The Raymer enterprise., 1911-02-16

Ss Green.
o. For half genera
eaos ton he had been Bul.
WANTS chosen man to cover the
territory below Inspector Byrnes' IA
nous dead line" from Fulton street
10 Whitehall. inclosing the richest
square mile on earth. including the
diamond and icwelry houses OF John
street and Maiden lane equally with
the great banking centers and the
Stock Exchange.
In all these years many famous
cases. criminal and otherwise, had
come under his detective ken, yet, be-
cause Bulliyants Limited preferred to
work sub brosa, few OF them had be-
come public property. Also because
the great agency made specially OF
those more or less hopeless cases
where ordinary police methods failed
or were not available.
As | glanced him over, and sensed
that he must be at least sixty, though
he looked not 4 day over iorty.hyc. |
realized perhaps more than ever that
Mark Manlcy was about as far re.
moved from tho traditional detective
OF fiction as a divinity student from
q swCli.mobsmaD. Quiet in dress,
smooth shayen. softspoken, with the
inimitable drlwl that only comes from
south OF Mason and Dixons line, he
was one Of the large colony of South.
cruers who have helped along with
men from every state In the Union.
TO make New York the Empire city.
Add to this an almost indescribable
habit OF quiet authority which pro
cceded from the backing Of one OF the
greatest Crimc.detecting and mystery.
uGravellng agencies on earth, and you
can perhaps account, as did. for Man.
ley's air Of strength and authority.
All these were In mind as | silently
watched him carefully select long.
thin, black cigar. snip of the end,
blow through II to eXpel the dust. and
slowly light II from a pocket iusee,-
Tor there was story in the air,
prompted by my last question. and |
meant to have IT,
Well. suh, he drawled. about the
Qupercst case ever handled down
there WAS what we may call the de.
lt,nation at the Borough NATIONAL
cashier and a hundred thousand dol.
lars miHsiag over night, as you might
say No, /, never got into the papers.
aud scei6g that the chief actor died
laBI-ln his own bed mind you. /
guess no oneIl be hurt II | give you
the story"
J nodded my comprehension at this
introduction, but lorcbore to disturb
Manieys current Of reminiscent talk,
for this WAS one Of those occasions
when silence was golden. So he went
on
The borough National was one Of
our smaller banks, but possessing very
strong connections; there was a sur.
plus ol something like twelve million
dollars. and board Of directors en-.
braying half the solid names on the
street The paying teller was named
John kisdllc, whom Id known for
years, one ol the whitest men that
God ever made
We'll. sub, twas Just ten years ago
this fall therc'd been nasty panicky
times all summer, no real trouble. as
you'll remember, but good deal OF
mcLsIncss, Risdalr had stuck TO his
cage through the hot spell. refusing
TO take a vacation, which was reck
onod up against him aftcrward with
out any reason. far as could see
He'd sent his family away,-wiic and
lit;le daughter-and had been batch.
iug" by himself in their Hat on the
West side ought to tell you that
III" little girl had some sort of incur.
abe alp-dlsease,-at least no doctor
on this side could cure il, though
there was an expert In Paris or VI,
emma, forget which, who all but guar.
anteed cures OF that particular de-.
iormity Risdale and his wife aimed
TO send or take the kiddie abroad. but
that meant money, more than John
had been able TO lay by out of his
iilty dollars week.
One day, along about this time of
year. Risdale went out to lunch at
IL o'clock and never came back. The
bank might have got over that,-one
teller more or less didn't count,-but
he happened to take hundred thou
sand dollars In cash with him. and
that hurtl No, there'd been no lug.
Cling with the books nor falsifylng
deposltors' accounts: the money was
just lifted out Of the cash drawer
one hundred thousand dollar bills fresh
from Uncle Sans treasury depart.
ment!
''Of course the shortage was discov.
cred when they tried to balance their
cash at the end OF the days business;
but nobody thought then OF connect.