El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10

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OF the clerks Of that division. He was
just saying, I'll see you later, ana
then turned and saw US. He immedl-
ateIy turned back and apparently con-
tinued his conversation
i want you TO 80 up to the secre-
tary's office with me- said Col Ed
The fellow didn't turn a hair, or give
the slightest indication that he sus-
pected what he was wanted Tor
When we arrived at the office, the
secretary was sitting at his desk, cold
and austere. chief Milkie on one side
and solicitor general Richards on the
ether. We came in with the fellow be-
Mr.. Secretary" said the colonel,
this is Mr. --, my private secretary
Mr.. -, viii you be kind enough TO
read this?7 said the secretary, handing
him the anonymous letter
The fellow took the letter and read
il without the slightest tremor- II was
one of those dashes which would nave
convinced almost any person Deyohd
a doubt that ne hadn't the slightest
knowledge Of the matter. He read the
4 know nothing about this, Mr.. Sec
Did you ever see that letter be-
Never in my life"
of his string. 1 turned TO the fellow.
Let me have the letter you have IN
Your inside coat pocket
What" with an insulted scowl-
I repeated, Let me have that letter
YOU have in your inside pocket
III do nothing of the sort W ny
should I give YOU any letter.
Hand AR. Burns the letter, SAID
An right. Mr. Secretary and he
handed il to me. l didn't open it.
''Y on took this letter out OF the post
office" L said You asked for II IN
der the name Of James n Smith
This is the envelope you got it in?''
I displayed the torn envelope, which 1
had carefully pasted together- he
looked at it in establishment de turned
YES. that's the same envelope"
This letter evidently is reply 10
this one you know nothing about ism
YES" .
YOU
MI. Secretary" said, TN take this
man home to get those papers mes SO
@H aAH right Mr. Burns" replied the
Ne two walked out. His first ques-
ton didn't lie close TO the matter IN
H1 How in hell did you get that en-
's! Us that what you are most interest
1T is beyond my understanding" he
repIied. It tore that thing up anu
threw it into the street. The WIND We
blowing. and / was SATISFIED that mos
pieces blew TO kingdom come Ahu,
ANYWAY YOU haven't had time 10 gamer
them IN and paste them together.
..NO 3" I said, but we got them
Then / turned to him. / had always
IL hnr WI =
of reasoning a man such as ne, a nlth-
erto honest. well-cOnnected man. Win
wife and children. could be prompted
to take such a desperate chance IN 90
ing so despicable an act Such casts
are not infrequenL. ~.
Let me ask you something. na az
induced you to make this proposillon-
was impressed with his reply, IN
view Of the fact that hao reCetee Gu -, -
same answer from man VINO nag
robbed the mint at Philadelphia OF
abraised coins-a man who had been
trusted employe there for 16 years.
Low salary Prompted His Crime
The government has not been treat
ing me fairly" he said And ne went
on TO explain that he was entitled 10
move money: that he had been recon-
mended for promollon ana ndd nSI 81
il. that he felt discouraged, and mao
become convinced that if he couldn't
get his deserts from the government
in the usual way, he was Justified IN
getting them any way he could
We went into his house. ana were
met bv his wife and two children, one
a baby in arms, the other child two
you take a seat in the parlor," said
the poor fellow.
"Au right 1 just came home to get
some papers" he added, to his wife
We went upstairs He went to his
+ruSk and pulled out the papers, and
Departments
where the four men were waiting Tor
rs The secretary stood MIN up anu
gave him one OF the best lectures 1
ever heard in my life. I've never Ior-
gotten what he said
i understand you have been faith
fuI ernpIoye, and that this is your first
offence; that you are married ana nave
children. Col Edwards has made plea
for YOU, and on that account III not
make a charge against you. But you
will be dismissed from the government
service. and never again be permitted
to return to it. I hope this will be
lesson to you as long as you live"
/ took the poor fellow down. had his
picture taken as a record against him
il he ever came back, and let him go.
He was an honest man-as humanity
goes-but the temptation was too
Criminals Ought to Spell Correctly.
To get back to the question of mys-
teries. the finding of writers of anony-
nous letters illustrates only little OF
what / mean when 1 say there are no
mysteries. 1 don't care what the case
may be. every criminal leaves a track
by which he may be traced.
For example, there was very inter
esting feature in the Oregon land
frauds cases. United States senator
Mitchell. Of Oregon, was convicted OF
participation in these frauds. Senator
MitcleIIs law partner, judge Tanner,