'Thcy can
find nothing there. If llestor did
this job. he probably brought the
Shark into Cape Cod bay and posted
the letter from provincctown. 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 I'hiladcl
phia. lIestor 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"
cit strikes me that the thing to
do is to ascertain if Hcstor loaded
any building materials into that
yacht" said Stevens. eff he did he
is planning to build a house to put
probably is built"
81 nave reason to believe the house
is already constructed" said Chal-
mers. He told Stevens of 1Testor's
talk about his house, the night after
the WalJorf-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 Editor
New York Records:
Have arrested l.. Sylvester Vincent. He
refuses tu make confession. How much
shall I SIND? Big story. Can wire 49,
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US 1000 words information, not for
publication, and tell him to stick to
Vincent and make him talk Ste
vens sent the proper dispatch. An
other telegram was received, an hour
later, from St. Louis. 1t read:
st. Louis, May Z.
TO Editor New York Record: Man ar
rested as l.. Sylvester Vincent by your
representative proves I" b" Rev. Hilton
Wesley of Chicago. Where can your
representative be found"
p SULLIVAN, chief of Police.
81 don't believe I've can hr found"
said Chalmers. 'Wirr the chief that
the man who represented himself as
our correspondent undoubtedly is
an impossnr. wonder where MIR.
Bernard !>rym"ur is!''
Tie was not lon% in Gnnbt. Shortly
before midnight this telegram was
received:
Illinois Central Train No. Il. lin Route
rit,,,
Editor New York Record: Will explain
later. Am hot on trail Send $500 to ST.
Charles hotel, N@w Orleans
BERNARD SEYMOUR.
81 am glad he is headed for New
Orleans" said Chalmers. "We can
use him thrrc. Now. tell you what
we will do: Your Wall street men
have found ont nothing. You notice
WAS right about the books OF
Street 4 Rogers. Nm examination
was made to-day, and il panned out
just as predicted. The account is
in the name of lii" firm. am going
to break into Ilcstor's desk tonight
and see it | can learn anything. II
prove something. 1t is hardly likely
that they are. What | was about tC
say is this: "You lind out if any lum
Der went aboard the Shark In thu
meantime have your men interview
every contractor, builder and archi
, tect in New York, and see If an,
work has been done for Hestor in tn,
last two years"
"rhat is Il great scheme!" sal,
Stevens.
"Send men to Boston and Philadel
phia OH Il like mission. | will wir
Seymour at New Orleans and hav
him do the same thing there. Sem
four or five men to New Orleans an
Galveston tonight. Instruct then
to interview every man who may hav
had anything to do with building
residence OF amy kind for Walter l
Hcstor. Swear them to absolute Sc
crecy l am going to have an il
tervicw with Miss Olive Harmon
tonight, at the Carmody residence
"Where does Sidney Harmon
come in in this case?" asked ST.
vens. "IIe is supposed to have sale
with Iiestor.'
Il do not know. am going to tt
and find out" said Chalmers 81
looks as if he was mixed up in i
too. | hope not. Sidney is too GOO
fellow"
Later in the evening Mr.. Chalmel
was at the Carmody mansion. Du
ing the day he had arranged wit
Miss Carmody to invite Miss Oil,
Hammond to spend the evening