The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-02-21

And what may that be-" asked the
puzzled detective. Her handkerchief"
Yes. she dropped it in the hall as
she went out, One of the girls saw it
drop and called to her, but she did not
hear"
Mr.. Bruce looked helplessly at the
design.
Il wish her name was here" he said.
why, it is. 1t is there quite plain.
All those leaves and scrolls are but
embellishments to the name"
What is the name? 1t is Hebrew
to me-"
Mary"
Are you sure?"
Yes. quite sure" replied Miss Tai
bert.
Then" thought the detective, "the
woman is not likely to be Leonora, and
Mrs. Hamilton may be right Poe's
poems are haunting, certainly; but
somehow felt as if this woman was
the Lenora of his dream
Perhaps you had better say moth
ing about my inquiries" he said to
Miss Talbert upon leaving.
Very well. / will remember your
caution" she answered, and she
watched him with some curiosity, as
he went down the street and turned
the corner. He is going to the bank"
she thought; and she was right.
Arrived there, he found that the
business being carried on was all of
an inward nature. Practically it had
been suspended for nearly a week,
and now affairs had taken brisker
gait under the examinations of Bank
Commissioner Winch, who arrived the
day previous. He was very busy, but
stopped to talk with Mr.. Bruce when
he learned his Grand.
He said the DasS-boOks had been
coming in rapidly, and four hundred
out of six hundred had been examined
and found correct. Agents were out
collecting the others, and turning them
in as rapidly as possible. The direc-
tors Of the savings bank were busy in
Strengthening out matters, and it
would be impossible to remove the in
junction for a week or two.
Does it appear that Mr.. Hamilton
has fed with the funds?" asked the
detective.
There has been strange work"
said the commissioner. up to a late
date everything seems to have gone
all right; but since then affairs have
taken on a different aspect"
t'Since when?"
"Since the twenty-eighth of May,
and perhaps before that day."
did he take money with him."
'It is presumed so. Being cashier
and treasurer as well, he has the right
to take charge of all deposits, notes
and cash. Young Osborne says
he took lot of stuff, as
he called it, to the deposit vault in Bos-
ton. We have just heard from some
of the stuff, Mr.. Bruce. You may as
we'll know it now as later"
what do you mean. Mr.. Winch?'
Simply this: 1t developed this morn
ing that previous to the twanty-e eighth
of MAY. Hamilton. altered a note pay
able to this bank making the amount
five thousand instead of five hundred,
and deposited the note with the First
National Bank of Boston. as collateral
for money Whether he has done so
in more than this instance it is impos-
sible to saw
The commissioner faced about after
this statement and scanned the counte-
nance of the detective as if for con-
firmation of the grave state of affairs.
"Many such notes ?" asked Bruce.
Lots" said the commissioner, brief
w.
what does Osborn say?' asked the
detective after a pause.
Looks sober and SAYS he doesn't
know what to think about it. He
processes to think there must be some
mistake. Still he affirms, and it rests
on his word alone, it seems. that he
saw Hamilton enter. the door on the
twenty-second; and he says that it may
turn out the note was taken from
Hamilton. altered, and presented at
the bank by some one, protesting to be
Hamilton himself"
"Such things are done. but not in
a bright, wide-awake clearinghouse
like that"
'Well, the directors are in a terrible
state of excitement. With other notes
sowed broadcast over the country it
is not to be wondered at
"Of course, Hamiltons bondsmen will
settle"
"Yes, they have signified their read
mess to settle. Mr.. Carter. and Hen
derson, too, say they believe that, dark
as it looks, the>matter will clear up"
There must be a foul conspiracy
back of it, then. said the detective
Looked at now it is as clear a case
of dishonesty as I ever knew. Still"
recollecting himself, "a new phase of
the matter may arise any moment.
Anything look like completely on the
part OF OSBORN"
mo: the president found a letter un-
der his door this morning, without