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

order books. one upon the other.
l., "Ihat mt IL in one of those
books" he said, waving his hand at
them. They are not kept in any or
aer. SO you can see the futility of at
Would mind If I did attempt it?"
/ asked.
He looked at me in amazement for a
minute, as If he thought 1 was crazy.
Go ahead. If you care to waste your
tme." he said. I've no objection
How Burns Found tho Purchaser.
i %journeyed down to Long Island City
WIN my piece of burlap. and visited
.ne Dry goods store. You must make
gong to approach the matter in hand.
iof everything in the world depends on
now YOU go about a thing. MANY times
your success depends a great deal on
your ability to finesse.
II want to buy some burlap.' 1 said.
when entered the store. Some bur
zap 1 can wrap around furniture. you
know. I'm going to move. Could Won
sell me some?"
yes answered the fellow, and then
turned to Il cash boy.
George he ordered. take this gem
tleman Town to the basement. ana tell
Charlie he wants to get some burlap."
George took me down to Charlie. and
left me.
Il want to buy some burlap," said I.
Charlie took me to the rear of the
basement. and pointed to a lot of bur
lap.
How much do you want?" he asked.
Meanwhile, l had been sizing the fell
low up. That he was elderly and hon
est 1 had decided at a glance; SO l de-
termined to take him into my conf
dence.
II don't want any burlap," an
swered. II ann simply seeking infor-
nation. Here is a piece of burlap that
cuts quite a figure in a very important
investigation that the government is
making. v ascertained that it was
purchased here from you, and 1 came
to see whether you could recall the per
sons to whom you have sold burlap in
the past two or three MONTHS"
The old fellow stopped and meditated
for a few moments, and then said:
Il remember distinctly that the last
piece of burlap I sold was to an old
lady with gray hair. who was dressed
in black. and who wore gold-rimmed
s~pectacles."
Now, this swered the description
of Mrs. LAWN, the motherinlaw of Ri
cardo de Requesans, one Of the men
suspected of the counterfeiting.
1 asked h man if he would know
the oid lady if he saw her. He was
to nave him go with me to the house
Of Mrs. LAWN, in Long Island City.
Arriving there. l rang the bell, and
Mrs. LAWN came to the door. 1 asked
her if Mr.. Bogus live there. The old
lady. believing it to be a serious in
quiry, said. Mo-: nor could she recall
the name of n such person living in
the vicinity.
The moment she closed the door, my
informant stated that she was the
woman to whom he had sold the bur
lap.
The Express Office the Final Link.
The next step was to find the
press wagon that had hauled the sofa.
wrapped in burlap, from the house OF
Requesans to the Red Star line pier,
where it would nave to go to be
shipped to Costa Rica.
/ secured a list of persons owning
express stables. and after a number of
ocated the man that had hauled
the sofa. He turned to his books and
found a record Of it, and was able to
identify de Requesans as the man who
had called on him to ran for the
hauling of the sofa to the Red Star line
pier.
This made the case. perfect. and the
arrest of de Requesans followed. They
were subsequently convicted and de-
tanned in Sing Sing prison for two
Copyright, 1913, by W. J.. Burns.)