The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-06

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was Is tdit 81 Geh hi
been the cashier - Sri
vate bank People Is vas yes
resp ll5le place tlr = 1il7 man d
{ twenty. and some shook their hsnd.
and predicted that temptation yotIt
get the better Of him. but HendersoI
smiled at their fears ana replied.
John has been clerk here Tor foul
4 years have tried him ont over ana
over. There isn't a dishonest hair IL
his head. ana you couIdn' pnt money
enough before him to tempt him 4
/ steal
Young Selden did not marry. He had
no vices. He was pleasant and friendly
with all, but It was seldom that he
went out of an evening At the bank
I he was called ''ClockWorlS.'' Al more
dilIgent. reliable man never gave his
services to another. AT twenty-five he
had the banking business at his fingers
ends Between that age and thirty he
! had as many as ten oHers from other
financial Institutions. In the ten years
his salary was Increased i've times.
/ During these ten years. as Selden HIM
self stated. he was never under tempta-
ton for moment.
Then came horrible temptation
After awhile Il began to tell on his
health The banker suggested vaca-
ton. It was then that the temptation
triumphed
After being tralled for a month ana
after 4 dozen almost sleepless nights
John SeIden agreed 60 do rs the I'M
known wished. He set ont without
loss OF time and with feVerish anxiety,
and It seemed - ff SATIN aided him.
he packed mp 800, 600 worth Of bonds
and cash after banking hours, walked
out OF the town with \ satchel without
being particularly remarked and when
six miles away took train. He had
made no plans as to where he should
60. Where he did 60 was 70 . village
forty miles away. He was III when he
got or the train and III for 4 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 was 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
for time by the blow. Then he made
M his mind to a certain thing, and not
a word regarding the missing money
passed his lips. He said that Selden
had gone on a vacation. He spoke al
ways IN his praise It put him to
great straits to make the shortage
good, but he accomplished It, and not 4
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 call in private detective, swear him
to secrecy forever and then send him
out on search. There was no clew
whatever to work on. Selden might
have gone north east south or west.
It was like hunting for needle in a
haystack.
The detective had to make short
Journey to see relative who was i'll
BE had been about the bank for a /
week Selden had left behind him a /
little dog-an animal he had had for |
four years. Strangely enough, the dog |
took to the detective at once and fol-
lowed him everyw here and acknowI-
edged him as master. Finding the |
canine at his heels at the depot, the !
detective lifted him up and took him |
along. BY and by he got or ut a VII
lage.
A day or two later he set out for a |
walk over the highway. The dog fol- |
lowed and frfsked about. After a
couple OF miles had been passed the I
man was about to turn back when he
came upon a man seated on bank by /
the roadside with his. head on his
hands While be was vet I'VE rods
away the little dog ran ahead and
leapcd upon the stranger and barzed
Intense excitement. The man did not
repulse him. On the contrary. he lift
ed up the animal and fondIed and talk
ed to him.
1t did not need the aStuteness of n
detective to come to a conclusion on
The spot. The dog had found his old
master. The oficer advanced and look /.
I'd down on the man and said:
''You are John selden. who robbed
Banker Henderson,
Yes" was the reply, and Selden ala
lot even look up.
where have you been since?"
'In the village three miles away"
Where is the money?''
" Is in my ROOM every dollar Of II.
4enve me the dog, ana Yon may have
be money"
The detective did not put the cashier
nder arrest. He went with BIN to
ls hotel. telegraphed the banker, and
nat night Henderson arriyed and
skcd:
John. what Is 1t? why did you do
~
"a voice kept telling me to rob the
ank," was the reply
''And You have not spent any OF the
loney?" =
''Not q dollar. What are you going
} DO with ms9Y