The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-02
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some sHQ6
ana predfetd tamptato would
abettet oe him. Henderson
smiled 4 HeIr f1 m~depned
John has been a7cleEk here 6or fOnr
years have tried him ont over and
over There tsnat 4 dIshonest hair Il
his bead ana sou eouidnt put money
enough before him to tempt him 10
steal
Young Seiden lid not NARY he had
no ytces- He ri pleasant and friendly
with an but Il was seldom that he
went out OF an evening. at the bank
he was called +CloekWorks more.
services 10 another. AT twenty-five he
had the banking business at his fingers
cnds. Between that age and thirty be
had a many assten Offers from other
financial Institutions. In the ten years
If salary was Increased i've tines
During these ten years, as Selden him
SELF stated, heWas eve under tempta-.
tton-for a moment.
Then came q horrible temptation
After awhile 1t began to tell on his
health. T~heabanEer suggested a vaca-
ton. It was.then that b temptation
trfumphed
After being tfailed o q month and
after a dozen almost sleepless nights
John SeldeB agreed to do as the UNI
known wished. He set out without
loss of time 4ndsWith feVerish anxiety,
and II seemed as II Satan aided him.
He packed un 100000 worth Of bonds
and cash after banking hours, walked
out OF the town with a satchel without
being particularly remarked and when
six miles away took a train. he had
made no plans as to where he should
GO Where he did go was to 4 village
forty miles away. He was i'll when he
got on the train and Ill for a month at
the hotel. When he recovered he stay
ed on. He was quiet, minded his own
Affairs and somehow the villagers came
TO believe that he vas a detective.
1t so happened that Banker Hender-
son was the first to discover his loss
No one could have taken the money but
his trusted cashier. He was stunned
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up his mind to a certain thing, and not
a word regarding the missing money
passed his lips. lie said that Selden
had gone on a vacation. He spoke al
ways in his praise. 1t put him to
great struts to make the shortage
good, but he accomplished it. md not a
breath OF suspicion was raised against
the cashier. The money was gone and
the cashier was gone, but the banker
would NOT believe that he had been
mistaken In Selden- What he did was
to can in a private detective. G him
to secrecy forever and then send him
out on a search. There was no clew
whatever to work on. SeIden might
have gone north, east, south OF west.
1t was Ike hunting for a needle IN a
haystnck
The defective had to make 4 short
Journey to see a relative who was III.
He q been about the bank for n
week. Selden had left behind him a
little dog-an animal he had had for
four years. Strangely enough, Ii dog
took to the detective at once and FOL
lowed him everywhere and acknowl-
edged him as master. Finding the
canine at his heels Mt he depot, the
detective lifted him up and took him
along. BY and by he got on ut a vii
lage.
A day or two Inter he set out for a
walk over the highway. The dog fol-
lowed and frlSked about. After a
couple of miles had been passed the
man wns about Il turn back when he
came upon a man seated oil a bank by
the roadside with his head on his
hands. While he was yet five rods
the little dog ran ahead and
upon the stranger and barlied
and frisked and showed every sign of
intense excitement. The man did not
repuIse him. On the contrary. he lift
ed up the animal and fondled and talk
ed to him.
1t did not need the astuteness Of a
detective to come to n conclusion on
the spot. The dog had found his old
master. The officer advanced and look
ed down on the man and said:
You are John Selden, who robbed
Banker Henderson,.
( Yes was the reply, and Selden did
not even look up.
'Where have you been SINGER
"In the village three miles away"
Where IS the money!
eft is in my room. every dollar OF 1t.
Leave me the dog, and you may have
the money
The detective did not put the cashier
under arrest. lie went with him to
his hotel, telegraphed the banker. and
night Henderson arrived and
John, what Is itq why did you do
"a voice kept telling me to rob the
was the reply.
:And You have not spent any of the
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