The Jasper news., 1912-10-03

81 inquired very minutely into the
method Of opening the safe. learned
that 1t required two men--the cashier
and a clerk-who each had q key to
different doors, Without both OF them
being present the safe could not be
opened This looked like a promising
lead, so ! pushed my inquiries IN that
direction. ! learned when the cashier
had opened the safe on Monday morn
ing that the other clerk was not pres
ent II was evident then that the
cashier had both keys. The president
would not believe me when told him
Of the state Of affairs. II was a strict
rule Of the bank that the keys held
by each man should not be surren-
dered to any one except by order Of
the president.
81 then centered my attention on
Cashier Bell and began TO weave the
net closer and closer about him.
learned that Bell had requested the
clerk to give him the keys about a
week before the robbery. The clerk
was going to attend a ball, and the
Z
the keys, SO he need not report as
early as usual at the bank. The clerk
gave up the KEYS. The cashier did not
return them, although the clerk asked
| for them. Then / learned that Rell
had been specuiatins through a bro.
ker IN Wall street, and. as near as /
could get at #, had lost about $4,000
in a year, which was news to the bank
officials.
'I found out that the cashier had
held several interviews with strangers.
and another startling fact-that on the
night Of the robbery Mrs Bell had
awakened and found that her husband
was not in bed She did not know
where he was, and had not thought OF
asking him. There were several other
suspicious circumstances against Bell
l became convinced that If he did not
commit the robbery himself, be must
certainly have had some knowledge Of
It.
"Thore were also many facts in
tors became convinced, after carefully
weighing all the evidence. that he was
guilty, and he was arrested. I never
saw man who took his arrest so
hard, and Justly So as It afterward
turned out lie had a hearing, ana
so strong a case was made out against
him that he was held for trial
shortly after this there was fire
in the house OF Mrs. Libby Larsen.
Being a bit OF a lire hend, ] went to
see the country boys work. They did
sueh good work that they saved the
mouse Went INTO the p'ace. ana III
a closet on the second moor plcheu
up piece OF wax. IL Wouiu not nave
been noticed by any one not tainiIiar
Win the methous OF thleVes' DuI sh"
az glance Iha' u hau Deeh used 10
MAKE an impression Oh TWO KEYS,
shppeu II mo my pocket ana mace
careful examination OF II IN my room
me impression showed tnat Inc Keys
We're OF intricate CONSTRUCTION ana me
llousut Hasheu ScIOSs my ini,u 'no,
,ne' "vi' very Si'I',"i 70 ,.e Ney VI
.'e '"u., III '"V o"IN O''"''eu '''e
Ne!s "i'n'u' 'e,i'.s an! u"S u' u"S'
nesS, a"u .ouuu n"I tnVS n''eu per
los'I'' ms was ne" 's"1 vi ,l'e
ii'Ss,e.S' !. S'yl''su 10 pe Ooi''''Ie'',h
p,Ool ,H8' pen i''u a0[olipIle 'D-
any 'He s''"i'se's ne nau met
cou'd not understand, however
noW II was lhat wax Impression
had Deen made OF the KEYS "hich be..
had IN MS possession why 20 10 a'l .
this trouOie "hen the Keys themselves .
could De USED al any tlmeE
u took a peep at Mrs, Larsen with .
out her knowing 1t. / tell you gave
jump when recognized her as An .
ME Skidmore, the wife OF BIZ skid .
more, a well known bank sneak. At
last / began 10 see daylight. Annie
was stopping at the house OF a neigh
Dor, after being burned out, and .
learned that she had received 500 by
telegraph from New York the day of .
the fire. The wording OF the telegram
did not throw any light on the case. /
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