Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-18

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You may read them if you like. but l
can tell you what they say. About the
lst of this month Zones began TO turn
various securities into money. 1t is
now known Thai they We're once the
| property Of James T. Sedgwiek. held
| in trust for YOU. The safety deposit
! vaults Wee afterward visited, and in
| spcction shows that he removed every
! scrap of stock, every bond. everything
! of value that he could lay his hH.l4s
upon. His own papers and effects
were not disturbed. Yours alone have
disappeared. 1t is this fact that con
vinces the authorities that the secrcta-
nv has made away WITH the old man
and has fed with the property. The
bank people say that Jones drew out
every dollar of the Sedgwick money.
and the police say that he realized ire
mendous sums on the convertible Sc
curities. The strange part of it is that
he sold your mines and your real es
tate. the purchaser being man named
| Golden Brewster, tit looks very
much as if he had disappeared with
everything"
Brewster did not take his eyes from
! Ripiey's face throughout the terrible
speech He did not move fraction of
an inch from. the rigid position as
sumed at the beginning.
"Is anything being done?" he asked
mechanically.
1.-The police are investigating. He is
known to have started off into the
mountains with this secretary on the
I'd of September. Neither has been
seen since that Gay SO far as any one
knows The earth seems to have swal-
lowed them. The authorities are
| searching the mountains and are maxi
ing every effort to find Jones or his
body. He is known to be eccentric, and
at first not much importance was at
tached to his actions. That is all we
can tell you at present. There may be
Developments tomorrow. 1t looks bad
terribly bad. We've had the utmost
confidence in Jones. l wish l could
help you, my boy"
II don't blame you, gentlemen said
Brewster bravely. "Its just my luck.
that's all Something told me all along
that-that it wouldn't turn out right.
wasn't looking for this kind of end.
though. My only fear was that-Jones
wouldn't consider me worthy to receive
the fortune. 1t never occurred to me
that he might prove to be the-the I'M
worthy one''
II will take you little farther into
our confidence, Brewster" said Grant
slowly. Mr. Jones notified US in the
beginning that he would be governed
largely in his decision by our opinion
| of your conduct That is why we felt
no hesitation in advising you to con-
time as you were going. While you
We're off at sea we had many letters
from him, all in that sarcastic vein Of
his, but in none Of them did he offer II
word Of criticism. He seemed thor.
oughly satisfied With your methods. In
fact, he once said he'd give million of
his own money if it would purchase
your ability to spend oHe-fourth Of it. y
well, be can have my experience
free of charge A beggar can't be a
chooser, you know" said Brewster bit
terly. His color was gradually coming
back. What do they know about the
secretary!" he asked suddenly, intent
and alive.
He was new one. l understand,
who came to Jones less than year
ago. Jones is said to have had implicit
faith in him." said Ripley.
And he disappeared at the same
time?"
"They were last seen together
Then he has put an end to Jones"'
cried Monty excitedly. ut is as plain
as day to me. Don't you see that he
eXerted some sort of influence over the
old man, inducing him to get all this
money together on some preteXt or
other solely for the purpose of robbing
him of the whole amount? Was ever
anything more diabolical" He began
pacing the floor like an animal nerv-
ously clasping and unclasping his
hands. 1--WE must catch that secretary
l don't believe Jones was dishonest
He has been duped by a clever scoun-
dreL"
'"rhc strangest circumstance of ALL
Mr.. Brewster, is that no such person as
Golden, the purchaser of your proper
ties, can be found. He is supposed to
reside in Omaha, and it Is known that
he paid nearly $4,000 900 for the prop
erty that now stands in his name. He
paid it to Mr.. Jones in cash. too, and
he paid every cent that the property is
worth"
"Rut he must be in existence some
where" cried Brewster in perplexity.
"HOw could he pay the money if he
doesn't exist?'
IL only know that no trace Of the
man can be found. They know nothing
of him in OMAHA" said Grant helpless