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

ceived this preciptiate when II was
brought here2
Mr.. Cheney"
I'D like to see him d., 49,
There's no use botneflns llill- " e We
told YOU all we know ., =
81 have been asked TO investigate. ]
explained "and this IS the only way
j know Of doing it, If / can get my
information. III have 10 drop the case
"I can't help that CallinshaIn salu'
taking up another letter
Professional SIeight Of Hand
Here I began some sleightofhand
which. professionally, 1 call illness
fng.') ssPerhaps." I said, lit would in
terest YOU to know that the preclptlate
was not stolen from the mint
Callingham shook his head That's
for Mr. Fleischman to decide
No" / said; its for you It was
stolen from you
Cauingham looked up That's impos-
sibIe We've had four detectives guard
ing our works
Il don't know anything about your
detectives" I replied confidently; but
/ know it's your precipirate OF silver
And I'm not interested IN the Iact-eX-
cept that I've got 70 prove II 70 the
government in order to prove that it
didn't come from the mint
Cauingham laid down his pen.
Would you mind telling me how you
yes" I said. ct do mind. That's
confidential matter which I'm not in a
position to divulge-yeL'
well. Nr. Burns" CaIingham has
tened TO say. ct know you're not a
man to claim that you know a thing
unless you're sure Of it. I don't like
to contradict you, but
1T doesn't matter to me. whether you
contradict me or not It's your silver
and III prove 1t
CaIIInEham Is Alarmed.
Callingham was shaken and rather
TREMENDOUSLY alarmed. The previous
theft Of gold bars had made a scandal
that had not yet been forgotten The
business credit of the company had
been impaired The presidents repu-
tatiOn as an executive officer had been
blown upon. The name Of r. c. +.
Callingham would be a laughing and
byWord If il was found that his COM
pany had now been receiving and
smelling cheerfully q silver precipitate
that had been stolen from its own
works And they had handled several
thousand dollars worth of the stuff.
Mr. Burns" he said, Il cant believe
it, buJ-W hat is IL you want to know
Where are the samples that you
tested2"
Callingham REDEEMED to the roots Of
his gray hair He had no right TO take
Of a silver preciptiate that had
been brought TO him for smelling, and
if he had kept the samples it was
theft He said: "Of course we gave
them back TO the man"
when did he bring them here2'
eff you'll just come in and talk to
Mr.. Cheney" Calliugham said meekly,
he'll tell you all about it."
Metal Dealer Revealed.
We went in, we talked to Cheney,
and learned what I wished to know
which was the name of the metal deal
er who had brought in the silver. the
amount that he had brought and the
1ates on which he had brought it.
1t was my business. Of course, to
know all the metal dealers in the dis
-rict, for professional reasons, as one
whose chief concern in the world was
the protection of the currency I had
an intimate acquaintance with the
iealer who had been handling the
stolen silver, and I did not doubt that
the dealer would tell where he had OBJ /
tanned it. When the government sec /
ret service asks questions, the wise I
sitizen tries to be frank.
I left the offices Of the Cooley com {
Dany and crossed the street to the en- 4