The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-10-06

bier said tne cashier when we were
all inside and tbs door was shut.
The lady cast quick glance at me.
"hr. Kelly, police detective" ssid
stover.
Il drew $4,000 from the bank nye
minutes ago" said she. Il put II Into
this bag snd went out to my carriage.
] had Just got In when this man.
pointing TO Perry-"came out and said
that there had been Q mistake In
counting my money. Ho had some
bills IN bis band. aud I naturally sup
posed that I had received too little. I
gave him the bag. and hs opened II
right on my lap and counted the mon
w slowly. That's Qussr,' said he and
counted 1t again. I watched him and
saw that the amount was right There
were ten $1,000 and sixteen $500
bills. lie put them back into the bag
and snapped The catch. I beg your
pardon.' said he. The teller must
have been nistaksn' He went into
tho bank. sud | told the coachman TO
drive away. Just after the carriage
started I thought I'd have . look at
the money and count II myself, I
opensd the bas. and this was what I
found" l
As she said these words shs laid the
bag on the table and pulled out Of II
roll of green paper In pieces cut TO the
sise Of bank notes. Thsrs were two
one dollar grssnbachs In the bunch.
Presumably they had been on the out.
side Of tho green paper TO give the roll
more genuine look. That IL tho way
that the bunko game b usually work
ID. but ! could hardly believe that this
young man Perry had worked II
Perry was nephew Of the cashier
and had been rather wild, as ! hap.
pened % know.
Slower did not seem to be the least bit
anxious about this accusation against
bis nephew. but he was puzzled by the
case as q whole. as could see plainly
enough.
you're sure that the man who came
10 your carriage was Mr.. Perryr he
asked. did you recognize him at the
timer
II never saw him before" replied
Mrs. Holden. 'but I know him now"
She turned and pointed toward Per
~. while she said slowly and with de-
cision:
II know that coat. ! noticed the but
tons particularly. can't be mistaken"
Perry was wearing white linen Of
Ace coat OF fine and peculiar texture.
and when Mrs. Holden said she recog.
nixsd him by that ] was more I'm
pressed than II shs had pretended TO
know bis face. l had noticed al along
that she was looking at the coat.
II never saw another Ike H." said
shs. Those are real pearl buttons. :"
meaning mother-of-pearl. Of course.
Now. some men might have thought
that this was ridiculous, but TO me Il
was convincing. BY this sort Of thing
you know that a woman u telling the
truth and giving the evidence just as
Il really exists In her own mind.
Five minutes ago. ten minutes ago.
twenty minutes ago." said Slower i'm
pressively. "Mr. Perry was sitting iu
this room talking with me. He has
been away on his vacation. He came
back. O little ahead OF time. this morn
ing. He came into this room wearing
street dress and carrying his hand bag.
gage"-he pointed to II on the floor
about half an hour before you made
your charge against him, Not more
than two minutes before that he left
this room and went 10 his own. which
10 tho one nearest the door. He chang
ed bis coat and came back, not having
been out OF my sight more than min
ute. He looked in. and I said I'd be
busy for little while, so he went out
and met you. I give you my word OF
honor that II h utterly impossible by
your own stery that Mr. Perry could
have had anything to do with your
loss" 80 So 6tt1 ksk
That was clear enough, Of course, and
Mrs. Holden turned a BIT pale. but she
stuck TO the one certain fact that she
kneSv.
rs there another coat like that In
this bank?" she demanded. And Perry
smiled and shook his head.
1--WE will now see whether any one
was sent to your carriage" said stover,
touching bell.
OF course II was easy enough to dis
cover that no one had been sent. -
,.""AIrs. Holden.. said |, "who knew
that you were going to draw this mon.
eyi"
Nobody" she replied. but there was
q slight uncertainty In her tone.
"you came TO The bank alonef"
'My stcpson came with me-"
This was Frank Holden. a young man
who was disinherltcd by bis father for
excellent reasons. but had been treated
very generously by his stepmother, rs ]
had read In the newspapers. He was
with her In the carriage on the previous
occasion when committed the awful
outrage upon the liberties Of the plain
scitlzen by arrestlng doc" Turner.
'what has become Of himf' asked
She was quite shrewd enough to see