The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-02-12
SAYS IT WAS HIS PARTNER.

"On complaint Of Arthur CorbIn OF
Norwnlk, o.. detectives from head'
quarters late last night arrested Rem
frew Burns. n real estate dealer OF this
city nj his home In Norwood. The
charge Is grand larceny. and the COM
plnInt states that Burns sold property
on Vine street belonging to Mr. Cor
bin to the value Of $6.500. and that
when, Mr.. Corbln arrived at the city
yesterday and asked Burns for his
money the latter told him his partner
! had nbsconded with It. rt
"Subsequent to bis arrest Burns ad-
mitted that he had handled the prop
erty of Mr.. Corbin. and that knowing
Mr! Corbin was coming TO the city
yesterday, he had drawn the proceeds
OF the sale from che bank and put
the package into the safe In his office.
''He says that Alexander Stewart.
who as partner conducted n branch
OF the real estate business In Cleve-
land, and who was at the office to meet
Mr. Corbin. whom he had never seen.
and TO discuss an extension Of their
business. took the money.
"He claims that when he went to
lunch he left his partner looking over
some papers In the safe. and thas upon
his return he could ind no trace Of
either Stewart or the money.
"Burns describes the man as being
tall and large In ngure. with dark hair.
beard and eyes. and OF swarthy COM
plexion. but as none Of his associates
had ever heard of Burns having =
partner. and as he can produce no wit
ness to bear out his story. the police
are inclined to doubt the identity Of
this Stewart. although upon Burns de-
scrIption q general message was sent
out for his detention.
Burns said he never mentioned
Stewart here. as their Idea was to In
terest more capital separately In each
city and to publicly consolidate after
ward"
fBy telephoning to police headquar-
tiers he learned that the complaining
Mr.. Corbln was mt nearby hotel.
The getting rid OF s6.50O proved to he
an even simpler matter here than at
the race tracks. to which Mr.. Burke
was accustomed.
Burns fervent "God bless you. sir.v
was worth great deal to Burke. but
II didn't help much when. on account
Of his straitened circumstances, he had
TO tell the hotel clerk that he would
give up his room.
These reflections were permanently
interrupted by what he saw on enter.
Ing his room to gather together his be-
longings. There on the table In the
middle Of the room was a familiar
looking white envelope. fat and bulg-
ing.
Burke Jumped for II. and sure
enough II contained his money just
as he had left II. He sat down think
Ing he must be crazy. At that instant
a knock sounded on his door. and In
answer to his "Come In" maid ap-
peared.
: II stumbled over some loose boards
In the floor here this morning. and
when l was fixing them l found that
under one OF them" said she, pointing
to the big envelope. which had fallen
: to the floor. "Does Il belong to your
"Yes." answered burke. "How many
loose boards did you say there were
In the foorf"
, "Two. This one and this one" She
replied. picking up the rug and indi
t eating the board Burke had lifted ant
{ the one neu to It. When she threw
the rug hsck into place corner rolled
up, and Il appeared as II had wheI
E II startled Bufke upon his coming II
4 and noticing II the night before.
( He took one of the notes from thu
e roll and gave {; to her. saying: 'rak'
r this and get something nice to maxi
up for hurting yourself on the floor.
q But" the girl started 10 say
gasping In amaxement at the demon
e instion Of the bill.
e That's all right. Don't say an!
2 more about it." and she left with pro
/. fuse expressions OF gratitude.
z II was very easy TO understand
$ He had picked up the first loose boar
}, he had come to. and OF course ther
q was nothing under Il. because tn
2 money was under the next one.
/. Ten minutes later. to Scarlet Burk
J. the adventure was matter Of aRcien
}. history. for as he slung on his field
" glasses and whistllng with character
lstic optimiy.n Of his class. started 10
d the elevator. he was thinking OF Mat
& thews' tip that Invincible had bee
& saved for the days stake race al
l. | would surely be IN at q good price.