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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02

leaped aside, crouching toward the
weapon he had dropped. Again Darius
Brown lifted his revolver, his face
twitching convulsively. His Ences
slowly crumbled under him and he
flung up his right hand, the hand with
the revolver, to recover his balance.
The motion carried him back a
staggering pace. And Williams cow
cred against the wall as, with that
movement, lurid flame. followed by
plumes of acrid, biting smoke. ex-
hailed itself from the vault door. out
into the room.
President Darius Brown sagged
down-down-sagged within himself
like an old, WORKOUT accordion.
Williams approached. He was cold
and passionless now. There was no
time, but he could not forego looking
at his work. He touched the hand.
drawing away quickly as rigor mortis
tautened the tendons of 1t. Coolly he
picked up the package of securities
which had dropped from the finan-
cier's pocket, turning them over curl
ously as though they were the most
important things In the world to him.
They fell from his hands as the
squirmings of the bound Waterman
reached his ears. Snatching the bun
die of money from his own pocket he,'
dropped it beside the securities, then
turned and fled.
VII.
F1ed-throughout the weeks and
months; fied-when there was no
place to fee; fled-from the voices
that betrayed him, from the whispers
that accused him; fed-when he
prayed he might be captured fled
from pillar to post, with no objective,
with no reason for flight save the fear
that impregnated the very soul of him.
A series of fiat robberies punctuated
his flight
And then II came. He had not
bungled the job, He had felt in ad-
vance that he was about to be caught.
The plant had been laid for him by the
police. His pal had been g stool pig
con.
Joseph DTum anu MS Wlle were
silently seated in their living room
when the haggard, haunted man burst
in upon them. Since the tragedy they
had been given much to silence. The
fear that beset the craftsman had not
neglected them-the fear and remorse.
"They got me-" Williams gasped.
They're wise to me. They nicked me
on the job"
Williams laughed hoarsely, croak-
ingly.
There's no getaway for any of our
gang" he muttered, then, his voice
growing clearer, something almost
prophetic glowed in the bleary eyes;
mo getaway for any of us. I can't
help running, but to make a getaway.
l can't-we can't"
I'VE left trail mile wide," he
continued more quietly. "That pearl
necklace, Joe! All the coin you've
spent! What Fields knows! What
everybody knows about your salary!
They're alive-those clues, even if
fat coroner does go to sleep on the
job. They had a clear case against
Brown-and he was dead. But they
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02
SHARP RAID ON c. D. & e.
Hundreds Sacrificing Holdings.
Raid On.


Yes, ne could make out every word
that spelt his ruin. He even smiled as
he refused to purchase newspaper
from the lad.
He reached back to feel the bulk Of
the automatic in his pocket. He had
not forgotten. He had managed to
make a thorough cleanup in his de-
partment, even finishing with the re-
volver that belonged to the institu-
ton.
In the morning the examiner would
go over his cash books.
Carefully, methodically, solicitous
not to disarray any of his wife's toilet
articles, he placed the ugly automa-
tic among the delicate pieces there,
then rummaged a piece of paper from
the drawer and began his note of ex-
PLANTATION.
Dearest Flo, Good-By. There Was
No Other Way to
He halted. How silly and insincere
that sounded! He cudgeled his
brains for the proper words to convey
the real meaning of such a parting.
The tinkle of the phone In the living
room brought a sharp exclamation of
impotence from him as 1t insistently
obtruded upon his mental effort. Re-
luctantly he picked it up, his voice
cool and collected. A slight smile
parted his lips as Field announced
himself.
Yes, know" his lips moved.
II have just closed your G. d. & E.
with one hundred thousand dollars
profit, Mr.. Drum. Is that correct?"
quite correct" the teller quietly
answered then: Just send 1t to my
apartment by messenger-immediate-
ly. One hundred and seventy-five
thousand dollars, I believe"
Coolly he replaced the receiver on
the hook, then moving to Flo's bed
chamber Methodically he tore up the
note he had begun and dropped the
automatic into his pocket. The mis-
take of John Field in buying the wrong
stock did not even strike him as
strange. The whole transaction
seemed commonplace.
Then, like a fash IL came; came
with the click of the key in the lock
of the door; came with the scent of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02

