The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-14
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certainly, sir Some of the certifi-
,o+es. however, were issued to me and
sfterward transferred to the company"
(Which amounts TO the same" OBJ
.ar,,ed Boyd, with a significant glance
a. coleman. "Are the certificates Of
these stocks deposited in your vault
bare Mr.. Vanderlift?''
"They are. Mr.. Boyd. Would you like
10 see themy
Rovd did not reJoin that he would
ike very much to have seen them just
.bar DESPITE the fact. He quickly
shook his head and asked quietly:
.rVho has access to the vault in
which the certificates are deposited"
Dear me. sir, only four of US. The
president Of the company, the cashier
and head bookkeeper, and myself. The
steel drawer in which the securities are
tept IS opened with combination
Known only to the four persons mem
toned"
Are you familiar with the writing OF
each?"
see If YOU recognize that on this
scrap Of envelope" said Boyd, produc-
ing a fragment which he had found
with the torn Letter
Dear me. yes. It is the writing of
David Gray, our bookkeeper. Where
on earth
..suppress any excitement, Mr.. Van
derlift. If YOU will" Boyd again inter
nosed What now occurs here must
not go beyond the walls Of this office.
Much may depend upon that. sir
81 will be perfectly composed" re-
pIied the treasurer. who, despite him
self. was unusually pale. What do
YOU mean, Mr.. Boyd, by what occurs
here?"
You frequently have occasion to call
Mr.. Gray into this office, do you not?'
Dear me. yes"
DO so now, Mr.. Vanderbilt. and pre-
sent me to him as Mr.. Thompson, from
London Then leave me to question
him. sir, and be guarded as to your
own conduct. Carry yourself as if I'M
disturbed"
Il certainly will, Mr.. Boyd"
See that yonder door is closed. Jim
ME. after Gray has entered" said
BOYD, as Vanderbilt rang for an office
boy, by whom he summoned the book
keeper.
The latter responded promptly, a tall,
dark man Of nearly so, with a Vandyke
beard and a general aspect of gentili-
~ He glanced curiOusly at the two
strangers, Il bit sharply, in fact, then
turned TO his superior.
You sent for me, Mr.. Vanderbilt"
yes. Mr.. Gray" bowed the other.
Possibly you can inform-but he may
prefer to ask you himself. This is Mr..
Thompson, from London, England. Mr.
Gray is our bOokkeeper, Mr.. Thomp-
son"
Pleased to meet you. Mr. Thomp-
SON. said Gray, approaching to offer
Boyd his hand.
Coleman quietly closed the door with
the toe of his boot.
The pleasure is mutual. Mr.. Gray"
said Boyd, as he resumed his seat. Il
am a stranger in New York. vet was
told that you may be able to say where
I NAV find a certain man for whom I
am seeking He is in the insurance
business, I believe, and his name is
James Vaughn
Grays face. which wore an express
sion of natural perplexity. did not
change by so much as a shadow.
James Vaughn? James Vaughn %
he repeated nquiringly, Really, sir,
I think you have been misinformed."
''YeS?"
ON my word. Mr.. Thompson. I think
/ never heard the name before"
Boyd was convinced that he spoke the
truth, and he realized that the case
confronting him became all the more
difficult"
James Vaughn is the name. never
theless," said he, with a watchful eye
upon his heareT.
But who told you that I know him,
Mr.. Thompson" asked Gray curiously.
"A young man named Cory"
Cory"
Paul Cory, residing in Brooklyn, to
whom you lately have been writing
letters relative to the forgery Of
Look out, Jimmie, Steady, I've got
him, No noise, if you're wise, my man!
Get the gun out of his hip pocket, Jim
mic. I reckon he was about to shoot
himself Now, Mr.. Gray, steady your
self and face the music like a man.
There's a future left for all who have
the virtue to repent a wrong and the
will to repair IL Sit right here now and
be quiet, that 1 may spare you the
bracelets"
The episode occupied barely thirty
seconds. With the mention of Paul
Cory's name, Gray turned as white as
corpse, reeling slightly and reaching for
his hip pocket. Boyd had expected no
less, however. and with bound like
that of leopard he seized the man bod
lily, combining his arms to either SIDE
while Coleman quickly disarmed him
OF a revolver and slipped in into his
own pocket.
From that moment Gray wilted like
wet rag, and suffered BOYD TO place
him. half fainting. in a chair near his
own: while Mr.. Vanderbilt, who had ap-
prehensively risen, then resumed his
seat. with his distressful countenance
plainly indicating a keen appreciation
OF the deploTable situation.
Mr.. Felix Boyd, however, did not long
defer matters because of Gray's distress
or Of Vanderlift's sorrow over his bool
keepers downfall. Gray saw at once
that he was hopelessly ruined, and, in
despair, too poignant even for tears.
he easily was influenced by Boyd to
make a clean breast OF the whole busi-
ness"
1t appeared that Gray. who had been
living beyond his income and was in a
financial corner, had been led into the
crime by an acquaintance whom he
Knew as Colonel Rawson. As Boyd
eleverly had reasoned, the design was
TO substitute forged stock certificates
Tor those held by the insurance COM
pany, and then sell the various blocks
OF stock in the market and deliver the
genuine certificates, there being no
probability that the forgeries would be
discovered by the company officials un-
III dividends on the stock became due
ana failed to appear. The delivery OF