Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1914-05-09

He wasted no time
preliminaries.
| has told me what he
knows. What about the newspa-.
pers, Mr.. Branton? Was one OF
them missing?"
"No. Sit down. There they are.
/ brought them downstairs for you
to see. Two Heralds, a Times,
Sun, and Tribune"
"Why two Heralds ?"
can accident. | wanted a paper
to read on the train. All of the
morning papers are in my office. AS
/ was about to leave it for the sta
ton | picked up a Herald and
showed it under the rubber band, on
top of the other papers that made up
the package"
Il am to understand, then, that
you had already pinned the envelope
containing the money inside of an
other Herald?"
Eyes"
where did you place that paper,
relative to the others il. the pack
et?"
Before | picked up the extra one
il was the second paper down from
piper under the rubber band it was
in the middle, of course"
"Who put the papers together and
snapped the rubber band around
them in youl office"
81 did, arranging them as | have
described"
bingham thinks that he pinned
the envelope that contained the
money inside of a Herald also. He
say he laid it the table beside the
other papers, for you to arrange.
This envelope here that contained the
bond, was in a Herald, wasn't it,"
eyes. In the middle Of the packet
where ! had put the one that con-
tanned the money. Now, you just
hold your horses for a minute,
Shaughnessy, and I'll make you un-
derstand this thing. You know how
! arranged the papers before ! left
my office. Well, that extra Herald
that / brought along, to read on the
train, must have contained the en-
velope that Bingham thought held
the MONEY and pinned into it. Forty
five new bills don't take up much
space. A hundred of them laid down
in pile makes a package only five
sixteenths of an inch thick. So |
must have picked up the paper that
Bingham had used, and not have
noticed the presence Of the envelope
inside. of it-and so | put that one
on top of the packet"
"But you would have discovered it
when you read the paper on the
train"
81 didn't read il. That's the point.
| did pull it out from under the
band intending to open it and read it,
but | laid it upon the seat beside
M instead. | fell to thinking Of
other things. | was so absorbed that
| didn't realize that we were at Mon
terey until the train pulled up. |
grabbed the paper and showed 1t
back into its place under the band,
and hurried out.
al held the packet under my arm
while | stood on the station-plat-
form waiting for the car that was to
meet me there. | didn't take it from
under my arm until | threw it upon
the couch in my room upstairs, and
dropped my coat over it. After that
! was in the bathroom with the
door closed, fifteen or twenty min
utes. When | came out | put on my
coat, ripped the rubber band from
the packet of newspapers, opened
the one that was in the middle, took
the envelope that l found pinned in
side of it, and came down here where
Moreaux was waiting.
"When the envelope that
brought with me to this room was
opened, it contained the bond. Mo-
-. a.
anime the other Herald. There was
no envelope in that one, but-there
it is; look at it-you will find pin
holes through it showing where an
en- lope had been fastened to it.
Hold on a moment till get through.
what happened? This: While
was in the bathroom somebody en-
tered the outer room and stole the
envelope that contained the money.
He found the bond, first, and looked
deeper. Then he found the cash."
"You mean, of course, that he dis
covered both envelopes" the opera
tive interjected; "this one, containing
the bond, first, then the other, with
the cash? That he helped himself
t. the envelope containing the
money, and restor the packet of
newspapers to its original shape,
with the Herald containing the en-
velope with the bond in the middle ?"
Precisely"
"That would suggest previous
knowledge. Also that the thief knew
of cur unusual method of carrying
large sums in cash pinned inside Of
newspapers.
who's so likely to have acquired
such knowledge as Moreaux's val
ct ?" Branton retorted. "Only three
rersons knew that | was to bring
that cash with Nottingham, Mo-
reaux, and myself Only two per-
sons knew that ! was to come out
by the 12:40: Bingham and myself.
Not until after that train had left
the station in New York did Bing-
ham Motif Moreaux of my depart
ure. and ask him to send to the sta
ton to meet me-" Brandon turned
sharply toward his secretary. "Who
answered your telephone-call ?" he
demanded.
"The valet, Feltner. gave him
your message for Mr.. Moreaux."
Bingham replied.