The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-15

I vas born and bruu8 1t up "a ene
cotnfry. when I came. 70 be tyeerty-
one held CONSULTED ion with n,yeii
ana decided thnt would cast my LOT
with city people Having sudlclenl
funds to keep me while hunting for g
situation. / packed my traps took 2
train for Chicago. found boarding
place and began my hunt
one day when came to my room 81
the evening found an envelope that
had been left Tor me by she postinarl-
I had left my address with the post
master-contaInin simple advertts-
ing card I was about to throw both
Into the wastebasIzet when noticed
something written In lead pencil on the
card. Taking 1t to the light. read:
1o5k n 3ls8s 9th
It seemed to me that some one had
been figuring on the card, and again
started to throw It Into the wastebas-
ket BUT, having on hour before din
Nor, with nothing to do but brood over
my failure to obtain q situation, sat
down with It and amused myself try
ing to puzzle out what the writer had
been fguring. Having nothing to guide
i
When I went down to dinner LEFT
the card on the table. ON returning to
my room while debating whether I
would put in the evening among the
gay crowds on the principal thorough
fares or In my room took up the adj
veFtlsIug card and began to puzzle over
the writing on It.
After considerable study made mp
my mind that it concealed q message
Suddenly 4 possible Interpretation Of
the = - occurred to me. The day
was April Goth. April was the fourth
month, and the odd would be the day
after tomorrow. The next possible IN
terpretatfon reached was 34215 9th,
which 1 decided meant 1921 Sixth
street or avenue. With these two
links I was not long IN deciding that
1015 N meant half past 10 O'Clock at
night II this was correct decipher-
ing something was to happen on the
22d OF April at half past 10 In the
evening at 3421S Sixth street or ave
nue.. There was no Sixth avenue In
the city, so It must be Sixth street.
was so curious in the matter that
I went out at once to visit 1924 Sixth
street II there was half number
would suspect my Interpretation to be
correct. I was astounded to ind the
half number. could scarcely believe
my eyes. The house was only about
twelve feet front, a very old brick
shanty. There was no light In 1t, and
It was locked tight.
It occurred to me that if the person
for whom the card was INTENDED did
not get it the scheme-if It was a
scheme-would be spoiled. So the next
day returned it to the postoface.
was between two horns of a dilemma.
The first was, Should go to the po-
lice with a story that would almost
certainly prove me fool? and the sec
ond was to watch alone to see Il any
thing happened spent two days of
wearing iudecIsion, and when the
night OF the ed came on had come
to no conclusion. at 10 o'clock went
to the building in question and wait
ed. 1t may seem that should have
notified the police but who except
crack Drained fool would have made
case even for suspicion out OF SUCH
gauzy evidence2
At half past 10 exactly cart came
numbering along the street and stop
ped In front Of S4215. The cartman
went to the door, looked about him-I
yyas concealed behind a tree box
raye two light raps and after a few
seconds a third, the door was opened.
and he was admitted. expected to
see a light in the building, but did not
Presently two men came out carrying
a box. one locked the door, and to-
gether they carried the box to the cart,
put It In and drove away
oh, why had I not had the courage Of
conviction to notify the police?
followed at distance Tor several
miles, when the men drove into lane
running past the rear OF a country
house, on which was barn. They took
the box Into the barn. I went near
and. listening, heard them up in the
hayloft. Then they came down. get
ting out of the way, OF course-and.
jumping on the cart, they drove back
to town.
Marking the spot SO that I should
know 1t again, lost no time in maxi
ing my way back to the city and to po=
lice headquarters. simply told the In
spector whnt had witnessed, and in
ten minutes he, with two policemen
and myself, was driving to the barn.
Cautiously prying open the door, we
entered, went up into the loft and
found the box concealed under the hay
Taking It back to headquarters, the IN
spector invited me Into his private Of
fee, where It was opened. 1t contained
gold, bank notes and bonds to the
amount OF $4,000.
I was enjoined to keep the matter a
secret, the barn was watched and the
men arrested. They had robbed a bank
a long while before and had kept the
proceeds IN the brick shanty. Being
watched by the police, they dared not
communicate openly and did SO by the
use OF the advertising card. They
ehosa q nirne which happened to be