The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-01-10

than As hours. The ncrve-racl1ed
brokers expected the announcement
of yet more disastrous news, and lis
tened stolidly as the chairman waved
his hand for quiet, cleared his voice,
and began his reading. No one heard
more than the close of the first SEN
tence: II am alive and WELL" The
joyous voice of the gray-bearded old
chairman told them that the mes
sage was from Palmer j. Morton.
What a shout went up! 1t was re-
echoed by the vast mob which defied
the police and swarmed into Broad
and Wall streets. The enthusiastic
clerks and customers chcered from
every window.
The panic was ended. Prices
moved violently upward. In half an
hour the face of the market was
changed. In the whirl of speculative
figures which had been reached at
the opening on Monday morning. But
while the agony of suspense was
passed, and it was known that the
missing men We're safe, the case was
yet shrouded in a mystery deep as
ever. At the close of the day the
market stood on Il plane which aver
aged about ten points below the level
established before the leaders of
finance and speculation had vanished.
1t was noticed that Street & Rogers
were persistent buyers from the mo-
ment the first news of the Morton
letter was made public. Their sales
were so small as to show that they
represented but profit taking for
mensc holdings of long" stock which
had been absorbed during the height
of the panic. Their profits were
roughly estimated at S35,OOO,ooO.
The welcome letter was addressed
to Mr.. M. l.. Morton, n brother
OF the great financier. 1t was in a
plain white envelope and written on
ordinary letter paper, with a single
fold. The postmarll on the letter
was indistinct. but when put under Il
glass the inscription clearly read,
"Provincetown, Mass" The letter
had been mailed at nine o'clock at
night, and left the Cape Cod town
on late train. With slow connec-
tons the letter reached New York
in time for the 1O:45 a. m. delivery.
Here was II clew worth following.
~ special train with the best de-
tcctivc talent in New York, was pre-
pared and dispatched to Province
town. But the developments which
speedily followed, deepened the mys-
terry and puzzled the cool-headed
chief of the detective force. Between
four and five o'clock the same after
noon letters were received by rela-
tives of John NJ. Rockwell and An
drus Carnody. These letters were
at once placed in the hands of the
was in compliance with Instructions
which had been issued by the chief.
The Rockwell letter was postmarkcd
"Springtield, Massachusetts The
Carmody letter was mailed from u
Harlem district in New York city.
-, Early the following morning
/ Thursday-a letter from Albany, N.
V, WAS received from Il. j. Kent, and
another was mailed to the Simon
Pence residence from Brooklyn. Mr..
Hiram Haven was as yet unaccount-
ed for, but latc in the afternoon word
was received from him from Phil
, adelpllia. These letters were of a
ter. They were written on several
/ kinds of paper. and there was no
| uniformity i'm envelopes. The Pence
/ letter was written with Il lead pencil.
! The detectives descended on the
= peaceful citizens of l'rovincetown;
which sandgirt Village of Cape Cod
/ found itself of sudden possessed
of the center nf the stage. Probably
no town in America affords less OPP
/ pnrtuniirs for Srrrrti,rnesS than
! Pro,inrr, own. There is but ono
street in the v:LInge-u narrow, wind
ing lane which follows the sinuosity
of the larbor.
But the detectives were not dis
mayed. There were hundreds of fish.
ing boats at their dcep-sra toll, and
their shippers were interviewed
So were the trainmen and con'!uc
tors. The latter were positive that
No man answering Mr.. Morton's dc
scription had Travelled over the single
road which runs up Cape Cod PENN
sula. Two detectives were left at
l'rovincctowm To CONTINUES the srarcl
for clcws. ;.nl he others received
telrgra phic Instructions to proceed
to Springfield, Mass, and Albany
N. Y.
On Friday the New York paper:
contained brief accounts of the dis
appearance of one H. Sylvester Vim
cent, Il Chicago gentleman. who fol
lowed the profession of promotin!
enterprises and inventions. Mr.. Vim
cent had been stopping at the Broad
way Central hotel. lie was described
as Il gentleman of impressive bear
ing and rare charms of converse
ton. Mr.. Vincent had registered il
the hotel two weeks before the tim
when his absence was noted. His he
tel bill was due. and repeated effort
to present this little matter to MI
.. Vincent's attention disclosed TIL
!, fact that he had not been in hi
. rooms since Monday night. An cs
:, animation of his effects revealed
! much frayrd evening suit, a slna
collection Of unwashcd linen. TIL
!, prospectus of Il plan for Il ship G;
nal connecting Pittsh,rg with LAX