The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-26
The Case of the
Cashmere Tracery

| " no saw the young woman at lie
bank and delivered the gen1s?
Mr.. Randall. the assistant cashier"
"Ah, this gentleman
Precisely. And he identifies yen-
der girl
stop Bit" Boyd eurtly Interrupted.
II don't care whom he identifies"
! But"
You let me get at this in my own
way" said Boyd, with brows knitting.
''Is the forged order here?"
Yes, certainly said Cashmere i'm
patiently Il had Randall come here
at once and bring the forgery with
him.
quite right, too,'' nodded Boyd II
understand that you had the genuine
order. however"
| Yes, of course"
I who had charge of it during the
night?"
Il placed it in our Office safe yester-
| day afternoon, and this morning Mr..
/ Brags called my attention to it.
told him ] would take il and get the
gems when I went to lunch. 1t was
haIf-past one when / called for them,
and learned of the robbery"
AT what time were they delivered to
| the woman who presented the forged
| order?"
About one O'Clock, Mr. Randall
states"
Somewhat to the surprise of his OBJ
servers, and the eyes of all were upon
him. Mr.. Felix Boyd drew even closer
to Cashmere, and dropped his voice to
a confidential whisper
Quietly" said he with an odd
glance at his nearer. who is the
girl and what is her position here?
Does Randall identify her as the one
who presented the forgery and received
the marcel of eens2"
Exactly whispered Cashmere,
readily taking the cue given him. Her
name is Mary Hart. and she is Stan
woods private secretary. There is no
reasonable doubt of her guilt. Randall
is dead sure of her identity. After
hearing the instructions Stanwood
gave me yesterday afternoon. the girl
must have printed a duplicate order,
and forged the firms signature. RAN
dali is positive that she is the girl who
presented il and received the goods"
Did she typewrite the genuine or
der 8"
Yes, and Stanwood signed it,
What does she say for herself?"
She denies that she went to the
| bank. yet I cannot prove it. She eX-
plains that by saying she did not feel
well this morning, so did not go to
lunch, as usual, but passed her noon
hour in a walk up town Hence she
cannot estab lish an alibi.'
"Humph! that certainly looks sus-
piciOus,'' muttered Boyd, frowning
omnOusly.
Decidedly So" declared Cashmere,
obviously appeased by Boyd's conf
Dental attitude Her story is fiimsy
on the face OF il. The case seems alb
surdly plain"
so 1t does, Mr.. Cashmere. yet it viii
bear locking into. With your permis-
sion, 1 will have word with Randall
Do / understand. sir''-and BOYD
wheeled with startling abruptness to-
ward the man mentioned-''that you
charge this girl with The crime COM
mitted?"
( Randall fastened to come forward,
trembling nervOusly and crying:
No. no: not exactly. You misunder-
stand. 1 only gave Mr.. Cashmere a
description of the girl who presented
the forgery, and he at once applied it
to Miss Hart"
"Oh, that was the way of it,"
4 believed he was right. however,
for she frequently has called at our
bank on like business. and l thought I
recognized her today
Thought you did" exclaimed Boyd.
why do you say that, sir? Didn't you
see her plainly-as plainly as now?'
We'll, no; hardly" faltered Randall.
she did not lift her veil. and did not
see any occasion to require it. l re-
called the hat and plaid raineoat she
wore, III which I formerly had seen her,
and the forgery was so absolutely per-
feet that / did not dream of anything
wrong. So 1 delivered the package of
gems without question"
Though you did not see Miss Harris
face"
only through her brown veil"
Not plainly
Not plainly, 1 will admit
''Yet the figure and garments of the
thief were like those of yonder girl,
were they?"
Precisely. Otherwise / should have
felt some missivings.''
Boyd now swung round to look at the
weeping girl. She was clad in street
attire, having been arrested immi-
diately after her return to the store
She wore an oddly checked raineoat.
reaching to the edge of the skirts, and
q neatly trimmed felt hat, over which
was tied the brown veil mentioned.
II understand, Miss Hart, that you
deny having been to the bank today?"
said Boyd shortly.
Yes, sir" the girl protested through
her sObs. Il am entirely innocent of
this dreadful crime. l could not have
committed it
well, well. that's all you need say
at present. interrupted Boyd. Cease
your weeping, for that viii do no good.
Where is the forged order, Mr. Bragg"
Il have it, said Coleman. we
want it for evidence"
Let's have a look at it. Jimmie"
cried Boyd Also the original-who
has that?''
I still have it, Mr.. Boyd" said Cash
mere, Fastening to produce it.
Boyd accepted it with a nod, and for
several moments silently studied the
typewritten orders and the penned sig
natures subjoined, which comprised
the entire firm name written in the
fine, flowing hand of the senior part-i
ner-
you printed one of these orders for
Mr.. Stanwood? ?" he presently asked.
again rsverting to the girl
'Yes. sir; and he signed it,
What of the other?''
II know nothing about that one,
sir
Where is the typewriter on which
you printed the genuine order?'
in Mr. Stanwoods private office. !
where do most of my work.
SHOW me the way. nv girl. 7 want