The Washington times., 1904-11-28
Seven Minutes of Time
Nets Twenty-Five Dol
lars for One.
CHAUFFEUR GETS SECOND
Third Packet in Seventh
Street Northeast Proves
Poser.

Sherlock Holmes. "a postmaster in the
art OF deduction, never worked more
diligently over a mystery than did the
people of Washington today in their ef-
forts 10 solve the clue of the Black Ar
row.
OF the great army of searchers that
thrOnged the streets "a their quest for
! the hidden money. clues TO which are 10
he found in The Sunday Times. tickle
Dame Fortune selected .wo as the re-
cipients of her favor and revealed TO
them the places where the mysterious
Arrow mad been concealed.
These lucky persons were.
Forrest Goodman. special delivery
messenger Of the Postofice Department.
residing ut Sl57 p Street, Georgetown.
found 50 behind a sign at a cigar store
al the northeas- corner of Thirty-second
and p Streets, shortly after o'clock
Rodney Mills. chauffeur. residing at
81 Garfield Avenue southwest, found So
under doorstep on north side of Massa-
chhusetts Avenue. between Eleventh
and Twelfth northwest. about 1890
o'clock.
Started Before Light.
Before daylight this morning crowd
a searchers filed the streets Of the city
looking here, there. and everywhere Tor
the hidden money. Indeed. as early as
1850 o'clock last night there were hun
dreds out on the fascinating quest. and
a. Through the early morning energetic
seekers could be seen fitting from one
place 10 another in adesperate attempt
10 get their hands on the arrow.
IL was strange sight-this hunt in
the dark streets, where the searcher had
| onlE the sputtering electric light or a
| nickering gas lamp TO help him in his
silent chase after the treasure. The
night was cold and bleak, and the thor
oughfares We're practically deserted ex-
cept for those who prowled about in
spooky spots for the arrow
Like a whisper In the stiffness Of the
night these three words echoed and re-
echoed about the localities in which the
arrows had been concealed. II was on
everybody's lips. but yet apparently
came from nowhere: and is the solitary
searcher peered into a dark corner he
unconsciOusly shuddered "A BIT as the
sound tioated through the air.
I'm going 10 look for the Black Ar
row. and the young husband felt like
a martyr as he slammed the front door
behind him, and plunged into the cold
and darkness outside.
Its easy Christmas money If / find
IL" he solilOquized as he hastened in
The direction of Thirty-second Street.
1T could come In right handy, too, and
! nope 1 ean ind il. By gum"
As daylight approached the crowd of
all-night seekers gradually thinned out,
and made way for the early risers
Slowly the crowd increased until il
seemed that everybody on the street
Was a seaTcher.
IL seemed that the city had gone Ar
row mad. The great temptation OF get
ting "a lot for not much il proving more
and more Irresistible 10 the people. and
the search for the Black Arrow has re-
solved itself into mad hunt,
Forrest Up Early.
The first lucky person 10 find am Ar
row was Forrest Goodman
Forrest got up this morning at 7.i5
O'Clock Not an astonishing incident or
| dinarily, but an important link In the
/ solution OF the Black Arrow mystery.
Forrest is a special delivery letter car
rl@r. He is sevetecn years old. and lives
! at 5I51 = Street northwest.
As De works from 3 o'clock IN the
afternoon until II o'clock at night he IS
not what would be- known as au early
/ riser. But be had a motive in getting
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