Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-15

he had been poisoned. and next time
ned get fatal dose. June IT.
Blakely sent hts secretary to Eureka
Agency to subscribe.
| The story told by this card was
| typical. Some Of the victims had re-
quired more pressure: some had Civ
en- in easier. Some had fallen be-
1 hind In their payments. and had re-
| CURED to be persuaded" anew Two
OF the cards Jack turned over, those
of Ames Benton and Silas Clyde, were
significantly underlined: Account
closed" Jack shuddered
From the card index he turned to
the litter of papers on the desk. On
top lay typewriter communication
which bore neither address nor sig
nature, but from the contents was
Enthusiastically to be identified az
report from one Of Mr.. BIS" agents
1t read as follows: q
Il cannot give You :. any difinite
data as to KS movements around his
country place, because his habits are
very irregular. He comes ont from
town sometimes by motor, sometimes
by train, and at any hour Some
ftimes he stays up in the country for
| several days at time, transacting
his business over a private telephone
wire.
/ Il understand he laughs at the idea
of danger to himself. and is averse
to taking any special precautions. /
have learned tho, that Mrs. X on her
own responsibility has engaged
guards to patrol their place very
thoroughly. 1t is well known that
the Green Hollow Club where he
plays golf has long been guarded by
small army under the g,lise of
gardeners. 'greenkeepers,' etc
have not been able to win the
confidence Of any OF the servants In
J the country. They're crabby lot
1t seems Mrs. X has taken them into
her confidence regarding danger
/ threatening their master and they're
all making great braE OF their 10y
atty, etc, don't think anything can
be successfully pulled off up there.
!! But here's plan. Mr.. X sleeps
in his town house whenever he is
detained late In town. The house is
closed OF course, and Is under the
care OF two old servants. Tom Mona
1 han and his wife. / learned that
Tom was member of the-district
Democratic Club. and scraped ac-
}quaintance with him there We are
now good friends. have the entree
to the X house twhen the master is
not there) aud can describe it to you
fully.
Yesterday was sitting In the
kitchen with the Monahans, when
noticed that the house In the next
street which backs up against the X
house is in the hands of painters
and decorators. That gave me, my
idea. It would be useless to try to
enter the X house from the front
Mpnahan has orders not to admit
any one whatsoever while Mr.. X is
there. But there is door from the
] kitchen into the back yard which
4 is never locked except at night. I
suppose they think that the high
board fence around the yard is suf-
ficfent protection.
When x spends the nights in
town. Mrs Monahan cooks his
breakfast for him. and at half past
nine (she Is very methodicaD carries
It up TO the iining-room and puts 1t
on the steam table. She does not
call her master. He comes down
when no i 70 ready. Another thing,
Mrs Monahan does not allow her
husband In the Kitchen while she Is
cooking. At this hour he will be. IN
the servants hall In the front OF the
basement. reading the paper.
/ - ITO ho no., finalodA