New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-04-15
when he left the house he was far
from satisfied with his luck.

when he left the house he was far
from satisfied with his luck. 81
II thought ! knew why Robinson
went home" he said. but either /
didn't or he changed his mind.'' sS
He spent some hours in verifying
Robinson's statement about the place
where he had passed the night and in
attempting to ascertain the Young
mans favorite haunts and the names
| of his companions The notification
| was easy. but the search for the mans
associates yielded little. Apparently
Robinson had not wide circle Of ac-
quaintances.
Returning to the lower regions of the
city, Elmendorf encountered a bit Of
| better fortune in learning that Robin
son had visited his place Of employ
ment on the previous day between 5
and O'Clock.
If he's the man." reflected the de-
tective, "he took that money home and
then, not finding satisfactory place to
hide it, he brought it down here. BY
| the everlasting. he must have had it in
his pocket right there in Elsie Miller's
room. No wonder he had nervous pros
| tration!'' @ -.@
| Alden, as was to have been expected,
| had left his Office long before Elmen-
dorf returned to it. Robinson also had
gone away. but might come back soon.
| By the exercise of little tact the de-
| tective secured permission to wait in
| the, private office. and while there he
familiarized himself thoroughly with
the contents of Robinson's desk, but it
was not worth the trouble. ~.
1t was difficult to suppose that Rob-
inson was still carrying that money in
his pocket. He must have put it some
where. And Elmendorf racked his
brains. asking the conventional and
generally useless question, What
would have done in the same cir
cumstances?' 1t, came into his mind
at last that Robinson had been present
when Alden was arrested, and for
this reason would not have expected
to see him at the Office again imme-
diately. Thus rejecting. Elmendorf
drew some keys of convenient design
from his pocket and cautiously raised
the lid of Alden's desk. 1t was fairly
clear on it's working surface and the
! pigeonholes did not look promising, so
at random Elmendorf opened a little
drawer in which. under some papers
which seemed to have lain there long
time, he found an envelope addressed
In typewriter characters to John Rob-
lnson. n
The envelope looked fresh and the
papers on top Of it did not. The infer
ence that the thing had, been slid into
q little used drawer and under those
old documents for purposes of conceal
ment was as easy as possible. Elmen-
dorf closed the drawer and the lid of
the desk and walked to the window
with the envelope in his hand. It
gently murmured that he would
Pchance it, .4##M E.' -
With the thin blade of a penknife he
| very adroitly raised the gummed lap
pet without inficting any injury
which could not be repaired. The en-
velope contained five 500 bills
wrapped in blank sheet Of the firms
paper. -. =. F..
Despite the coincidence Of amounts,
this was not necessarily the money
mentioned in Alden's note to Elsie. If,
for instance, Mr.. Robinson should say
that he had frugally laid by that sum,
and had thought his employers desk
the safest place for it, the statement
would be equally hard to believe or to
disprove. For this reason Elmendorf
scrutinized the bills with an eager eye.
and when he found upon one of them
a peculiar mark, as If word Of a
strange language had been scrawled
there, he was more than pleased.
Raising the lower sash of the window.
he made mirror of the glass by hold
ing the cuff Of his black coat against
it. Placing the bill before this mirror.
he beheld the strange word reversed.
and it became legible as clarence"
"The signature was blotted against
the money" said he. 1T couldn't be
anything else. The bills were folded
into the note while the signature was
wet, and of course it printed itself on
one Of them
If Robinson had entered the room at
that moment, he would have been ar
| rested for attempted murder, but he