The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-01

I awhile in this matter. Remember,
there are people whom you decline to
suspect. / have learned that it is al
ways those very people who are most
| dangerous to capitalists. If / were to
give you the names now, you would
| refuse to believe me. Therefore. I hold
/ them over discreetly for the moment.
: One thing, however, l say. l know to
a certainly where Colonel Clay is at
/ this present speaking. But ] will lay
my plans deep, and / hope before long
! TO secure him. You shall be present
when I do so; and l shall make him
confess his personality openly. More
/ than that you cannot reasonably ask.
l shall leave it to you. then, whether
or not you wish to arrest him."
Charles was considerably puzzled,
not to say piqued. by this curious reti-
/ cence: he begged hard for names; but
/ Medhurst was adamant
mo, no. he replied: I'VE detectives
/ have our own just pride in our profess
/ sion. If ] told you now. you would
| probably spoil all by some premature
action. You are too open and impul-
sive. / will mention this alone: Col
Onel Clay will be shortly in Paris, and
/ before long will begin from that city
a fresh attempt at defrauding you,
| which he is now Matching. Mark my
words. and see whether or not | have
| been kept we'll informed OF the fellows
| movements"
/ He was perfectly correct. Two days
! later. as it turned out, Charles received
a confidential letter from Paris, pur-
porting to come from the head of a sec
ond-rate financial house with which he
had dealings over the Craig Ellachie
AmalgamatiOn-by this time, l ought
] to have said, an accomplished Union.
/ 1t was letter of small Importance in
! itself-a mere matter of detail; but 1t
paved the way, so Medhurst thought, to
| some later development of more serious
| character. Here once more the mans
singular foresight was justified. For,
/ in another week, we received a second
/ communication. containing other pro-
pOsals of a delicate financial charac-
ter. which would have involved the
tTansference of some $4,000 to the head
of the Partisan firm at an address Civ
en-. Both these letters Medhurst cleV-
/ erly compared with those written to
| Charles before, i'm the names of Col
onel Clay and Graf Won LebenStein. At
| first sight, it is true, the differences
| between the two seemed quite enor-
mous-the Paris hand was broad and
! black. large and bold: while the earlier
manuscript was small, neat, thin, and
gentlemanly. Still, when Medhurst
/ pointed out TO us certain persistent
twists in the formation of his capitals.
and certain curious peculiarities in the
! relative length of his It's, his rs. his
BIS and his his. we could see for our
selves he was right: both were the
/ work of one hand. writing in the one
case with a sharp pointed nib, very
small, and in the other with quill.
! very large and freely.
This discovery was most important
We stood now within measure BILE dis
lance of catching Colonel Clay. and
bringing forgery and fraud home to
him, without hope of evasion.
To make all sure however, Medhurst
communicated with the Paris police.
and showed us the answers. Mean
while, Charles continued to write to
the head of the firm. who had given a
| private address in the Rue Jean
Jacques. alleging. / must say. a most
clever reason why the negotiations at