The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-07


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ATHERToN,
wer of Ivory" q
lea, and cause their arrest, in New
York.
This part OF Cab. No. A." however.
is its least important feature. The
primary interest hinges on bet he
tween four New York clubmen as to
a mans ability to commit a theft ana
then disappear so absolutely, as to
bafflel the police and detective force
altogether. Tho amount OF money IN
volved In this transaction Is 10000,
and the wager Is to be carried out Sy
q DR.. Maynard and Hartley Maxwell,
who are to report success or failure
within two weeks time.
Tho program in the beginning Is ac-
curately and carefully carried out.
Then begins confusion In which Cab
No AZ plays a conspicuous part. In
Movements multiply. One man con-
other to Florida. But at the end of
the two weeks. all interested III the
wager are gathered in room Dt
MOTEL as agreed upon. Then mysteries
begin to be unraveled, and the de-
movement comes about as tho reader
OF Cab No. a." must be interested in
finding out. But not every one #
those present has the pleasure of
looking at his neishbor and saying,
II told you So"
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