El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-09
CHAPTER III.
Continued from Yesterday
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pOlnImenI were soon replaced BY
Il confidence when Stephen proved
that he had not told anyone of the
counterfeit money. But Capt. West of
the United States secret service had
been at Ives's. hotel. The plates and
other evidence were destroyed, but
West and his aid followed Ives and
they might even now be in the hotel.
Taking one of Stephens self-ad-
dressed business envelopes from the
table, Ives put the fifty one-thousand
bills inside, sealed it and, placed
! stamp on the outside. Twj or three
| stamps would have insured immediate
! delivery at Stephens office in Wall
street, but the lack of sufficient pos
tage meant that the government would
care for it until the addreSSee was
| ready to pay the extra postage. Just
/ stamp on the envelope, West and his
/ men broke into the rooms Ives and
! Stephen were both made prisoners
| While Ives was being searched, stephen
| quickly slipped the envelope between
! two sheets of mining literature, of
| which there were huge stacks on the
/ table. Stephen was then taken into
another room to be searched, after
which he also had been handcuffed.
No amount of third degree" could
make Ives confess. All they found on
4
dollar bills. All they found on
Stephen was quarter.
While Ives was taken back to the
other room, Stephen was brought in
the manacles removed-and allowed
! to roam around unmolested.
Capt West figured that he might
| indicate where the counterfeit money
! had been hidden If he were given his
liberty. West stepped into an alcOve
OF the room, while Hammond, his aide,
watched through the door at the other
side. stephen quickly reached for the
envelope and placed it in his left hand
coat pocket. Hammond rushed in i'm
mediately. Stephen felt he was trapped.
Grace had left her silver bag hang
ing on the back of a chair. In it was
one of Stephens office envelopes con-
tanning copies of Skyrocket mining
literature Stephen had barely enough
time, while Hammond told West where
the money was. to place the stamped
envelope containing the counterfeit
money, in Grace'S hand bag, and put
Grace's envelope with the mining lit
erature in his pocket West turned
on him. He made Stephen agree to
force the envelope on Ives. TIE cOun-
terfeiter was brought in, and Stephen
walked up to him and proffered the
envelope. Ives took it and then West !
placed them both under arrest
WEIGH, ROSenbaum, Stewart, the /
Tylers, HallbrOOk and the servants |
were amazed to find Mr. Baird in this !
predicament-
West, who had taken all of the
checks from Stephen, began return |
ing them to the purchasers of Sky /
rocket stock Stewart took his, but /
when West offered Rosenbaum his /
check for $4,000, Sidney stopped him. |
stephen tried to make US take these I
chacks back half an hour ago These |
are not regular detectives this is 1
some trick, but we won't take them |
take them back
And Mrs. Tyler with her daughters |
left the room, while Grace took her |
bag from the chair. and with it went 4
money.
The next day at stephens office in |
Wall street, the stockholders gathered !
and compared notes. Nearly all of ;
them had wired Reardon in Arizona, /
and to each telegram the foreman had
sent a re-assuring reply.
Baird and Ives had spent the night /
in a cell. but when the authorities
found nothing but mining literature in
the envelope, there was no case against
them, and captain West realized how
he had been duped.
Orders for stock by wire and letter
Kept pouring IN. and telegram from
Reardon assured them that every ef-
fort was being made to discover gold. !
This was the last day. The note
must be paid, or they would all 90 to I
jail for fraud Stephen felt his po-
sition keenly. But Ives was still mas
ter of the situation. He forced Stephen |
to write a check for $4,000 on the
Citizens National bank of Gallup.
Arlz-, Baird's balance there was only
81. But" exclaimed Ives, "it viii |
take four or five days before this
check is presented for payment, and
We can. send the Gallup bank a New
I ork check to cover it Then that
VIII take four of five days to come
back here. In that time we might raise
the money"
You're a wonder" said Baird. and
he punched the check. and signaIled
the boy TO show Mr. Morgan in
Morgan's surprise at receiving the
money, instead of the mine was greater
than his chagrin at being compelled
10 give up the note
Then Stephen was concerned about
Grace Suppose the detectives traced
the counterfeit money to her. Sup
found the money there? It was all
too horrible TO think about. Just as
things were going SO smoothly for
And then Grace was announced. No
she had not opened the envelope. be-
cause it had had a postage stamp in
the corner. but she was surprised not
10 find the mining literature
Stephen and Ives both breathed a
sigh of relief and congratulated them
selves on their narrow escape, when
Han the Secret Service man,
paid them visit He was duly intro
duced to Miss Tyler. and while they
were chatting, Stephen rang for boy, !
and handed him ledger and some
envelope on top telling him to lock
them in the safe. But before the bow
could do so captain West stopped him !
IN the outer office and brought them !
I'll back Miss Tyler was requested
ment
That was nice trick you fellows
nlayed on me last night" said West.
i know said Stephen. but we
mustn't have Miss Tyler mixed up in
this. Wen tell you everything"
And then Stephen who refused to
acknowledge that he had passed" any
Df the money, confessed that Ives had
brought it to him and told him the
entire story. Then Ives took a hand
n the matter. He challenged West to
examine the money. Both West and his
aide did so under a glass. To Baird's
imazement they both pronounced it
genuine especially after making the
microscopic comparison with two gen
line one thousand dollar bills which
lad been taken from Ives.
IF you believe that money is coun-
erfeit. arrest me-" exclaimed Ives,
but If you think it genuine return
[ West reluctantly handed Ives the
10000 and as he was leaving them,
aid: I don't want to send you to
atlanta; you'd disorganize my Jail"