an ejaculation of surprised delight as
the mans foot touched the loose tile
and, simultaneously, the flash powders
famed from the door, leaving
plume of hot, acid smoke behind.
And there you have the face OF
the bank thief" he chuckled. Very
ingenious indeed"
He smiled and turned away, closing
the door behind him as he resumed
his desk. For the hours OF bank
executive are known to no man save
himself. There were few details Of
the business to be righted and then
study Of the market
Darius Browns lips frightened as
he went over again and again certain
bewildering evolutions of stocks in
which he was interested. Well, he
would wait and see what he could
make of them in the morning.
But eager though he was to find
that market page of his paper at
breakfast, he still had time to pause
a while and smile at the simple an
nouncement on the preceding page,
ing teller of the Fourth National
bank. to Miss Flo Williams, who had
been lending her charms Of face and
figure to the show girl contingent of
the Gayety theater.
II.
Though he would have knocked
down the man who even queried him
regarding his matrimonial judgment.
Joseph Drum flushed as he reluctant
ly gave room to traitorous thought in
his mind. For weeks, for months he
had felt the ground slipping beneath
his feet, had seen the pyramid Of debt
piling higher and higher, yet had
dared take no exact measurement or
it, hoping against all reasonable hope
that something would turn up to
save him.
Five thousand dollars a year!
What huge sum it had seemed to
them both His lips curled in bit
ter smile. Five thousand dollars
year and already, within few months
after marriage, his surplus savings
had been wiped out, his salary spent,
and he owed ten thousand dollars.
And it was his own fault-he. the
banker, his fault. 1t was a child he
had married, a pampered, spoiled
child
A perfect wife she had made him,
perfect save in her extravaganza. And
he had not warned at the time when
warning would have been easy. Now,
she would take it as reproach. Now
where could he hope to raise ten
thousand dollars? How could he make
the six hundred dollars in his pocket
over into a sufficient sum to start
him anew?
He pushed the tell-tale tabulation
hurriedly aside as Flo swept into the
Bank and sought his cage. The old
thrill of delight swept other thoughts
aside as he reveled in the grace, the
beauty of her. drank in deep drafts
Of the intoxicating devotion that
glowed in her eyes as they found his
own. He even smiled as, in her dear
wheedling way she glowingly de-
scribed the beauties of q pearl neck
lace, amazingly low-priced, she had
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02

er was trembling violently. shaking
like an aspen as he leaned heavily
upon the brokers' desk.
john he finally managed his lips
efficiently to blurt forth. i've got to
borrow those securities for tomorrow
the securities as collateral l left
with you / only want them for to-
morrow when the examiner comes.
You understand"
'I'll think it over" Field decided
John Field leaned back in his chair
and again that hint of a CLEAN showed
beneath the pale eyes. The puzzle
had been worked out to his own COM
plete satisfaction-two thieves in one
bank.
With little cluck of annoyance he
turned to the memorandum he had
been making when Darius Brown
burst in upon him. A second he
looked puzzled, then completed it.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02

Joseph Drum stood on the bank
steps, listening without tremor to
the treble of the newsboy across the
street, the boy who had always be-
fore been able to cause him such ter
ror. Yet now that he knew the worst
he was cool and collected and CO.
herent.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-10-02
W1{92F3,YS?
When Justice Sleeps
By EDWIN BLISS
THIRD STORY


Copyrights Strictly Reserved)
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
ASsAILS WILLIAMS OVER BID.
Lamp Contractor Complains to
Mayor When Oner Fails.

Frank X. Greene. counsel for the Pub
lie Service Lighting Corporation. COM
piaihed to Mayor Mitchell yesterday that
Commissioner Williams had twice re-
sected bids for the gas lamp contract
~ Manhattan and was threatening to
reject a third set OF bids. Mr.. Greene
accused Mr.. Williams OF doing this
because the present contractor, the
Welsbach Street Lighting Corporation,
was the higher Of the two bidders, the
other being the PuDiic Service corpora
tion.
The Mayor sent Mr.. Grecne's letter
TO Mr.. Williams. The Commissioner
replied that the first two bids Of MIR.
Greene's company were rejected be-
Cause the company declined to give in
formation as to it's financial RESPONSE
bility. 1t finally gave this information
In May, said MIR. Williams, but mean
while electric lamps were being sub
stituted for gas, and conditions were
30 changed that the Corporation C'oun-
sei advised the Commissioner that the
third set OF bids should be rejected
snd the work readvertised. The new
bids are being called for.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
COURT BARS HOLDOUT
JURORS FROM SERVICE
Men Who Prevent Verdict Are
Stricken From List by
Justice COhalan.

