El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24

IN HE superintendent Of the mint
wen call him FIeischman, say
had come TO the secret service
office, in the federal building, in pale
perspiratlon Of heat and worry
Billy" he said 20 me- was In
charge Of the branch office-'some
ones been setaling our preciptiate Of
silver and selling it to the Cooley
smelling and Reduction company. And
lnere's not mar in that room I don Z
trust Not one that I haven't had alb
sOlute confidence in
On. well,' ] said, absolute conf
dence is all right, but"
NO; I mean it," he protested. cd
trust those boys further-If they're
stealing, I can't trust any one / can't
trust my own wife"
Mysterious Production.
Perhaps the stun doesn't come from
the mint, then"
There are only three places in the
country that it could come from. One
-s IN Red Bank, N j. Another is the
Cooley cOmpany's own works The last
Is our mint The Cooley people have
had it analysed They've sent me word
mat its ours the chemical analysis
shows it. And il makes me sick TO
think OF it If I can't trust those
boys
Where did the Cooley company get
II asked IS put on my hat.
From metal dealer here He's sup
posed to have had it shipped to him
from Idaho, where the people that made
u couldn't get their price for it. That's
stall Of some sort There's no such
precipitate produced in Idaho. And the
firm in Red Bank has investigated, and
they report that it isn't theirs; ii must
be ours.
Officials Not serupuIOus
Now, in previous investigation Of q
a q 81 iva
with the Cooley company; and I had
not found all the cOmpany's officials SO
scrupulous in their business morality
that they had remained above suspicion
in my thought OF them. More than that,
the Cooley company had been robbed Of
some hundred thousand dollars worth
OF gold bars by an emplOye a Few years
earlier and had watched with inter-
est the discovery and prosecution OF
the thief
I found the president Of the smelling
company in his office, busy at his table
desk He was a solid dOuble-chinnec,
gray man with an important manner,
was Richard c.. 7. Callingham.
In the investigation of the previous
mint robbery, I had been curious about
the business relations between the
Cooley company and an official Of the
mint who was suspected OF the theft
had asked embarrassing questions
about the sale OF blue stone to the
Cooley company by the suspected Of
uclal. had insisted upon seeing the
details of an account between the
Cooley company and the mint in the
matter of an exchange Of lead for lead (
that was impregnated with precious
metal In snort, had made myself J
unpopular" with president Richard c, Z
Fl Calingham.
Greeting Not Cordial.
CallinEham said. How d'yOu do l
busily. in response to my greeting, {
without looking up from his papers Z
and without asking me to sit down.
'Mr. Callingham," began, Mr.. 4
Fleischman, the superintendent Of the I
mint has been telling me Of a silver 4
preciptiate that has been brought to /
you
we've given all the facts to Mr.. |
Flelschman." Callingham cut in shortly. J
EFT would be no trouble. 7 suppose, to ]
repeat them TO me-"
Il don't see the use Of it."
mr.. Fleischman has asked me to 4
Investigate. He doesn't remember all I
the details and there may be some 4
thing that you've overlooked Who re-