The Harrison times., 1912-08-31

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Storms had told one Of the members
of the firm that he had given din
ned to some of his English friends at
the Astor House and related some Of
the stories which were told by his
friends Of American life. 1t was con-
sidered very strange that Storms, who
carried all the marks Of honesty in
his face and speech, should have lied
about such an unimportant matter;
and, considering all the circumstances
a doubt was raised about his veracity
in other matters Of Importance.
Several days passed and nothing
was heard from Storms Wells G Co.
became a bit uneasy and sent a cable
to Frink G. Beamen, asking for In
formation about the further shipments
Of gold. Frlnk & Beamen replied that
they did not know anything about
shipments Of the precious metal, and
would be delighted to find any Of t.
Then the direct inquiry was made by
Wells & Co. Of Frink & Beamen II
they had not consigned 100000 to
Wells & Co, The answer came back
that they had not
This news turned things upside
down in Wells & Co.'S establishment
The gold which they had sold had
been broken up into smaller packages
and pretty widely distributed Some Of
tho coin was found and It was pro.
nounced genuine by bank experts, but
the deep interest Of Wells & Co.
aroused the suspicion Of some Of their
customers, and they sent several sam
pies to the assay Office for analysis.
This examination showed that there
was practically only a trace Of gold
on the face Of each coin, aud the
metal was worthless,
Then there was tho deuce to pay.
The customers Of Wells & CO. de.
manded the return Of their money and
the firm was forced TO suspend tenn
porarily I was called into the case
at this juncture and | must confess
that It looked like a mountain, Ad-
vices from London showed that all
the papers which had been used by
Nathaniel storms In this country had
been forged and the investigation
made by Wells & Co. was just ten days
too late. The plot would have been
exposed II they had made Inquiries
concerning storms at the start Prl-
vato letter blanks and secret marks OF
Identification had been obtained from
Frnk g. Beamen In somo way, show
Ing that some one In their employ had
been giving information, There was
nothing IN this country but a good de-
scrlption Of storms, IIo wore a full
beard, and ! knew that no would
shake this at tho frst opportunity, 80
that description Of him was useless.
was sent to London to work up
that end with the Scotland Yard peo-
pie | brought them the information
about tho letter blanks and secret
marks, and watch was put upon
everybody IN FrInk & Boamans Of
fce They had twenty clerks working
for them, and II took some time TO
pick up our man. We found n young
fellow named Sinclair who had money
to burn on Sl5 u week, and plnched
him. IIo sQuoOlcd without delay, and
said that ho had been Induced 20 give
up tho secrets Of the business by two
men who claimed to DO Engllshmon,
Thoy gayo him $500 for his work. He
heard them call each other Andy and
Wary and this gave the first tip on
tho gang, was satisfied that tho two
men we're Andy Bliss and Wary Nc
Gee, both crooks learned that tho
bogus coin had been brought from
America on tho Cunnrd limo In casks
Of whlto lead and had boon returned
by the same line,
As Il had been arranged that tho
money should bo paid IN Now York.
| knew that II was certain that Wary
and Andy would be on board 20 got
their whock, and cOmo back, could
not imagine who this storms was, and
my only hold was to keep the plpog
running for bliss and McGee, who
naturally would not DO much alarmed
over tho robbery for tho reason that
cvory end was covered.
knocked around among mon and
women / know 10 bo crooked for about
month bofofo | got u good tip, II
was In Nat CunnIngham0 saloon on
the nowory that overheard con.
yorantlon between q couple OF bank
nnonka, who were telling frlond
about q trip they had on Andy Miss
yacht, and the sport at the fishing club
IN RayenBwood
II took mo a couple Of hours IN
Ravenswood TO locate tho clubhouse.
II was In nm old deserted mansion, |
won't thoro after dark, and was Oston'
lBhcd 20 hear regular and very hard
humping In one Of the outhouaes
could not see into tho place, but
heard the sound Of several voices, and
when some ono came out I caught n
glimpse Of aomo moving machinery
through n door, I waited ell after
daylight and ! knew that there was
crooked work going on, for there was
no sign of n smoke pipe anywhere