Because OF the action Of three Jurors
in holding out for twelve hours against
the nine Others in n suit by the Tene-
ment House Department of the city Of
New York to collect a penalty Of $1,000
from Leon Sobel. as owner Of an apart
ment house In Manhattan avenue in
which dtsorderly persons lived. Supreme
Court Justice Cohalan yesterday struck
their names from the list Of talesmen
so that they n serve again. The
court characterized their conduct as
gross miscarriage OF Justice"
After the jury had reported a dis
agreement Matthew Larkin and George
Schnitzer netified the court Of the reason
for the disagreement. They said that
Eli Ban. a buyer of ia West i1Sth
street and a nephew Of Bernard Bar, the
poultryman who was murdered Benja-
min Theise, an agent Of 240 East Eighty
ffth street, and Peter Karsten. a retired
business mar Of go East l2sth street,
had refused to accept tho law and evil
dence In the case and said that while one
had openly boasted that he was the
owner of houses. another said
he knew the manager OF 172 apartment
houses and declared that the tenement
house business would be ruined II the
city'e right to collect the $1,000 fine was
upheld by the Jury.
The suit was based on the statue pro-
v1dinG for n penalty Of $1,000 against
the owner Of an apartment house in
lions Of tenants as disorderly persons
within six months. The case will be
tried again in the fall. The
house In question figured in the Alder.
manic police graft inquiry two years
ago.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
PLOT CHARGED TO HENZEs.
Accused In Suit of Misappropriat-
Ing Banks Assets.

Charges Of conspiracy against Otto
and business partner, Max H.. SchultIe.
their wives, and corporations In which
they were interested. are made In a suit
filed In the Supreme Court yesterday by
the firm OF w. T. Hatch Il Sons. a crsdl-
tor Of the banking Arm OF Otto Helnze
& Co, which was in bankruptcy for a
time after the panic OF 1907.
The plaintiff, through Shearman 4
Sterling of SIS Wall street. alleges that
transfers Of property BY the members
Of the Heinze concern to corporations
they formed for the purpose were made
to defraud creditors as the result OF q
conspiracy by the defendants TO misap-
propriate the FIRMS individual assets
to the exclusion OF the creditors.
The complaint alleges that the con-
spiracy was carried out through the for.
nation OF the Western Development
Company. with a capital Of SIC, 900, 900,
to which all the assets OF the bank
rupt frm II the individual members
were transferred. Subsequently the de-
PENDANTS formed the Assets Collecting
Company, the New York Assets Realiza-
ton Company. Richmond Assets Reali-
zati0n Company, the Madison Real
Property and Securities Company and
the United Copper Securities Company.
The plaintiff charges that these corpo.
rations had no bona fde stockholders
and that their officers and directors
were dummies for the Heinzes and
Schultze.
Among the defendants named are Fer
dinand +. NJ. Bullowa. counsel for the
Heinzes Henry b. Singer. as trustee IN
bankruptcy. and Calvin o.. Geer. bust
ness associate of +. Augustus Heinze.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
CREDITORS EXPECT
GREENHUT TO YIELD
Hope That Reorganization,
With 30 Per Cent. Cash,
Will Be Approved.
COUNSEL STILL SILENT

