Williams news., 1916-07-06

their services and arranged that they should take up their station in front of the house which we were watching and play there as long as the police permitted them. The music and the performance of the monkeys brought several women from the house to the veranda, but the woman who was wanted was not among them. The same performance, repeated on sev- eral mornings, produced similar re- suit.
 The brother of No. 1, who was gentleman of leisure, was in the hab- 1t of strolling each morning from his house to the post office, where he usually mailed several letters. He always dropped these into the gen. eral receptacle, which had an opening in the main corridor at least foot in length and three inches wide, and led to large box in the basement below the main floor. This box contained about a wagon-load of letters and packages, and when letter had been dropped in this mass it was almost impossible to find 1t again.
 The brother was middle-aged man, rather slow in his movements, and very deliberate in everything that he did. He would approach the general mail box, placing his cane | under his left arm and carefully re- | moving the glove from his right hand; then he would take the letters, | generally three or more in number, and in an exasperatingly slow and de- liberate manner would deposit them in the box, watching them till they had disappeared down the chute. This operation was repeated by him
 each week day during about three weeks, being witnessed each time by one of us.
 I prepared two letters, directing them to myself and my associate, l stamped them, and then covered the
 back of each envelope with a thick
 coating of mucilage. I myself took one letter and Herbert the other. Each of us posted himself on one side
 of the chute, being some little dis tance from the receptacle.
 Knowing the hour at which No. Is
 brother was in the habit of visiting the post office, we were not kept wait
 ing more than a few minutes before
 he put in an appearance. After he
 had gone through his customary
 maneuvers, but before he had time to
 drop the three letters which he held, | Herbert and I rushed forward, one on
 each side, both reaching out the let
 ters which we held simultaneously,
 in such way that the five were
 forced into the chute together. No,
 Is brother became very indignant,
 and muttered something about rude
 ness and awkwardness. After at-
 tempting nasty apology, I disap-
 peared around the corner to the office
 of the assistant postmaster, whose ac-
 quaintance I had previously formed.
 told him that I had just deposited
 two letters in the chute, and, having
 discovered that had put each in the
 wrong envelope, wished to get them
 back in order to rectify the mistake. The assistant postmaster at once con-
 ducted me to the main mail box be
 low. where, among a half wagon load
 of letters and general postal matter
 the five letters were speedily discov-
 cred, all stuck together. One of these
 was addressed to a relative of No. Is wife at her home in Tennessee, and a second to another brother of No. 1 who resided at Atlanta, Ga The
 third letter was addressed to No. l
 himself, whose name was billiard, at
 Ocean Springs, Miss.
 went at once to Ocean Springs which was then a small winter resort located on the Louisville & Nashville railroad, between Montgomery and New Orleans. I arrived there the same midnight, and found that the post office of the town was kept in g
 small grocery store. which was par of the principal hotel of the town
 I showed the landlord photographs ot billiard and his wife, and he at once , identified them by name. He stated that billiard had represented himselt as being a rich iron manufacture from Chattanooga, that his wife wal in ill health, and that they had beer there for the past month, having rent ed a beautiful residence known a. Montgomery Cottage, situated abou
 two miles away. I gave the post master to understand that Dillart (No. l, be it remembered) had falle1 :, heir to sum of money and property and that was desirous of acquaint ing him of his good fortune by sur g prise, after having established hi !. identity. This, told him, would re quire about ten days, and I cautioned 8 the landlord to say nothing to Dillart or his wife, request which elicited ,
 ready promise.
 It was necessary to obtain requisi ton papers from the governors o ,- Mississippi and Texas, proces which would require eight or tel days, as complaint had to be lodge, II at Sherman, Tex, request for tn 5 reQuisition had to be sent from She1 l. man to Austin, and the request O '- the governor of Texas to the goveI