The Washington times., 1913-11-20
THE DAILY SERIAL
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satisfy me Of Harvard's guilt"
well, amt that enough? Do you
suppose that I'd cone to you an lay
a charge like that against an innocent
man, or against any man at all. unless
/ knew he was guiltyT'
NO. ] don't believe you would ven
| ture to do that" the banker replied.
| calmly: and believed it when he said t.
But. II there is anything more. 1 wish
! great shock to me terrible blow,
really.
at is almost incredible, even from
you; and yet-but you said that you
| could satisfy me. If not a jury. Tell
me what 1t is that has convinced you of
Rushton had not gone there unpre-
pared. He believed that one Of the three
tellers was guilty, and that Harvard
was the most likely one of the three to
accuse-and somebody had to get the
hook
And Rushton never doubted that he
would get a confession out Of one OF
| the three and probably out of the VIC
| tim he had selected. And SO he was
prepared to meet that last request of
Mr.. Chester's.
Il understand that you amt doubt
| in me-" he said. in reply. AN / guess
1 appreciate just how you feel about the
whole thing. That's why I've been so
still about 1t all. until / was dead cer-
tain that I had the thing cinched onto
| agency. they went around exhonoratin'
the three tellers right on. just because
you felt that way about 1t, and let 'em
| see that you did. But not me. Not on
your hatcheck! / says to myself that
none of the other clerks in the bank
| could "a slipped into that cage and got
| away with the dough without bein'
seen, and consequently one uh them
three tellers must "a done II. Then I
/, says, Which one?-and / amt maxim,
any choite between 'em, either. Well, l
finds out that one Of ems married an
got a family. an another one lives up
in the Heights section with his mothe-'n
sister; an this guy lives all alone. In
T.! room an bath at hotel that comes
pretty near to being swell. So"
No, Let ,bast %s interrupt Hs yoS
Excuse me. That don't cut no ice.
was just tellin' you why I elected to
make a private call at his dommycile
| first. 1t was easier. because he lives
alone, and If I did find the goods there
well, there wouldn't be any call to dis
| turb the folks of the other two. Seer.
Il under stand you, I think, Rushton.
We'll, ! goes up there to his rooms.
finds an open crate there with a blow.
winter. and that's probably been cleaned
out rIore'n once since then. An digs
| II out and finds a lot uh charred paper
| behind the blower, an most Of it's been
crushed up into little cinders with a
poker after II was burned. But / hnds
some scraps that amt quite destroyed.
and here they are. You just take a
sauint at 'em yourself an see II they
don't satisfy you down to a T when You
| consider where and when and how !
| found en-
Rushton produced a large envelope
from one of his pockets, opened II, and
permitted the banker to peer inside. He
| thrust a thumb and finger into 1t and
| brought forth a scrap Of bun-colored
paper upon which. although badly
| scorched, could still be discerned the
! outlines of machine-stamped ciphers.
, In a word, they were partly burned
/ bits of the paper strips that are used
in banks containing counted bills. and
which are stamped with the amount
that each bundle or package holds.
He amt carryin' that sort uh thing
for the fun of it." Rushton went on
exhibit impelled upon the banker. AN
If he just happened to have 'em. with
cut any guilty reason for havin' 'em.
r hidiE' the fact that he did have 'em
at all he'd "a torn 'em up an chucked
EN- in the waste basket-and 1t 'ud "a
been a heap better for him IL he had
done that. cause they'd "a been gone
before l got there. Well. l poked
around some more. and under a pile of
magazines on a chair digs out this
The this" when he thrust 1t forward
for the banker to see was just such a