An answer in all probability favorable
10 the demand OF the independent credi-
tors Of the ]. u. Greenhut Company
for a rash payment spproximating 80
per cent. Is expected from the Greenhut
family by next Tuesday morning.
The creditors committee has left the
matter with counsel for Capt. Greenhut
and the Monmouth Securities Company.
Nearly all the attorneys concerned went
out of town for the week end last night.
but before Tuesday the new compromise
proposition viii be threshed out between
the Greenhuts and their lawyers.
There were absolutely no denials
forthcoming yesterday that the tentative
terms Of compromise AS discussed Sc
cretly on Thursday Ind as published
were true. All the lawyers refused
steadfastly to break the pledge of ST.
lence agreed to at the Thursday meet
ing. 1t was established, however. that
the new reorganization proposal. IL the
ureenhut family accedes to the credi-
tors demands. will be substantially as
outlined yesterday.
When the various counsel meet again,
probably on Tuesday morning, there
may be a few minor changes. but the
previous cash offer Of 12ia cents on the
dollar will be more than doubled. The In
dependent creditors will not accept any
thing less than about 80 per cent. divl-
dend In a reorganization plan.
II the Greenhuts decide TO surrender
the claims which the creditors are fight.
Ing for. namely, : laos. 900. the inde-
pendent committee will be notified and
a meeting will be called at once to
ratify the offer. II may happen that
the whole proposition may be presented
TO Referee Olney on Tuesday afternoon.
when the creditors examination is
scheduled to continue.
Meanwhile. though. the Independent
committee IL prepared to continue its
fight " the G%reenhuts refuse to make
a proposition that IN acceptable. II was
learned yesterday that the trustees had
received a letter n few days ago from a
man who called himself J. II. Richard
In which he aid that he could give In
formation that would Justify a de-
mand upon the Greenhuts for IS cents
on the dollar.
Whether this man In an ex-employee
Is not known. but Referee Olney has
ordered him subp9naed to appear at
Tuesdays hearing. James NJ. Rosen-
berg. counsel for the trustees. was or
dered to have him called FOR m
ton by Selden Bacon and Saul s.
Myers, counsel for the independents.
There are about twenty other witnesses
still under subpoena.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
o M AT PRAYER ROBBED.
Dressmaker Held on Suspicion of
Being Church Thief.

A series OF complaints to Mgr.
Gxudet OF the Church Of st. lear
Baptist at Lexington avenue and
Seventy-sixth street Of thefts OF money
and jewelry during services resulted in
the arrest there yesterday Of Mrs
Mary Ross, a dressmaker. ~ years old.
Of 232 East Eighty-third street.
charged with stealing 311.0l from a pa
rishioner in the front pew during mass.
Mrs. Ross was held for Special SEES
sions in $500 bail by Magistrate
House In Yorkville court. Besides the
complainant. Mrs. Reba Mullen Of 1876
Fast Seventy-sixth street. six other
women were In court to testify that
Mrs. Ross had been near them when
they had lost money or valuable ar
ticles.
Suspicion was first attached to her
by Fire Battalion Chief Hayes. who
noted her acting suspiciously Thurs
day at a time when some members of
h!s family was robbed. Mgr. Gaudet
had Detective Leonard stationed in the
gallery OF the church yesterday. He
observed h theft and arrested the
woman as she was leaving.
Complaints OF similar thefts have also
come from the Church OF st. Francis
de Sales on East Ninety-sixth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
FREE sTUDEBAKER INSURANCE,
Each Employee Gets Protection,
Company Paying Premiums,

CHICAGO, July Through a con-
tract, effective to-day. between the Eaui-
table Life Assurance Society and the
Studebaker Corporation every stude-
baker employee Is provided with life
insurance without expense to himself
The policy protects tho life Of each
worker insured regardless Of how long
a time he has been connected with the
corporation. No medical examination il
required. the insurance company accept
ing the n which all applicants for en-
ployment undergo before entering the
factory. The policy involves several
millions of insurance. providing fixed
mounts Of insurance for each individ-
ual.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
AID NEGRO FAIR, SAYS WILSON.
Calls Attention to Exposition e
he Held In Richmond, Va.

WASHINGTON, July 2.--The state De-
partment issued a proclamation to-day,
signed by the President. calling atten-
ton to the fact that an exposition In
commemoration OF the achievements of
the negro race In the last Nifty years
will he held In Richmond, Va, from
July 8 to July rs this year. The ex-
position is under the auspices OF the
Negro Historical and Industrial Assoc
citation. Congress appropriated $50, 900
for the exposition In his proclamation
the President says:
'"rhe action OF Congress In this
matter indicates very happily the desire
OF the nation as well as Of the people Of
Virginia to encourage the negro In his
efforts to solve his Industrial problem,
As President Of the United States /
hespeak the active interest of the nation
In the exposition and trust that every
facility will be extended to the leaders
whose earnest work has made the UNDER
taking possible"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
ILLNESS OF JUDGE
HALTS SLADE TRIAL
POstpOnement Taken Until
Tuesday on the Advice
Of Physician.
DETECTIVE PUT ON STAND

