The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-08-29

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make = loHE trip - "a. .
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In the vicinity. va
Working OF ;As oAA.e.
20 search the To- ~ soa,,,... sAa
the second dAy w~ ou-A u
was up high Aat DIR Aarf., = s'a
repaired. under tie rAz. = =.
But for the waterman - -
served the deglrt!oa q L. - -
ply the boat might AAv. a., -
sill II ro,ied before ~e so.,-..
the work OF disgu. Ing As. 80.
well done. and boa, CO =, -
in dry dock is OF d!rsrca; s...,-,,'
than n boat In the wzse-.
was forced 10 smile IN ~
OF Gerber when !ouae re ~
He had fooled us. and fooled .. -,
ucally. We had though, Il 60.
thing that he had no~a avGy !, :
down the river. He hAc worf..s a..
tically TO this end Ba, lie "A. -.
nothing OF the 1rt- AL 30 L.s s..
as ! discovered hen ! loe.,s, -.
engineer-was 10 telephous =. :.
ter TO take the Nadine o., A. 20.
and lay her up for repairs I, =.
boatyard. Then he. Gerber. Ia O.
ted otherwhere, leaving Us 70 49,.
away on his false. watery ;-sch, =
was well done II va. better -.
than most crooked pieces O. worf r,.
like all crooks be had not s,oyg~. :,
consider the absolute Certainty u %
ing caught when there Is plr.,r :.
money willing 10 be spent 70 e@cc ,
capture.
Get him" directed BrundAra =
don't care how high the bills ran: r.,
that man"
After that It was only a QueEio- d.
time.
How IS the net woven with go
certainty around the hiding or.z!-a.'
In Gerber's case. ten days after "a
defalcation was discovered. l0c.5 c.
culars, containing his description Al
history and two cuts OF him. ve's .
the hands OF as many trained met J:
all parts OF the country. A thoun1.
men. in all the large ports Q! -
world, had these circulars tire.
weeks later.
Gerber was not caught howevg
until after three months had elapsel
Then one of bis intimate trienct-
whom ! was watching as the Gu: 80
son Gerber would be likely 10 CO..
municate with-received letter Jos
marked New Orleans. and address,
In a disguised hand. | had POSSESSES
OF the letter before the friend eve
saw Through a secret arrangeme1
with the postal authorities. ] opebs
it-and 1t was from Gerber Cogyik
the letter, word by word. | sealtt
again, and sent II along 10 It's detu.
alton. But before he ever rece!se'
the letter l was on my way TO Nt'
Orleans. went straight to the gss
eral delivery window at the post q
fee and waited Gerber had directs
his mail TO be sent there. ] got 81
that night He came In with bis Is
over his eyes, and asked for I.;is'
When he turned away from the vi
dow l was standing before him.
Hello, Gerber" l said, Il can
down to bring you back TO HoooEeh
He stood dumb for ten SECONDS
Then he blurted: How in-die 20
ever do 1t? Haven't been out Of -
room In daylight since came here
"Oh. WELL" I said, you come eae
Hike q nice boy and III tel JOG \
about 1t on thu train"
Brundage didn't prosecute Geree'
He said, Fifteen thousand dollars y
big sum to lose. But II would
harder for me had / lost faith ID =
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