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

I'M S'ad you're III town. Come ilghl
up"
Ter minutes later Mr.. Cornelius
Van Colt. gcuerai superintendent OF
one Of the large express companies,
appeared in chcncy's office. Cheney
and Van Colt were old friends.
Welt. what on earth brings you
here. Vnny' said Cheney. after shak-
ing hands. whatever il IS. I'm glad
to see you. ri put you up while you're
Hold on. Cheney: this is ii business
trip. noe for pleasure"
Wife With you" Interrupted Che
ncy. laughing.
stop your f%ooiishness, anne
here tn see you persoralIy-"n bust
ness. understand important business.
You won't put inc up. either. nor will
you bc here for a few days after l
get through with YOU"
"Phew. lH the real thing. then"
Cheney had II pretty good idea "f the
nature of the business. His detective
service had done a lot of
valuable work for Van COTS corpora
tion. aud whenever anything unusual
Happened Cacncy was called upon to
do The work necessary to solve tn.
case. This. no Understanding Van COTS
company hid "a prett.y good secret
service department of its own. The
head OF this department. John togl,-
IAN. was ~ WattN admi"er of Cheney.
personally, aud ne had II" jealous feel
mEs whcu Cheney WAS called in IN n
difficult case.
1T hasn't bccu In the PAPER as yet.
hut { presume you know our -. Louis
Office was ouche to the cX,cnt of
100000 Il few days since. Tho niriey
disappeared IL. IL by ,naGir. II was
checked liz all right. and apparently
CEcCKcf mt Lshen
the package was opened by The CON
signee II was found to contain iis,,uc
paper"
Who was Mic r~onsigre""
Third National. II was II REMIT
lance from II Pacific coast bank. We
put our own mcu to work on The case.
and notified tho 81. Louis police. There
hasn't been much progress made, and
that's the reasnm I'm here. | wan ycu
to take the case, yoc' personally. I'm
Suspect any one II: all" ass~a Che
ncy. biting eff Ia. end Of u cigar.
mo not II soul I've luaned up ;ae
record of cvery man in tae office, SID
they all appear good ia me-
Who receives tho MONEY in The ST.
Louis office: I rrcaii laysa ainounts".'
Mare catlip received TITS iacsaas."
"Catiiu" said Chcnty. int"rrusa-
lively. lis tina! ycur presiarni's name
Yes. and Mar %aat'ia is his ns1Acw. !,
Oh. he's al, right"
How Old"
About rs"
Habits" -
Good. now. About scv.n ygar& ago
ne got mixcd ~ finar"ini!y Though
he WAS u Napoient:. az MAJ street.
Usual resuIt-wsui !"nl. anl ihtn,,ts,,
bankruptcy. t'is nncle nv. him in t'i'T
express buSiocSS. aiid hS ''ts' Si;ica
done mighty good wor''. We ara "a
the eve OF promoting hin tn n better
position"
"Anyouc else around ra'l;n while
this particular pacsas" WAS hri''g nan
dled?"
name. but Cat!tn says the %rarka~a
WASH out Of his sight from ih. nix
ute NO received II nntil it Nas HANDED
the bank messenger. aud tho hans
messenger. by the way. WIS one of tn"
assistant cashiers. VIII" WAS stu; io"n
purpOsely by III" president fnv TN. re-
mittancc. lie brought smother r;.n
with him, n the paNkaHe WIS. a.
livercd To the bark as racnivca." :
That's what The assistant ,asi;;e,
says: eh'"
Cheney. The bank officer. rhliNi"';.
and the other man nrc we'll Known IL
society. financially we'll fix > 40 had
habits. I've had them looked ~. flc:
didn't take e."
You've certainly got \ heap of rr.ys-
tory there. Van Colt. Who Of til: ST.
lAOusS lVtCc utS LNtH .ictlNP Oh inc ,
case?"
Lieutenant barrett, and he:.fn tFsrnss Aas
had sever raj men working with. hin,: /,
u apparently. they're up Against i
blank walt. Now. it's up efo & ynn.
Yes. III do it," replied Cheney.
know you were coming to me-"
NO. I'm the only one. You work 1t
out. and your reward will he COM
Mensurate with the stzc OF the case"
Don't you worry about that. Van. I'll
make my bill ample enough 10 suit all
requirements" All through the con-
~vcrsatiOn Cheney had assumed il spirit
Of ratlfery towards Van Colt, but un-
dcrnoath II all he was doing ii lot of
thinking. and his mind was auirktysi
made up.
Go back to ST. Louis. Van Colt.
Pursue your Investigation and later
you will hear from me. I'll be down |
later"
Van Colt took his leave and Cheney
stve the case a great deal of thought
that day. Miss Woods had Neeh,in anil
adjoining room II throG8h a.! con,j
cealed speaking tube had heard every
word OF the conversation, had taken
II down.. and later gave Colonel Cheney
the transcribed report. He. went over
II very CaIctuIiy ana then filed lit away
properly brtefed. A full record was
kept of every case handled by Colonel
Cheney or his men. He came to the
conclusion that 1t was an inside case"
that 10 to say. the stealing was done
by someone on the inside who was In |
the pay or power Of an outsider mr. = :
gang. This was the theory ON which |
he would work.. First he wanted to
n GU what progress the st. Louis
force was making. He wanted their
theories nnd ideas. Already he knew
the cxpreas cOmpany's side Of thec case.
Cheney was q firm believer in co-on-
Grafton. where the parts co-operatirr
were harmonious. His relations with
the police departments OF the Various