Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

this society business but he prlded himself being
Stanley his from Africa after he had found
Livingston for "The Herald had been ordered back to
his old job police reporter.
NEWSPAPER editors of the seasoned kind are not
- disposed to exaggerate the Importance of any
signmen after it has been covered 1t all in the days
work, and nothing is dead as Yesterdays paper.
Ryker knew this. Also he knew that the society
porter born, not made, and the who hadn't
been born to it had desire to acquire the faculty He
felt little grievance against himself because he had
been late for this N1alverson case whatever that
1t occurred to him suddenly that he knew nothing
about it; he took file of the last week. papers from
its rack and picked out quiet where he could
read.
The story only two days old, and there was not
much to learn but what there grpped his attention
potentiaites in it. Edward Malverson for five six
years had been in charge of of the financial depart
ments of large railroad company. A branch line was
in course of construction one of the suburbs and it
was part of Maversons duty to pay the men employed
on that operation. For this purpose he had left the
offices about day week ago, carrying satchel
that contained something like seventeen thousand
dollars in currency. From that moment to this he had
been completely lost as the earth had opened and
swallowed him.
Private detectives had worked on the case and pro-
found secrecy had been maintained by the company,
UNTIL invariably happens someone in authority had
realized that publicity might be of aid. But even the
newspapers and the police department had been unable
to find out anything. All that was known was that
Malverson had left the offices and taken train pre-
sumably for the suburb where the work under way
He had not reached there's but one had been found
who had him leave the train and every trace of
him and the satche had vanished utterly Of course,
the theory that he had been followed robbed and
perhaps murdered by persons who had previous knowl
edge of his errand but there scrap of evidence
to bear out this any other theory.
His private life had been exemplary and open as
book With wife and two little girls he lived in
pretty but modest home on Long Island Of quiet
disposition, he had devoted all his time away from his
work to his home and small but well chosen collection
of books. He methodcal in his habits, drank
liquor, and had no enemies so far was known A de-
scrpton of Malverson had been sent broadcast but
there nothing distinctive in his physical aspect and
it might have fitted thousand other about thirty
five years old, of medium height, slender build, clean
shaved, and with brown hair and eyes.
Ryker twice read every detail of the and fixed
it firmly in his mind He studied the photograph too
although obviously it old one and agreed with
the description only in general way One why
he did this his curiosity concerning everything
usual. Another that in his philosophy of
newspaper work, could tell. 1t was part of
his method always to expect the unexpected. Never
theess he sighed when he had finished the reading and
again wished that he had the case