The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-26

q nsAt N me basement of The Honse
Of q thousand Candles." By Meredith
Nicholson. Sherlock Homes fought
his captors In the gas chamber ana
fooled them by placing his lighted
cigar tip on q ledge In the DARK cnam-
Der 80 that they rushed against tne
wall and he escaped There u the
nght In the roundhouse In -kid-
uapped"-and scores OF other nghts
Of similar nature In other Of Steven
sons works and In those OF otnef
writers. But Major McMurtry's act
Of heroism was mot brain 0gment-W
was truth
Get Crest Wealth.
Hundreds Of Instances have %"
related of persons having great wealth.
thrust upou them suddenly In the iasS
few years. as well as instances OF
persons In humble circumstances VINO.
by some turn Of luck, made great sums
of money merely BY getting some rec
ignition for their natural abilities.
The latest case Of luck 10 that OF
. Arthur I. Walker. private secretary
!. to Edward r. Searies. who was the
heir OF his employers estate. various'y
estimated Mt between $5sOO.OO0 ana
$4,000 900. but which later estimates
!. have placed near the first hgure. ne
had worked twelve years for Sea!'es
at a small salary. was very s2y. Oh
modest habits, and had no intimation
!, that he was to be the heir 10 "''-
"A lions.
- Many fictional stories lately nave
had MS their plots financial ngnts
20 :" among wealthy men In Wall street. IN
husiness. or On the Stock exchange
!" Can any OF these stories surpass In IN
: terest the true story Of the light To-
:" the last few months between Ai'at
- A. RYAN. son of Thomas Fortune Ky
an. and the New York Stock excnahs
over the exclusion Of Stutz Motor
N stock. and the long controversy owe
settlement with brokers who wer
ln "short" Of the stock2 And there ar
- other true stories fully as goou-s
races across the ocean for large o
=, ders In foreign countries, for fsnce
sions and other big stakes.
~. Legion, too, are the true stories
." thefts Of Jewels and bonds In amour
running into the hundreds OF tno
sands. Who would have believed IN
'ou' any person could have stolen near
" $500. 900 worth Of gems from sare
deposit box In the crowded 'ooDy
''"' the Hotel Biltmore, get away ana ke
the theft hidden for mouths9 Yer
las' loss of that sum Of gems was Disco
ANY cred ON June Is, 1919. hy Mrs. en
'seu ence Millhiser Of Richmond, va. q
'e,s' even Mt first the authenticity OF
story was doubted by the police q
'ueo other men who have access to repo
'ise Of big robberies. Among the Je"
oe' were thirty large pearls and
mond said to be abou' ~ carats
nur' weight. All but about $45,OOO We
ire Of the Jewels were recovered by
; notice and private css"ctives, ant
y ms man Ia now serving Il term IN :
e nc ,,,,r anu mere are V.A.s. .------,
io' thefts Of moving picture films 81
ana cash-and who hasn't read the sto
are of the bond thefts running into
lions?
Stories Of Heroisrn.
1 silk, True stories OF heroisms in
the story only two weeks ago OF
fireman who had been kicked ou
moro fire department who saw Ut
,,,rdar tenement and, at the RISK OF
800. own life. saved a family of seven
WASH death IN the na'ass eor
,nrr. statement In the department Tor
= ven. self, Hardly week goes by ina
,.,,,oso fire or police department does
80, record some thrilling story OF mel
among It's members. And there
y. AZ other host Of stories Of the g
traffic COP who saves the bea
: ~ DIR, from sure death under her
lei Of away horses hoofs ana then ~
los are her.
!. Can Irwin S. Cobb or Ellis I
,.a - Butler match this true story IN
s,.S.an shaky days Of prohibit'on-this
TINT Is writ in letters bold
~ notice records in the West For
..s.,ass enth street station? man WI
drink freely Of new brew lie
a.. r. rendezvous In daze, and, re
IS d,s. the street, leaned against pos
, a. n wanted another drink. and !
+. man. bering that the prescription
d, firing piaee "ne.e ,,,,,,,har ~ rim
fter bull pui'oh d W on 49, .h,s =,
electric presseu pu.'oA''' -. .;,rr
IS, killed pened 10 pe y" q po g.,
no there he didn't get his highbail 1r'
inc sort angry cop who answered the s.