Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-03-28

Il know that. chief. and that's VIII,
J. came to YOU. Who have you work
ing on the case now? l mean active
w. or course Cheney knew Dare
was doing the work. but he didn't wan
the chief to know he knew 1t.
II put Darrell at work as soon N
me express company notified me o
the robbery. You know Darrell, don
you. Cheney"
Yes. ] have heard OF HIM. Has h,
made any prOgress""
Not much. although he's worked
pretty hard"
May l see his reports?" asked
Cheney.
certainly" said the chief. handinl
cheney IA package of papers which wer.
lying ON his desk. i've just beer read
inm th"m."
~ want to study these paper.
awhile. May | take them to the hote
win me" IN bring them back to you
In the morning"
"All right. colonel. and if YOU want
amy further help. let me know"
cheney walked Il the old Planters
motel. where lie was very we'll known,
went To his room and denled himself
&" everybody. barrels reports were
spread out in front Of him and he went
over them several times. making a
mental note here and there. The ONLY
itenn that stood out prominently was
mat a certain Red" Michelon was IN
st. Louis the day the money disap-
peared. but he had not been seen there
since. Darrei's theory was that Mich
c!oi was implicated in the robbery.
Mionei"n was an a%ll-around %high-class
cfook. In Il number of former robber-
les similar to this one he had played Il
prominent part and OH two occasions
mad done time for his shortcomings.
| N:VC
feueraieS in several places who were
ever ready To help him in his nefarious
works. cheney knew all this before he
READ pafrslS report. and the theory
looked IKE a plausible one. Cheney also
knew Michelon by sight and his photp-
graph was In tiictthicago rogue gal
Terry. Every police department. in the
c"untry anew Mirhclon. n his move
inehtS were recorded and reported from
time to time: The last Cheney 8 had
heard of him he was in New York and
Vas Keeping petly well under cover.
iii> ilealth was reported as breaking
no"h. Ihcyc things caused Chene, TO
ponder deeply.
Was Sfche."n really here ON that
49, lf'rrel said in his report he
hcsr'.f,i" MIS- Cheney asked him
self.
1T wont be a hard matter to find
ou'. he solilouuixed. This is Thurs
'i,:- ! ought To have an aswer bv
uesdAy next. I'll write Mccarren: he
con tn me-" M,ralren WAS chief of
vac New York detective force.
'iciie% wrote the letter asking IL Nc
: 'r'';i knew where Red" Michelon
M''s ON The day ularing the date) of
~" express robbery. After mailing the
ict;rr Cheney busted himself inves,i-
E''.n* NatHn. Daniels. Chadwick and
u" other man. He merely verified
Van Colts report about them, Chad
WICK ard his friend were above re-
iioach. cat!in. too. Notwithstanding
hi> previous experiences. WAS appurent-
y living n decent life. He was married
'nH resided I'm Kirkwood. Daniels. the
''hsr clerk referred to by Van Colt.
vas - Good dresser. unmarried and
boarded VA ont on Pine street. He
'nu Ont been IN thc St. Louis office
innit Tree months. having come from
s'hN-r- ,ii> salary was u S65 per
meath. and he appeared tn live up
Ia t. ~
rho ncNt aaY H'riAayo Cheney went
- IT" eNN"css Office. Van cott re-
".iN@i him ~.raciously. and rendered
i,i'a every agsistanc". ca.iin WIS ra,led
~ AM '"iG i s:rnightfc:ward story
re h"i ''rcHi."' The p,rEage. certified
ne .sf"2.S a,i. placed il With - r,,nDer
OF others y y Lasi;c:. Later they
"s2is-. p!a Cd in ,i,e va;,'t. The BAN.
EieS%ea"sr, Chadwick. called. reccipted
'or iNc rlcaasr and aha, wns all there
MS TO =. Naturally 100000. even
though it he in Bills of large denomina-
iiohs. you'll make Il: bulky package.
t;'itn's story OF the receipt nf the
DacHage VAS so complete cheney did
call in Daniels.
VAN Colt" he said. after talking II
over. ! am convinced there were two and
pc:hans three men in this deal. There's
lT"'ah'N n n.hn on ;he coast. one inside
her" aud one OUTSIDE. They've worked II
smoothly, but III. end Is no, vet. I
satisfied Catlin Is not the man. and
I'm not sure but what the change was
made" at ON ;hr coast. OF course I know
the safe In which that package was placed
came through. under seal from Frisco.
your records show ii was not opcned i'm
transit. I've. sent to Chicago for one Of
my men. Guthrie. He'll be here toniyht.
To all intclts and purposes he's one of
your men. but hell take his orders from
Shcney left the express office and went
TO the cry hall to see Chief L.%andingham
to return Darrel's reports. Darrell
was there and acknowledged the intro
auction with 4 curt nod OF the head and a
..rHhHdy. colonel His manner was the
jeast bit r%esentful. as IL he considered II
impertinence for Colonel Cheney to be- ON
case ne was supposed to handle. Cheney
did not like him n little bit. There was
sinister about his look and
manner and his eyes were sh.fty: but that
might have been an unfortunate charac-
lie had beer on the st. Louis
force a number of years. and. truth to
tell. had established a good record. Che
ney watched him narrowly.
i've read your reports. Darrell. and
gamer from them YOU think probably
asAI Micfclon may have had a hand
in rSe Gaze"
Sure - shootin'. colonel Michelon was
mere that DAY and In the express office. 1
gcs that straight"
Darrel?'
. Wei, you see I heard IN a general way
ne was here. so l took his phis out of the
gallery for Identification nurnosex Ser.