Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1903-05-16

at is about year." he reflected,
"since Hestor invited Bob Van Horne,
Blake and myself to dinner at the
Waldorf, and after dinner we went to
his apartment. He was loquaciously
mysterious about some house he was
building. Bob Van Horne had been
talking about a summer joint he was
going to erect out on Long Island.
Hestor said he was building one
which would make Bob's look like 30
cents. He raved about the scenery
and all that. Seems to me as II he
said something about palm trees.
Bob asked him where 1t was, and he
shut up like a clam"
Chalmers reflected. "He said palm
trees all right. Seems to me as II
he said something about alligators.
Then he closed up and said moth
ing"
Chalmers examined the other state
ments. They were bills of various
kinds-for stocks of canned goods,
smoked meats, condensed milk and
the multitudinous articles which
would be used by well equipped
camping party. They were dated
between the 25th and Goth of April,
and were rendered on the first of the
month. 1t was late in the afternoon
when he was through with this work.
About II o'clock that night Chal-
mers received n telegram from Mr..
Bernard Seymour dated from Chi
cago. Mr.. Seymour had been detailed
by Jack Stevens to hunt up the Chi
cago record of L. Sylvester Vincent.
Seymour was first heard of in the
following bulletin. filed in Chicago
at eight o'clock that night.
| Chicago. May 8.
| To William Chalmers. Managing Editor
the New York Record:
L. Sylvester Vincent Is the kidnapper.
He formed plan in Chicago two months
ago. Has been seen In conference with
Joseph Reiterman and other big stock
operators. Was probably backed by
them to abduct Rockwell. Carmody'
Kent, Pence. Haven and Morton. VIM
cent Is a plausible but desperate charac.
ter. Have big story. Can send 10,DW
/
BERNARD SEYMOUR.
Chalmers wired the impetuous
Seymour to send nothing except q
brief statement of the facts he had
learned; not for publication, but for
the private information of Mr.. Ste
vens and himself. Chalmers then
wired Stevens to put his men at work
at Provincetown, and return to New
York at once. He received tele-
phone message from Miss Carmody
asking him to call at her residence
il convenient, and in Is minutes an
automobile landed him at the Car
mody mansion.
He found Miss Carmody with Miss
!, Edith LIE Roy, Miss De Melville and
Mrs. Isabel White, the latter being
the widowed aunt Of Miss Carmody,
and a most charming chaperone to
I. that young lady. Mr.. Chalmers was
acquainted with all the ladies' ex'
cept Mrs. White. All were eager
for the latest news. Mr.. Chalmers
repeated Mr.. Van Horne's instruc
tions about the reward, and dis
y played a copy of the headlines and
y the leading article for the following
day. He told what had been done II
;, the way of forming detective staff
eve now have 40 men detailed ex
clusively to this work." he said
"Ten are with Mr.. Stevens Mt Prov
incetown and others are at various
;; points selected by Mr.. Stevens ant
= myself. I know you ladies will ex
cuse me If l ask for few minutes
!. private conversation with Miss Car
mody. We must all do what we cal
. to advance her interests, and this i
:, n matter in which she is especial.
concerned, and no precautions cal
be omitted"
= certainly we will excuse you," sal
n Mrs. White.
q "why, of course" said Miss lie Ro
a and Miss De Melville. But thes
II Young ladies were devoured of cur
osity and would have given anythin
quietly to have stepped into the &C
Joining room and overheard the sui
dued conversation between Miss Cal
mody and the managing editor.
no Chalmers briefly recited the stor
e of L. Sylvester Vincent and told Q
80 the telegram he had received frol
~ Seymour at Chicago.
4 "This is clew well worth follow
ing" said Mr.. Chalmers. II do not SUI
pose you have ever heard your fail
90 err speak about q man named VII
~ cent?"
100 Miss Carmody was sure that he
100 father had never mentioned tn
100 name. It was an odd one and sh
~ would have remembered IT.
- asn;d Ar Vincent ever call here