The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29

wanted them badly. for this was the
biggest case that / had thus far in my
career been engaged upon.
That night 1 did some tall thinking
and also made a secret trip 10 the bank
er's residence, which l carefully exam
ined from the outside, going over the
extensive grounds about the house and
the outbuildings at the imminent % ril
of being shot for a burglar Here 1
discovered only one thing of import
ance. In the stable / stumbled on an
empty champagne case. which was Of
the same brand as one / had noticed
in the vault of the bank. 1t might mean
something or nothing, but / had long
ago learned 10 take particular notice OF
small things, and many is the valuable
clew that this habit has given me.
Since the retur- Of Saunders and
McGrath, hey hal been working on
the cleW OF the anonymous letter. and
the information il contained about the
mysterious boxes which had oeen seen
to arrive at the bank at night They
had located the author. a discharged
messenger, who bore q grudge against
the teller. to whose instance he attrib-
uted his discharge. From the messen-
ger they learned that the boxes had
been delivered at the back entrance of
the bank late at night They had been
brought to IL in a one-horse express
wagon, but the wagon had not dis
played a license number and the driver
although muffled in a great coat, had
evidently not been a regular express
man, so the messenger informed them.
He gave a fairly accurate description Of
the wagon. which had been of peculiar
construction.
II had seen just such asvehicle a. the
h.arNl rar--e- sx.if art Of =. ~
wagon which seemed to be empiSyed
i'm hauling feed for the extensive stable
of the banker, as il had been filed with
sacks of oats and bales of hay when
saw 1t.
THE next morning I reported sick
at the bank. but my service with the
banker was not at an end. had shifted
my position from janitor at the bank
to assistant gardener and general fac
totum at the presidents residence.
Armed with a note from the banker to
the gardener, 1 put III my appearance
at his residence. The gardener didn't
seem to like my appearance. He re-
garded me with cold suspicion, while
he read the note from his employer,
and. it seemed to me, he rather rel'Ic-
family accepted me as his assistant.
verify believe he would have driven me
away or some pretext if il had not
been for the explicit terms of the note
the banker had written at my dicta-
ton.
THE gardener was a tough-lOoking
customer. There was an atmosphere Of
suspicion about him which put me on
my guard and caused me to watch him
with caution. He was a smooth indi-
vidual. however, and ] had served in
my new capacity for three days without
discovering anything worth mentioning,
when he set me at the task of wheel
ing out the ashes from the big bin in
the cellar The bin was situated at the
rear of the furnace, near the entrance
OF the basement, and in passing TO and
fro at my task, / noticed several wine
cases piled in dark corner Of the base
ment. I took advantage of the first OPP
portunity TO examine them and, while
the lids were securely nailed down,
found, by lifting them. that they were
as heavy as chunks of lead.
THAT night I burglarized the bank
er's basement, while two Of my COM
paEions kept watch outside to see that
I was not disturbed. In the cham
payne cases ! found the molds and 9TH
er accessories of the counterfeiters. and