Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-02-24

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lete or the fingers of virtuoso.
ct is about a 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 80
cents Ee raved about the scenery |
and all that. Seems to me as II he
said something about palm trees.
Bob asked him where it was, and he
shut up like clam"
Chalmers reflected. "He said palm
trees all right. Seems to me as it
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 18th 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 telegram from Mr..
| Bernard Seymour dated from Chi
cago. Mr.. Seymour>bad been detailed
by Jack Stevens to hunt up the Chi
ago 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 10000
words. How much do you want?
/ BERNARD SEYMOUR.
Chalmers wired the impetuous
Seymour to send nothing except a
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learned; not for publication.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 a tele-
phone message from Miss Carmody
asking him to call at her residence
, if 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 tC
that young lady. Mr.. Chalmers was
= acquainted with all the ladies eX
cept Mrs. White. All were eager
:, for the latest news. Mr.. Chalmers
y repeated Mr.. Van Horne's instruc
tions about the reward. and dis
played copy of the headlines anG
- the leading article for the following
day. He told what had been done il
;, the way of forming detective staff
q eve now have 40 men detailed ex
>. clusively to this work." he said
Ten are with Mr.. Stevens at Prov
= incetown and others are at variou!
4 points selected by Mr.. Stevens an,
n myself. 1 know you ladies will ex
. cuse me if l ask for few minutes
IS private conversation with Miss Car
!. mody. We must all do what we CA
n to advance her interests, and this
:. a matter in which she is especiall
h. concerned, and no precautions ca
be omitted"
d Certainly we will excuse you," sal
In Mrs. White.
toll "Why, of course" said Miss LIE Ro
ID 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 az
joining room and overheard the sui
mody and the managing editor.
ms Chalmers briefly recited the stor
ne of L. Sylvester Vincent and told {
as the telegram he had received frol
of Seymour at Chicago.
IL ''This is a clew well worth follow
ing," said Mr.. Chalmers. 81 do not SUI
pose you have ever heard your fail
~. ~ er speak about q man named Vii
m cent?"
Loo Miss Carmody was sure that hi
Loo father had never mentioned tt
~. ,UO name. It was an odd one and 81
|, % would have remembered it.
100 did Mr.. Vincent ever call here
100 EOur butler or foOtman MIGHT know