The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-07-07

uaS. BENG neceSSitated to
raise $4,000 on a short notice he
mad taken the envelope containing
the bonds from the vault, and with
out looking at them carefully.
pledged them to a Chicago bank for
the money. When examined his
pledge contained $4,000 Chicago G,
Alton and $4,000 Illinois Central
How the exchange had been made he
could not tell.
Having conveyed all his property
to the owner Of the stolen bonds. on
dying he left his daughter penniless,
and her lover besought her to name
speedy day for their marriage, that
he might care for her, but she stead
lastly refused, saying she would
never marry until her fathers name
was cleared of all suspicion Nothing
could shake this resolve, and to earn
living shc sought place as teacher
in one of the public schools.
She and her lover held many con-
situations rs to how to proceed to I'M
ravel the dark mystery, but not a
ray OF light came to them. Somehow
they both entertained a suspicion
that tho cashier, Wallace, could tell
the whole story, but they could get
nothing tangible on which to rest
their suspicious. Wallace had been
an unsuccessful wooer for his cousins
hand in marriage. She never could
tell why. but from their first ac-
quaintance, when they were but boy
and girl, she distrusted and disliked
him, and now the distrust and dis
like were deepened.
A few weeks after his uncle's
death Wallace removed to a distant
State, and obtained a lucrative place
in large banking institution where
his close application to business and
his really great banking abilities won
him rapid promotion.
He lived economically. saved his
earnings and judiciously invested
them, until within half a dozen years
he was regarded as one who was
slowly amaSSing 4 fortune.
The banker had been dead ten
years, when suddenly a clew was
found, AID it was only the work of
a few months to unravel the mys-
terry.
In the meantime, the daughters
lover had removed TO Chicago, and
there had become the attorney for
one OF the large banks. One day
the president of the bank sent for
him and said:
Were you not at one time greatly
interested in trying to solve the mys-
terry of the disappearance of $780,
600 from Ellington c Co.'S bank"
On being assured that the attor-
ney was still deeply interested in the
matter. he continued:
A few days ago we made a large
purchase of Illinois Central bonds.
They were delivered yesterday, and
in looking over them, l found one !
think will give you a good clew."
He then took from 4 drawer In
MS desk bond for $4,000, and,
pointing to some writing in one cor
ner, said:
Those are my initials AS soon
as l saw them l well remembered
the occasion Of my putting them
there, and the cause. Ten years
ago we purchased a block of Central
bonds. A few days afterward there
was rumor that some counterfeit
or forged bonds of the road were
anoat. 1 took those we had pur-
chased and carefully examined them.
l found two that looked suspicious.
as the signatures appeared deficient,
as you will see. To identify them I
placed my initials on the corner of
each and sent them to the officers
OF the road for examination. They
were declared genuine, and I placed
them back among the others.
Not long after that we sold the
whole lot to Mr.. McCabe, the owner
OF those which disappeared from the
vault of Ellington & Co. Now, Il
you can trace this bond back a few
years You may find who took 1t from
Ellington & Co.. for it is one of those
we sold to McCabe."
shrewd detective was at once
employed. The Chicago bank had
purchased the bonds from a New
York broker. The broker could not
tell from which this particular bond
was obtained, as the block sold to
the Chicago house was made UT
from bonds purchased at different
times. The detective obtained the
names Of all parties from whom the
broker had purchased that class O,
securities, and began patiently to
trace the history of each. At last he
traced. a $4,000 bond back to the
bank In which Wallace was EMPLOYED
On being questioned. the president
could not tell where his bank had OBJ
tanned 1t. but 1t had been fount
among other securities. and had be.e,