The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-21
"Buncoed-out of s6O,OOOv'

"Buncoed-out of 6OO0Ov'
The Wall street banker grew nearly
as white as his immaculate shirt front,
as he echoed with shaking voice the
alarming declaration made by Felix
Boyd.
There appears to he no doubt of II,
Mr.. DUNN said Boyd. You have de-
livered bonds to that amount to a man
supposed TO have been John Perry,
| have you not?'
Yes, at noon today" cried Dunn, in
CHASTITY agitation. You don't mean
that the man was an impoStor, and that
we have been duped?"
Precisely that, SIR" Boyd abruptly
interposed. But pull yourself together,
Mr.. Dunn, and let's get at all of the
facts without delay. The game is worth
a hunt, and I've turned less promising
tricks than this. / assure you Haste
may be imperative, and unless-ahl
him, Jimmie; and you, Mr.. Dunn, close
your office door for a spell. Wen soon
get at the bottom facts of this affair -
With Perry comparatively recovered
so nearly so that DR., French had de-
parted, it took but a short time to con-
vince the banker that Boyd was en-
tirely correct. The latter dispensed
with further interest on the part of
Detective Alderman and the two police
men, moreover, and admitted only
Coleman and the westerner TO the
bankers private office.
There the case was more calmly dis
cussed, with the result that light was
shed upon certain features concerning
which Boyd had been considerably mys-
titled.
It appeared that Perry had gone west
| a,-ly
! settled in Kansas. where, as a farmer,
he had accumulated a considerable for
tune.
At the time of his departure, years
before, the banking firm had consisted
of Macklin, Dunn e. Raddam, the for
mer having since retired from the busi-
| ness.
Out of a past friendship existing be-
| tween Perry and the senior member of
the firm at that time, Perry had ar
ranged with the bankers to receive de-
posts from him from time to time. and
| to place the funds for him in safe in
vestmentS. These relations had been
maintained after the retirement ef Mr..
Macklin, some six years before, until
Perry's deposit with the bankers
amounted to nearly SIC. OO0 against
which he never had had occasion to
draw.
Coming east for the first time after
ten years, however, Perry had decided
to convert most of the funds into gov
eminent bonds, and take them home
with him. He so had written the firm
stating precisely when he would call
for the bonds, and requesting that they
might be ready for immediate delivery
in order that he might continue his
| journey east by an early train, to visit
a brother living in Boston.
| Dunn & Raddam had received his let
! ter several days before, and naturally
planned to comply with his restrictions
| The bonds had been ready for delivery
since the previous day, and the posi-
bility of fraud had not once been
thought of. Perry's writing and sigma
ture were perfectly familiar TO the
bankers, and his letter was assumed to
be entirely genuine.
Yet the case presented one curious
feature, which at once appealed to Fe-
! lix Boyd. Neither member of the ex-
listing firm was personally acquainted
with Perry, his arrangements having
been made with the senior member
years before.