The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1914-10-22
By WILLIAM CsaANDk Err

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the JOB ! accidentally szFne& enc poant
Of the serewzlrlver GA certain part OF
! che desk which had supposed was
solid. and out fsew little drawer.
/ had owned THAI desk ten years or
more without being aware of thas se-
cre& drawer Naturally | was ASTON
lshesi. There were several papers In
Ii which | removed ana examined.
fancled that they all related 10 the
same subject. though this was guess
work. One was plain enough tn be
understood by any ene. lie was q de-
mand for $4,000 or the case goes De-
fore che district attorney II was Ia
an envelope addressed to Samuel r,
Henderson and was signed with she
initials u. M-"
Through a friend In the r@al estate
business | learned the following facts:
The house at which had houghs the
desk had belonged 90 Samuel AZ Hen
0eFson, To whom the note w@s ad-
dressed
Henderson bad died Ia a sanakar1um
shortly before the sale OF the house
aud property amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars which DC
was supposed 90 have possessed was
nowhere 10 be found ills house and
furniture were sold by hss widow and
daughter, thezx only child Ihe
mother was dead. but the daughter
was Irving ON the meager income pro
dueed from the amount realized FROM
the sale.
One morning called ON Mas@ hsa~
derson and asked Der LIZ she knsw any
one who bad had any dealings w5Ea
her father whose Initials wexs j. d.
She thought for some time, but could
recall no such person asked bar IL
she had any Of her fathers papers
and she said sue had HANDFUL 0r
them that had been removed from has
desk before it was sold j asked ner
TO examine them and Int me know IL
she found name On aay OF them that
woald faf the Initials. She locked Gu
ra0us, and | told her that fhe matter
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not understand
One evening when 1 called she told
me that she had found an old check
book that bad belonged to her father
and In IL large number OF stubs OF
checks paid Go j. W. ! knew then that
I could get what wanted S0T che
checks musk have been written With
the full name. Miss Henderson gave
ME the name Of the bank ora which
they were drawn. and. Gh0ues all the
checks had been returned to MIR. Hen
aerson. one OF the bo0kkeepers regnen-
berea the name ON these checks from
the fact that there was n dlsuufs about
one Of them that had nearly coat MIN
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meant Dus ne wouia pc az houss Ehe
next DAY az certain hour.
found AF. murphy 10 be- q coarse
aiiifeFate nlan witn very dasa&res-
able expression ON bis faee. Hs un-
dertook to blufT ne BY feigning sur
prise at my note and demanded gruesy
what meant by writing It, repeat-
ed TO him the contents OF the demand
had found bow ] came by IT, ESQ
said:
Mr.. Murphy, u is evident that you
we're ieyytng blaekEnaiI upon MIR. Hem
derson. / have become interested In /
the matter Mr- Henderson IN dead, /
and no secret you held over hfm can !
inJure hiIn* 10 IL quite iikely enas
your threats were the cause OF his
death. You haye 10 right 10 the
amounts De PAID y0us and ffae time has
come for you 20 return them. A check
book has been FOUND bearing stub r0r