The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-23


she had studiedf
| mnde no progress after mailing The
he upon Mrs rislcy and at last deter
mined 10 make her acquaintance ana
by pretending "a a friend. or TO DC
smittcn with her. TO get the secret from
her finder prcteuse Of being bank
examiner hecame familiar with the
employees. she among the number
treated her with Difference aud sym
paihy one day when she was leaving
the bank after business hours joined
her and walked with her. Passing
restaurant. told her that ! was going
in TO take lonely dinner. Would she
help me out with her company she
consented. and, selecting a table IN
corner where we could converse with
out being overheard 10y others. we dined
together
commisernted with her nj having
such husband, expressing wonder
that any man should desert SO charm
Ing woman She seemed 20 feel very
bitterly toward him, but, 81 course II
she were thief as well as he 1t
might be part Of her game to feish
this. asked her II she suspected VINO
was the woman with whom her nus
band had gone away, ana she SAID she
felt sure OF the person. got nothing
ont of her. but was Impressed WIN
the belief that there was a good deal
In her. whether for good or for evil.
though | aid not feel that IL was for
evil. After dinner ! escorted her to
her home aud left her at the door at
the same time receiving an invitation
to call upon her
Despite all my efforts ! found MOTH
ing 10 lmplicate Mrs Pixley, and there
was no evidence at the bank to prove
that she was purlolning lis funds,
though the president had put Carter
on the watch for this After a time
| Carter said that, whatever was her
way of taking money it was SO sub
tie that II was beyond his penetration.
| However. the cash on hand was CON
| stantlv deficient. and Carter suggest
ed that Mrs. Pixley be simply dis
charged without any reason being CIV
on her. The president communicated
| this to me, aud ! suggested that he
put the matter off ] had become con-
vinced that Mrs. Pixley had secret.
| was steadily gaining her confidence,
| and | hoped in time she would let
out something. To this he assented.
A couple OF days after this re-
ceived a note from Mrs Pixley, as fol-
lows;
Dear Mr. Detective-You are on the
| wrong track in shadowing me, Conceal
yourself under the steps leading up 10
| the bank tomorrow night Tor rather the
! next morning. at | o'clock and wait tn
| come NJ. d. +,
cannot tell why, but ! was not so
much astonished at this as might be
expected. was certainly rejoiced be-
cause | knew important developments
were to come. At the appointed time
| | went to the bank and waited In the
shadow of the steps. Ten minutes
later Mrs. Pixley went up the steps.
joined her she tapped ut the door,
and it was opened by the Waterman.
| We went In behind the counters. Mrs.
Pixley opened safe took out some
| heavy account book, which laid on a
high desk for her
How is it that you can come here
at such time and open this safeF |
asked her.
THE Waterman Is IN my secret.
| am allowed the combination Of this
safe. which contains only books
| And here began the revelation. ! am
something Of an accountant, this being
one reason why | was put on the job.
Mrs. Pixley spent two hours with me
over set Of books, showing me that
Carterhad manipulated them to conceal
certain peculations. And the entries
bearing upon them were so doyetailed
into certain entries In set OF books
that had been kept by her husband as
to make 1t appear that Pixley was the
defaulter. And | could not see how
Pixley could have shown that he was
innocent In the matter. ! looked aside
at Mrs. Pixley and asked:
How about the woman with whom
your husband decamped"
81 was the yelled woman who went
with him to collect the money owed
him, but | didn't 90 away with him.
One day he discovered how Mr.. Carter
TO conceal his peculations, had manipu
lated these books. He came home so
broken down that !, fearing he would
make poor showing under an inves-
! tigation, concocted this plan whereby
| might have an opportunity to study
out the problem for him. The watch
man, Callahan. has always been my
husbands friend and at the risk Of
losing his job has admitted me here at
dead of night have had an expert
accountant with me at times, and to-
gether we have unraveled this conspir
acy and can make showing such as |
have given you"
Where did you get your knowledge
Of bookkeepingf
81 studied II after my husband left
The person you sent to find out about
that caught me unawares. But at the
time ! did not know she came from
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