The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-05
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and predicted that temptation would
! get the better OF him, but Henderson
smiled at their fears and replied:
John has been clerk here for four
/ years. have tried him out over and
over. There isn't dishonest hair In
! his head, and you couldn't put money
steal"
Young Selden did not marry. He had
no vices. He was pleasant and friendly
with all, but 1t was seldom that he
went out of an evening. At the bank
he was cn1led .tClockworl1-" 4 more
| dilIgent. reliable man never gave his
| services to another at twenty-five he
had the banking business at his fingers
ends. Between thar age and thirty be
had as many as ten offers from other
financial institutions.y IN the ten years
I his salary was increased i've times.
During these ten years, as Seiden him
self stated, he was never under renpta-
ton FOR a moment.
Then came horrible temptation,
After awhile it began to tell on his
health. The banker suggested Il vaca-
ton. II was then that the temptation
triumphcd.
After being trafled for a month and
after n dozen almost sIeepless nights,
John Selden agreed to do as the I'M
known wished. He set out without
loss of time and with feyerish anxiety,
and it seemed as IL Satan aided him.
He packed mp 100000 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
so. Where he did go was to village
forty miles away. lie was III when he
got Off the train and III for a month at
the hotel. When lie recovered he stay
ed on. He was quiet minded his own
affairs aud somehow the villa gers came
to believe that ne was detective.
It 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
up his mind to n certain thing. and not
n word regarding the missing money
passed his lips. He said that Selden
had gone on n vacation. He spoke al
ways in his praise. 1t put him to
great straits to make the shortage
good, but he accomplished 1t, and not n
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 SSclden. What he did was
to call in private detective, swear him
to secrecy forever and then send him
out on Il search. There was no clew
whatever to work on. Selden might
have gone north, east south or west.
1t was Ike hunting for a needle in q
haystack.
The detective had to make short
journey to sec relative who was i'll.
He had been about the bank for a
week. Seldep had left behind him n
little dog-an animal he had had for
four years. Strangely enough. the dog
took to the detective at once and fol-
lowed him everywhere and acknowl-
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 at a viii |
lage.
A day or two later he set out for n
walk over the highway. The dog fol-
lowed and frisked about. After |
couple of miles had been passed the
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 he was yet five rods |
away the little dog ran ahead and |
leaped upon the stranger and parked |
Intense excitement The man did not !
reprlIse him. On the contrary. he lift |
ed up the animal and fondled and tallE- !
ell to him.
1t did not need the aStuteness Of a
detective to come to conclusion on |
the spot. Tie dog had found his old
master. Tho officer advanced and look
cd down on the man and said:
You arc John Sellen, who robbed |
Banker Henderson,"
Yes was the reply. and Selden di5 /
not even look up.
'FWhere have You been slnce?"
"In the village three miles away
where is the money!"
"It is in my room, every dollar of II.
Leave me the dog, and you may have
the money"
The detective did not put the cashier
under arrest. He went with him to
Ills hotel, teIegraphed the banker. and
tnnt night Henderson 2rriVed and
asked:
John. what Is rt2 why did you do
"A voice kept telling me to rob the
bank was the reply.
"And you have not spent any Of the
money!
"Sot dollar :, what are you going
Take you to better place IN the
morning"
who examined John Selden next day,
at Is a case Of hallucInation. he was
oyerworked. 1t might have been sui
eide II not robbery. Take him to Ben
sons sanitarium for n couple OF months
ana +11pV1 ,vIIya him hfR old place bncl. r.