Judge Gordon Russell. before whom in
the United States District Court the
trial Of David and Maxwell Slade IL be-
Ing held. was taken III during the noon
recess yesterday. and after a physician
had been called It was considered advis-
able to postpone h next hearing until
Tuesday morning at 10 :ao.
Before the morning session began
Judge Russell was not feeling well. but
he thought his illness would wear of.
The chills and fever which troubled him
became worse. however. and It was
thought best for him to rest a few days.
John ]. Hannah, head of the Hannah
Detective Agency. As West Thirty-fourth
street. in whose employ IA Albert J.
Mccullough. who Is being tried with the
SHADES for conspiracy to obstrict Justice.
testified that he WAS retained by David
Slade on March 8 or 3. and or March
10 he assigned Mccullough to do the
necessary investigating In connection
with Rae Tanzer's suit against James
w. Osborne for $4,000 for breach Of
promise.
Mccullough. in the course Of the next
few weeks, made several reports to Han
nan, the witness testified. These reports
were not put into evidence by Roger II.
Wood. Assistant United States Attorney
In charge Of the prosecution. and this
fact caused a prolonged argument be-
tween him and Martin w. Littleton. at
torney for the three defendants. during
which the jury was sent from the room.
SIR. Littleton contended that these re-
ports went to the very foundation OF the
charge that his clients had not under
taken Miss Tanners suit an good faith.
lie said
Immediately after my clients called
up James w. Osborne and asked him IL
Rae Tanners suit was Justified. and re-
ceived his statement that It was not. they
called in a detective agency to find out
whether they were justified in suing In
behalf of their client. The detective
assigned to the case made certain re.
ports. on which they relied, and on
which they decided that Miss Tanners
suit was proper. These reports were
subppnaed for the Grand Jury. We
can't get them unless the Government
puts them In evidence"
Mr.. Wood refused to produce them.
and Judge Russell. whose physical dis
tress was evident ut this time. reserved
decision and adjourned court.
Another witness was Miltur Hertz, a
lawyer. who dropped into the court DON
where the first hearing In the ease Of
misuse Of the mails charged against Rae
Tanner vas held. Hertz had business
with David Slade, then Rae Tanners
counsel He said hat while he was
talking with Slade James W. Osborne
entered the room and he heard Slade
say to the girl:
Here he comes now"
Two newspaper men who we're In
court that day, March -, said they
saw Mr.. Osborne conn forward in the
court room and saw Rae Tanner and the
lawyer exchange glances. one Of them
said Rae Tanser did not seem TO rec
ogniZe Mr.. Osborne.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
Mother.in.law wilIed to Him.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j.. July "A
nother-in-law was bequeathed to John
Whitman to-day. his wife's will direct
ing that he h always make a home
for her mother. II he does not the
mother Ia to bring suit for sixteen years
salary AZ a domestic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
EAT ALFALFA AND BE HAPPY.
Cures the Blues and Indigestion,
Says Chicago Doctor.

CHICAGO, July 2.-When a nan Of
science calls 1t 'Medicago Saliva" he
suggests at once something mysterious.
It comes not at all hard Of belief to the
lay mind that such a formidably named
substance might well nigh work a
miracle with the inner man.
DR.. Alexander Lakewood. who to-day
addressed the Bureau of Materia Medica,
in session Jointly with the American In
stitute OF Homeopathy at the Hotel Sher-
man. ascribed these striking properties
to 'madlcago sativa":
1t cures the blues.
It cures indigestion.
1t makes one happy and keeps the
mind alert.
Getting down to brass tacks. "medi-
cage saliva" is nothing more than al
falfa-the common garden variety Of al
falfa.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-03
ARRESTED IN MONKEY HOUSE
Two Latest Offenders Sentenced "a
sig Months Each.

Two more offenders against women
in the monkey house OF Central Park 400
were found guilty before Magistrate
House In the Yorkville court yesterday
and received the maximum sentence Of
six months In the w~orkhouse.
This is h first time In the present
campaign against the nuisance that the
sentence has exceeded three months and
the Magistrate said in explanation that
the police and Magistrates had resolved
that the nuisance must be broken up
even II the monkey houses had to 60.
The two men sentenced were Joseph
Tartcglino. 80. a waiter of 339 West
Thirty-eighth street. and valdemere Lo-
pee. 40. a cigar dealer Of 205 East 104th
street. They were the twenty-eighth
and twenty-ninth persons to be ar
rested by the special police squad under
Lieut.. Duffy n sentenced to the work.
house.