The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24

a nearby saloon within reach at 10 o'clock Friday morning. Ten o'clock the following morning saw Mir. Wiley eating a grape fruit in the Raleigh Hotel in Washington. He had decided to look into this matter little more closely. He spent the afternoon around the internal revenue department taking the midnight train back to New York. Wiley was satisfied, and his face wore complacent smile as Inspector Jones' followed by his deputy MT. Mur- ray, entered his office promptly at II.
 Well" Jones began at once, 'have you the goods?''
 "Not here. Inspector. Have you the money with you?'' .Oh, yes; of course' Would Deal Direct With Washington.
 "In that case you can sign these papers, the immunity we spoke of, you know
 The inspector hesitated while the law yer looked at him smiling. "The fact is,' Jones began. that the department won't hear of that immunity part"
 Tn that case we'll call the deal off" Wiley snapped. "Pn deal direct with them in Washington. was over there yesterday. but somehow did not hear of you. inspector. Did you go?'
 "N-o-o," the inspector hesitated, T
 
 the money here in New York"
 But you did not bring it with you this morning. Thirty thousand in gold weighs something, and neither you nor your friend Murray shows any signs Of having 1t about you. Instead. you prob ably brought four or five pairs of hand cuffs. l see you still cling to your Jesu- itical ideas.''
 You think yourself d--d smart, don't you2 Jones snarled. T caused quite some commotion if Washington when l told that you had / re covered the stamps; that l had heard so from an indirect source. They wanted to know if I was sure. and l assured them that I was, and they nearly tainted when l mentioned the amount. They'd been conducting little investigation on their own hook and had arrested wo- man, Jessie Jones' and young fellow, Jim Rath-- Why, whats the matter. inspector? You're sweating like the old Harry"
 Some minutes passed while Jones mopped his face and Wiley gave him a drink of whiskey from handy cupboard.
 T guess this deal will go through along its original lines, MT. Wiley" the in- spector said, rising and going to the door. "Tll be back in fifteen minutes and he went out, leaving Murray to twid- dle his thumbs.
 
 before noon, the papers were signed, sealed and delivered. and lying in Wiley's safe when Gordon entered the office at o'clock.
 How the h--l did you manage it?" the little man asked. T see them come in the first time and seeing they didn't have no gold-$30000 would have to be carried in bag or something-I dusted. Then I came back and see old Jones beat it for the Chemicle Bank, across the park, and when he came back with the dust l knew you had him"
 His wife, who had a divorce from him, works in the Internal Revenue De- partment in Washington; he's still stuck on her, and l threw a scare into him about her being mixed up in the deal down there"
 When Gordon, proudly relating Wiley's achievement to the bunch that night had finished they all agreed that as a modern, up-to-date practitioner, Wiley was the goods.
 And don't it beat h-l what some men will do for the women?" said the big fellow.
 Yes and I notice that MT. Wiley has our safe conduct nicely locked up In his steel box" remarked one who had not spoken before.