The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-27
THE BROTHERHOOD OF
THE SEVEN KINGS

continued, as he and took the lead of
the little procession which crossed St.
Marks court, Il cannot imagine how
any man got into that window Of the
bank on the second floor without wings.
There is a constable on patrol i'm the
court all night. so ladders are out of
the question. The humiliation OF gray
ity is new departure in the burglars
art"
we had now reached the building
which faced the court, and which was
between the bank and the eating house
lt was composed entirely of Offices
we went up at once to the top floor.
The door of the room which faced the
court was locked. The inspector took q
step Dack and, flinging his shoulders
against 1t, 1t flew open. The room was
bare and unOccupied. but as we en-
tered, Inspector Brown uttered cry.
Here is a confirmation of your stO-
~, Mr.. Head" As he spoke he lifted
up a coil Of strong rope which lay in a
corner OF the room. Attached TO it was
crossbar of wood. A strong iron bar
with hook at one end and crossbow
also lay i'm the neighborhood of the
rope.
THE thing is as clear as daylight"
l exclaimed. 81 could not put two and
two together last night for the fog
! fairly bewildered me. but now / see the
whole scheme. Let me explain. This
rope was sent by means of the cross
| Dow across 10 the window in the eating
house. To the bolt of the crossbow was
attached silken cord, to which again
the rope was fastened The man who
swung himself out Of the window by
the rope last night acted as the bob of
the pendulum. and so reached the win
dow Of the bank. Swinging through
the eating house window he then
doubtless seized the handle Of the out
side frame, and. settling on the bal
cony. cut out the glass with a dia-
mond"
I'VE Will go at once and see the room
in the eating house." said the inspector.
We did so. and found. to our amaze
ment, that the door of the eating house
was locked and the place empty. After
some slight difficulty we got the door
burst open and went upstairs Here
we found the final confirmation Of my
words-the string which had been at
tached TO the rope and cut from it be-
fore the duke made his aerial flight.
But who did it," cried De Brett.
I'VE must secure the scOundrel without
a moments delay, for amongst other
/ things he has stolen the Duke Of Erie
decks priceless securities. the dia-
monds. BY the way" continued the
banker where is the duke? / sent
him telegram. and expected him here
before now"
! An OminOus silence fell upon every
one, De Brett's face grew white; he
/ looked at me.
For Gods sake, speak" he cried.
Have you anything else 90 confde2"
You must be prepared for bad news.
! De Brett" | said. I went UP and laid
my hand on my old friends shoulder
/ Thank God, / was i'm time. Your lit
/ tie girl is saved from the most awful
/ fate which could overtake any woman.
/ The man who committed the burglary
was known to you as the Duke of Erie
deck"
/ De Brett stepped back: his face
changed from white to purple.
Then that accounts for the tcIe-
grams. he said. u received two yes
terday. one from You telling me to ex-
pect you By n late train at Forest
ManOr-the other from that scOundrel
I'm II he said he was unexpectedly de-
tanned in town. Doubtless both tele-
grams were sent by the same man.
Without doubt,' | replied The
whole thing was carefully planned. and
not a stone left unturned 10 secure the
success OF this most dastardly scheme
But. De Brett. / have one thing more
/ 20 say. There is no Duke Of Friedec!1:
ii was an assumed name. I am pre-
pared to swear to the mans real iden-
I tity when the police have secured him"
The remainder of the story can be
told in q few words. The ruffian who
had posed as the Duke of Friedeck was
captured a few days later. but the
greater part of the securities and
money which he had stolen were never
recovered. Doubtless Mime. Koluchy
had them in her possession. The man
passed through his trial and received
his sentence. but that has nothing to
do with the story.
BY the energetic aid of his many
friends Dc Brett escaped ruin. and his
bank still exists and prospcrs. He is
sadder and wiser man.
Copyright. 1906. by W. G.. Chapman)