Sharp County record., 1909-01-01

! is me a bone and
! - w ~ snarled at me to
cover some little
story down at the city hall. On
my way back | dropped into the
police department just in time to see
Old Man Hinton of the Blank Ma.
tional bank rush into the chiefs office
with scare on his face that meant
something doing.
Tn Hinton, he cried, of the
Blank National bank, I've been
robbed. Robbed
''And just as the story was within
my grasp the chief pushed me out Of
the office and closed the door on me.
When | got In again, he was as clam
like as a Cedar river bivalve. There
was absolutely nothing doing with
| him, The only alternative was the
| bank, In the excitement, had con-
fused the name Of Hintons bank with
the one over which Melville Stone pre-.
sided as president, the names being
similar. With the assurance Of coun.
try reporter | hurried down to the
Stone bank. It was just closing time
A scrublady intercepted my bounding
steps and | asked her If the president
was In, She said he was and pointed
down the hall.
I'm those days didn't know who Mel
vile Stone was, and | am mortally
certain he didn't know who wasl
Pushing into HIS room unannounced I
asked him If he was Mr.. Stone. He
replied that he was. I said.
81 am reporter from the Trib.
une.
"'Oh, he replied. Van (meaning
Van Benthuysen), sent you over, did
he?'
with brazen efrontery, I replied
that he had,
We'll, you go back, said Stone
and tell Van we don't want anything
printed about this story, We have a
chance to catch the thief II the mat
ter Is kept quiet
"'All right, agreed, but Van told
me to have you put him next to the
story, so he wouldn't be working In
the dark,
"Then Stone opened his heart and
told mo what was doing Il seems
that lllnchmeyer, a German had come
to this country with an invention Of
great merit, One CT the best known
firms In the United States had en-.
gagged him at q salary Of $3.50 month,
and kept him Just long enough to steal
ha patent Then they fred HInch.
meyer That gentleman, suddenly
making up his mind that In Rome he
should do Ns tho Romans do, printed
several notes to which he forged tho
name Of prominent manufacturing
firm Then he worked some newspa.
| per to print n story to the effect that
he had sold hia wonderful patent TO
thom for 100000 tllnchmoyer took
these notes to four banks and dis.
/
had valued his patent at 100000, and
to get even he bought fine house on
tho South side, forged a deed and
mortgaged the property to five differ.
ont people. With the full 100000, he
loft the country before the banks ds.
covered they were holding the sack.
The stone and Hinton banks were
| among the two vlCtimilod And incl.
dentolly they mover caught lInoh.
meyer,
81 wrote that story In q cafe and
kopt away from the Office until I was
sure they wouldn't send some regular
man out and undermine my 40 q col.
umn whom had tipped II on 10 them, In
some way they had gotten wind of tho
thing and when I brought the SCOOP
into the Office, was welcomed with
outstfetched arms, Things came my
way rapidly thet week and when pay
day arrived, ! almost had apoplexy
upon discovering there was 500 dollars
| due me,
when | presented the string (It
was long enough TO reach half way
around the block) the city editor
rushed up and cried
Say Miller, didn't you know that
| put you on the regular STAFF last
week at go week9
"ly this clever ruse, he beat me out
Of my prlncely SG6, but had boon iy.
Ing no long on anowballs that | was
happy In the thought Of n sure salary
of Egb every pay day, and lot II go at
thatl "