The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-10-10
Where the Secret Lay
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men or dinerent natonalCeSs some OF
them OF noble and one OF royal birth,
came 70 do the same. He called him
self John Seymour, but no one sup
posed that TO be his real name. and II
was not He had entered the legion
for the same reason others had entered
It; that Is, he was fugitive from jus
tice.
- At the flrst fight Seymour entered, In
the ranks OF the foreign legion. he tried
so hard TO get himself killed that he
was promoted for bravery. lie must
have tried very hard, for there were
many others with shadowy pasts be-
hind them who were competing with
him In the same object Be this as II
may, Seymour was made a captain.
A few weeks before the Americans
admission to this corps OF death seek
eFs Samuel Barrett, banker OF New
York, suspectlng that all was not right
IN one Of the departments of his bank,
went one night to his counting room to
investigate for himself Barrett had
no children except an adopted daugh-
ter. His wife had son by former
husband Of whom he was very fond.
Barrett's plan was to bring up this boy,
Everett Whlttemore, to succeed to the
business and that he should marry
Ireue the adopted daughter. There
we8 no difficulty In either part of this
plan, for Whittemore was a fine young
fellow with superior business talents,
and the two young people were in love
with each other.
When Barrett entered the bank he
found his stepson there at work. TAX
ing pile Of papers, Barrett went into
his private office and shut the door be-
hind him. Half an hour later the
younger man heard a sound In Bar
rett's office. He listened, but 1t was
not repeated. Whlttemore went on
with his work and when 1t was I'm
ished concluded to ask his stepfather
II he would not so home Opening the
door, be found Barrett lying on the
aoor with a cloven skull. He was
dead.
Whlttemore was hurrying to call as
sistance when II occurred to him that
he would be accused Of the murder.
He stopped to consider and soon came
to the conclusion that nothing could
save him from a conviction OF having
murdered his stepfather. Should he
face the danger or hee7 He chose the
latter course. Making his way across
the Hudson river. he found a steamer
ON the other bank waiting for the tide
to serve. Ten days later Whittemore
enlisted In the French foreign legion
under the name OF John Seymour
When the murder was discovered It
was found that Whittemore was miss
Ing. There was no use to look for the
murderer except In him. lie had taken
money, but none belonging to the
bank Indeed. the whole affair was a
mystery, for what motive could there
be for him TO murder the man who
was preparing him for his own place
and whose adopted daughter he was
engaged to marry2 However, flight
was confession, and Everett White
more was execrated as the murderer
OF his benefactor.
Not long after Whlttemore's dlsap-
pearance letter bearing q foreign
post mark came for Irene Barrett. She
took 1t to her room, read and destroyed
II. Barretts partner. Enoch Crowell.
was Ia charge Of the bank, and Irene
went to him, told him that she desired
to prepare herself 10 be able to man
age her own interest In the bank and
desired a position there, Crowell de-
INJURED, but the girl was persistent.
and he consented.
Irene worked In subordinate places.
but principally studying the principles
on which the books were kept Nearly
two years after her fathers death she
commenced surTeptltlously to so to the
bank nights for the purpose OF contlnu-
ing the work while doing which her
father had been murdered. In a peck.
ct in her dress made for the purpose
she carried a loaded revolver Of large
calibeF. One night she went to the
bank with skeleton keys and Into what
had been her fathers ONCE. but now
occupied by Croweu. She entered by
tho door leading from the bank. There
was another door leading to the rear
Of the bank. she had opened Crowell's
desk and grasped bundle Of papers
when this roar door opened. and there
stood CrowelL Seeing the papers be
/ fore the girl. he raised an az and was
about to bring It down on her head
/ when she shot him
Taking up a telephone transmltteI
she summoned the police. who found
Crowell dying from bullet In bis
chest. near the heart Before his dealt
he confessed that he was involved
that he had killed his partner In tbs
same way he had intended TO KIN Irene
to prevent his Affairs from being
known and to get control In order Ii,
better Go conceal them.
The next day Captain Seymour wal
called before his commanding office
and cablegram handed him. giving
him u summary OF the events Of Crow
ellis confession aud death.