The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-03-02

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necretary ~ fhe treasury fhat fhrse
was . aaneerous sonnferfelt e1ont.
ihey had sscured IRON WiKhtman me
bach and face - . eredollar RFeen-
baek These had bson split from ons
note and pasted upoB paper 90 make
them shout The EHrpe fhickness as ne
gsnuips money. u was . akfIfuI ptecs
~ work and dlmcslt 90 detect. but "
ans easily done by expsrta Ths pa
per upon which The treasury notes
uere printed 81 that time dia MOI con
tain fbe localized ana dlsurfbutlvs
Sire sbiek wouid prsrent n fronn ae-
iag splfL Before the fiber rapsf wns
invented the paper upon whieh fhs
sovsrnmeni BOtes were pgtnted could
easily BE- soaked apart and nicely
pasted 90 other nns aheets of paper.
it was very deceptive and dlfscuIt %
detect
Mr. Boutwell, wns greatly disturbed
u Was q serioas nHair 90 Ms mind.
and be might have been Induced 20
paY . large reward hsd The scheme
not been exploded.
The foii0uing bs another flnstration
u che ascretafy's EimpiIcity.
While at my New YORK once one
day received q Telegram from Mr..
fsOufwef summoBIng me hartIly %
Washington when I arrived ~ the
secreiary's once. IN the treasury de-
partment. hs took me into . private
room where be Informed me q con
tsrBpiated robbery. IIe raid he had
learned through q reliable source that
f'lans had been made By q gang q
burglars 20 rob General splnner's
cash division. and thAi the vatehman
on duty at night WeTe IN the con
spiraey. He had tesegrnphed for me
for the purpose Of fOrestaillng the
thieves To my mind the story told
By the secretary uas q faIlaey. II
sounded Hike . romance. knew that
robbery of this kind Vas quite Inn
po1sibie. bui the secretary vas 90
much In earnest that I was almost
afraid 60 give him my real opinion In
regard 90 the affair.
I saW that some sort of an invest.
CATION vas necessary 60 put lis mind
AZ ense. Hence ! teSesrnpbed Ssvernl
Detectives 60 meet me IN Waabington.
Mr.. Boutwell, sent q messenger 20
bring the man Who had furnished the
information. He vas 90 60 90 my
room IN the Owen house. After n
lapse % time he came. An be en-
tered he took OF his hat ! saw nt
once tina; the man was lacking On
self confidence and that be vas either
an ez-eouvtct 90 q menial 0f some
kind shook hands WITH him.
Assuming q look cf benevolencs 7
looked hin over carefully. He was a
tai. thin man. Slightly stopped and
With a duii white skin. Hln pro
trDding eyes were very light and en-
pressiOniesG gently turned hls face
tO the Window and sired him up. Z
was quite sure his spirit had been
broken and that be was a fraud, yet
! WAS uncertain aE 20 the best man
ner q handling him
= have met you somewhere BE-
FORE I sRid.
He raised his eyes tifnIdIy. Ny re-
mark seemed 90 rattle him.
Where were you bornY- inquired
In a faitsring voice be answered.
In Columbia. South Carolina"
n flashed across my mind at once
that the feilOw wns Of negro blood.
Looking him straight In the eye. Z
gasekiy placed my finger on the tip
of his nose. He shrsnk back . little
but did not appear % be offended Z
then said.
what was your masters name
down tbereT-
Thought 90 impreas him with the
idea that I WAS familiar with the local
ity fnom which he came. He gave me
the name Of his former master IN q
hesltsting usy. I told him 60 take q
seat and tell his story. II was netiOu.
undoubtedly the result Of q dream
HiS version Of the manner In which
be discovered the contemplated rob
berg uaS 90 improbable that Il ID MOI
uorth relating In detail qnes-
TONED and oOgnered him until I was
sure that his story was q transparent
oOnnoetion of q weak but criminal
mind n would % In . dime novel
or 90 deceive some ereduIOus person.
He was q dreamer. a sort a. voodoo.
! had had some expeTienos with this
class o. negroes In the south. A
many persons may not bs aware of
the fact. I wiil state that the pad On
TIE end q the nose was the supreme
test u pedigree among the negro
traders Of the south IN slave days.
The sristis On the tip q the nose of
the negro ID soft and yisidlng. whils
that u a Whita maa IN nrm. giving the
feeling Of . bOny Hubstance. when
an other tests fail%d IN diBeovering
African blood. the trader would Dlacs
hla finger on the end of the nose of
ths person On trial for his liberty. II
the pad Vas yielding the Uftnens
would turn 90 the recorder and sag.
This feIlah. ash. 10 . niggah-
The vOOtoO negro pretenNs 10 be
endowed with supernatural power. Aa
vice regent 81 the devil be conjuros
up stranEs tales for those Who put
amaa =.