Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-03-27

him.
He is in the insular DIVISION said
IN send for Colonel Edwards" sale
the secretary.
After the colonel had come. and beer
introduced. the secretary handed hin
the anonymous letter that had been re.
ceived by the New York attorney
wherein the writer agreed for $1,000 t.
furnish a copy of the brief written b.
Mr.. Beck on the Nicely case.
DO You know the handwriting?'
asked the secretary. as the colone
sianced at the letter.
IT looks familiar. but / can't sa.
that kno it. May l read the let
ter?"
Yes. read lit
AS the colonel e it his face begar
10 contract. He saw the purport of it
Mr.. Secretary, this is infamous, ism
1T? You don think we have anybody
who would dc that"
Il do. Mr.. Burns will go and point
out the man.:
When we got out in the corridor Col
onel Edwards stopped.
Don't point out hat man to me-" he
SAID. until ! recover my composure. ]
think. If l should lay my hands on him
now, I'd shake his head Off"
Presently we went into the office.
There We're about 10 or IA clerks there,
but no the man I wanted.
Hes not here now.' l said.
Great God! 1t must be my private
secretary. He turned to n Of the
clerks.
Where is Mr.. -" Z
He has just gone down to the record
DIVISION was the answer.
Well, colonel, let's go down and find
him." l said.
We went, and found the fellow talk
ing to n OF the clerks Of that division.
He was just saying. "Tll see o later"
and then he turned and saw us. He
Immediately turned back n appar-
emily continued his conversation.
we should not let him out of our
sight" 1 said to the colonel.
Il ant you to go up to the secre-
tary's office with me" said Colonel Ed
wards.
The fellow didn't turn a hair, or give
he slightest indication that he sus-
pected what he was wanted for.
When we arrived at the office, the
secretary was sitting at his desk, cold
and austere. Chief Wilkie on one side
and Solicitor General Richards on the
other. We came in with the fellow be-
tween us.
Mr.. Secretary said the colonel,
this is Mr.. -, my private secretary"
Mr.. -, will you be kind enough
to read this?" said the secretary,
handing him the anonymous letter.
The fellow too the letter n read
1T without the slightest tremor. It
was n of those dashes which would
have convinced almost any person.. be-
yond a doubt, that he hadn't the slight
est knowledge of the matter. He read
the letter through.
Il know nothing about this. Mr.. Sec
retary."
Did o ever see that letter before?"
Never in my life"
Tho Sncrotorv wa MAINLY Qf the nn6
of his string. / turned to h fellow.
Let me have the letter you nave in
your inside coat pocket"
What" with an insulted scowl
l repeated, Let me have that letter
o have in your inside pocket"
"Tll do nothing OF the sort. Why
should 1 give you any letter."
Hand Mr.. Burns the letter." said the
secretary.
"All right. Mr.. Secretary and he
handed it to me. 1 didn't open it.
You took this letter out of the post
the name of James H. Smith,"
This is the envelope you got it in"
I displayed the torn envelope, which I
had carefully pasted together. He
looked at it in establishment. He
turned it over.
Yes; that's the same envelope"
This letter evidently is a reply to
IA OAS " AAO SAAA &OOASt
isn't it?"
YES"
"Mr. Secretary" I said. .I1l take this
man home to get those papers he's so
to dispose Of"
"All right. Mr.. Burns replied the
secretary.
We two walked out. Ills first ques-
hand.
How in hell did you get that en-
velope?"
"ls that what you are most interest
ed in?" I asked.
ut is beyond my understanding"
threw it into the street The wind vas
blowing. and 1 was satisfied that those
pieces blew to kingdom come. And,
anyway, you haven't nae time to gath
er them up and paste them together"
NO" I said, but we got them
been curious to know by what process
OF reasoning a man such as he, a hith-
erto honest, well-connected man, with
a wife and children, c0uld be prompted
to AXE such a desperate chance in do
ing SO %despicable an act. Such cases
are not infrequent.
Let me ask o something. What
induced you to make this PROPOSE
ltion?"
II was impressed with his reply, in
view of the fact that I had received
the same answer from a man VITO had
robbed h mint at Philadelphia of
abrased coins-a man who had been
a trusted employe there for 16 years.
Discourasemant Prompted Crime.
"The government has not been
treating me fairly" he said. And he
went on to explain that he felt that
he was entitled to more money: that
he had been recommended for promo
ton and had not got it; that he felt
discouraged. and had become con-
WINGED that If he couldn't get his de-
serts from the government in the
usual way, he was justified In getting
them any way he could.
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